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The Battle of Imbros, 1717 (An Allegory of a Naval Victory)
Giovanni Raggi (Italian, Venetian, 1712–1792/94)
Title
The Battle of Imbros, 1717 (An Allegory of a Naval Victory)
Artist
Giovanni Raggi (Italian, Venetian, 1712–1792/94)
Date
c. 1733–41
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
113 3/4 × 93 in. (288.9 × 236.2 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of M. Knoedler & Co.
Object Number
1947.441
On View
On view
Provenance
With M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., London, as attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696–1770), before 1946 [1];
Their loan to Cincinnati Art Museum, 1947;
Gift of M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, as attributed to Luca Giordano (Italian, Neapolitan,1634–1705), to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, September 26, 1947.
[1] A letter from Harold Parsons dated January 24, 1946. Knoedler’s purchase date is not specified, just recalled as “many years ago.” Joslyn Art Museum, Object File.
Their loan to Cincinnati Art Museum, 1947;
Gift of M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, as attributed to Luca Giordano (Italian, Neapolitan,1634–1705), to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, September 26, 1947.
[1] A letter from Harold Parsons dated January 24, 1946. Knoedler’s purchase date is not specified, just recalled as “many years ago.” Joslyn Art Museum, Object File.
Exhibition History
Tiepolo: A Bicentenary Exhibition, 1770–1970, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March 14–May 3, 1970.
Published References
Philip Gurney, “Master or Student: Many Works Hide Answers,” Dundee and West Omaha Sun, February 2, 1961, 40.
Antonio Morassi, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings of G.B. Tiepolo (London: Phaidon Press, 1962), 37.
George Knox, Tiepolo: A Bicentenary Exhibition, 1770–1970 (Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum Harvard University, 1970), 222, (repro.).
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971), 172.
Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 58–60, (repro.).
Gian Alberto Dell’Acqua, I Pittori Bergamaschi: Dal Xiii Al Xix Secolo vol. 3 (Bergamo, Italy: Bolis, 1990), 65, (repro.).
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 106–07, (repro.).
Antonio Morassi, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings of G.B. Tiepolo (London: Phaidon Press, 1962), 37.
George Knox, Tiepolo: A Bicentenary Exhibition, 1770–1970 (Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum Harvard University, 1970), 222, (repro.).
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971), 172.
Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 58–60, (repro.).
Gian Alberto Dell’Acqua, I Pittori Bergamaschi: Dal Xiii Al Xix Secolo vol. 3 (Bergamo, Italy: Bolis, 1990), 65, (repro.).
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 106–07, (repro.).
