Portrait of Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739-1807), German artist brush Angelika Kaufmann during the Second World War, was gone from the palace of the Duchess of children in Poland, but was recently found in a Polish private collection

Angelika Kaufman
Portrait of Anna Amalia,
Duchess of Saxe-Weimar -Eisenach. 1789
Source: bloomberg.com

In the city of Weimar returned to painting by German artist Angelica Kauffman who disappeared during the Second World War in Poland. This is a portrait of Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739-1807), the well-known patron of the arts and sciences which gathered at the court of the Duchy of the leading representatives of German culture, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller and Johann Gottfried Herder.

Portrait of the Duchess Anna Amalia was performed Angelika Kauffman in her studio in Rome in 1789 . After writing the portrait was placed in the "Roman house" - a small building built in Weimar under the direction of Goethe for the son of Anna Amalia Carl August. In 1918, a portrait of the Duchess Anna Amalia Weimar was moved to the palace, and later - the descendants of the palace of the Duchess of Silesia (now Poland). During the Second World War, a portrait of the Duchess Anna Amalia disappeared from the palace.

The whereabouts of Angelica Kauffman was only recognized in 2011, when the famous Polish businessman and collector Peter Buchner decided sell it at Sotheby's. Specialist auction house found a portrait of the German-based lost art lostart.de and reported it to the authorities of Weimar. As a result, a descendant of Michael Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the copyright of the portrait, I decided to give it a permanent lease Weimar museums. Collector Buchner also claim rights to the canvas, compensation was paid. Portrait of Anna Amalia next year again put up in Weimar "Roman house».

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources: bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru