Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
German Tischbein Figurative Nude Mithology Painting 18th centuryoil canvas

1784-1785 ca

About the Item

The painting–thin oil on canvas, in some parts unfinished−can be referred to the hand of the German painter Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. It should be dated in the years between 1784-1785, in the middle of the artist’s second stay in Rome which began in 1783. Trying to pose a hypothesis about the subject described in the canvas, of the woman that quickly jumps on the horse and of the man who indicates the way, we can possibly retrace a passage of the drama Iphigenia in Tauris written by Goethe in prose form in 1779 and afterwards rewritten in verse form in 1787 precisely when he was living in Rome and was staying in Tischbein’s home. Iphigenia is for many years confined by Artemis in Tauris, close to the sea, as a priestess in a temple dedicated to the goddess. The temple of Artemis is in the middle of a sacred wood and Iphigenia attends to it. Thoas, the king of Tauris, after suspending for a long time the human sacrifices consecrated to Artemis due to the reluctance of the priestess herself who viewed with horror the practice of sacrificing foreigners arriving in Tauris, decided, also to appease the goddess, to resume the rituals with the offer of two foreigners just found on the coast (in reality Orestes, brother of Iphigenia, and his cousin Pylades) and he sends Arkas to announce his arrival at the temple. Arkas and Iphigenia have a long dialogue, at the end of which the counsellor of the king pushes Iphigenia to run towards Thoas who is approaching the temple. Between 1784 and 1785, it can also be placed the painting. Excerpt of the expertise by professor Francesco Leone
  • Creator:
  • Creation Year:
    1784-1785 ca
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19.7 in (50.04 cm)Width: 23.2 in (58.93 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
    1780-1789
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Florence, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1240210334522
More From This SellerView All
  • Mythology Monochrome Frieze Tuscan Neoclassic Art Pietro Benvenuti 18th century
    Located in Florence, IT
    This interesting grisaille […] of a high standard of quality and in an excellent state of conservation, represents an interesting derivation with slight variations from an engraving,...
    Category

    Late 18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Michele Cammarano Old Male Nude Portrait Painting 1860s Oil canvas
    By Michele Cammarano
    Located in Florence, IT
    Even if placed in one of the poses conventionally adopted in the Academy for exercises in copying nudes, the elderly model treated here is studied with the anatomic sensibility to ho...
    Category

    1860s Realist Nude Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Signed dated Meyer French Mythological Nude Painting 19th century oil canvas
    By Emile Meyer
    Located in Florence, IT
    The painting (35 x 27 cm; 55 x 47 with frame) it's signed and dated E. Meyer 1892. The painting is composed by a pyramidal geometry that shows in close-up the a group of nude ladies wearing flower crowns, the Maenads, enlighted by a fantastic light, while they are tributing Dionysus with wine, vine leaves and the thyrse. On the background a maenad is wrapping the statue of the satyr with vine leaves while on the left a putto is dancing The tenderness of the human flesh and the grace of the composition are a synthesis and a representation of the themes liked by the professors...
    Category

    1890s Other Art Style Nude Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Dutch Bamboccianti Jacob van Huchtenburg Rome Market 1674 Oil canvas
    By Jacob Van Huchtenberg
    Located in Florence, IT
    The Market in Piazza del Popolo is a work by the Flemish painter Jacob van Huchtenburg, born in Haarlem and present, in the early 1660s, in Rome, in close contact with his compatriot...
    Category

    1670s Other Art Style Still-life Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Signed M. Maccari Post Impressionist Figurative Painting dated 1956 oil canvas
    By Mino Maccari
    Located in Florence, IT
    The painting (oil on canvas, 44.5 x 35 cm; with wood frame 64 x 54,5 cm) represents a moment on deception. It's signed Maccari on the bottom left, and it's dated 1956 and titled "ins...
    Category

    1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Tuscan Figurative Genre Scene painting 20th century oil on canvas
    Located in Florence, IT
    The artist of this painting is unknown but it can be ascribe to a Tuscan movement of the 20th century inspired by 19th century art like Verismo (as we can deduce by the clean and not...
    Category

    20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

You May Also Like
  • Amor Cutting Bow, Parmigianino, Old Master, Mannerism, Prague, Large Painting
    Located in Greven, DE
    Already in the collection of Emperor Rudolf II in the first decade of the 17th century this composition was famous. The original is by Parmigianino and Rudolf's court painter Joseph Heintz...
    Category

    17th Century Mannerist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Partial Coverage By Gil Elvgren
    By Gil Elvgren
    Located in New Orleans, LA
    Gil Elvgren 1914-1980 American Partial Coverage Signed “Elvgren” (lower right) Oil on canvas The iconic illustrations of Gil Elvgren have become an irreplaceable facet of the American artistic landscape. Flirtatious beauties in light-hearted situations were the dominant subject matter for this intuitive artist, whose eloquent brush strokes dutifully captured the innocent sensuality of the mischievous girl next door. Partial Coverage, originally published in the 1956 Brown & Bigelow calendar, epitomizes the coquettish spirit of his beauties, whose nostalgic glamor give us a glimpse into a simpler time in American history. Elvgren is considered to be the greatest American pin-up and glamor artist. The majority of his work was done for the famed Brown & Bigelow, though at various points in his career he also worked for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping, as well as large corporations including Sealy Mattresses, General Electric and Coca-Cola. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elvgren began his artistic education at the Minneapolis Art Institute, and later the American Academy of Art. His first job upon graduation was at the Chicago advertising firm of Stevens and Gross, working directly under Haddon Sundblom, famous for his Coca-Cola Santas. Elvgren would soon become his star pupil, contributing much to the Coca-Cola campaigns and eagerly learning techniques that he would carry into his famed pin-ups. After completing several special commissions with rave reviews, Elvgreen began doing pin-up work in 1937 for the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company, the biggest retailer of calendars of its day. Almost overnight, the artist became one of the most respected and successful commercial artists of his generation. More commissions followed, and, along with his work for Dow, Elvgren found himself booked solid at least one year ahead of his output. It was in 1944 that Brown & Bigelow approached him with an offer for a staff position. From that point on, for the next 30 years, Elvgren enjoyed tremendous commercial success unlike any other American artist of his day. Circa 1956 Canvas: 30 1/8“ high x 24 1/8” wide Frame: 33 3/4“ high x 27 7/8” wide x 1 1/2“ deep Literature: Charles G. Martignette and Louis K...
    Category

    20th Century Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Confrontation Series, Oil on Canvas, Nude, Green by Indian Artist "In Stock"
    By Sunil Das
    Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
    Sunil Das - Confrontation Series - 57.5 x 65 inches (unframed size) Oil on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artis...
    Category

    1980s Modern Nude Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Untitled
    By Nathan Oliveira
    Located in Palm Desert, CA
    A painting by Nathan Oliveira. "Untitled" is a Bay Area Figurative Painting, oil on canvas in a brown and tan palette by American artist Nathan Oliveira. The artwork is signed in the...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • 'A Summer Repast at the House of Lucullus', large oil painting by Boulanger
    By Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger
    Located in London, GB
    This beautiful painting was created in 1877 by the well-known French painter, Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger. Boulanger often produced work which combined the classical and Orie...
    Category

    Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Painting (After Rubens)
    Located in Natchez, MS
    This oil on canvas painting exemplifies the skill inherent in all of Girbent's work. The work, "Painting (After Rubens), is in fact a painting in the sty...
    Category

    2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All