Allegory of the Power of Eloquence
Maker
(Artists)
1696-1770
1696-1770
Title
Allegory of the Power of Eloquence
Date of Production
(circa) 1725
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 49.2 cm (canvas)
Width: 70.8 cm (canvas)
Width: 70.8 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.445
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
Power (Social sciences)
Label Text
This oil sketch is Tiepolo’s earliest known composition for a ceiling decoration for Palazzo Sandi in Venice. The gods Minerva and Mercury (centre) preside over scenes of eloquence. Amphion builds Thebes with music (below), Orpheus rescues Eurydice from Hell (left), Hercules binds his listeners with chains (above), and Bellepheron attacks the Chimera (right). Tiepolo drew on the ideas of the Italian theorist Vico about history and law. Appropriately, his patron was a lawyer.
Provenance
Private coll., Madrid. Private coll., Zurich. Acquired by Seilern through Hugelshofer, Zurich, 1959; Princes Gate Bequest 1978.
Exhibition History
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 11/10/2019-02/02/2020
Giambattista Tiepolo 1696-1770, Villa Manin, Passariano, Italy, 14/12/2012-07/04/2013
Sebastiano Ricci, Palazzo Cini & Venice & Italy, 24/04/2010-19/07/2010 ...More
Scenes and Stages - Creating Architectural Illusion, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-27/07/2008
All Spirit and Fire - Oil Sketches by Tiepolo, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2006-29/05/2006
For your approval - Oil Sketches by Tiepolo, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, 03/05/2005-04/09/2005
National Gallery (to be displayed with permanent collection), National Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998 ...Less
Giambattista Tiepolo 1696-1770, Villa Manin, Passariano, Italy, 14/12/2012-07/04/2013
Sebastiano Ricci, Palazzo Cini & Venice & Italy, 24/04/2010-19/07/2010 ...More
Scenes and Stages - Creating Architectural Illusion, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-27/07/2008
All Spirit and Fire - Oil Sketches by Tiepolo, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2006-29/05/2006
For your approval - Oil Sketches by Tiepolo, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, 03/05/2005-04/09/2005
National Gallery (to be displayed with permanent collection), National Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998 ...Less
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