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Domenico Tiepolo (Italy, b.1727, d.1804)
The apotheosis of a pope and martyr


circa 1780-1785
Painting
oil on canvas
82.2 x 44.2cm stretcher; 99.5 x 61.3 x 5.5cm frame
Gift of James Fairfax AO 1995
178.1995
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, European Art 15th-18th Century Galleries, Fairfax Galleries/Room 3


Provenance
James Oswald Fairfax AO (Australia, b.1933), 23 Mar 1970-22 Jun 1995, Bowral/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of James Fairfax 1995. Purchased by James Fairfax through Heim Gallery, London 1970.
Société pour le commerce des tableaux, S.A., Paris (France), 1966-23 Mar 1970, Paris/France, Sold to James Fairfax through Heim Gallery, London, 23 March 1970. Heim commission book, Getty Research Institute.


Bibliography
Book; Great philanthropists on trial : the art of the bequest; Andrew Grimwade (Australia), Gerard Vaughan (Australia); 2006, 129, 'The James Fairfax collection' by Edmund Capon, pg.126-135
Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints; Richard Beresford (England; Australia), Peter Raissis (Australia); 2003, 188, 189 (colour illus.), cat.no. 54
Periodical; Gazette des Beaux-Arts; Editor Unknown; Mar 1996, 42 (illus.), 'Chronique des Arts' suppliment, no. 164
Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old masters; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1992, no catalogue numbers
Exhibition catalogue; 'Private treasures': an exhibition of art from Australian private collectors covering a period of five centuries; David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney (Australia); 1978, cat.no. 154
Book; Giandomenico Tiepolo; Adriano Mariuz (Italy); 1971, 136 (illus.), pl. 326
Exhibition catalogue; Italian paintings and sculptures of the 17th and 18th centuries; Heim Gallery London (England); 1966, 13, cat.no. 29


Exhibition venue
Title: The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 17 Apr 2003
Closing: 20 Jul 2003
Curator: Beresford, Richard
Raissis, Peter


Title: The James Fairfax collection of old masters

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 25 Apr 1992
Closing: 14 Jun 1992
Curator: Free, Renée
Capon, Edmund


Title: 'Private treasures': an exhibition of art from Australian private collectors covering a period of five centuries

Venue: David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney
Opening: 10 Jan 1978
Closing: 21 Jan 1978
Notes: cat.no. 154


Title: Italian paintings and sculptures of the 17th and 18th centuries

Venue: Heim Gallery London
Opening: Summer 1966
Closing: Summer 1966
Notes: cat.no. 29


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