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Lost Art

classical period
The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The statue "of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The "Athena Parthenos", originally housed in the Parthenon
5th century
Mosaic portraits of members of the Western and Eastern imperial family and the bishop of Ravenna, commissioned by Galla Placidia in the church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna (c. 425 CE). Destroyed in 1747.
Equestrian monument (the "Regisole) Theodoric the Great King of the Ostrogoths built in Ravenna. Moved to Pavia in the Middle Ages, he stood before the cathedral. Destroyed by French troops under Napoleon, 1796.
6th century
The Buddhas of Bamiyan, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
8th century
many icons were destroyed during the reign of Leo III the Isaurian, including a famous image of Christ on the Chalke Gate Chalkites. Only a few icons of that time survive, rescued outside of imperial control at St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai.
11th century
The last part of the Bayeux Tapestry has been deliberately removed at any time, and it is now lost.
14th century
Panels of altarpiece by Duccio di Buoninsegna maest painted the cathedral of Siena, representing the Coronation of the Virgin Mary of the Assumption, the Ascension of Christ, and Christ in Majesty, are likely Missing and presumed lost.
The mosaic of the "Ship Giotto di Bondone on the porch of the old St. Peter has been extensively reworked in the 17th century.
Giotto fresco allegory of the Commune of Florence portrayed as a judge sitting with the scepter, flanked by figures of Fortitude, Prudence, Justice and Temperance, painted for the Palazzo del Podesta, now the Bargello, Florence. Described by Giorgio Vasari.
Frescoes by Giotto (Stories of the Apostles) to the chapel Giugni the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence.
A lost painting of the Virgin by Giotto was bequeathed by the poet Petrarch Francesca da Carrara lord of Padua in 1370.
Fresco, St. Margaret of Cortona Suppolino bringing back to life, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the church of Santa Margherita, Cortona. Destroyed in mid – 17th century.
A lost portrait of Laura de Noves Petrarch by Simone Martini is the subject of one of Petrarch's sonnets.
15th century
Madonna Enthroned with Saints and Angels (1402) by Lorenzo Monaco. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
Statue of Joshua Clay sculpture by Donatello for the north gallery of the Duomo of Florence (c.1410). Missing in the 18th century.
Statue of Abundance (Dovizia) of stone carved by Donatello (1428). On a column placed first in the baptistery of the cathedral later in the Mercato Vecchio, Florence. Replaced in the 18th century, now lost.
Frescoes by Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello and the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome. Destroyed in Reconstruction, 1647.
fresco cycle of 300 images of Illustrious Men by Masolino da Panicale and Paolo Uccello (c. 1432) for the Palace of Cardinal Orsini in Rome. A copy of Leonardo da watercolor Besozzo survives.
La Sagra del Carmine, monochrome fresco for the cloister of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, by Masaccio (1425) representing the consecration of the church 1422. Destroyed in 1600.
Fresco of the Rules of Confirmation of the Carmelites of Filippo Lippi in the cloister of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. Destroyed by fire 1771. A fragment discovered in 1860 survives in place.
A crucifix was painted by Fra Angelico for the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence in 1423.
School of Fra Angelico. Last Judgement (1456). Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm after the capture of Berlin in May 1945.
Fresco of Flagellation of Andrea del Castagno in the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, destroyed in the 17th century.
Frescoes of the Life of the Virgin (1450-1452) begins by Domenico Veneziano and Andrea del Castagno added in the church of Sant 'Egidio (Santa Maria Nuova), Florence. Destroyed 1594.
cycle frescoes of the life of Santa Rosa, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli in the church of Santa Rosa, Viterbo. Destroyed by 1632 the renovation of the church. Autograph and other contemporary drawings and descriptions survive.
Altarpiece with scenes from the life of Saint Nicolas of Antonello da Messina for the Confraternity of St. Nicol della Montagna in Messina. Seen by Cavalcaselle in 1871. Destroyed in 1908 earthquake in Messina.
Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints John the Evangelist, Francis, Jerome and John the Baptist (c. 1496) by Ghirlandaio. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm after the capture of Berlin in May 1945.
Several paintings the original "pagan" subjects by Sandro Botticelli, who was burned in the Bonfire of the Vanities.
Portrait of Piero di Cosimo de 'Medici (C. 1478) by Sandro Botticelli. Formerly Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri, Naples. Destroyed in World War II world. Photographs survive.
Frescoes on topics mythology, including the Forge of Vulcan, executed by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino and Filippino Lippi Lorenzo de Medici in the great room and outdoor loggia Spedaletto his villa near Volterra, 1487-1490. Damaged by moisture and eventually destroyed by fire in early nineteenth century.
Fresco Triumph of Trajan by Vincenzo Foppa, made for the Medici bank in the Via Bossi, Milan. A fragment survives in the Wallace Collection, London.
Altarpiece the church of Santa Maria dei Battuti Belluno (c. 1485) by Alvise Vivarini. Destroyed by fire in Berlin during the Second World War.
Frescoes including a Baptism of Christ for the chapel of the Vatican Belvedere (1488) by Andrea Mantegna. Destroyed under Pope Pius VI to enable the construction of the Museo Pio-Clementino 1780.
Mantegna's Lamentation of the people on the Gattamelata Dead (1457-1460) a fresco in the Palazzo Gattamelata, Padua. Destroyed by fire November 5, 1760.
St. Catherine Siena Altarpiece (Sacra Conversazione) by Giovanni Bellini in the Chapel of the Rosary Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. Destroyed by fire in 1867.
The Supper at Emmaus (c. 1494) by Giovanni Bellini. Painted for Giorgio Cornaro in Venice. Destroyed by fire in Vienna in the 18th
Fresco's Ascension Christ in glory (c.1478-80) by da Forli Melozzo the choir of the church of the Santi Apostoli in Rome. Destroyed in 1711 for the enlargement choir, 1711. Fragments of surviving in the Vatican and the Quirinal.
The Court of Pan, Signorelli. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm after the capture Berlin, May 1945.
Fresco of the Virgin and Saints Tower CITT di Castello (1474) by Signorelli. Destroyed by earthquake in 1789.
Adoration of the fresco by Perugino Magi for the monastery of S. Giusto alla Mura.
The panel at the bottom left of Van Eyck Ghent Altarpiece, titled The Just Judges, was stolen in 1934 and is now lost.
Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Donor Van Eyck (c. 1441). Painted for Nicholas van Maelbeke, provost of the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Ypres. Deletion of the cathedral and destroyed during the French occupation of the Netherlands, 1792-1815. A copy has been acquired by the museum in 1629 in Bruges in 2007.
Crucifixion Petrus Christus (assigned) (c. 1444). Formerly Museum Dessau. Destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.
The Justice of Trajan and the judge Herkenbald of Rogier van der Weyden by. Painted for "Gulden Camere (Golden House) of the Town Hall of Brussels. The first, dated 1439. Destroyed by the French bombardment of Brussels in 1695.
Descent from the Cross altarpiece by Jan Mabuse executed for the church of Middelburg. Destroyed by fire 1568.
Tapestries from the great story of Troy (c. 1475) painted the room of the Palace of Westminster, London. Remove 1820 and sold for ten pounds to a merchant London. Presumed destroyed.
16th century
The trial of Saint-Etienne by Vittore Carpaccio. A drawing for the modello survives in the Uffizi Gallery.
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Faustin and Jovita, patron saints of Brescia (the Altar Averoldi) Carpaccio. Formerly sacristy of S. Giovanni Evangelista Brescia. Sold at the National Gallery in London, lost in a shipwreck through the Channel in English.
Assumption of the Virgin (c.1507-08) by Fra Bartolomeo. Destroyed by fire in Friedrichshain Flakturn after the capture of Berlin in May 1945.
Medusa (before 1500, unfinished) Leonardo da Vinci. In the collection of Cosimo I of Tuscany, 1553. Lost since the late 16th century.
Leda and the Swan (1508) by Leonardo da Vinci.
Battle of Anghiari by Leonardo da Vinci Vecchio (Palazzo)
The drawing of Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina, Palazzo Vecchio, supposedly destroyed by Bandinelli
A painting of Leda and the Swan (1530) by Michelangelo. Account Given the artist to his friend Antonio Mini that has taken to France, where he disappeared.
A marble Cupid by Michelangelo later owned Isabella d'Este and Charles I of England. Destroyed in a fire at Whitehall Palace, London, 1698.
A marble of Michelangelo's Hercules, his first act independently (c. 1492-1494). Housed in the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1506, sent to France in the 16th century. Lost in the 18th century.
Statue Bronze David putting his foot on the severed head of Goliath, Michelangelo.
Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalene and St. Lucia (Madonna Albinea) by Antonio da Correggio.
Fresco of the Coronation of the Virgin for the church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, Correggio. Destroyed 1587. Fragments the National Gallery, London and other museums.
Portrait of a young man of Raphael. Confiscated by the Nazis, now lost.
Baronci altarpiece (The Coronation of St. Nicolas of Tolentino) by Raphael. His first recorded command, was made for the chapel in the church Andrea Baronci Sant'Agostino in Città di Castello, near Urbino. Destroyed in an 18th century earthquake. At least four fragments survive (Louvre, Capodimonte).
St. Catherine of Alexandria by Raphael. Formerly owned by Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel. Represented in engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar. Presumed lost.
Marriage of Neptune and Amphitrite, silver bowl by Cellini. From Chapter of the basilica of Santa Barbara, Modena, by the French, 1796. Presumed lost.
Ascension of Mary reredos (altar eller) by Drer. The central panel added to the collection of voter Maximilian of Bavaria, later lost in a fire in 1729.
Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz, Virgin and Child with four saints Male, Virgin and Child with Infant St. John by Cranach the Elder. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturn after the capture of Berlin in May 1945.
Henry Duke of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder. Destroyed by the enemy in Dresden, in February 1945.
Market day by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Represented 17th in the Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest painted by Willem van Hoecht.
Farmers Brawl by Breughel the Elder. Destroyed by the enemy in Dresden in February 1945.
Hans Holbein the Younger Whitehall mural of Henry VIII and the family in Whitehall Palace in London destroyed by fire in 1698.
The family of Sir Thomas More by Holbein. Destroyed by fire in the castle Kremsier, Moravia residence of Carl von Liechtenstein, Archbishop Olmutz, 1752.
The Goldsmith Hans von Zurich by Holbein. Copied by Lucas Vorsterman. Engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar. Presumed lost.
Various works by Titian (including the Battle of Spoleto, Battle of Cadore and Doge Gritti prayer to the Virgin), Tintoretto (the coronation of Frederick Barbarossa, the excommunication of Barbarossa, and Last Judgement), Paolo Veronese (his tribute to Frederick Barbarossa), Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, Carpaccio (the battle of Ancona), Alvise Vivarini (Otto promising Mediation Between Venice and Barbarossa), Guariento (Paradise), Gentile Bellini (his battle Salvor and presentation of the white candle to the Pope) and Giovanni Bellini (his Presentation Eight standards and trumpets to the Doge) were lost in a fire at the Ducal Palace in Venice in 1577.
Portrait of Isabella DSTE red by Titian. A copy of Rubens is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Martyrdom of St. Peter (Titian, Santi Giovanni e Paolo) (fire).
Double Portrait of Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal by Titian. Fire destroyed the palace Alcazar, Madrid, 1734. A copy of Rubens survives.
Penitent Magdalene by Titian. Painted for Philip II of Spain, 1561. Destroyed in a fire at Bath House, London, January 21, 1873.
Ixion and Tantalus by Titian. Fire destroyed the palace Alcazar, Madrid, 1734.
Paintings of the Twelve Caesars, by Titian. Destroyed in the Alcazar palace fire, Madrid, 1734.
Venus at her mirror Titian. Lost in the Spanish royal collection in the 19th century. A copy of Rubens survives.
Apollo and Juno and Saturn with Religion overcome heresy by Veronese. Painted c. 1580 for the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
Fresco of God the Father and the four evangelists in Pontormo's Capponi Chapel, Church of Santa Felicita, Florence. Destroyed remodeling in the 18th century.
Last Judgement Cartoons (Pontormo, San Lorenzo) covered.
17th century
equestrian statue Bronze Henri IV of France by Giovanni da Bologna. Presented by Marie Medici Cosimo II of Tuscany in 1614. Fondue gun during the French Revolution.
Time saving truth of envy and discord by Nicolas Poussin. Unidentified since 1840.
The Martyrdom of Erasmus (c. 1630) by Poussin, destroyed February 1945 by enemy action in Dresden, Germany.
Penance, one of the seven sacraments (1637-1640) Poussin, destroyed by fire Belvoir Castle in 1816.
Queen Esther approach the palace of Ahasuerus (1658) by Claude Lorrain. Destroyed in a fire at Fonthill Abbey, 1755.
Apollo guarding the herds of Admetus and Mercury in the wheel by Claude Lorrain. Formerly at Holker Hall. Destroyed by fire in 1870.
Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae by Claude Lorrain (Liber Veritatis 183). One of four works commissioned by the Prince Falconieri executed from 1666 to 1673.
Erection of the Cross, altar Peter Paul Rubens. Painted for the church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome (1601-02).
Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Rubens (c. 1609). Known only if engraving 1610 by Cornelius Galle.
Our Lady of the Rosary, Rubens. Painted for the Chapel Royal of the Dominican church in Brussels. Destroyed by bombing French Brussels, 1695.
Madonna adorned with flowers of St. Anne, Rubens (1610). Painted for the Carmelite church in Brussels. Destroyed by bombing French Brussels, 1695.
Triptych Rubens Saint Job (1613). Painted for the St. Nicolas Church in Brussels. Destroyed by the French bombardment of Brussels, 1695.
Cambyses appointed Otanes Judge, Judgement of Solomon, and the Last Judgement, by Rubens. Decoration for the Magistrates' Hall in Brussels. Destroyed the French bombardment of Brussels, 1695.
Neptune and Amphitrite by Rubens (c. 1615). Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, after the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, and Pentecost, by Rubens. Painted for the Chapel Coudenberg Palace, Brussels. Destroyed by fire 1731.
Susanna and the Elders of Rubens (1617-1618). Engraved 1620 by Lucas Vorsterman.
Satyr, Nymph, putti and Leopards by Rubens (1618). Now known as the engraving.
The Abduction of Proserpine by Rubens. Engraved before 1621 by Pieter SOUTMAN. Destroyed by fire in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 5 February 1861.
Crucifixion with Mary, St. John, Madeleine, Rubens (1622). Destroyed by the English Parliamentarians in the chapel of the Queen, Somerset House, London, 1643.
Portrait Philip IV of Spain, Rubens (1628). Destroyed by arson attack at the Kunsthaus Zurich in 1985.
Diana and Nymphs Surprised by Satyrs by Rubens (c. 1635-1638). Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, after the capture of Berlin in May 1945.
Equestrian Portrait of the Archduke Albert of Rubens.
Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV of Spain by Rubens. Destroyed in the Alcazar palace fire, Madrid, 1734. A copy is in the Uffizi Gallery.
Continence Scipio Rubens. Destroyed by fire in exchange for the West, Old Bond Street, London, March 1836.
The Lion Hunt by Rubens. Removed by agents of Napoleon Schloss Schleissheim near Munich, 1800 and ultimately sent to the Museum of Bordeaux, which was destroyed by fire, 1870.
Portrait Equestrian Duke of Buckingham by Rubens. Later owned by the Earl of Jersey at Osterley Park. Destroyed by fire in 1949.
Series of paintings ceiling 39 for the Jesuit church in Antwerp, designed by Rubens, executed largely by Van Dyck. Destroyed by fire in 1718.
Vision Saint-Hubert, Rubens and Brueghel the Elder in January Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
Group Portrait Council of City of Brussels by Van Dyck. Destroyed in the bombardment of Brussels, 1695.
Christ crowned with thorns, Lamentation over Christ, Nymphs Surprised by satyrs, and St. John the Baptist and John the Evangelist by Van Dyck. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, after the capture of Berlin in May 1945.
Birth of Christ by Gerrit van Honthorst. Destroyed in suicide car of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, May 1993.
Six Smiths gold and silver (Bankers "Amsterdam") Thomas de Keyser (1627). One of 30 paintings destroyed by fire at the Museum of Fine Arts, Strasbourg, 13 August 1947.
The Circumcision (1646) Rembrandt.
Bentheim Castle with Christ and the disciples on the road to Emmaus by Jacob van Ruisdael. Torn a fire at the Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam, 1864.
Great family portrait by Carel Fabritius. Destroyed by fire at the Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam, 1864.
Man asleep by Aelbert Cuyp. Destroyed by fire at the Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam, 1864.
A entleman wash hands in a see-through chamber (half-door) with sculptures, artful and rare, Vermeer, listed in the catalog of the auction Dissius, Holland, 1696.
The inspiration first version of Matthew Caravaggio (~ 1601) (destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.)
Christ on the Mount of Olives by Caravaggio (1605). From the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
Fillide Melandroni (c.1597) Caravaggio. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
A portrait of Alof Wignacourt Caravaggio.
Saint John St. Francis, and resurrection, by Caravaggio, made for Santnna dei Lombardi, Naples. Destroyed in an earthquake, 1798.
Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence by Caravaggio for the Oratorio of San Lorenzo in Palermo. Stolen in 1969, not recovered.
The Conversion of St. Paul altarpiece Orazio Gentileschi performed for the Basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura in Rome. Destroyed by fire 1823.
The Stoning of St. Stephen's altarpiece of Lavinia Fontana, conducted for the basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome. Destroyed by fire 1823.
Hercules and Omphale by Artemisia Gentileschi (1628), painted for Philip IV of Spain. Fire destroyed the palace Alcazar, Madrid, 1734.
Bathsheba by Artemisia Gentileschi (1650-1652). Destroyed by fire in Gosford House, Scotland 1940.
The Buonavventura and Ciclo Vito Bartolomeo Manfredi. Destroyed in suicide car of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, May 1993.
Danae by Annibale Carracci. Former collection of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, Westminster, London. Destroyed by the enemy in the Second World War, May 11, 1941.
St. Gregory for the souls in Purgatory (c.1600), painted by Annibale Carracci altarpiece for the church of San Gregorio Magno, Rome. Former collection of Ellesmere Bridgewater House, Westminster, London. Destroyed by the enemy in the Second World War, May 11, 1941.
Descent from the Cross of Ludovico Carracci. Old collection Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, Westminster, London. Destroyed by the enemy in the Second World War, May 11, 1941.
Bacchus and Ariadne by Guido Reni. Ordered home for Queen Henrietta Maria at Greenwich, 1637. Destroyed in France during the 17th century by the widow of Michael Particelli d'Hemery, who was shocked by it contained female nudes. A fragment of the head of the Ariane survives.
Immaculate Conception by Guido Reni. Once Cathedral of Seville, Spain, later in the collection of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, Westminster, London. Destroyed by the enemy in the Second World War, May 11, 1941.
Bust of Charles I by Bernini in marble. Fire destroyed the palace of Whitehall, London, 1698.
Crucified by Bernini, bronze. Formerly the French royal collection. Destroyed in the French Revolution.
Expulsion of the Moors with Philip III (1627) Velasquez. Fire destroyed the palace Alcazar, Madrid, 1734.
Venus and Adonis Velasquez. Fire destroyed the palace Alcazar, Madrid, 1734.
Cupid and Psyche by Velasquez. Fire destroyed the palace Alcazar, Madrid, 1734.
Apollo and Marsyas by Velasquez. Fire destroyed the palace Alcazar, Madrid, 1734.
Two portraits of the king of clowns, Francesco de Cardenas Ochoa and the Toreador, painted by Velasquez for the Palace of Buen Retiro, Madrid.
Pelican with the bucket and donkeys painted by Velasquez for the Palace of Buen Retiro, Madrid.
Saint Bonaventure reveals the Crucifix to Saint Thomas Aquinas by Zurbarn. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
Herculean frescoes painted by Luca Giordano for 1692-1702 the Buen Retiro Palace of Charles II of Spain, Madrid. Destroyed in the 19th century.
William III first troops at the Battle of the Boyne by Godfrey Kneller. Destroyed by fire in the hall of grocers, London September 22, 1965.
18th century
The Amber Room of Catherine Palace in Russia was lost during the Second World War.
The drawing lesson and a girl The recitation of his Gospel by Chardin Jean-Baptiste-Simon.
Still Life with Copper Kettle, Bowl with eggs (1724-1725), by Chardin. Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
Decorations for the Château La Muette the goddess Ki Mao Sao Mang in the Kingdom in the country of Laos, Watteau (engraved c. 1719). Demolished during the Revolution.
Spring (Spring) one of a series of four paintings of the Seasons, painted by Watteau for the banker Pierre Crozat. Rediscovered in 1964, destroyed by fire two years later. Autumn and Winter series are still missing.
Oriole Jay and hung upside down by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Exhibited at the Salon of 1751.
The original paintings A Harlot's Progress (1731) by William Hogarth were destroyed in a fire at Fonthill Abbey in 1755, but the engravings (1732) to survive.
Fresco Translation of the Holy House of Loreto Gianbattista Tiepolo in the Church of the Scalzi, Venice. Destroyed by the enemy (Austrian shell), 1915.
Frescoes and Giandomenico Tiepolo Gianbattista of glorifying family Soderini, Villa della Battaglia Soderini Nervesa, Veneto (c.1754) were totally destroyed in a commitment between Italy and Austria during the First World War, June 15-19, 1918.
Ceiling fresco of the Triumph of Arts and Sciences, Apollo and Phaethon, and Perseus Andromeda, and Juno Venus Fortuna by Giambattista Tiepolo in Archinto Palazzo, Milan. Destroyed by bombing in the Second World War.
Nativity Jupiter Child, General James Oglethorpe and sixteen other works by Sir Joshua Reynolds was destroyed by fire at Belvoir Castle in 1816.
Gainsborough the length of David Garrick, based on a bust of Shakespeare, painted for the Stratford Shakespeare Jubilee (1766) was destroyed in a fire Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall in 1946.
The Woodman and his dog in a storm (1787) Gainsborough. Destroyed by fire in 1810. A mezzotint 1791 by Peter Simon exists.
The Destruction of Niobe's children by Richard Wilson. Formerly the National Gallery, London. Destroyed by the enemy in the Second World War, 1944.
Bust of the composer Gluck in marble by Jean-Antoine Houdon. Destroyed by fire at the Paris Opera, 1873. Versions exist in terracotta.
The Eidophusikon (1781) by Philip James Loutherbourg.
The Pelletier at his death bed (1793) by Jacques-Louis David.
19th century
Don Antonio de Porcel (1806) by Goya. Destroyed in a fire in the Jockey Club, Buenos Aires, 1956.
A Vision of the Last Judgement (1808) by William Blake. The earlier versions and sketches survive, but the final version has not been seen since the cancellation of an exhibition in 1810, she was to have been part of.
George Washington sat in costume Roman marble sculpture by Canova, destroyed by fire in the House North Carolina State in Raleigh in 1831. plaster model the artist survives.
Winter (1807-1808), The Farewell (1818), the port Grifswald (c. 1820), Autumn Landscape with brush Collector (1824), and Evening (1825), by Caspar David Friedrich. Destroyed in the Glaspalast (Munich) fire, 1931.
Chapel in the mountain mist (1811), cemetery of the monastery in snow (1817-1818), Alpine region Lights (1824) and North (1830-1835) by Caspar David Friedrich.Destroyed by fire in the Friedrichshain Flakturm, the Following the capture of Berlin, May 1945.
The mouth of the Thames (1807) by Joseph Mallord William Turner. Destroyed by the enemy in the Second World War.
Fish Market on the Sands (1830) Turner. Formerly owned by Billy Rose. Destroyed by fire 1956.
On Aeneas history Dido (1850) Turner.
Panorama of the Mississippi River (1840-46) by John Banvard. Promoted as a "three-mile canvas", except that half about a mile (800 m) long. Banvard given the view of many indexes, including one to Queen Victoria. It is believed to have been cut into pieces in the late 19th century.
Washington Crossing the Delaware (1849-1850) (first version) by Emanuel Leutze. Destroyed in an air raid on Bremen, 1942.
Apotheosis of Napoleon by Ingres. Ceiling painting at the Hotel Paris City. Destroyed by fire in the Paris Commune, 1871.
The storming of the Bastille (1830) by Paul Delaroche. Painted for the Hotel de Ville, Paris. Destroyed by fire in the Paris Commune, 1871.
Justinian Drafting his Laws (1826) by Delacroix Eugne. Painted for the Council of State, Paris. Destroyed by fire in the Paris Commune, 1871. A 1855 photograph survives.
Consoles humanity and peace brings plenty (1852-1854) Delacroix. Painted for the Hall of Peace at the Hotel de Ville, Paris. Destroyed by fire in the Paris Commune, 1871.
Captivity Jews in Babylon by Jean-Francois Millet. Submitted to the Paris Salon, 1848. Painted by the artist with a scene performed in Normandy in 1870-71.
The Pierre-breeze Courbet, destroyed in transit from the Dresden Gallery in the Second World War.
The return of the conference (1863) by Courbet. Destroyed in 1909 by his owner because of his anticlerical content.
Venus and Psyche (1864) by Courbet. Destroyed by enemy air action, Berlin, 1945.
Still Life: Sunflowers Vase with five (1888) by Van Gogh. Formerly in the collection of Koyata Yamamoto, Japan. Destroyed by American air raids on Ashiya District, August 5-6 1945.
The painter his way to work by Van Gogh. Formerly in the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Berlin. Destroyed by fire in the Second World War.
The park Arles Viewed entry through the trees (1888) Van Gogh. Destroyed by fire in World War II world.
The Lovers: The Poet's Garden IV (1888) by Van Gogh. Declared degenerate and confiscated by the Nazis in 1937. Whereabouts unknown.
The New Jerusalem by George Inness was destroyed in the partial collapse of Madison Square Garden in 1880. recovered fragments survive, including the valley of olive trees in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
The Apparition, an oil lost by James Tissot (1885). A mezzotint by the artist exists.
Henri Rousseau's portrait of French playwright Alfred Jarry (1895) was destroyed by the keeper, who did not like him.
Head of Sir Henry Irving by John Singer Sargent. Destroyed by the sitter, who hated him.
Portrait of Thomas Eakins by William Merritt Chase (c. 1899). Presumed destroyed by the model.
Hen with Sapphire Pendant (1886), an egg Faberg.
Cherub with Chariot (1888), an egg Faberg.
Necessary (1889), an egg Faberg.
Alexander III Portraits (1896), an egg Faberg.
Purple (1898) Faberg an egg.
20th century
Nephritis Empire (1902), an egg Faberg.
Danish Royal (1903), an egg Faberg.
Alexander III Commemorative (1909) Faberg an egg.
Musik II (1898), Schubert at the piano (1899), Golden Apple Tree (1903), Procession of the Dead (1903), Medicine, Philosophy, and the cases (1899-1907), Farm Garden with Crucifix (1911-12), Malcesine on Lake Garda (1913), garden path with chickens (1916), Portrait of Wally (1916), Friends (C. 1916-1917), Leda (1917), Gastein (1917), all by Gustav Klimt. Destroyed by fire set by retreating German forces in 1945 at Castle Immendorf, Austria.
Two paintings by Claude Monet, including an extensive review of Water Lilies, were destroyed in a fire that swept the Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 1958.
Diego Rivera mural Man at the Crossroads (1933) has been destroyed and removed in 1934 because its contents (including a portrait of Lenin) offended Nelson Rockefeller, who had commissioned the work. Rivera later recreated the work of man, the controller of the Universe in the Palacio Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
Joan Miro mural on large panels, the reaper (1937) representing a Catalan peasant, was created for the Republican flag Spanish Exposition in Paris in 1937. He was then sent to Valencia and probably destroyed.
Works of Arshile Gorky was lost when his studio burned in 1946. In addition, 15 abstract paintings and drawings by Gorky were lost in a plane crash in 1962
Graham Sutherland portrait of Winston Churchill (1954) was deliberately destroyed by Lady Churchill, because she did not like that.
Some 20 works have been created the camera, then deliberately destroyed by Pablo Picasso for the documentary The Mystra Picasso (The Mystery of Picasso, 1956).
On January 30, 1979, a Varig Cargo 707, registration PP-VLU, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean thirty minutes after leaving Tokyo, Japan. The captain had already been involved in another major accident, the Varig flight 820 in 1973. No wreckage or remains were ever located. The plane was carrying 153 paintings the Japanese Brazilian artist Manabu Mabe, a value of approximately $ 1.24 million U.S..
"Study after Velazquez III (1950), Francis Bacon. Third in a series of portraits of Velzquez the portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1650. All three have been destroyed by the thought the artist to the surface first two in 1999.
"Untitled Wall Relief, by Craig Kauffman (1967), an acrylic on Plexiglas piece fell off the wall and broke July 16, 2006 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris
Untitled piece by Peter Alexander (1971), an 8 'x 5 "work in molded polyester resin, fell and broke out in April 2006 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris
Anish Kapoor wood and cement sculpture "Hole and Vessel" (1984) was discovered missing from her storage unit in 2004.
Richard Serra sculpture metal 38 tons "Equal-Parallel/Guernica-Bengasi" (1986), formerly in the museum Reina Sofia, was unable to locate in 2006
The "Goddess of Democracy" (1989) by students of the Academy Central Fine Arts, was destroyed by the People's Liberation Army during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989.
enormous sculpture of Rachel Whiteread's "House" (1993) was destroyed by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council January 11, 1994.
Pablo Picasso painting the painter was lost aboard Swissair Flight 111 crashed into waters off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada September 2, 1998.
Richard Serra's Tilted Arc (1981) has been dismantled and removed in 1989.
collection almost any Hlio Oiticica was destroyed on October 16 May 2009 in a fire at the house of his brother.
Work destroyed in the attacks of 11 September 2001
Many works of art were destroyed 11 September 2001, when the World Trade Center attacks collapsed buildings.
"Ideogram" (1967) stainless steel sculpture by James Rosati
Cloud Fortress "(1975) a large piece of black granite by the Japanese artist Masayuki Nagare, destroyed in the rescue 9 / 11 and the recovery efforts.
"The World Trade Center Tapestry" a "20 x 35 'tapestry by Joan Mir
Gate of Heaven, "New York" (1977-78) by Louise Nevelson
A fountain in memory of victims of the attack in 1993 against the World Trade Center by Elyn Zimmerman
Stabile World Trade Center "(1971) a sculpture 25 'steel red Alexander Calder. Approximately 30% of the sculpture has been recovered.
Some 300 sculptures and drawings by Auguste Rodin, a part of Cantor Fitzgerald collection.
Needle Tower (1968) by Kenneth Snelson.
Recollection Pond, a tapestry by Romare Bearden.
Wall Path, by Keller Germaine.
Commuter Landscape, a large mural by Cynthia Mailman.
Fan dance with the birds, a mural of Hunt Slonem.
The series Entablature by Roy Lichtenstein
About 40,000 negatives of photographs taken by Jacques Lowe document the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
The Sphere, a sculpture by Fritz Koenig abstract, survived the collapse, but has been seriously damaged, and now serves as a memorial.
Works destroyed by fire Momart
Many works by Britartists in the Saatchi collection, and the work of other artists in the various collections were destroyed in the fire Momart warehouse in Leyton, East London, May 24, 2004.
Vertical Light by Patrick Heron (1957), and some 50 other paintings
Altair by Gillian Ayres (1989), and 17 other pictures
black and white Craigie Horsfield Barcelona, Carrer Muntaner (1996)
Hell by Jake and Dinos Chapman, (1998-2000)
The last thing I've said is not to leave me here ("The Hut") by Tracey Emin (1999)
Everyone I ever slept with 19631995 ("The Tent") by Tracey Emin
A change of mood by Michael Craig-Martin
Event by William Redgrave, a bronze triptych; approximately one third was recovered by his son, Chris Redgrave.
Below, a sculpture by Sarah Lucas
Hedone, a painting by Patrick Caulfield
Floater, Gavin Turk by
Sixteen paintings by Damien Hirst
Cyclops Cameo (1995), Opal (1996), and eight other works by Helen Chadwick
Nine works by Barry Flanagan
Clown, a gloss paint on wood and other works by Gary Hume
Afrobluff, and other works by Chris Ofili
Works by Paula Rego
Forty works by Adrian Heath
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References / External Links
Lost Treasures of Europe: 427 Photographs Henry Adams LaFarge (Ed.), Pantheon (1946).
The museum lost. Glimpses of Vanished original Robert Adams, Viking Press (1980). ISBN 0-670-44107-4
Missing masterpieces – The lost works of art, 1450-1900 Dr. Gert-Rudolf Flick, Merrell (January 2003). ISBN 1-85894-197-0
The report eloquent and thorough post-war works of art in Italy. The losses and survivals of the war, established by the British Committee on the conservation and restoration of works of art, London 1946, is an indispensable guide for the damage caused by the action in time of war in Italy between 1943 and 1945. It is posted online and also article references in wartime others about damage to works of art in Italy.
The authoritative source in English for tables Flakturm destroyed in Friedrichshain, Berlin, 1945 is Christopher Norris, "the catastrophe Flakturm Friedrichshain, a chronicle and list of paintings "The Burlington Magazine, December 1952, Vol. XCIV, No. 597.
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"The Art Lost by Citigroup on 9 / 11 "FW Suzanne Lemak
Public Art at the World Trade Center
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9 / 11 Attacks Destroy Cultural and Historical Artifacts
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