The Death of Sophonisba (Pittoni)
The Death of Sophonisba is a 1716–1720 oil on canvas painting of Sophonisba by Giambattista Pittoni, produced in Venice - a sketch or smaller copy was bought by the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in 1723.[1] It was bought for the Hermitage Museum in 1773 by the court cellist G. Dal Olio, then placed in the Tauride Palace.[1] It was auctioned by Tsar Nicholas I in 1854 and bought by E.T. Zarudnoi-Cavos, then bought back by the Hermitage Museum in 1918.[1] It was finally transferred to its present home at the Pushkin Museum in 1930.[1] Its pair a Semiramis by the same artist, was in the Nikaelov collection in Paris before being bought by the Pushkin Museum in 1853.[2]
Bibliography[edit]
- (in Italian) Antichità viva, Volume 32, Edam, 1993
- (in Italian) Franca Zava Boccazzi, Giambattista Pittoni, ed. Alfieri, 1979
- (in Italian) N. Pozza, 'Saggi e memorie di storia dell'arte', Volume 21, Istituto di storia dell'arte (Fondazione "Giorgio Cini"), 1997
- (in Italian) F. Apolloni and M. Tazzoli, Antologia Di Belle Arti, 2000
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