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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Apollo and Phaëthoncirca 1731

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Vertical oil painting, large oval composition depicting a multi-figure mythological or allegorical scene with winged figure, rearing horses, and cloud-borne figures in warm peach and cobalt tones
Oil painting sketch with loose brushwork, multiple figures amid clouds in warm ochre and pink tones. Upper left: two figures, one gesturing with a staff toward a radiant crowned figure. Lower center: a reclining woman with a floral wreath. Right: a semi-draped figure holding a torch, with architectural columns visible in the upper right corner.
Oil painting sketch of a winged figure in dark robes, bent forward in motion, carrying a scythe and a staff, rendered in loose brushwork against a muted brown and gray background.
Oil painting detail showing a winged figure in the lower foreground against a blue-gray sky, with a sweeping arc of rosy clouds bearing loosely sketched zodiac symbols including a scorpion and scales, rendered in fluid brushwork.
Oil painting detail showing a winged figure with dark plumage reclining amid clouds, a helmeted head in the foreground, and robed figures with gilded armor in the upper right; loose, fluid brushwork in warm browns, pinks, and deep shadows.
Oil painting sketch, dynamic scene with a rearing black horse and pinto horse amid swirling clouds, attended figures in rich drapery below, winged putti and a seated robed figure with a staff in the upper register, loose painterly brushwork in warm ochres, blues, and reds
Oil painting fragment with loose, gestural brushwork depicting three figures among clouds: a seated male figure in white drapery gestures upward with a wand, a standing female figure in yellow drapery raises one arm, and a reclining figure with floral wreath occupies the lower right against a warm rose-toned sky.
Oil painting fragment, circular or oval format, showing winged putti and robed figures amid clouds in the upper portion, with a dark landscape below featuring small flowering plants; loose, painterly brushwork with crackled surface.
Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italy, Venice, 1696-1770
Title
Apollo and Phaëthon
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1731
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 25 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (64.14 × 47.63 cm) Frame: 32 × 25 × 2 in. (81.28 × 63.5 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.86.257
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Veil-Picard collection, Paris, until ca. 1960. Private collection, Switzerland. (Sale, London, Sotheby’s, 11 Dec. 1985, lot 19). [Bob P. Haboldt & Co., New York, sold 1986 to]; LACMA.

Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Salomon, Xavier F., Andrea Tomezzoli, and Denis Ton. Tiepolo in Milan: The Lost Frescoes of Palazzo Archinto. New York: The Frick Collection, 2019.