height: 185 cm (72.8 in) ; width: 243 cm (95.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+185U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+243U174728
Collection
English: Current whereabouts are unknown. Owned by Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, lost 1945.
Accession number
II/309
Object history
English: The painting was purchased in the Spanish Netherlands by Władysław Vasa of Poland in 1624. It was later (in 1656) looted by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and displayed in Berlin's Gemäldegalerie till 1944 (transferred from the Berlin's City Palace in the 19th century). The March of the Silenus was depicted in the painting by Etienne de la Hire showing the Art Collection of prince Władysław Vasa (today in the Royal Castle in Warsaw). Other version of the painting in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Inventory number 776 B (also missing), probably from the Duke Marlborough's collection.
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