Auction on
22 September 2022 - 12:00 (CEST) -
44, Schellingstrasse - D-80799 Munich
This painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) is the modello of a work now lost, commissioned in 1743 for the Elector of Saxony, Augustus III of Poland, and intended for the royal collections in Dresden.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), Pompey's Head Being Presented to Caesar, oil on canvas, 53.8 x 72.6 cm/21.2 x 28.6 in. Estimate: €250,000/350,000
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), Pompey's Head Being Presented to Caesar, oil on canvas, 53.8 x 72.6 cm/21.2 x 28.6 in. Estimate: €250,000/350,000
In 1743, Count Francesco Algarotti, then military advisor to the Elector of Saxony, Augustus III, left Dresden for Venice, tasked with selecting works to expand the royal collection. A man of the Enlightenment, the Venetian-born writer, philosopher, poet and art critic cast his…
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