The Apotheosis of San Vitale

1781

Ubaldo Gandolfi

Associated Names
Ubaldo Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1728 - 1781

This is a drawing of winged figures and clouds. The artwork shows several winged figures moving through clouds in an upward motion. The central figure holds a palm frond or staff. The composition includes swirling lines and flowing drapery, conveying movement and grandeur within an oval frame. The different postures among the figures, along with the billowing clouds, enhance the energetic nature of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 26.5 x 22.4 cm (10 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
    support: 35 x 30.9 cm (13 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.28.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A. Morassi(Lugt Supp.143a), C or G in diamond(undescr)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Coley 1970, no. 23.

1971

  • Robinson/Paoletti 1971, no. 44.

1985

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1985-1986.

1993

  • Bella Pittura: The Art of the Gandolfi, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1993, no. 28.

Inscriptions

in later hand, across center verso: Ubaldo Gandolfi / Pensiero per la cupola de San Vitale di Ravenna; across bottom verso: Unico documento autentitico / e originale; lower right verso: chi esa / distrutta dalle / bombe austriachi / [1914 1917?]

Wikidata ID

Q64633375

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