The Stoning of Saint Stephen

1754

Johann Georg Dieffenbrunner

Associated Names
Johann Georg Dieffenbrunner

Artist, German, 1718 - 1785

This is a painting featuring heavenly and earthly realms. The image depicts a scene with celestial figures in the clouds at the top of the painting. These figures include angels and a dove. Below, a group of people is gathered in a scene of intensity. The scene is set against a backdrop of architectural elements like towers and buildings to the side. The composition balances spectral and earthly elements with figures dynamically posed, their gestures and expressions strongly conveyed.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna and Vaduz (Lugt 4398). Richard Tüngel [1893-1970], Ahrensburg. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased by NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Zeichnungen alter Meister aus deutschem Privatbesitz. Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1965 - 1966: 24 (fig. 49), no. 95.

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 19, 34,102-103, no. 25 (entry by Peter Prange).

2023

  • Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1966

  • Geissler, Heinrich. "Rezension zu Hamburg 1965". Kunstchronik, vol. 48 (1966): 162.

1983

  • Paula, Georg. Johann Georg Dieffenbrunner. Leben und Werk. Munich, 1983: 253-254.

Inscriptions

signed at bottom right in brown ink: GDieffenbrunner; inscribed on mount at bottom center in graphite: Georg Dieffenbrunner

Watermarks

not deciphered

Wikidata ID

Q64581966

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