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PROBABLY A STUDY FOR THE LOST CEILING DECORATION OF THE STAIRCASE IN THE LIECHTENSTEIN SUMMER PALACE, VIENNA.
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AN ALLEGORICAL CEILING DESIGN: MINERVA AND OTHER FIGURES HOLDING A PORTRAIT CARTOUCHE SURROUNDED BY TWELVE COMPARTMENTS WITH PERSONIFICATIONS OF INNOCENCE, GENIUS, CHASTITY, TRUTH, FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, GENEROSITY AND CONCORDANCE (?)
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JOHANN MICHAEL ROTTMAYR (1654-1730)
AN ALLEGORICAL CEILING DESIGN: MINERVA AND OTHER FIGURES HOLDING A PORTRAIT CARTOUCHE SURROUNDED BY TWELVE COMPARTMENTS
WITH PERSONIFICATIONS OF INNOCENCE, GENIUS, CHASTITY, TRUTH, FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, GENEROSITY AND CONCORDANCE (?)
INSCRIBED 'CASTITAS VERITAS AMICICIA PACE CERTITUDINE (?) GENEROSITA INOCENZA INGEGNIO' (RECTO) AND WITH INSCRIPTION 'RICETO' AND J[OHANN] M[ICHAEL]' AND '80' AND ON THE MOUNT 'ROTMEYER'
BLACK CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, GREY WASH, WATERMARK FRAGMENTARY STAR
288 X 211 MM.
AN ALLEGORICAL CEILING DESIGN: MINERVA AND OTHER FIGURES HOLDING A PORTRAIT CARTOUCHE SURROUNDED BY TWELVE COMPARTMENTS
WITH PERSONIFICATIONS OF INNOCENCE, GENIUS, CHASTITY, TRUTH, FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, GENEROSITY AND CONCORDANCE (?)
INSCRIBED 'CASTITAS VERITAS AMICICIA PACE CERTITUDINE (?) GENEROSITA INOCENZA INGEGNIO' (RECTO) AND WITH INSCRIPTION 'RICETO' AND J[OHANN] M[ICHAEL]' AND '80' AND ON THE MOUNT 'ROTMEYER'
BLACK CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, GREY WASH, WATERMARK FRAGMENTARY STAR
288 X 211 MM.
Provenance
THE PRINCES OF LIECHTENSTEIN, VADUZ, THEIR STAMP (NOT IN LUGT).
Literature
K. GARZAROLLI-THURNLACK, DIE BAROCKE HANDZEICHNUNG IN OSTERREICH, VIENNA, 1928, P. 32, PL. 10.
G. EWALD, JOHANN CARL LOTH, AMSTERDAM, 1965, P. 31, NOTE 2.
G. EWALD, JOHANN CARL LOTH, AMSTERDAM, 1965, P. 31, NOTE 2.
Exhibited
MAINZ, NO. 44, FIG. 38.
HAMBURG-STUTTGART-BREMEN, NO. 82, FIG. 42.
HAMBURG-STUTTGART-BREMEN, NO. 82, FIG. 42.