Elaborate Wall Decoration with Endymion and Hebe

c. 1800

Tommaso Bigatti

Associated Names
Tommaso Bigatti

Artist, Italian, active c. 1800

This is a painting of a classical-themed decorative panel filled with mythological imagery. It depicts a woman in a white dress reaching towards a bird, with a cherubic figure next to her. In the background is a landscape with clouds and hills. Surrounding the central image are two oval frames with draped women in red and blue against rocky landscapes with water elements. The borders are decorated with urns, swags, mythical creatures, and floral arrangements in a refined neoclassical style. This is in the style of a decorative fresco or neoclassical ornamental design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache with gum arabic on "swan skin" (fine mammalian parchment made to appear avian)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30.2 × 53 cm (11 7/8 × 20 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.126.3


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

An "aristocratic family," Sicily; (their sale, Christie's, London, 10 December 2015, no. 24); David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64633335

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