The Penitent Thief, from The Way to Calvary, after Tiepolo

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1949.36
People: Desideri, Italian (19th-20th centuries)
After Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1696 - 1770 Madrid, Spain)
Title: The Penitent Thief, from The Way to Calvary, after Tiepolo
Other Titles: Alternate Title: One of Two Thieves
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: c. 1900
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229302

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 84.14 x 27.62 x 0.95 cm (33 1/8 x 10 7/8 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Desideri, Painted, Gift to E. W. Forbes?.
Edward Waldo Forbes, Gift of the artist?, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year: 1949
Object Number: 1949.36
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Publication History

Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 131

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