Mars (Ares)

Attributed to Johann Neudecker the Younger (German, 1692 - ca. 1729)

Dateca. 1720

MediumSandstone

DimensionsOverall: 78 inches (198.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Westport Garden Club

Object numberF66-17/1

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

Exhibition History

[None known at this time.]

Provenance

Fritz Tielebier (1886–1965), Berlin, by October 7, 1965 [1];

The heirs of Fritz Tielebier, Berlin and Munich, October 7, 1965–April 14, 1966 [2];

Purchased from the heirs of Fritz Tielebier, through the generosity of the Westport Garden Club, by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1966.

NOTES:

[1] See invoice from the publishing house Tieblebier-Langsenscheidt to the Nelson-Atkins, February 23, 1966, Nelson-Atkins object files.

[2] After Fritz Tielebier’s death, the final negotiations with the museum were arranged by his son, Karl Ernst Tielebier-Langenscheidt (b. 1921), Munich, but other heirs are mentioned in letters.

Published References

advertisement, Weltkunst (August 1, 1965): 628, (repro.).

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