Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy



Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy



Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy
84.1 x 68.9 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1980


Literature

Everett Fahy (ed.), The Wrightsman pictures, New York; New Haven, 2005, nr. 28


Provenance

Baron Ferdinand von Stumm-Holzhausen, Madrid (where he served as German Ambassador, 1887–92), Florence, and Schloß Holzhausen, Hessen, Germany, ?by 1892–died 1925
with Van Diemen, Berlin
Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin and Bern, until 1937, one of three works sold to Internationale Antiquiteitenhandel, Amsterdam
with Internationale Antiquiteitenhandel, Amsterdam, 1937, sold to Becker
Baroness Renée de Becker, Brussels and New York, 1937–after 1955, sold to Rosenberg & Stiebel
with Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, after 1955–59, sold to Speelman
with Edward Speelman, London, 1959–60, sold to Wrightsman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York. 1960–80

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 1980.363

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Queen Zenobia Addressing Her Soldiers
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1742/45

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Abraham and the Three Angels
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The World Pays Homage to Spain
The World Pays Homage to Spain
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Allegory of the Immaculate Conception and of Redemption
Allegory of the Immaculate Conception and of Redemption