Heilige Jakobus de meerdere op slagveld bij Clavijo, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1755 - 1759

Title(s)

Heilige Jakobus de meerdere op slagveld bij Clavijo

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1950-527

Catalogue reference

• De Vesme 63-2(3)
• Rizzi 132-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2760
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• printmaker: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (mentioned on object)

Place

Venice

Dating

1755 - 1759

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 460 mm × width 217 mm

What

• the apostle James the Great; possible attributes: book, pilgrim's cloak, hat, shell, staff, and wallet, scroll, sword
• James as Moor-slayer ('Matamoros'): on the battle-field of Clavijo he appears on a white horse

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1950

Copyright

Public domain

• Etchings by the Tiepolos, George Knox, p. 100, cat.nr. 124
• The etchings of the Tiepolos, Aldo Rizzi, p. 290, 291, cat.nr. 132-2
• Le Peintre-graveur italien, Alexandre de Vesme, p. 411, cat.nr. 63-2