The Madonna appearing to Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Francis of Paula
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727 – Venice 1804)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1747 - 1804
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1067 x 610 mm (42 x 24 in)
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446822
Caption
St. Francis of Paola is shown kneeling in profile to the right. He is identified by his attribute, a sun with the letters ‘TAS’ visible (the final letters of the word ‘Charitas’). St. Anthony of Padua is shown standing to the left, reading his breviary. The sprig of lily on the steps is a symbol of purity, associated particularly with the Virgin Mary. This picture was copied after a version by Domenico’s father, Giambattista Tiepolo, to whom this picture was originally attributed.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (arched top), The Madonna appearing to Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Francis of Padua by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727 – Venice 1804).The Madonna appears seated on a cloud, wearing red and blue robes, holding the Child, who stands at her knee, attended by an angel, behind, and two winged angel heads, left. Saint Francis kneels in profile at the right, a breviary and bundle in front of him, his staff resting against his right shoulder; behind is his attribute of a sun with the letters TAS visible (the final letters of the word Charitas). Saint Anthony stands at the left behind the Madonna, reading his breviary, a sprig of lily on the steps in front of him. Architectural background and behind the Madonna a green marble column and maroon curtain.
Provenance
Lord Battersea (1843 - 1907) in 1894. Date of acquisition by Lord Bearsted unrecorded (see Christie's stencil above), but in the 1930s, from Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951), according to Denys Sutton; given with Upton House to the National Trust by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948) shortly before his death in 1948
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Christie's stencils: 46 I b(?) & 70 GD
Makers and roles
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727 – Venice 1804), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696 – Madrid 1770), artist
Exhibition history
New Light on Old Masters, Squash Court Gallery, 2013
References
Berenson 1902 B. Berenson, Venetian Painters of the Renaissance, London, 1902, p.133 Sack 1910 E. Sack, G. B. and D. Tiepolo, 1910, p.226, No.547 Morassi 1962 A. Morassi, Catalogue of Paintings of G. B. Tiepolo, 1962, p.2, fig.91
