A Kneeling Woman with an Incense Burner and a Page Holding a Crown and Scepter

c. 1726

Anton Kern, after Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger

Associated Names
Anton Kern

Artist, Bohemian, 1709 - 1747

Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger

Artist After, Italian, 1687 - 1767

The image shows two individuals kneeling. The person on the left is leaning forward, their head slightly lowered and turned to the right. They wear a long robe with detailed hem and their arms are wrapped around it. The person on the right has curly hair and is holding a platter with a crown and keys hanging from it. Both wear draped garments. The background is simple, focusing on the figures.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private Collection (sale London, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 27 March 1979, no. 57 as Pittoni); Spencer Drummond Limited, Hamilton, Bermuda; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, April 1980; gift to NGA, 1991.

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Exhibition History

1981

  • The Grand Tour and Beyond: British Travel Narratives of the Continent, the Middle and Far East, Africa, and the American Colonies, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, February 22-April 20, 1981.

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, 13.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Wikidata ID

Q64536251

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