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Saturn Helps Religion to Overcome Heresy

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Creator	Veronese, 1528-1588
Title	Saturn Helps Religion to Overcome Heresy
Date	ca. 1580
Date Destroyed or Lost	1945
Nationality	Italian
Medium	oil on canvas
Object Dimensions	144 x 242 cm
Former Inventory Number	Inv. Nr. 304
Circumstances of Destruction or Loss	One of around 417 works of art from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum deposited in the Friedrichshain flak tower, or Flakturm, for safekeeping. The painting is presumed to have been destroyed when the tower was burned in May of 1945.
Notes	Alternately attributed to Schiavone. One of four canvases, all zodiacal subjects in praise of Germany, painted for the Sala delle Pitture in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice.
Subjects	Allegories Personification Zodiac Aries (Astrology) Saturn (Roman deity) Heresy Christian Art And Symbolism Religions Putti : Globes World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war Art treasures in war
Source	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Photo Archive, 225 South Street, Williamstown MA, 01267
Form-Genre	Painting
Collection	Lost Art
Local Item Type	unsourced clipping
CONTENTdm number	393