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Hercules and Antaeus
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1727-1804
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Width: 15 cm
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This drawing depicts a mythological episode from the Twelve Labours of Hercules. The giant Antaeus challenged everyone crossing his path to wrestling matches, remaining invincible for as long as he was in contact with his mother Gaia, the earth. Hercules lifted him off the ground, thus breaking that bond, and crushed him to death.
The figures in this drawing stand on a pedestal resembling a sculpted group. Tiepolo drew a series of similar figures and animals on pedestals for his family villa at Zianigo, near Venice.
Provenance
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Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Goya and his Times, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1963-64
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less
Literature
cat. no. 67
Goya and his Times, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1963-1964
cat. no. 316
no. 316
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 59 ...More
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 47
pl. 4 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist: “Dom.o Tiepolo f”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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