The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra

mid 1740s

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

The image shows three figures. The person on the left is bent over towards the two figures on the right. This individual wears a plumed helmet and a draped garment. The figures on the right stand upright. One wears a gown with elaborate collars and sleeves, and the other stands slightly behind with softer facial features and a subtle hairstyle. The artwork is done in a sketch style with ink or wash. The background is plain, drawing attention to the interaction between the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on buff paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.9 × 26.2 cm (13 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.182.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Émile Calando [1840 - 1898], Paris, (Lugt 837). (sale, Christie's, London, 12 April 1983, lot 98); purchased by Ian Woodner [1903-1990], New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1985, no. 82 (checklist only).

1986

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 35.

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 43.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 32.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 40.

1995

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 82.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 69.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1984

  • de Bayser, Bruno. "Rêves de collectionneur." Connaissance des arts (December 1984): 78, 79.

1986

  • Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1986: 90-91.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Dumont, Munich, 1986: 90-91.

  • Dibujos de los siglod XIV al XX: Coleccion Woodner. Exh. cat. Fundacion Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986: 128-129.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection. Exh cat. Royal Academy of Art, London, 1987: 104-105.

1990

  • Woodner Collection: Master Drawings. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990: 120-121.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: 195-197, no. 82.

Inscriptions

verso, lower center, by later hand, in graphite: 2067

Markings

stamped in black ink: Émile Calando collection (Lugt 837); verso, stamped in black ink: Émile Calando collection (Lugt 837)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64572373

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