Venus and Cupid Discovering the Body of Adonis

c. 1740

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Artemis Ltd., London); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 11 July 1984; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1985, no. 84 (checklist only).

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 45.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 37.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 34.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 42.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 80.

2006

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

2017

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

Bibliography

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 80.

Watermarks

initials PA with three-leaf clover (similar to Heawood 3100-3102)

Wikidata ID

Q64572378

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