Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
St. Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
19 3/16 x 15 inches (488 x 382 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over charcoal, on paper.
1996.110
Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, in memory of Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann.
Notes
Watermark: crescent moon with face in profile. Watermark, transmitted infrared, crescent moon, face. 142901wm_1996_110_WM_transmIR.tiff
St. Philip's encounter with a "eunuch of great authority under Candace, Queen of the Ethiopians" is described in the Acts of the Apostles. The eunuch is seated in a chariot draped with sumptuous tapestries; St. Philip stands nearby, explaining to him a passage from the Book of Isaiah. --Exhibition Label, from "Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings"
St. Philip's encounter with a "eunuch of great authority under Candace, Queen of the Ethiopians" is described in the Acts of the Apostles. The eunuch is seated in a chariot draped with sumptuous tapestries; St. Philip stands nearby, explaining to him a passage from the Book of Isaiah. --Exhibition Label, from "Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings"
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and brown ink at lower left, "Dom.o Tiepolo f".
Associated names
Luzarche, Victor, former owner.
Cormier, Roger, former owner.
Treviso, Duke of, former owner.
Harris, Tomás, 1908-1964, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.
Cormier, Roger, former owner.
Treviso, Duke of, former owner.
Harris, Tomás, 1908-1964, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolf Heinemann. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 108, repr.
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Century Drawings
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