Chiron Instructing Achilles in the Bow
Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian (active Florence and England), 1727 - 1785
Geography:
Made in London, England, Europe
Date:
c. 1776Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
42 7/16 x 42 1/8 inches (107.8 x 107 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
1972-250-2Credit Line:
Purchased with the John Howard McFadden, Jr., Fund, 1972
Made in London, England, Europe
Date:
c. 1776Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
42 7/16 x 42 1/8 inches (107.8 x 107 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 297, European Art 1500-1850, second floor
Accession Number:1972-250-2Credit Line:
Purchased with the John Howard McFadden, Jr., Fund, 1972
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Provenance
Anteroom of Lansdowne House, London, 1777; dismantled in the late 1920s; sale, Marquess of Lansdowne, Christie's, London, March 7, 1930, no. 38; purchased by Carpenter. Sale, Devee's, February 28, 1964 [as Angelica Kauffmann]; purchased by Crowther of Syon Lodge (dealer), London [2]. With M. & C. Sestieri, Rome by 1968 [1]; Heim Gallery, London, by 1972; sold to PMA, December 1972. 1. For the preceding provenance see Homan Potterton, "A Neo-Classical Decorative Scheme: G. B. Cipriani at Lansdowne House," Apollo, October 1972, p. 332-333. 2. Crowther of Syon Lodge were dealers in architectural antiques. The firm closed in 2002.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit.
