Image series 44 / 2024: Illegally Acquired Artefacts ...
... in museum collections
27 October 2024
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By: Bettina Pfleging
Looted art includes objects that have ended up in museums in some unlawful way, whether stolen, confiscated, forcibly sold, bartered or ceded. A large proportion of these artworks found their way into European museums in the 19th and early 20th century. A great deal of research is often required to determine their origin.
The exhibition uses video installations by the artist duo Jongsma + O’Neill to show the history of ten stolen objects in three epochs, via virtual reality glasses, to illustrate provenance research.
“Loot. 10 Stories”
22 March 2024 until 26 January 2025, Stadtmuseum Berlin
Gedenkkopf einer Königinmutter – uhunmwun elao, 1400/1600, Bronze, 51 cm, Berlin; ArteMIS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Kunsthistorisches Institut
Paulus Potter. Cows Reflected in the Water, Ausschnitt, 1625-1654, oil on panel, 43 × 61 cm, The Hague; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
Rembrandt van Rijn. Selbstporträt, Ausschnitt, 1669, Öl auf Leinwand, 63,5 × 57,8 cm, Den Haag; ArteMIS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Kunsthistorisches Institut
Denis Genty. Commode, ca. 1760, Oak veneered with amaranth, bois satiné, boxwood, and various stained woods; gilt bronze; rouge royal marble, 88,3 × 145,7 × 67 cm. New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pferdekopf der ursprünglichen Quadriga, Brandenburger Tor Berlin, 1791/93, Kupfer, getrieben, H 125, L 157, B 45, Berlin; DILPS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Kris, balinese dagger, ca. 1800-1850, metal, nickel and wood, 48,5 × 9,5 × 4 cm, Berlin; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
Magischer Stab, Maroons, Holz, Eisen, Metallfolie, Länge 78 cm, Berlin; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
Kinderklapper in Form eines Storches, Silber, 15,3 × 5,1 × 2,4 cm, Berlin; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
