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The Triumph of Wisdom
Bartolomeo Tarsiac. 1750
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Triumph of Wisdom
- Creator: Bartolomeo Tarsia
- Date Created: c. 1750
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 56.8 x 32.5 cm (22 3/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: Henri Lacroix, Paris (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18-23 March 1901, no. 196 as Noel Coypel, _Composition allégorique_). Private collection (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 March 1944, no. 7). (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris, 1966). Private collection (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 June 1991, no. 37); (Adolphe Stein, Paris); (sale, Christie's, London, 4 July 2000, no. 44, unsold); NGA purchase from Stein in 2000.
- Medium: brown ink with gray and brown wash and white heightening over black chalk, squared for transfer in black chalk on laid paper
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