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S.S. Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804

S.S. Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate

18 1/8 x 14 1/16 inches (460 x 357 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
IV, 150

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Among the more than 250 drawings from Domenico Tiepolo's series of Biblical Scenes, thirty-five depict events from the later life of St. Peter. With his left arm upraised and his right outstretched, the saint commands a crippled beggar to rise in the name of Jesus Christ. The scene takes place before the Beautiful Gate (Porta Speciosa) of the Temple in Jerusalem. --Exhibition Label, from "Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings"
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by the artist, at right, within the plaque, in pen and brown ink, "Porta / Spetiosa".
Watermark: hand holding sword, above letter "W".
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 150, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 259, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department