The Wedding of Frederick Barbarossa to Beatrice of Burgundy
painter
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
(Venice, 1727 - 1804, Venice)
Dateabout 1752
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions71 x 54 cm (27 15/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP25e4
eMuseum ID719724
EmbARK ObjectID12132
TMS Source ID1273
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 18. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
P. Molmenti. G. B. Tiepolo: la sua vita e le sue opere (Milan, 1909), p. 284. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 358-59. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Max H. von Freeden and Carl Lamb. Das Meisterwerk des Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: Die Fresken der Wüzburger Residenz (Munich, 1956), pl. 30.
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 176-77, ill. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 249-50. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 94-5. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Michael Levey. Giambattista Tiepolo: His Life and Art (New Haven, 1986), pp. 185-86, pl. 166. (as follower of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Massimo Gemin and Filippo Pedrocco. Giambattista Tiepolo: I dipinti. Opera completa (Venice, 1993), p. 423, cat. 413a. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Peter O. Krückmann. Tiepolo: Heaven on Earth, Masterpieces of the Würzburg Years (Munich, 1996), pp. 85-87, fig. 75. (as Giandomenico Tiepolo)
Peter O. Krückmann. Der Himmel auf Erden Tiepolo in Würzburg 1. Exh. cat. (Munich, 1996), p. 77, cat. 5. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo)
Hilliard Goldfarb. "Oil Sketches in the Practice of Tiepolo and his Studio at Würzburg" in Achim Gnann et al. Festschrift für Konrad Oberhuber (Milan, 2000), pp. 207-14, fig. 1. (as Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo)
P. Molmenti. G. B. Tiepolo: la sua vita e le sue opere (Milan, 1909), p. 284. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 358-59. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Max H. von Freeden and Carl Lamb. Das Meisterwerk des Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: Die Fresken der Wüzburger Residenz (Munich, 1956), pl. 30.
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 176-77, ill. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 249-50. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 94-5. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Michael Levey. Giambattista Tiepolo: His Life and Art (New Haven, 1986), pp. 185-86, pl. 166. (as follower of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Massimo Gemin and Filippo Pedrocco. Giambattista Tiepolo: I dipinti. Opera completa (Venice, 1993), p. 423, cat. 413a. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Peter O. Krückmann. Tiepolo: Heaven on Earth, Masterpieces of the Würzburg Years (Munich, 1996), pp. 85-87, fig. 75. (as Giandomenico Tiepolo)
Peter O. Krückmann. Der Himmel auf Erden Tiepolo in Würzburg 1. Exh. cat. (Munich, 1996), p. 77, cat. 5. (as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000). (as Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo)
Hilliard Goldfarb. "Oil Sketches in the Practice of Tiepolo and his Studio at Würzburg" in Achim Gnann et al. Festschrift für Konrad Oberhuber (Milan, 2000), pp. 207-14, fig. 1. (as Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo)
MarksNotesInscribed in paint (stretcher, top): 3157
Inscribed (stretcher, center): P199
Stamped (stretcher, base, right): Milay (?) Paris
Inscribed (stretcher, center): P199
Stamped (stretcher, base, right): Milay (?) Paris
ProvenanceNotesPrince Nicolai Yousoupoff (1750-1831), St. Petersburg probably acquired when he was envoy to Turin, 1783-1789.
Prince Boris Yousoupoff, St. Petersburg.
Private collection, France.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an English collection through the art dealers Wildenstein & Co., Paris for 6,000 francs on 2 April 1900, through the American painter and collector Ralph W. Curtis (1854-1922) and Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
Prince Boris Yousoupoff, St. Petersburg.
Private collection, France.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an English collection through the art dealers Wildenstein & Co., Paris for 6,000 francs on 2 April 1900, through the American painter and collector Ralph W. Curtis (1854-1922) and Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
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