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Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)
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Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)

1739
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) visual detail
ArtistGiovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)
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Sale, Munich, 1804, unsold and then transferred to the Zentralgemäldegalerie

1804-1852

Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, deaccessioned and sold at auction

1852

(Sale, Schloss Schleißheim, Augsburg, April 13-23, 1852, lot 16, sold to “Eberle”)

1852-1860

Possibly Robert Eberle [1815-1860], Munich, probably by descent to a Vienna collector1

Late 19th century -1921

Collector, Vienna, sold to a “minor collector”1

1921-1928?

“Minor collector,” Vienna, probably sold or consigned to Galerie Fröhlich1

1928

(Galerie Fröhlich, Vienna, sold to Jacques Seligmann & Co.)1

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Sale, Munich, 1804, unsold and then transferred to the Zentralgemäldegalerie Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, deaccessioned and sold at auction (Sale, Schloss Schleißheim, Augsburg, April 13-23, 1852, lot 16, sold to “Eberle”) Possibly Robert Eberle [1815-1860], Munich, probably by descent to a Vienna collector1 Collector, Vienna, sold to a “minor collector”1 “Minor collector,” Vienna, probably sold or consigned to Galerie Fröhlich1 (Galerie Fröhlich, Vienna, sold to Jacques Seligmann & Co.)1 (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, NY, probably sold to Dr. Max Kadisch)1 Probably Dr. Max Kadisch, Vienna, to Jacques Seligmann & Co.1 (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1 The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Delia E. Holden and L.E. Holden Funds

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Exhibitions

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Venice 1700-1800: An Exhibition of the Venetian Eighteenth Century. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (September 30-November 2, 1952). The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). The Tiepolos and Their World. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 6-November 22, 1981). Giambattista Tiepolo: Master of the Oil Sketch. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (September 18-December 12, 1993). Heaven on Earth (Tiepolo in Würzburg). Würzburg Residenz (organizer) (February 14-May 19, 1996). Detroit Institute of Arts and John Herron Art Museum (Indianapolis), 1952.: Venice, 1700—1800, An Exhibition of Venice and the Eighteenth Century, cat. no. 66; CMA, 1956. Akron Art Institute, October 1-October 31, 1957: "Masterpieces Series," (no cat.) Wurzburg, Germany, State Gallery of the Wurzburg Residence, February 14-May 19, 1996: "Tiepolo in Wurzburg," cat. #. Paintings, Drawings and Prints by the Two Tiepolos, Giambattista and Giandomenico. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1938). Venetian Painting from the Fifteenth Century through the Eighteenth Century. Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (1938).

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In 1739 a pair of monumental altarpieces by two Venetian painters (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Giambattista Pittoni) were installed in a church in southern Germany, part of a carefully orchestrated decorative program that included architecture, painting, sculpture, and decorative stuccowork. This sketch is Tiepolo’s initial design for his altarpiece, submitted for approval before beginning the final work. With quick, assured brushstrokes, he represents the Christian martyr Sebastian bound to a tree and shot with arrows, flooded with radiant light to symbolize his devotion to his faith.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 11 structured provenance events · 5 structured exhibitions.

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