Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Tintoretto, Domenico |
Title |
Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis |
Date |
1580-1590 |
Year Range from |
1580 |
Year Range to |
1590 |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-43.44 W-57.04 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation |
ID# |
1961.013.018 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Provenance |
Val Marie House, Douglas, Isle of Man, from 1923-1933. [1] Frank T. Sabin, London in 1951. [2] International Financing and Co., Panama City; sold to Samuel H. Kress 1863-1955 on 30 November 1956; gift to the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 1961. [1] Exhibited in London in 1927, 1928-1933. [2] Exhibited at Sabin's two great master pieces (Velasquez-Rubens), London, June 1951. no. 25 of catalogue, as by Jacopo Tintoretto. PSPC 1983: Val Marie House, Douglas, Isle of Man; Sabin's, London; International Financing Co., Panama City; Kress acquisition, 1956; UAMA since 1957. |
Bibliography |
K-2135 Bercken, Erich von der. "Die Gemalde des Jacopo Tintoretto," 1942, pages 70, 113. "The Samuel H. Kress Collection at the University of Arizona," Tucson, 1957, no. 16, illus. Shapley, Fern Rusk. "Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, 16th-18th Century," London, 1973, K2135, page 62, fig. 116. O'Brien, James P. "The Listening Experience, Elements, Forms, and Styles in Music," Schirmer Books, Macmillan, Inc., New York, 1987, page 353 illus. Lloyd, Christopher. "Early Italian Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago," The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1993. Online Calendar for the Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology Website, Gregory DiCenzo, 2001. Rome: Legacy of an Eternal City, UAMA, Sept. 12, 2015-Jan. 24, 2016. |
Exhibitions History |
Olympia, London, 1927; Graiton Galleries, London, 1928; Art Treasures Exhibition, London, 1933; "Two Great Masterpieces (Velasquez-Rubens)," Sabin's, London, Jun 1951, cat. no. 25 (as by Jacopo). |
Subjects |
Myths Venus Sleeping Animals Cherubs Representational Oil painting Italian Renaissance Goddesses Figures Men Women Dogs Birds Spears Cherubs Mythology Trees Rocks Hills Landscape Landscape paintings Boars Hunting Death Love Mythology Grief Sphinx |