1961.171: Death of Saint Onophrius (?)
DrawingsA brown ink drawing of two winged figures flying over the body of a man. The two winged figures look upon the man, who lay on the ground on his back with one arm outstretched to his side. The man is lying at the base of a large cross. A skull is on the ground next to his head, and a pile of objects by his feet.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1961.171
- People
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1696 - 1770 Madrid, Spain)
- Title
- Death of Saint Onophrius (?)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Saint with Angels
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/300008
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
- Dimensions
- 43 x 29.4 cm (16 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. M. Warburg, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. M. Warburg
- Accession Year
- 1961
- Object Number
- 1961.171
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens, auct. cat., Galerie Georges Petit (Paris, France, April 29, 1920 - April 30, 1920), no. 154, repr.
- Konrad Oberhuber, European Master Drawings of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, 1979), cat. no. 66, n.p., repr. pl. 66
- Fine Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, England, April 1, 1987), under no. 83 by its Orloff sale number (incorrect) and without location
- Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
- Adelheid Gealt, Domenico Tiepolo: A New Testament, exh. cat., Indiana University Art Museum and Indiana University Press (Bloomington, 2006), pp. 751-752, repr. as fig. 137 on p.752
Exhibition History
- European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979
- Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/16/2022 - 01/15/2023
Verification Level
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