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Summary
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: The Banquet of Cleopatra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q186202 Details on Google Art Project |
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Title |
The Banquet of Cleopatra label QS:Lde,"Das Bankett der Cleopatra"
label QS:Len,"The Banquet of Cleopatra"
label QS:Lit,"Il banchetto di Cleopatra" |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | history painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
from 1743 until 1744 date QS:P571,+1743-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1743-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1744-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 2,503 mm (98.54 in); width: 3,570 mm (11.71 ft) dimensions QS:P2048,2503U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,3570U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1464509 |
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Accession number |
103-4 |
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Object history |
English: Commissioned c. 1743 possibly by Consul Joseph Smith (c. 1675–1770); ceded to Count Francesco Algarotti, agent of Augustus III (1697–1763), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland; with the Royal Gallery, Dresden, 1744; (removed to the Royal Hunting Lodge at Hubertusburg, c. 1746); sale of the works from the collection of the Royal House of Saxony, Arnoldus Dankmeijer, Amsterdam, 22 May 1765, no. 54; from where purchased by Pierre Yver (dealer), 1765; collection of behalf of Catherine II of Russia (1729–96), before 1796; thence to Tsar Paul I in 1796, St Petersburg; there used as a ceiling painting in Michael Castle until 1801 when the painting was moved to the Hermitage; recorded in the inventory of the collection of the Hermitage, 1859, 1891 (on display 1864); offered for sale through Colnaghi's (dealer), London, by 1932; from where acquired, on the advice of Randall Davies, for the Felton Bequest, 1932; exhibited Imperial Institute Buildings, City of Manchester Art Gallery, and National Gallery, London, 1932; arrived Melbourne, 1933. |
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Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | wwFHnS1cmltkFw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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