Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)

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Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)

Giovanni Battista TiepoloLinkedCulture matchlcp-276a5a710046

Date
1739
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
Italy, 18th century
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
124796

In 1739 a pair of monumental altarpieces by two Venetian painters (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Giambattista Pittoni) were installed in a church in southern Germany, part of a carefully orchestrated decorative program that included architecture, painting, sculpture, and decorative stuccowork. This sketch is Tiepolo’s initial design for his altarpiece, submitted for approval before beginning the final work. With quick, assured brushstrokes, he represents the Christian martyr Sebastian bound to a tree and shot with arrows, flooded with radiant light to symbolize his devotion to his faith.

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Credit line
Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
Provenance
Sale, Munich, 1804, unsold and then transferred to the Zentralgemäldegalerie | 1804-1852: Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, deaccessioned and sold at auction | 1852: (Sale, Schloss Schleißheim, Augsburg, April 13-23, 1852, lot 16, sold to “Eberle”) | 1852-1860: Possibly Robert Eberle [1815-1860], Munich, probably by descent to a Vienna collector1 | Late 19th century -1921: Collector, Vienna, sold to a “minor collector”1 | 1921-1928?: “Minor collector,” Vienna, probably sold or consigned to Galerie Fröhlich1 | 1928: (Galerie Fröhlich, Vienna, sold to Jacques Seligmann & Co.)1 | 1928-by 1930?: (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, NY, probably sold to Dr. Max Kadisch)1 | By 1930? - 1917/1938: Probably Dr. Max Kadisch, Vienna, to Jacques Seligmann & Co.1 | 1937/1938 - 1946: (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1 | 1946-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Delia E. Holden and L.E. Holden Funds

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