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Artist:
Domenichino 1581-1640  Search this
Medium:
Canvas/oil
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 134
"Zampieri Domenico (Domenichino), Bologna. 1581-1640. (Oil, Can. 55 x 69.) Artemisia, a queen of Caria, who, in her excessive grief for the death of her husband, mixed his ashes with water, and drank them off. In Domenichino's best manner, and beautifully composed in action and drapery, and with a face similar but superior to his Sibyl in the capitol at Rome. engraved. 'Art-Studies,' plate M., fig. 39." [P. 24-25.]
Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings now on exhibition at the Institute of Fine Arts, 625 Broadway, comprising the Celebrated Pictures of the well-known Dusseldorf Gallery, with several interesting additions, and the unique Jarves Collection of Old Masters. New York: John Russell, Printer, No. 79 John Street. 1860.
Artist nationality: Old Master.
Topic:
Mythology--Classical--Artemisia  Search this
Figure female  Search this
Ceremony--Funeral  Search this
Control number:
AECI 05240132
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_99551