Pastels, miniatures and silverpoint drawings, pictures on porcelain, paintings on glass and reverse glass paintings, mosaic pictures, pictures from textile materials
The second volume of the catalogue of losses from the painting collection of the Foundation for Prussian Palaces and Gardens in Berlin & Brandenburg is dedicated to the miniatures, pictures on porcelain, pastels, glass and mosaic pictures from the Prussian palaces. It primarily catalogues the small format works of art which were especially heavily decimated as a result of the destruction of the last war and the looting in the immediate post-war period. For example, over half of the original 150 pastel s are missing, and of the original collection of circa 400 miniatures only 16 are still in the possession of the SPSG. The paintings which have been found and returned to the collection of the SPSG since the publication of the first catalogue of losses in 2004 are pictured in colour in an appendix to the second volume. The 200 page second volume is completed by comprehensive concordances, an index of portraits, and an index of artists.
The catalogue of losses was published in 2011.
Zerstört, entführt, verschollen. Die Verluste der preußischen Schlösser im Zweiten Weltkrieg, vol. 2: Pastelle, Miniaturen und Silberstiftzeichnungen, Porzellanbilder, Glasgemälde und Hinterglasbilder, Mosaikbilder, Bilder aus textilen Materialien. Edited by Gerd Bartoschek, Potsdam 2011. – 198 pages with numerous illustrations.
