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Crucifixion

Maker

(artist)
1696-1770

Title

Crucifixion

Date of Production

(circa) 1753 - 1755

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.156

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Provenance

mounted by the artist in an album and possibly given to his son, Giuseppe Tiepolo, friar in the convent of the Somaschi, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1762; kept in convent of the Somaschi until its suppression, 1810; possibly acquired by Gregory Vladimirovitch Orloff (1777-1826); by descent to Prince Alexis Orloff, Paris (1867-1916); his sale, Georges Petit (Paris), 29 - 30 April 1920, lot 98; Reid & Lefevre (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 12 July 1950 (£100); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983

Literature

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Collection de .... Son Excellence feu le Prince Alexis Orloff, 29-30 April 1920
fig. 98

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 156
pl. CXVI

Knox, George, 'The Orloff Album of Tiepolo Drawings' in 'Burlington Magazine', June 1961 - pp. 269-75; 103, 699
pp. 273, 275 ...More

Tiepolo: a bicentenary exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1970, 1970
under no. 59

Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 156

Knox, George, Catalogue of the Tiepolo Drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2nd ed. 1975
under no. 185

Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
no. 21 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: probably a small posthorn.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “17 / 4 //”.

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