The Virgin and Child Adored by Bishops, Monks, and Women

1735/1740

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

This is a drawing of a group of figures gathered around a central figure holding a child. The drawing is sketched with sepia ink, featuring a loosely rendered group of figures, with the central figure seated holding a small child. To the left and right of the central figure are several additional figures, some with faint outlines of garments suggesting flowing robes. A tall staff-like object rises on the left side of the image. The figures are composed using light washes and expressive line work. In the background, additional faint pencil sketches suggest more figures or decorative elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 42.8 × 30.2 cm (16 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.217.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gregory Vladimirovitch Orloff [1777-1826], St. Petersburg and Paris; Prince Alexis Orloff [1867-before 1920], Paris; (sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 29-30, 1920, no. 134); W.W. Crocker, Burlingame, CA; Augustus Pollack, Monterey, CA; R.M. Light & Co., Boston; Armand Hammer Collection, 1971; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1935

  • The Opening Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1935, no illus.

1938

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints by the Two Tiepolos: Giambattista and Giandomenico, Art Institute of Chicago, 1938, no. 47.

1948

  • Seventy Master Drawings, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1948-1949, no. 46.

1971

  • Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1971, beginning with Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974, no. 70.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, p. 74.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 182, 495, no. 99 (repro. p. 182, color)(entry by Colin Harrison).

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 68.

Bibliography

1947

  • Benesch, Otto. Venetian Drawings of the 18th Century in America. New York, 1947: 31, no. 19.

1949

  • Mongan, Agnes. One Hundred Master Drawings. Cambridge, Mass., 1949: 106-107.

1961

  • Knox, George. "The Orloff Album of Tiepolo Drawings." The Burlington Magazine 103 (June 1961): 275, no. 15.

1971

  • The Armand Hammer Collection. Exh. cat. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1971: no. 66.

1972

  • White, Christopher , "The Hammer Collection: Drawings," Apollo, vol. 95, no. 124 (June 1972), p. 460, fig. 8, p. 462.

1974

  • Recent Acquistiions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974: 115-116.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 672, no. 1076, color repro.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 182, 495, no. 99.

Watermarks

three leaf clover with "b v" below, like Heawood 1895 (Venice 1730) except with different letters

Wikidata ID

Q64572375

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