Timotheus Playing the Lyre before Alexander and Thaïs in the Hall of the Palace at Persepolis
c. 1820
Artist, Bolognese, 1764 - 1850
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk and graphite, squared for transfer, on two joined sheets of wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 56.1 x 78.5 cm (22 1/16 x 30 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1991.150.21
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
La Sociéte Historique et Littéraire Polonaise, Paris (sale London, Christie's, 4 July 1972, lot 36); Seiferheld and Co., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, January, 1973; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1973
Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-1975.
1993
Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, 25.
1996
Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.
2014
From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.
Bibliography
1975
"Drawings for Theater and Architecture: A Special View of a Noted Virginia Collection of Master Drawings," Arts in Virginia, 15 (Spring 1975), 2, 6-7 (illus.).
Inscriptions
along right side, in pen and brown ink: Un uomo con un ornamento sul capo che / sembra una corona, ed accompagnato / da due donne, una delle quali ha un [illeg.] / [illeg.] nel capo, e l'altra tiene nelle ma- / ni alcune insegne autorevoli / Chardin / [illeg.] / LeBrun / Un uomo che amazza un / Toro che ha un corno nella fronte / tenuto forte colla sinistra mano / e colla destra immerse un pu- / gnale nel ventro / Un uomo uccide un Leone / tenuto per la chioma colla / sinistra ecc. / Portico / Pilastri / Palazzo / Capitello / di bianco marmo / Platani / Palmi / Mitra ed il sole / Persepoli, fra le sue / rovine vedesi in un bassorilievo / due animali simili ad un / cavallo, con una sola SEE COMMENTARY FOR INSCRIPTION CONTINUATION
Wikidata ID
Q64619676