Tobit Burying the Dead

c. 1650/1660

Domenico Piola

Associated Names
Domenico Piola

Artist, Italian, Genoese, 1628 - 1703

This is a drawing of four individuals interacting. The scene captures a moment with expressive gestures and movement. Ink washes are used to emphasize contours and musculature, suggesting a struggle. The background includes architectural elements and foliage. The artwork is in monochrome.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk on laid paper, laid down on old album mount

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Andrea Woodner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29 × 42.5 cm (11 7/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
    framed: 54.61 × 67.31 cm (21 1/2 × 26 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.84.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie's, Paris, 25 March 2015, no. 104, as attr. to Paolo Gerolamo Piola, "Une Scène de peste"); (Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd, London); purchased 2019 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • Dessins Génois/Genoese Drawings. Marty de Cambiaire, Paris, 2019, 44, 86-87, 101, no. 16

2020

  • A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020, no. 75 (shown only in Washington, Washington venue canceled).

Bibliography

2020

  • Bober, Jonathan. A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750,Exh cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington: 242, no. 75.

Inscriptions

by later hand, in pen and brown ink at lower right, Sebastien Bourdon; by later hand, right center verso in brown ink: BS 396 / No. 31 1 [not deciphered]

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