Death of King Candaules ( eng. Death of King Candaules ) - a painting by Italian artist Giambattista Pittoni , exhibited in the permanent collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg .
| ||
| Jambattista Pittoni | ||
| The death of King Kandavl . 1720 | ||
| Death of King Candaules, Morte del Re Candaule | ||
| Oil on canvas . 161 × 210 cm | ||
| The Hermitage , St. Petersburg | ||
| ( inv. ) | ||
The canvas belonged to a group that also included three other paintings, now scattered between public and private collections, depicting the following legendary themes:
- Dido at the base of Carthage
- Death of Sofonisba
- Semiramis.
The painting depicting Dido was preserved in the Hermitage, one with Sofonisba at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, and finally with Semiramis is part of the private collection of Yves Micaloff (Paris).
Notes
Literature
- Irina Artemʹeva, Giuseppe Bergamini, Giuseppe Pavanello. Capolavori nascosti dell'Ermitage: dipinti veneti del Sei e Settecento da Pietroburgo. - Ed. Electa, 1998 .-- ISBN 8843565834 .
- Irina Artemieva, Giuseppe Pavanello. Masterpieces from the Hermitage. - Art media, 1998 .-- ISBN 8843567322 .
- F. Zava Boccazzi. Pittoni. - Venezia, 1979. - P. 132-133, cat. 76, fig. 26.
- I. Artemieva. Alcune precisazioni sulla storia di un ciclo di Giovanni Battista Pittoni dell'Ermitage // Arte Veneta. - 1994 .-- T. 46 . - P. 55-61.
- I. Artemieva. Pietroburgo e l'Italia 1750-1850. Il genio italiano in Russia, catalogo della mostra a cura di S. Androsov e V. Strada. - Milano, 2003. - P. 205-206, cat. 98.