Lost artworks#Works destroyed in the September 11 attacks
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Lost artworks are original pieces of art that credible sources or material evidence indicate once existed but that cannot be accounted for in museums or private collections, as well as works known to have been destroyed deliberately or accidentally or neglected through ignorance and lack of connoisseurship.
Research and recovery efforts
File:Raphael missing.jpg|Portrait of a Young Man by Raphael
File:Caravaggio 005.jpg|Nativity with San Lorenzo and San Francesco by Caravaggio Est. (2006) US$20,000,000{{cite book |last=Houpt |first=Simon |title=Museum of the Missing: The High Stakes of Art Crime |year=2006 |publisher=Key Porter Books |isbn=978-1-86189-316-1}}
File:Rembrandt Christ in the Storm on the Lake of Galilee.jpg|Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt Est. (2006) priceless
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 076.jpg|Landscape with an Obelisk by Govert Flinck Est. (2006) priceless
File:Vermeer The concert.JPG|The Concert by Vermeer Est. $20,000,000–priceless
File:Alexander Egg.jpg|Alexander III Commemorative egg by Fabergé Est. $20–30,000,000
File:Danish Jubilee Egg.jpg|Royal Danish egg (Danish Jubilee egg) by Fabergé Est. $20–30,000,000
File:Van Gogh - Vase mit Pechnelken.jpeg|Vase with Lychnis by Van Gogh
File:Édouard Manet Chez Tortoni.jpg|Chez Tortoni by Édouard Manet Est. (2006) priceless
File:Cholmondeley Oudry White Duck.jpg|White Duck by Jean-Baptiste Oudry Est. (2006) US$8,800,000
File:View of Auvers-sur-Oise Paul Cezanne.png|View of Auvers-sur-Oise by Cézanne Est. (2006) US$3,000,000
File:Marcel Duchamp, 1917, Fountain, photograph by Alfred Stieglitz.jpg|Original of Fountain by Marcel Duchamp (1917)Calvin Tomkins, Duchamp: A Biography, Museum of Modern Art, 2014, p. 186 {{ISBN|0870708929}}
The Art Loss Register is a commercial computerized international database which captures information about lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. It is operated by a commercial company based in London.
In the U.S., the FBI maintains the [https://artcrimes.fbi.gov National Stolen Art File], "a database of stolen art and cultural property. Stolen objects are submitted for entry to the NSAF by law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad."{{cite web|title=National Stolen Art File|url=https://artcrimes.fbi.gov|website=fbi.gov|publisher=FBI|accessdate=30 September 2016}}
A number of search and recovery efforts were created in response to major loss events, notably:
Chronology of notable loss events
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- Rhodes earthquake, 226 BCE
- First Mithridatic War
- Sack of Athens, 1 March 86 BCE
- Antikythera shipwreck, 86-50 BCE
- Lauseion fire, 475
- Nika riots, 13 January 532-
- Byzantine Iconoclasm
- Iconoclasm of Leo III, 726-741
- Second Byzantine Iconoclasm, 814-842
- Jin–Song Wars, 1125–1234
- Jingkang Incident (Sack of Kaifeng), 10 January 1126-
- Fourth Crusade, 1202–1204
- Sack of Constantinople, 12–15 April 1204
- Bonfires of the vanities, 1492–1497
- Bonfire of the vanities, Florence, 1492
- Bonfire of the vanities, Florence, 7 February 1497
- Palazzo Bentivoglio destruction, 1507
- Iconoclastic Fury, 1522–1599
- Beeldenstorm, 1566
- "Stille beeldenstorm" of Antwerp, 1581
- Doge's Palace fire, 1576
- El Pardo Palace fire, 1604
- Russo-Swedish Deluge 1648-1667
- Destruction of the Commonwealth
- Bombardment of Brussels, 13–15 August 1695
- Brussels Town Hall fire, 13–15 August 1695
- Palace of Whitehall fire, 4 January 1698
- André-Charles Boulle workshop fire, 30 August 1720
- Coudenberg Palace fire, 3 February 1731
- Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire, 24 December 1734
- Kroměříž Palace fire, March 1752
- Lisbon earthquake and tsunami, 1 November 1755
- Ribeira Palace destruction
- Vrouw Maria sinking, 9 October 1771
- French Revolution, 1789–1799
- Napoleonic looting of art, 1794-1814
- Exton Old Park fire, 1810
- Belvoir Castle fire, 1816
- Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura fire, 1823
- Burning of Parliament, 16 October 1834
- Palais-Royal looting, 21–22 February 1848
- Old Summer Palace destruction, 18–21 October 1861
- Museum Boymans fire, 1864
- Paris Commune, 18 March-28 May 1871
- Hôtel de Ville fire, May 1871
- Tuileries Palace fire, 23 May 1871
- Holker Hall fire, 1871{{cite book|last1=Stockdale|first1=James|title=Annales Caermoelenses or Annals of Cartmel|date=1872|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall & Company|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/annalescaermoel00stocgoog/page/n441 425]–429|url=https://archive.org/details/annalescaermoel00stocgoog|quote=Annales Caermoelensis.|accessdate=6 June 2014}}
- Great Boston Fire of 1872
- Bath House fire, 31 January 1873
- Pantechnicon warehouse fire, London, 13–14 February 1874
- Benin City sacking, 9 February 1897-
- San Francisco Earthquake, April 18, 1906
- Messina earthquake, 28 December 1908
- Mona Lisa theft and vandalism, 21 August 1911
- World War I, 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
- Russian Revolution and post-revolution losses, 1917-1920s
- Treasures for Tractors, 1920s
- Thames flood (Tate Gallery flood), 7 January 1928
- Glaspalast fire, 6 June 1931
- Nazi plunder, 1933–1945
- Berlin Fire Department art burning, 20 March 1939
- Frey seizures (1939-1942)
- Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce seizures, 1940–1945
- Mühlmann Agency seizures, 1939–1945
- Einsatzgruppen unit seizures, 1939–1945
- SS-Ahnenerbe unit seizures, 1939–1945
- Ghent Altarpiece panels theft, 10 April 1934
- Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
- World War II, 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945{{Cite book |author=Lambourne, Nicola |title=War Damage in Western Europe: The Destruction of Historic Monuments During the Second World War |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2001 |isbn=0-7486-1285-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/wardamageinweste0000lamb }}{{Cite book|author=Simpson, Elizabeth |title=The Spoils of War--World War II and Its Aftermath: The Loss, Reappearance, and Recovery of Cultural Property |publisher=Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and The Bard Graduate Center |year=1997 |isbn=0-8109-4469-3}}
- Gosford House fire, 1940
- Castle Howard fire, 9 November 1940
- The Blitz, 7 September 1940 – 21 May 1941
- Bridgewater House bombing, 11 May 1941
- Bombardment of Manila, December 1941
- Bombing of Bremen, 1942
- Palazzo Archinto (Milan) bombing, 1943
- Battle of Monte Cassino, 17 January – 18 May 1944
- Ovetari Chapel bombing, 11 March 1944
- Destruction of Warsaw, 1944–45
- Royal Castle, Warsaw explosion
- Bombing of Dresden, February 1945
- Battle of Manila, 3 February – 3 March 1945
- Schloss Immendorf fire, May 1945
- Friedrichshain flak tower fire, May 1945{{cite journal|last1=Norris|first1=Christopher|title=The Disaster at Flakturm Friedrichshain: a Chronicle and List of Paintings|journal=The Burlington Magazine|date=December 1952|volume=XCIV|issue=597}}
- Ashiya District air raids, 5–6 August 1945
- Quedlinburg medieval art theft, 19 April – June 1945
- Soviet looting, 1939–1945
- Kronberg Castle looting, 5 November 1945
- Arno Breker Sculpture Destruction, 1945-
- Arshile Gorky studio fire, 1946
- Alfred Stieglitz Gallery theft, 1946
- Musée de Beaux Arts de Strasbourg fire, 13 August 1947
- Coleshill House fire, 1952
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) fire, 15 August 1958
- American Airlines Flight 1 plane crash, 1962
- Dulwich College Picture Gallery theft, 30 December 1966
- Izmir Archaeology Museum theft, 24 July 1969
- Oratory of San Lorenzo theft, October 1969
- Stephen Hahn Gallery theft, 17 November 1969
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts theft, 4 September 1972
- Musée Albert-André, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, theft, 12 November 1972
- Invasion of Cyprus church thefts, 1974
- Russborough House art theft #1, 1974
- Palais des Papes Picasso theft, 31 January 1976
- Corridart installation destruction, Montreal, 1976
- Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro fire, 8 July 1978{{cite news|title=Replacement of Art in Rio is Uncertain|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sN8hAAAAIBAJ&pg=6211%2C2861551|accessdate=5 June 2014|agency=AP|publisher=Reading Eagle|date=14 Dec 1978}}
- Varig plane disappearance, 30 January 1979
- L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art theft, 15 April 1983
- Kunsthaus Zürich incendiary attack, 1985
- Huntington Library fire, 17 October 1985
- Musée Marmottan Monet theft, 28 October 1985
- Russborough House art theft #2, 1986
- Neue Nationalgalerie theft, 27 May 1988
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft, 18 March 1990
- Lincoln's Inn theft, 16 September 1990
- Houghton Hall theft, 30 September 1992
- Windsor Castle fire, 20 November 1992
- Uffizi car bombing, 1993
- Moderna Museet theft, 8 November 1993
- The Scream theft, 12 February 1994
- Kunsthalle Schirn theft (Frankfurt art theft), 28 July 1994
- Stéphane Breitwieser: 172 museum thefts, 1995–2001
- Galleria Ricci Oddi theft, 18 February 1997
- Louvre theft, 3 May 1998
- Swissair Flight 111 plane crash, 2 September 1998
- Ashmolean Museum theft, 31 December 1999
- Nationalmuseum theft, 22 Dec 2000
- Russborough House art theft #3, 2001
- National Museum, Poznań theft, September 2000
- Sofia Imber Contemporary Art Museum theft, 2000–2002
- Taliban iconoclasm, March 2001
- Hermitage Museum theft, 22 March 2001
- September 11 attacks, 2001
- Marielle Schwengel's destruction of stolen art, November 2001
- Frans Hals Museum theft, 25 March 2002
- Edenhurst Gallery theft, 28 July 2002
- Russborough House art theft #4, September 2002
- Van Gogh Museum theft, 8 December 2002
- 2003 Iraq War
- National Museum of Iraq thefts, 8–12 April 2003
- Kunsthistorisches Museum theft, 11 May 2003
- Drumlanrig Castle theft, 27 August 2003
- Momart fire, 24 May 2004
- Santo Spirito in Sassia Hospital theft, 31 July 2004
- Munch Museum theft, 22 August 2004
- Neumann Foundation theft, 27 October 2004
- Victoria and Albert Museum theft, 29 December 2004
- Westfries Museum theft, 9 January 2005
- Henry Moore Foundation theft, 15 December 2005
- Strindberg Museum theft, 15 February 2006
- Museu da Chácara do Céu, Rio de Janeiro theft, 24 February 2006
- São Paulo Museum of Art theft, 20 December 2007
- Foundation E.G. Bührle theft, 10 February 2008
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo theft, 12 June 2008
- Hélio Oiticica fire, 16 October 2009
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris theft, 10 May 2010
- Dulwich Park theft, 20 December 2011
- Kunsthal Art theft, 16 October 2012
- Clandon House fire, 29 April 2015
- National Museum of Brazil fire, 2 September 2018
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum destruction, February 2022
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List of notable missing artworks
{{see also|List of stolen paintings}}
This section lists articles or article sections on lost works.
File:Ghent Altarpiece E - Just Judges (original painting).jpg|Just Judges from the Ghent Altarpiece
File:The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest, by Willem van Haecht.jpg|The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest (1628), by Willem van Haecht, which includes the lost Van Eyck Woman Bathing as well as the lost Portrait of Albrecht Dürer in Black Hat and Cloak
File:Cornelis Bos - Leda and the Swan - WGA2486.jpg|Cornelis Bos' engraving of Leda and the Swan by Michelangelo
File:Peter Paul Rubens 122.jpg|Rubens' copy of Titian's Isabella d'Este in Red
File:Rubens, copia dell'ercole di michelangelo, louvre.jpg|Rubens' sketch of Michelangelo's Hercules marble statue
File:Landscape with two people.jpg|Renoir's Landscape with Two People as it appears in Bazille's Studio
Chronology of notable find events
List of Wikipedia articles on notable finds
File:Laocoön and his sons group.jpg|Laocoön and His Sons
File:Cimabue Christ Mocked.jpg|The Mocking of Christ by Cimabue
File:The Taking of Christ-Caravaggio (c.1602).jpg|The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio
File:Monet Claude, The Beach at Pourville, 1882.jpg|Beach in Pourville by Claude Monet
File:Van Gogh - Die Kirche von Nuenen mit Kirchgängern.jpeg|Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen by Van Gogh
Lists of Wikipedia articles on notable destroyed artworks
File:Statue of Zeus.jpg|16th century artistic representation of how the Statue of Zeus at Olympia might have looked.
File:Colosse de Rhodes (Barclay).jpg|The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
File:Caravaggio 356.jpg|Portrait of a Courtesan by Caravaggio, formerly in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin
File:Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden) Galeriewerk Braun 0522.jpg|A lost Christus head by Annibale Carracci
File:Van Dyck - Magistrates of Brussels - grisaille.jpg|Grisaille sketch of Magistrates of Brussels, in the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris
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|+List of Wikipedia articles and article sections on notable artworks presumed destroyed ! scope="col" |Artist and work ! scope="col" |Creation date(s) (est.) ! Year lost (est.) ! Loss event ! Commission, provenance, documentation and surviving copies | ||||
| Polygnotus Sack of Troy | 475-425 BCE | Lesche of the Knidians. Pausanias in Description of Greece, Chapter X | ||
| Polygnotus Odysseus in the Underworld
| 475-425 BCE | | | Lesche of the Knidians. Pausanias in Description of Greece, Chapter X | ||||
| Phidias Lemnian Athena bronze
| 450-440 BCE | | | ||||
| Zeuxis Female Centaur Nursing a Pair of Twins
| 450-400 BCE | 86 BCE | Looted by Roman General Sulla in the First Mithridatic War | ||||
| Phidias Statue of Zeus at Olympia
| 435 BCE | 448 | Lauseion fire{{efn|name="Possible event"|Possibly}} | | ||||
| Lysippus Seated Herakles colossal bronze
| 399-400 BCE | 1204 | Taras Acropolis, then the Capitoline Hill,{{efn|Taken to Rome by Fabius Maximus in 209 BCE}} then the Constantinople Hippodrome | ||||
| Praxiteles Aphrodite of Knidos marble
| 365 BCE | 306-95 | Persecution of pagans{{efn|name="Possible event"}} | Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos.{{efn|May have been removed to the Palace of Lausus, which then burned in 475.}} Iris Love found statue fragments in 1970. | ||||
| Chares of Lindos Colossus of Rhodes
| 292-280 BCE | 226 BCE | | ||||
| Regisole
| 193-526 | 1796 | Jacobin vandalism{{efn|Destroyed as a symbol of monarchy}} | Erected at Ravenna. Moved to Pavia in the Middle Ages.{{efn|A replica stands where original once stood}} | ||||
| Portraits of western and eastern imperial family members mosaic
| 425 | 1747 | Rebuilding | San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna{{efn| name="Placidia"|Commissioned by Galla Placidia}} | ||||
| Portrait of the bishop of Ravenna mosaic
| 425 | 1747 | Rebuilding | San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna{{efn| name="Placidia"}} | ||||
| Buddhas of Bamyan
| 500-99 | 2001 | | ||||
| Icon of Christ Chalkites
| 600 | 726-30 | Byzantine Iconoclasm | Copies exist. | ||||
| Cavallini, Pietro Stories from the New and Old Testament fresco cycles
| 1277-85 | 1823 | Fire | Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the WallsLouis Viardot, An Illustrated History of Painters of All Schools (1877), p. 42. Retrieved 8 June 2014. | ||||
| Cimabue Diptych of Devotion panels
| 1280-89 | | | | ||||
| Giotto Navicella mosaic
| 1305-13 | 1650 | Reconstruction | Outside Old Saint Peter's Basilica. Copies and drawings exist. Replicated. | ||||
| Guariento Paradise
| 1338-70 | 1577 | ||||
| Monaco, Lorenzo Virgin Enthroned with Saints and Angels
| 1420 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | | ||||
| da Fabriano, Gentile Various works
| 1405-27 | 1577 | ||||
| Donatello Joshua terra cotta | 1410 | 1750 | Disintegrated | North tribune of the Duomo of Florence |
| Pisanello Various works
| 1415-55 | 1577 | ||||
| Pisanello Hunting scenes frescoes
| 1424-40 | 1527 | ||||
| Pisanello Saint George Sheathing his Sword fresco
| 1433-38 | 1826 | Water damage | Pellegrini chapel, Sant'Anastasia, VeronaSir George Francis Hill, Pisanello, 1905 pp.77-81. Retrieved 31 May 2016. | ||||
| Masaccio Sagra del Carmine fresco
| 1422 | 1600 | Renovation | Cloister of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence | ||||
| Uccello, Paolo Saint Peter Blessing mosaic
| 1425-30 | 1618 | Renovation{{efn|Replaced with mosaics by Gaetano}} | Basilica of San Marco façade | ||||
| Lippi, Filippo Bestowal of the Carmelite Rule fresco
| 1425-69 | 1771 | Fire and Flood | Cloister of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. Fragments survive in place{{efn|Uncovered in 1860}}Louis Viardot,An Illustrated History of Painters of All Schools (1877), p.52. Retrieved 8 June 2014. | ||||
| da Fabriano, Gentile and Pisanello Frescoes
| 1427/28 | 1647 | Reconstruction | ||||
| Donatello Abundance
| 1428 | 1750 | Weathering | Baptistery of the Duomo, later Mercato Vecchio. Copied in terra cotta{{efn|By the workshop of Giovanni della Robbia}}David G. Wilkins, "Donatello's Lost Dovizia for the Mercato Vecchio: Wealth and Charity as Florentine Civic Virtues," The Art Bulletin, vol.65, Issue 3 (1983),pp.401-23. Retrieved 21 January 2016. | ||||
| da Panicale, Masolino and Uccello Illustrious Men fresco cycle
| 1432 | | | For the Palace of Cardinal Orsini in Rome. A watercolor copy by Leonardo da Besozzo survives | ||||
| van der Weyden The Justice of Trajan and Herkinbald
| 1439 | 1695 | Brussels Town Hall.{{efn|In the Golden Chamber}} Bern Historical Museum has tapestry copies.{{efn|Executed about 1450 copying the artist's original designs}}Laura A.Hibbard, "Erkenbald the Belgian: A Study in Medieval Exempla of Justice," Modern Philology, Vol.17, April 1920, pp. 672-74. Retrieved 17 August 2016. | ||||
| del Castagno, Andrea Flagellation fresco
| 1440-57 | 1650 | | Cloister of the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence | ||||
| Van Eyck Madonna of Nicolas van Maelbeke
| 1441 | 1792–1815 | French occupation of The Netherlands | St Martin's Cathedral. Copy in Germanisches Nationalmuseum. | ||||
| Christus, Petrus (attributed) Crucifixion
| 1444 | 1942 | World War II | Dessau Palace/Palais Reina. Black and white photograph survives. | ||||
| Veneziano, Domenico and del Castagno, Andrea Life of the Virgin frescoes
| 1450-52 | 1594 | | In the church of Sant' Egidio (Santa Maria Nuova), Florence | ||||
| Mantegna Lives of Saint James and Saint Christopher frescoes
| 1450-57 | 1944 | World War II | Ovetari Chapel.{{efn|Frescoes of the Assumption and Body of Saint Christopher detached in 1880 survive}} Photographs survive. | ||||
| da Messina, Antonello Scenes from the life of Saint Nicholas altarpiece
| 1450-76 | 1908 | Messina earthquake | For the Confraternity of San Nicolò della Montagna in Messina, seen by Cavalcaselle in 1871Giacchino Barbera, et al.,Antonello Da Messina Sicily's Renaissance Master (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005), p. 22. Retrieved 18 August 2016. | ||||
| Fra Angelico, school of Last Judgment
| 1456 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | | ||||
| della Francesca, Piero Frescoes
| 1456 | | Destroyed?{{efn|Possibly covered up by Raphael before painting the Stanze}} | | ||||
| Foppa, Vincenzo Triumph of Trajan fresco
| 1456-1500 | 1863 | Demolition | Done for the Medici bank in the Via de' Bossi, Milan.Howard Jones & Ross Kilpatrick, "Cicero, Plutarch and Vincenzo Foppa. Rethinking the Medici Bank Fresco (London, The Wallace Collection, Inv. P538)," International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol.13, No.3, Winter 2007, pp. 369-83. Retrieved 17 March 2016. A fragment survives in the Wallace Collection, London | ||||
| Mantegna Lamentation of the People over the Dead Gattamelata
| 1457-60 | 1760 | | Palazzo Gattamelata, Padua. A related drawing is in The Wallace Collection, London | ||||
| Perugino Adoration of the Magi fresco
| 1466-80 | 1529 | For the convent of S. Giusto alle MuraF. Russell, "Towards a Reassessment of Perugino's Lost Fresco of the 'Adoration of the Magi' at San Giusto alle Mura" Burlington Magazine, Vol. cxvi (Nov. 1974), pp.646-52. Retrieved 17 August 2016. | ||||
| Botticelli Paintings on "pagan" subjects
| 1470-92 | 1497 | | ||||
| Bellini, Giovanni Saint Catherine of Siena Altarpiece (Sacra Conversazione)
| 1470-1500 | 1867 | | Chapel of the Rosary of the Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice | ||||
| Signorelli, Luca The Court of Pan (The School of Pan)
| 1472-74 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | Painted c. 1490 at the request of Lorenzo de' Medici.K. Phillips-Court,The Perfect Genre: Drama and Painting in Renaissance Italy (Ashgate Publishing Co., 2011) p. 158 and n. 51. Retrieved 18 August 2016. Black and white photo and reconstruction drawing (2021) by Olivier Maceratesi | ||||
| Signorelli, Luca Madonna and Saints fresco
| 1474 | 1789 | | In the Tower of Città di Castello | ||||
| Vivarini, Alvise Otho Promising to Mediate Between Venice and Barbarossa
| 1476-1500 | 1577 | ||||
| Botticelli Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
| 1478 | 1942 | World War II | Formerly Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri, Naples. Photographs survive | ||||
| Botticelli Frescoes depicting the criminal conspirators of the Pazzi Conspiracy against the Medici
| 1478 | 1494 | Removed | Painted either in the Bargello or the Dogana in Florence. At the instigation of Pope Alexander VI after the fall of the Medicis | ||||
| da Forlì, Melozzo Ascension with Christ in Glory fresco
| 1478-80 | 1711 | Renovation | For the choir of the Church of the Santi Apostoli, Rome. Fragments survive in the Vatican and Quirinal | ||||
| da Forlì, Melozzo Feo Chapel vault fresco
| 1478-80 | 1945 | World War II | For the San Biagio Church in Forlì. Graphical notes by Girolamo Reggiani (1831) Black and White photo (1944) and color reconstruction drawing (2020) by Olivier Maceratesi | ||||
| da Vinci Leonardo's horse terracotta model
| 1482 | 1499 | French invasion of Milan | | ||||
| Costa, Lorenzo Destruction of Troy fresco
| 1483 | 1507 | Destroyed with the palace by a mobWilliam E. Wallace, "The Bentivoglio Palace Lost and Reconstructed," The Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol.10, No.3 (Autumn 1979), pp.97-114. Retrieved 16 March 2016. | For the loggia of the Bentivoglio Palace, Bologna. Fragment survives in the Pinacoteca Nazionale | ||||
| Vivarini, Alvise Altarpiece for the church of Santa Maria dei Battuti in Belluno
| 1485 | 1942-45 | World War II | | ||||
| Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Filippino Lippi and Perugino Frescoes on mythological themes, including the Forge of Vulcan
| 1487-90 | 1825 | Water damage then fire{{efn|Damaged by damp and finally destroyed by fire in the early 19th centuryJulia Mary Cartwright Ady,The Life and Art of Sandro Botticelli (London, Duckworth, 1904), pp. 117-20. Retrieved 17 August 2016.}} | For Lorenzo de' Medici in the great hall and external loggia of his villa at Spedaletto, near Volterra | ||||
| Mantegna Baptism of Christ fresco
| 1488 | 1780 | Redevelopment | Belvedere Chapel of the Vatican. Destroyed at the construction of the Pio-Clementino Museum | ||||
| Bellini, Giovanni The Supper at Emmaus
| 1494 | 1750 | Fire in Vienna in the 18th century | Painted for Giorgio Cornaro of Venice | ||||
| Ghirlandaio, Domenico Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints John the Evangelist, Francis, Jerome and John the Baptist
| 1496 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | In the Church of San Francesco in San Casciano, Val di Pesa until 1810. | ||||
| Fra Bartolomeo Assumption of the Virgin | 1507-08 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Michelangelo Battle of Cascina cartoon | Putatively destroyed by Bandinelli | Palazzo Vecchio | ||
| Michelangelo Cupid marble | 1698 | Palace of Whitehall fire | Owned by Isabella d'Este and Charles I of England | |
| Caravaggio Portrait of a Courtesan | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | Formerly in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin | |
| Michelangelo Pope Julius II in the act of blessing bronze | 1511 | Destroyed by the people of Bologna | On San Petronio basilica's facade in Bologna | |
| Correggio The Coronation of the Virgin fresco | 1587 | Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma. Fragments in National Gallery, London, other museums | ||
| Correggio Saint Mary Magdalen in the Desert fresco | 1555 | Destruction of Palazzo della Delizie | Painted for Veronica Gambara's Palazzo della Delizie, in the town of Correggio. Described in a letter dated Sept. 3, 1528 from Veronica Gambara to Isabella d’EsteDavid Ekserdijan, Correggio (Yale University Press 1997), pp. 172, 175 and fig.195. Retrieved 17 August 2016. | |
| Correggio Magdalen in the Desert | 1945- | World War II | Dresden | |
| Raphael Crowning of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino | 1700–99 | Earthquake | Raphael's first recorded commission, it was made for Andrea Baronci's chapel in the church of Sant'Agostino in Citta di Castello, near Urbino At least four fragments survive (Louvre, Capodimonte) | |
| Dürer Ascension of Mary altarpiece | 1729 | Fire | The central panel added to the collection of Elector Maximilian of Bavaria. A 1615 copy of the entire altarpiece by Jobst Harrich of Nuremberg survives | |
| Huber, Wolf Portrait of an Architect (Self-Portrait?) | 1529 | 1947 | Fire at the Musée de Beaux Arts, Strasbourg, August 13, 1947 (one of 30 paintings destroyed) | |
| Cranach the Elder Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | ||
| Cranach the Elder Virgin and Child with Four Female Saints | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | ||
| Cranach the Elder Madonna and Child with Infant Saint John | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | ||
| Cranach the Elder Duke Henry of Saxony | 1945 | Bombing of Dresden | ||
| Brueghel the Elder The Farmers Brawl | 1945 | Bombing of Dresden | Engraved by Lucas Vosterman, c. 1620 | |
| Holbein Henry VIII and family mural | 1698 | Palace of Whitehall fire | In Whitehall Palace, London | |
| Holbein Sir Thomas More and Family | 1752 | Kroměříž Palace fireJohn Guy, A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and his Dearest Meg (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009), p.172. Retrieved 18 August 2016. | ||
| Titian Battle of Spoleto | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Titian Battle of Cadore | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Titian Doge Gritti Praying to the Virgin | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Tintoretto Coronation of Frederick Barbarossa | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Tintoretto Excommunication of Barbarossa | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Tintoretto Last Judgment | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Veronese Homage of Frederick Barbarossa | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| da Fabriano, Gentile Works | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Pisanello Works | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Carpaccio Pope Alexander III in the Church of St. Marks | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Carpaccio Meeting of the Pope and the Doge at Ancona | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Vivarini, Alvise Otho Promising to Mediate Between Venice and Barbarossa | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Guariento Paradise | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Bellini Battle of Salvore | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Bellini Presentation of the White Candle to the Pope | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| Bellini Presentation of the Eight Standards and Trumpets to the Doge | 1577 | Doge's Palace fire | ||
| del Vaga Christ at the Pool of Bethesda fresco | 1537–39 | 1850s | Renovation | Massimi Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti. {{efn| name="delVagaLazarus"|Companion piece, The Raising of Lazarus (transferred to canvas) is in the V&A}} |
| del Vaga Christ and the Centurion fresco | 1537–39 | 1850s | Renovation | Massimi Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti.{{efn|name="delVagaLazarus"}} |
| del Vaga The Transfiguration fresco | 1537–39 | 1850s | Renovation | Massimi Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti.{{efn|name="delVagaLazarus"}} |
| del Vaga The Expulsion from the Temple fresco | 1537–39 | 1850s | Renovation | Massimi Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti. {{efn|name="delVagaLazarus"}} |
| Titian Death of St Peter Martyr | 1867 | Fire | For the Chapel of the Rosary, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. Copies and engravings survive | |
| Titian Double Portrait of Emperor Charles V and his wife Isabella of Portugal | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | A copy by Rubens survives | |
| Titian Penitent Magdalene | 1561 | 1873 | Fire at Bath House, London, January 21 | Painted for Philip II of Spain |
| Titian Ixion and Tantalus | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | ||
| Titian Paintings of The Twelve Caesars | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | ||
| Palladio or Giorgio Capobianco The Jewel of Vicenza | 1578 | 1797 | Destroyed by the Napoleonic army when they tried to melt it down for silver | Created as an ex-voto and financed by donations from the city of Vicenza. A silver reconstruction was made in 2012–2013 |
| Veronese Apollo and Juno | 1580 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | Painted for the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice |
| Veronese Saturn Helps Religion to Overcome Heresy | 1580 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | Painted for the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice |
| Pontormo God the Father and the Four Evangelists fresco | 1700–99 | Remodeling | Capponi Chapel, Church of Santa Felicita, Florence | |
| Pontormo Last Judgment | 1700–99 | Renovations | Unfinished fresco at the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence | |
| Caravaggio Portrait of a Courtesan, aka Fillide Melandroni | 1597-1599 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Vroom, Hendrick The Armada Tapestries | 1602 | 1834 | Burning of ParliamentGentleman's Magazine, November 1834 pp. 477-83. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | For Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham; sold to James I, 1616 and placed in the House of Lords, London by Oliver Cromwell, 1650. Engraved by John Pine, 1739John Pine,The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords... (1739). Retrieved 18 January 2016. |
| da Bologna, Giovanni Henry IV of France equestrian bronze | 1614 | 1789–99 | Scrapped | Presented to Marie de Medicis by Cosimo II. Melted for cannon (French Revolution). |
| Poussin The Martyrdom of Erasmus | 1630 | 1945 | Bombing of Dresden | |
| Poussin Penance, one of the seven Sacraments | 1637–1640 | 1816 | Belvoir Castle fire | |
| Lorrain, Claude Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus | 1658 | 1755 | Fonthill Abbey fireJames Hutton,A Hundred Years Ago, An Historical Sketch, 1755-56 (1857) p. 142. Retrieved 31 May 2016. | A fragment in the collection of the Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall |
| Lorrain, Claude Apollo Guarding the Herds of Admetus and Mercury Stealing Them | 1660–1673 | 1871 | Holker Hall fire | |
| Rubens The Crucifixion | 1601–02 | 1820- | Lost at sea | Painted for the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome.John Smith, A catalogue raisonne of the works of the most eminent... (1830), p. 153. Retrieved 8 June 2014. Imported to England 1811; there auctioned 1812, 1820 |
| Rubens Madonna of the Rosary | 1695 | Bombardment of Brussels | Painted for the Royal Chapel of the Dominican Church, Brussels | |
| Rubens Virgin Adorned with Flowers by Saint Anne | 1610 | 1695 | Bombardment of Brussels | Painted for the Church of the Carmelite Friars, Brussels |
| Rubens Saint Job Triptych | 1613 | 1695 | Bombardment of Brussels | Painted for Saint Nicholas Church, Brussels |
| Rubens Cambyses Appointing Otanes Judge | 1695 | Bombardment of Brussels | Decoration for the Magistrates' Hall, Brussels | |
| Rubens Judgment of Solomon | 1695 | Bombardment of Brussels | Decoration for the Magistrates' Hall, Brussels | |
| Rubens Last Judgment | 1695 | Bombardment of Brussels | Decoration for the Magistrates' Hall, Brussels | |
| Rubens Neptune and Amphitrite | 1615 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Rubens Nativity | 1731 | Coudenberg Palace fire | ||
| Rubens Adoration of the Magi | 1731 | Coudenberg Palace fire | ||
| Rubens Pentecost | 1731 | Coudenberg Palace fire | ||
| Rubens The Abduction of Proserpine | 1861 | Fire at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, February 5, 1861The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year, 1861, pp. 18-19. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | Engraved before 1621 by Pieter Soutman | |
| Rubens Crucifixion with Mary, St. John, Magdalen | 1622 | 1643 | English Civil War | In the Queen's Chapel, Somerset House, London, 1643Albert J. Loomie, "A Lost Crucifixion by Rubens," The Burlington Magazine Vol. 138, No. 1124 (Nov. 1996). Retrieved 8 June 2014. |
| Rubens Portrait of Philip IV of Spain | 1628 | 1985 | Incendiary attack at the Kunsthaus, Zurich, in 1985"Rubens Work Is Burned," The New York Times (AP), June 14, 1985. Retrieved 31 May 2016. | |
| Rubens Diana and Nymphs Surprised by Satyrs | 1635–1638 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Rubens Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV of Spain | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | A copy is in the Uffizi Gallery | |
| Rubens The Continence of Scipio | 1836 | Western Exchange Fire | In the Western Exchange, Old Bond Street, London, March 1836W. Pickering,The Gentleman's Magazine vol. 5 (1836), p.590. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | |
| Rubens The Lion Hunt | 1870 | Fire at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de BordeauxBarnes, An Examination of Hunting Scenes by Peter Paul Rubens (2009), p.34. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | Removed by Napoleon's agents from Schloss Schleissheim, near Munich, 1800 | |
| Rubens Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Buckingham | 1949 | FirePeter C. Sutton, et al., Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches by Peter Paul Rubens (Yale University Press,2004), p.144 and Fig.1. Retrieved 18 August 2016. | Owned by the Earl of Jersey at Osterley Park | |
| Van Dyck and Rubens Series of 39 ceiling paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp (:nl:Carolus Borromeuskerk#Branden, Dutch wiki) | 1718 | Fire | Engravings by Jan Punt (Amsterdam 1751) of 31 of the paintings from drawings executed 1711-12 by Jacob de Wit existHelmut Wohl, ed.,"Notes to Life of Peter Paul Rubens" p. 207 n. 25 in Giovan Pietro Bellori: The Lives of the Modern Painters ... Cambridge Univ. Press 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2016. | |
| Rubens and Brueghel the Elder Vision of Saint Hubert | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | ||
| Brueghel the Elder and other artists Allegories of Sight and Smell | 1731 | Coudenberg Palace fire | Bought (with the following entry) by the City of Antwerp and hung in audience hall, Tervuren Castle 1619Anne T. Woollett and Ariane Suchtelen,Rubens & Brueghel: A Working Friendship, (2006), p.94 and n.12. Retrieved 9 September 2016. | |
| Brueghel the Elder and other artists Allegories of Hearing, Taste and Touch | 1731 | Coudenberg Palace fire | ||
| Van Dyck Group Portrait of the Town Council of Brussels | 1634-35 | 1695 | Bombardment of Brussels | |
| Van Dyck Christ Crowned with Thorns | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | ||
| Van Dyck Lamentation over Christ | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | ||
| Van Dyck Nymphs Surprised by Satyrs | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | ||
| Van Dyck Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | ||
| van Honthorst, Gerrit Adoration of the Shepherds (Birth of Christ) | 1993 | Uffizi car bombing | ||
| de Keyser, Thomas Six Gold and Silver Smiths (The "Bankers of Amsterdam") | 1627 | 1947 | Fire at the Musée de Beaux Arts, Strasbourg, August 13, 1947Arthur K. Wheelock and Adele F. Seeff,The Public and Private in Dutch Culture of the Golden Age, University of Delaware Press (2000), p.224. Retrieved 9 September 2016. (one of 30 paintings destroyed) | |
| van Ruisdael, Jacob Bentheim Castle with Christ and Disciples on the Road to Emmaus | 1864 | Museum Boymans fire | ||
| van Ruisdael, Jacob The Windmill | 1871 | Holker Hall fireEdmund Burke, ed.,The Annual Register, (Rivington 1872), pp. 25-27. Retrieved 9 September 2016. | ||
| Fabritius, Carel Large family portrait | 1864 | Museum Boymans fire | ||
| Cuyp, Aelbert Sleeping Man | 1864 | Museum Boymans fire | ||
| Steen, Jan Tobias Healing His Father | 1864 | Museum Boymans fireC. P. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch ..., 1908, Vol. 1, p.14 | ||
| Potter, Paulus White Ox in a Field | 1864 | Museum Boymans fire | ||
| Potter, Paulus Large Herd of Oxen | 1771 | Vrouw Maria sinkingSusan Jaques,The Empress of Art: Catherine the Great and the Transformation of Russia, pp.89-90. Retrieved 11 May 2016. | Purchased for Fl. 9050, Braamcamp sale, Amsterdam, 1771 by agents of Catherine the Great. | |
| Caravaggio The Inspiration of Matthew first version | 1601 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Caravaggio Christ on the Mount of Olives | 1605 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | From the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani |
| Caravaggio Saint John | 1798 | Earthquake | Done for the Fenaroli chapel, Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples | |
| Caravaggio Saint Francis | 1798 | Earthquake | Done for the Fenaroli chapel, Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples | |
| Caravaggio Resurrection | 1798 | Earthquake | Done for the Fenaroli chapel, Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples. A 1763 description by Charles-Nicolas CochinCharles-Nicolas Cochin, Voyage d'Italie... (Paris, 1758) v.1, pp.171-2. Retrieved 7 June 2014. survives. | |
| Gentileschi, Orazio The Conversion of Saint Paul altarpiece | 1823 | Fire | Done for the basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome | |
| Fontana, Lavinia The Stoning of Saint Stephen altarpiece | 1823 | Fire | Done for the basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome | |
| Gentileschi, Artemisia Hercules and Omphale | 1628 | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | Painted for Philip IV of Spain |
| Gentileschi, Artemisia Bathsheba | 1650–1652 | 1940 | Fire at Gosford House, ScotlandR. Ward Bissell,Artemisia Gentileschi and the Authority of Art: Critical Reading and Catalogue Raisonne (Penn State Press 2000), pp.296-97. Retrieved 9 September 2016. | |
| Manfredi, Bartolomeo La Buonavventura | 1993 | Uffizi car bombing | ||
| Manfredi, Bartolomeo Ciclo Vito | 1993 | Uffizi car bombing | ||
| Carracci, Annibale Danae | 1941 | The Blitz (Bridgewater House bombing) | Ellesmere collection | |
| Carracci, Annibale Saint Gregory Praying for Souls in Purgatory, altarpiece | 1600 | 1941 | The Blitz (Bridgewater House bombing) | Church of San Gregorio Magno, Rome; then Ellesmere collection |
| Carracci, Ludovico Descent from the Cross | 1941 | The Blitz (Bridgewater House bombing) | Ellesmere collection | |
| Reni, Guido Immaculate Conception | 1941 | World War II | Formerly Seville Cathedral, Spain, later in the Ellesmere collection, Bridgewater House, Westminster, London | |
| Bernini Bust of King Charles I (Bernini) | 1698 | Palace of Whitehall fire | ||
| Bernini Crucified Christ in bronze | 1789–99 | French Revolution | Formerly in the French royal collection | |
| Velasquez Expulsion of the Moors with Philip III | 1627 | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | |
| Velasquez Venus and Adonis | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | ||
| Velasquez Cupid and Psyche | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | ||
| Velasquez Apollo and Marsyas | 1734 | Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire | ||
| Zurbarán Saint Bonaventure Reveals the Crucifix to Saint Thomas Aquinas | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | Commissioned by the Colegio de San Buenaventura, Seville. Taken from Spain by Marshal Soult | |
| Murillo Caritas Romana (Roman Charity) | 1845 | Fire | Taken from Spain by Joseph Bonaparte and sold to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art | |
| Giordano, Luca The Labors of Hercules sixteen frescoes | 1692–1702 | 1800–99 | Central hall of the Casón, Buen Retiro Palace | |
| Giordano, Luca Life of Saint Benedict frescoes | 1944 | Battle of Monte Cassino | Painted for the Abbey of Monte Cassino. | |
| Giordano, Luca The Rape of the Sabine Women | 1945 | Bombing of Dresden | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister | |
| Kneller, Godfrey William III Leading Troops at the Battle of the Boyne | 1965 | Grocers' Hall fire | ||
| Coypel, Antoine Venus Imploring Jupiter on Behalf of Aeneas ceiling painting | 1702 | 1783- | Grand Gallery of the Palais-Royal. A sketch for it survives | |
| van Nost, John King George I of Great Britain equestrian statue | 1716 | 1872 | Vandalised, sold and removed{{cite book|author1=Weinreb, Ben |author2=Hibbert, Christopher |title=The London Encyclopaedia |edition=reprint |year=1992 |publisher=Macmillan |page=840|title-link=The London Encyclopaedia }} | Formerly part of the Duke of Chandos' collection at Cannons; moved to Leicester Square in London in 1784 |
| Chardin Still Life with Copper Kettle, Bowl with Eggs | 1724–25 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Watteau Idol of the Goddess Ki Mao Sao in the Kingdom of Mang in the country of Laos | 1719 | 1789–99 | French Revolution | Château de la Muette decorations |
| Watteau Spring | 1717-18 | 1966 | Fire | Pierre Crozat collection. Rediscovered in 1964 then destroyed. Autumn and Winter still missing. Engravings survive. |
| Hogarth, William A Harlot's Progress | 1731 | 1755 | Fire at Fonthill Abbey | 1732 engravings survive |
| Hogarth, William Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn | 1738 | 1874 | Fire at Littleton House in DecemberLouis Viardot, An Illustrated History of Painters of All Schools (1877), p. 404. Retrieved 27 July 2014. | An engraving by the artist survives |
| Hudson, Thomas William Bouverie | 1952 | Coleshill House fire{{cite web|last=Tipping|first=H. Avray|date=1929|title=Description of Coleshill House|publisher=David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History|url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/coleshill_house_description.html|accessdate=8 October 2018}} | ||
| Hudson, Thomas Anne Bouverie | 1952 | Coleshill House fire | ||
| Hudson, Thomas Mary Bouverie | 1952 | Coleshill House fire | ||
| Tiepolo, Gianbattista The Translation of the Holy House of Loreto fresco | 1915 | Austrian shelling in World War I | In the Church of the Scalzi, Venice. There is a copy of the entire ceiling from before 1914, painted in gouache after the original by Mariano Fortuny, a 1914 photograph by James Anderson and a reconstruction drawing (2019) by Olivier Maceratesi | |
| Tiepolo, Gianbattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo Soderini family frescoes | 1754 | 1918 | Italo-Austrian engagement in World War I, June 15–19{{cite web|url=http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/giambattista-tiepolo-venice-1696-1770-madrid-123-c-90lw1fupmb?afRedir=true|title=Giambattista Tiepolo (Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)|work=Invaluable.com|accessdate=June 8, 2014}} | Villa Soderini, Nervesa della Battaglia, in the Veneto. Photographs survive. |
| Tiepolo, Gianbattista The Triumph of the Arts and Sciences ceiling fresco | 1731 | 1943 | Palazzo Archinto, Milan bombingMichael Levey, Giambattista Tiepolo: His Life and Art (Yale University Press, 1994), pp. 55-56. Retrieved 4 August 2016. | Photographs survive |
| Tiepolo, Gianbattista Apollo and Phaethon ceiling fresco | 1731 | 1943 | Palazzo Archinto, Milan bombing | |
| Tiepolo, Gianbattista Perseus and Andromeda ceiling fresco | 1731 | 1943 | Palazzo Archinto, Milan bombing | |
| Tiepolo, Gianbattista Juno with Fortuna and Venus ceiling fresco | 1731 | 1943 | Palazzo Archinto, Milan bombing | |
| Tiepolo, Gianbattista Triumph of Hercules ceiling fresco | 1761 | 1945 | Reduced to fragments by bombing in WWII | Painted for the principal salon of the Palazzo Canossa, Verona |
| de Loutherbourg, Philip James The Eidophusikon | 1781 | |||
| Reynolds, Sir Joshua Nativity | 1816 | Belvoir Castle fireIrvin Eller, The history of Belvoir Castle, from the Norman Conquest ...(1841), pp.126-33. Retrieved 8 June 2014. | ||
| Reynolds, Sir Joshua The Infant Jupiter | 1816 | Belvoir Castle fire | ||
| Reynolds, Sir Joshua General James Oglethorpe | 1816 | Belvoir Castle fire | ||
| Gainsborough David Garrick leaning on a bust of Shakespeare | 1766 | 1946 | Fire at Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall{{cite web|url=http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/services/arts/orleans_house_gallery/orleans_house_gallery_collection_catalogue/people_in_the_orleans_house_gallery_collection/david_garrick.htm|title=Davd Garrick|website=richmond.gov.uk|accessdate=January 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205190436/http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/services/arts/orleans_house_gallery/orleans_house_gallery_collection_catalogue/people_in_the_orleans_house_gallery_collection/david_garrick.htm|archive-date=2016-02-05|url-status=dead}} | Painted for the Stratford Shakespeare Jubilee. Known from engravings and various copies |
| Gainsborough Wooded landscape with gipsies round a camp fire also named The Gipsies | 1754 | <1831 | A 1764 engraving published by John Boydell exists | |
| Gainsborough The Woodman and his Dog in a Storm | 1787 | 1810 | Fire at Exton Old ParkWilliam Thomas Whitley, Thomas Gainsborough (1915), pp.331-32. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | A 1791 mezzotint by Pierre Simon exists |
| Gainsborough Cottage Children with an Ass | 1810 | Fire at Exton Old Park | Survives in mezzotint | |
| Gainsborough Portrait of Sir Francis Sykes of Basildon with a groom, two horses, and a dog | 1874 | Fire at the Pantechnicon warehouse, London February 13–14The London Illustrated News for March 7, 1874, p. 223. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | ||
| Wilson, Richard The Destruction of Niobe's Children | 1944 | World War II | National Gallery, London | |
| Copley, John Singleton Numerous colonial portraits | 1872 | Great Boston Fire of 1872A.T. Perkins, A sketch of the life and list of some of the works of John Singleton Copley(1873),p.44. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | Formerly belonging to Peter Wainwright | |
| Peale, Charles Willson Portrait of Thomas Paine | 1777 | 1893 | Fire at Joseph Jefferson's summer house in Buttermilk Bay, April 1The Free Thought Magazine (1898) vol.16., p.30 (footnote). Retrieved 24 June 2014. | Exhibited in Peale's Museum to 1854, later owned by T.B. MacDonough and the actor Joseph Jefferson. An engraving survives. |
| Houdon, Jean-Antoine Bust of the composer Gluck in marble | 1873 | Fire at the Paris Opera | Terra cotta versions exist | |
| Tiepolo, Giandomenico Glorification of the Giustiniani Family (fresco) | 1784 | 1866 | Allowed to decay and replaced | Executed for the Doge's Palace, Genoa. A preliminary sketch is in the Metropolitan Museum. |
| Beechey, William George III and the Prince of Wales Reviewing Troops | 1797–98 | 1992 | Windsor Castle fire | |
| Goya Don Antonio de Porcel | 1806 | 1956 | Fire in the Jockey Club, Buenos Aires | |
| Stuart, Gilbert Seated portrait of President Washington | 1851 | Library of Congress fire | ||
| Stuart, Gilbert Seated portrait of President Adams | 1851 | Library of Congress fire | ||
| Stuart, Gilbert Seated portrait of President Jefferson | 1851 | Library of Congress fire | ||
| Peale, Charles Willson Portrait of Peyton Randolph, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses | 1851 | Library of Congress fire | ||
| Canova George Washington, marble sculpture | 1831 | Fire in the North Carolina State House, Raleigh | The artist's plaster model survives | |
| Peale, Rembrandt The Dream of Love (Jupiter and Io) | <1855 | Fire while on exhibition in New York prior to 1855, according to the artist | ||
| Peale, Rembrandt Musidora | 1850–51 | Fire at a Philadelphia art gallery in 1850 or 1851 | ||
| Friedrich, Caspar David Winter | 1807–08 | 1931 | Glaspalast (Munich) fire | |
| Friedrich, Caspar David The Farewell | 1818 | 1931 | Glaspalast (Munich) fire | |
| Friedrich, Caspar David The Harbor at Grifswald | 1820 | 1931 | Glaspalast (Munich) fire | |
| Friedrich, Caspar David Autumn Landscape with Brush Collector | 1824 | 1931 | Glaspalast (Munich) fire | |
| Friedrich, Caspar David Evening | 1825 | 1931 | Glaspalast (Munich) fire | |
| Friedrich, Caspar David Mountain Chapel in the Mist | 1811 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Friedrich, Caspar David Monastery Graveyard in the Snow | 1817–18 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Friedrich, Caspar David High Mountain Region | 1824 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Friedrich, Caspar David Northern Lights | 1830–1835 | 1945 | Friedrichshain flak tower fire | |
| Turner The Mouth of the Thames | 1807 | 1939–1945 | World War II | |
| Turner Fish Market on the Sands | 1830 | 1956 | Fire | formerly owned by Billy Rose |
| Landseer, Sir Edwin War and Peace | 1846 | 1928 | Thames flooding | Was in the basement of the Tate Gallery. Engravings of both survive. A copy of War appeared on the television program Fake or Fortune, where it was thought to possibly be the original.{{cite news |last1=Tinson |first1=Emma |title=Fiona Bruce 'gutted' over Fake or Fortune verdict 'That's a bit harsh!' |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1475733/Fiona-Bruce-gutted-Fake-or-Fortune-verdict-painting-Edwin-Landseer-BBC-video |access-date=July 19, 2022 |work=Express |date=August 11, 2021}} |
| Bragaldi, Mario Jupiter on Mount Olympus ceiling fresco | 1850s | 2018 | National Museum of Brazil fire | Done for Emperor Pedro II of Brazil |
| Bragaldi, Mario Justice ceiling fresco | 1850s | 2018 | National Museum of Brazil fire | |
| Bragaldi, Mario Fortitude ceiling fresco | 1850s | 2018 | National Museum of Brazil fire | |
| Bragaldi, Mario Temperance ceiling fresco | 1850s | 2018 | National Museum of Brazil fire | |
| Bragaldi, Mario Prudence ceiling fresco | 1850s | 2018 | National Museum of Brazil fire | |
| Leutze, Emanuel Washington Crossing the Delaware (first version) | 1849–50 | 1942 | Air raid on Bremen | |
| Ingres Apotheosis of Napoleon I ceiling painting | 1871 | Hôtel de Ville fireAndrew Carrington Shelton, Ingres and His Critics (2005), p.205. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | ||
| Delaroche, Paul The Storming of the Bastille | 1830 | 1871 | Hôtel de Ville fire | |
| Delacroix, Eugène Justinian Drafting his Laws | 1826 | 1871 | Fire in the Paris Commune | Painted for the Council of State, Paris. An 1855 photograph survivesF.A. Trapp, "An Early Photograph of a Lost Delacroix," Burlington Magazine, CVI, June 1964, pp. 266-69. Retrieved 7 June 2014. |
| Delacroix, Eugène Peace Consoles Mankind and Brings Abundance | 1852–1854 | 1871 | Hôtel de Ville fire | |
| Chassériau, Théodore War and Peace murals | 1848 | 1871 | Fire in the Paris Commune | Painted for the Cour des Comptes, Palais of the Quai d'Orsay, Paris. A fragment of Peace is preserved in the Louvre |
| Winterhalter, Franz Xaver Napoleon III | 1856 | 1871 | Tuileries Palace fire | Models by the artist and copies exist |
| Winterhalter, Franz Xaver Empress Eugénie | 1856 | 1871 | Tuileries Palace fire | Models by the artist and copies exist |
| Millet, Jean-François The Jewish Captivity in Babylon | 1848 | 1870–71 | Painted over by the artist with a scene executed in Normandy | |
| Courbet The Stone Breakers | 1939–1945 | World War II, while in transit from the Dresden Gallery | ||
| Courbet The Return from the Conference | 1863 | 1909 | Destroyed by its owner due to its anticlerical content | |
| Courbet Venus and Psyche | 1864 | 1945 | Enemy air action, Berlin, World War II | |
| Van Gogh Donkey Cart with Boy and Scheveningen Woman | 1882 | 1940 | Fire | Formerly in Rotterdam |
| Carpaccio, Vittore Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Faustinus and Jovita, patron saints of Brescia (the Averoldi Altarpiece) | Sacristy of S. Giovanni Evangelista, Brescia. Sold to the National Gallery London, lost in a shipwreck crossing the English Channel | |||
| Van Gogh The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen with Pond and Figures | 1885 | 1940 | In the German bombing of Rotterdam during World War II | |
| Van Gogh Windmill on Montmartre | 1886 | 1967 | Fire | |
| Van Gogh Still Life: Vase with Five Sunflowers | 1888 | 1945 | American air raids on Ashiya District, August 5–6Charlotte Higgins, "Van Gogh expert sheds new light on lost sunflowers paintings," The Guardian, 4 September 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014. | Formerly in the collection of Koyata Yamamoto, Japan |
| Van Gogh The Painter on his Way to Work | 1888 | 1939–1945 | Fire in World War II | In the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Berlin |
| Van Gogh The Park at Arles with the Entrance Seen Through the Trees | 1888 | 1939–1945 | Fire in World War II | |
| Inness, George The New Jerusalem | 1880 | Partial collapse of Madison Square Garden{{cite web|url=http://art.thewalters.org/detail/39053/the-valley-of-the-olives/|title=The Valley of the Olives|accessdate=January 28, 2016}} | Salvaged fragments survive, including Valley of the Olive Trees in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore | |
| Rousseau, Henri Portrait of Alfred Jarry | 1895 | Destroyed by the sitter, who disliked it | ||
| Sargent Head of Sir Henry Irving | Destroyed by the sitter, who disliked it | |||
| Chase, William Merritt Portrait of Thomas Eakins | 1899 | Presumed destroyed by the sitter | ||
| Klimt Musik II | 1898 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Formerly Lederer family collection, Vienna |
| Klimt Schubert at the Piano | 1899 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Formerly Lederer family collection, Vienna |
| Klimt Portrait of Serena Lederer | 1899 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Formerly Lederer family collection, Vienna |
| Klimt Medicine | 1899–1907 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | |
| Klimt Philosophy | 1899–1907 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | |
| Klimt Jurisprudence | 1899–1907 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | |
| Klimt Golden Apple Tree | 1903 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Formerly Lederer family collection, Vienna |
| Klimt Procession of the Dead | 1903 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Formerly Lederer family collection, Vienna |
| Kandinsky Composition I | 1910 | 1944 | British air raid on Braunschweig, Germany | Known from photographs |
| Sloan, John Tammany Hall at Night | 1910 | Fire, during transit | The artist later created a replica from photographs | |
| Klimt Farm Garden with Crucifix | 1911–12 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Color images survive |
| Csaky, Joseph Groupe de femmes | 1911–12 | 1912 | First World War | Salon d'Automne, 1913 Salon des Indépendants, Paris. Black & white images survive |
| Csaky, Joseph Danseuse, (Femme à l'éventail) | 1912 | 1912 | Salon d'Automne, Paris, Galerie Moos, Geneva, 1920. Black & white images survive | |
| Archipenko, Alexander La Vie Familiale (Family Life) | 1912 | First World War bombardment | 1912 Salon d'Automne, 1913 Armory Show. Was in Paris during WWI. New York Black & white images survive | |
| Comper, Ninian Rood screen, with sixteen paintings | 1912{{cite book|last=Clarke|first=Basil F. L.|title=Parish Churches of London|date=1966|publisher=Batsford|page=17}} | 1993 | Bishopsgate bombing | Part of St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, City of London.{{cite book|last=Betjeman|first=John|editor-last=Kerr|editor-first=Nigel|title=Sir John Betjeman's Guide to English Parish Churches|edition=1993|publisher=HarperCollins|page=359}} Black & white images survive |
| Csaky, Joseph Head (Tête d'homme) | 1913 | 1913 Salon des Indépendants, Paris, Galerie Moos, Geneva, 1920. Black & white images survive | ||
| Klimt Malcesine on Lake Garda | 1913 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Color images survive |
| Klimt Garden Path with Chickens | 1916 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Color images survive |
| Klimt Portrait of Wally | 1916 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Formerly Lederer family collection, Vienna |
| Klimt The Girlfriends | 1916–17 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Formerly Lederer family collection, Vienna. Color images survive |
| Klimt Leda | 1917 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | Formerly Lederer family collection, Vienna |
| Klimt Gastein | 1917 | 1945 | Schloss Immendorf fire | |
| Shrady, Henry Robert E. Lee equestrian statue | 1924 | 2023 | City council was offended (it had been a focal point of the Unite the Right rally) and had it removed | Stood in Charlottesville, Virginia. Removed from its pedestal in 2021, and wilfully destroyed by melting in unspecified location two years later{{Cite news |last=Neus |first=Nora |date=26 October 2023 |title=Robert E Lee statue that sparked Charlottesville riot is melted down: ‘Like his face was crying’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/26/charlottesville-robert-e-lee-melted-confederate-statue |access-date=31 October 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=}} |
| Monet Water Lilies (major study) | 1925 | 1958{{cite magazine|title=Fiery Peril in a Showcase of Modern Art|magazine=Life|date=28 Apr 1958|pages=53–56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11MEAAAAMBAJ&q=monet+water+lilies&pg=PA56|accessdate=14 May 2014}} | Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) fire | |
| Monet Water Lilies (small study) | 1925 | 1961 | Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) fire | |
| Rivera, Diego Man at the Crossroads mural | 1933 | 1934 | Rockefeller was offended (it included a portrait of Lenin) and had it removed | Nelson Rockefeller commissioned the work. Rivera later recreated the work as Man, Controller of the Universe in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. |
| Seligman, Hilda Bust of Haile Selassie | 1936 | 2020{{citation|url=https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/national-news/18554931.statue-former-ethiopian-leader-haile-selassie-destroyed-wimbledon-park/|title=Statue of former Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie destroyed in Wimbledon park|date=1 July 2020|newspaper=The Gazette|access-date=4 July 2020}} | Vandalism linked to unrest in Ethiopia and persecution of the Oromo people | Originally located in the house in Wimbledon, London where Selassie lived in exile; moved to nearby Cannizaro Park in 1957 |
| Miró The Reaper | 1937 | 1937 | Sent to Valencia and presumably destroyed | Created for the Spanish Republican pavilion of the 1937 Paris Exposition. Photographs of the installed mural exist |
| Dalí The Seven Lively Arts | 1944 | 1956 | Fire | A series of seven paintings for Billy Rose. Known only from photographs |
| Gorky, Arshile Works housed in his studio | 1940–1946 | 1946 | Arshile Gorky Studio Fire | |
| Gorky, Arshile 15 Works | 1940–1946 | 1962 | American Airlines Flight 1 plane crash | |
| Hopper, Edward Corn Belt City | 1947 | 1975 | Park Avenue apartment fire | |
| Sutherland, Graham Portrait of Winston Churchill | 1954 | 1954 | Destroyed by the Churchills' private secretary | Color photographs survive |
| Picasso Works for the documentary The Mystery of Picasso | 1956 | 1956 | Created on camera and then destroyed | |
| Picasso Cubist Head | 1909-1912 | 1978 | Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro fire | |
| Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar | 1937 | 1978 | Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro fire | |
| Kauffman, Craig Untitled Wall Relief, an acrylic lacquer on Plexiglas piece | 1967 | 2006 | Fell and shattered at the Pompidou Center of Paris{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_10_94/ai_n17113308|title=FindArticles.com - CBSi}} | |
| Alexander, Peter Untitled piece, molded polyester resin work | 1971 | 2006 | Fell and shattered at the Pompidou Center of Paris | |
| Calder, Alexander World Trade Center Stabile | 1971 | 2001 | World Trade Center Collapse{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-30|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Collapse of the World Trade Center#Lost artworks|reason= The anchor (Lost artworks) has been deleted.}}{{cite book |last1= Quay|first1=Sara E. |last2=Damico |first2=Amy M. |date=2010 |title= September 11 in Popular Culture: A Guide: A Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgtSLkKxIpEC&q=ideogram+world+trade+center&pg=PA265 |location= United States of America|publisher=ABC-CLIO|page= 265|isbn=978-0-313-35505-9}} | |
| Nagare, Masayuki World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture | 1972 | 2001 | World Trade Center Collapse{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-30|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Collapse of the World Trade Center#Lost artworks|reason= The anchor (Lost artworks) has been deleted.}} | Survived the initial collapse of the buildings, and was destroyed during cleanup. |
| Miró, Joan, Josep Royo World Trade Center Tapestry | 1973 | 2001 | World Trade Center Collapse{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-30|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Collapse of the World Trade Center#Lost artworks|reason= The anchor (Lost artworks) has been deleted.}} | Hung in the South Tower Lobby |
| Lichtenstein, Roy One painting from The Entablature Series | 1971–72 or 1974–1976 | 2001 | World Trade Center Collapse{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-30|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Collapse of the World Trade Center#Lost artworks|reason= The anchor (Lost artworks) has been deleted.}} | |
| Rosati, James Ideogram | 1974 | 2001 | World Trade Center Collapse{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-30|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Collapse of the World Trade Center#Lost artworks|reason= The anchor (Lost artworks) has been deleted.}} | |
| Nevelson, Louise Sky Gate, New York | 1978 | 2001 | World Trade Center Collapse{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-30|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Collapse of the World Trade Center#Lost artworks|reason= The anchor (Lost artworks) has been deleted.}} | |
| Budd, Kenneth Chartist Mural | 1978 | 2013 | Redevelopment[https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/the-destruction-of-the-newport-chartist-mural-is-a-needless-and-casual-act-of-cultural-vandalism-8858692.html "The destruction of the Newport Chartist Mural is a needless and casual act of cultural vandalism"], The Independent, October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013. | A 115 by 12 feet mosaic mural in Newport, Wales |
| Pearl Monument | 1982 | 2011 | Torn down by the government after becoming a focal point for protesters | Stood in the center of the Pearl Roundabout, Bahrain |
| Central Academy of Fine Arts students Goddess of Democracy | 1989 | 1989 | Destroyed by People's Liberation Army during Tiananmen Square protests | |
| Whiteread, Rachel "House" temporary sculpture | 1993 | 1994 | Removed by London Borough of Tower Hamlets council on 11 January | |
| Picasso The Painter | 1901–1973 | 1998 | Swissair Flight 111 Plane Crash | |
| Emin, Tracey Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 ("The Tent") | 1995 | 2004 | Momart fire | |
| Serra, Richard Tilted Arc | 1981 | 1989 | Dismantled and removed | |
| Heatherwick, Thomas B of the Bang | 2005 | 2009 | Dismantled | Parts remain in storage |
| Prymachenko, Maria Works of folk art | 2022 | 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine | In the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum |
See also
Notes
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References
= Notes =
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= Bibliography =
== Books ==
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- {{Cite book|author=Adams, Robert |title=The Lost Museum: Glimpses of Vanished Originals |publisher=Viking Press |year=1980 |isbn=0-670-44107-4}}
- {{Cite book|author=British Committee on the Preservation and Restitution of Works of Art, London|url=http://www.engramma.it/pdf/WORKS%20OF%20ART%20IN%20ITALY.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074609/http://www.engramma.it/pdf/WORKS%20OF%20ART%20IN%20ITALY.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-04-07|title=Works of Art in Italy: Losses and Survivals in the War|year=1945}}
- {{Cite book|author=Flick, Gert-Rudolf |title=Missing Masterpieces: Lost Works of Art, 1450–1900 |publisher=Merrell |year=2003 |isbn=1-85894-197-0}}
- {{Cite book|author=Gamboni, Dario |title=The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism since the French Revolution |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=1997 |isbn=978-1-86189-316-1}}
- {{cite book |last=Houpt |first=Simon |title=Museum of the Missing: The High Stakes of Art Crime |year=2006 |publisher=Key Porter Books}}
- {{Cite book |author=Lambourne, Nicola |title=War Damage in Western Europe: The Destruction of Historic Monuments During the Second World War |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2001 |isbn=0-7486-1285-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/wardamageinweste0000lamb }}
- {{Cite book|editor=LaFarge, Henry Adams |title=Lost Treasures of Europe: 427 Photographs |publisher=Pantheon |year=1946 }}
- {{Cite book|author=Simpson, Elizabeth |title=The Spoils of War--World War II and Its Aftermath: The Loss, Reappearance, and Recovery of Cultural Property |publisher=Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and The Bard Graduate Center |year=1997 |isbn=0-8109-4469-3}}
- {{cite book|last1=Stockdale|first1=James|title=Annales Caermoelenses or Annals of Cartmel|date=1872|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall & Company|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/annalescaermoel00stocgoog/page/n441 425]–429|url=https://archive.org/details/annalescaermoel00stocgoog|quote=Annales Caermoelensis.|accessdate=6 June 2014}}
- {{Cite book |author=Strong, Roy |author-link=Roy Strong |title=Lost Treasures of Britain: Five Centuries of Creation and Destruction |publisher=Viking |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-670-83383-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/losttreasuresofb0000stro }}
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== Journals ==
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- {{cite journal|last1=Norris|first1=Christopher|title=The Disaster at Flakturm Friedrichshain: a Chronicle and List of Paintings|journal=The Burlington Magazine|date=December 1952|volume=XCIV|issue=597}}
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== News ==
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- {{cite news|last=Djordjevic|first=Marija|title=Čileanski muzej krije odgovore|url=http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Kultura/CHileanski-muzej-krije-odgovore.lt.html|accessdate=21 October 2013|date=13 September 2009}}
- {{cite news|title=Replacement of Art in Rio is Uncertain|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sN8hAAAAIBAJ&pg=6211%2C2861551|accessdate=5 June 2014|agency=AP|publisher=Reading Eagle|date=14 December 1978}}
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Lost artworks}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090120185209/http://leonardoshorse.org/ The Story of Leonardo da Vinci's Horse]
- [https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0211/911-treasures.html 9/11 Attacks Destroy Cultural and Historical Artifacts]
- [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/britartfire/0,,1226860,00.html The Britart fire]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120406035346/http://cdm16245.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p132501coll33 Lost Art. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Library Collections. In the Library's Photographs and Clippings Files.]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/clarkvr/sets/72157605794767314/ Lost Art — Masterpieces Destroyed in War] in Flickr
- [https://www.flickr.com/groups/lostartarchive/ Destroyed Works of Art and Architecture Group] in Flickr
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