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Portrait of the Opera Singer Wilhelmine Schroeder-Devrient

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Creator	Begas, Karl Joseph, 1794-1854
Title	Portrait of the Opera Singer Wilhelmine Schroeder-Devrient
Inscription	signed: C. Begas 1848
Date	1848
Date Destroyed or Lost	1945
Nationality	German
Medium	Oil on canvas
Object Dimensions	126 x 108 cm
Former Inventory Number	Inv. Nr. 2436A
Circumstances of Destruction or Loss	Destroyed February 13-14 during three allied bombing raids on Dresden or in subsequent fires.
Notes	For additional information see: Bernhard, Marianne, and Klaus P. Rogner. 1965. Verlorene Werke der Malerei; in Deutschland in der Zeit von 1939 bis 1945 zerstörte und verschollene Gemalde aus Museen und Galerien. Munchen: F.A. Ackermann, p.90
Subjects	Art treasures in war Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany) Figures -- Female Columns World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war Singers Opera Portraits -- Female Schröder-Devrient, Wilhelmine, 1804-1860
Source	Library Collection of Study Photographs and Clippings, ca. 1930-2000, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Records, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Form-Genre	Paintings
Collection	Lost Art
Local Item Type	Unlabeled clipping
CONTENTdm number	516