Jacopo Amigoni
(Italy circa 1685–1752)
- Title
- Bacchus and Ariadne
- Year
- circa 1740-circa 1742
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 61.3cm stretcher; 65.0 x 75.5 x 6.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of James Fairfax AO 1993
- Accession number
- 481.1993
- Location
- 15th–19th c European art
- Provenance
- James Oswald Fairfax AC (Australia, b.1933), 30 Jul 1985-31 Aug 1993, Bowral/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of James Fairfax 1993. Purchased by James Fairfax from Agnew's, 30 July 1985. Purchased from the exhibition 'Venetian eighteenth century painting' 5 June - 19 July 1985, cat.no. 2
Agnew's, London (England, estab. 1817), 1984-30 Jul 1985, London/England, Purchased by Agnew's from C.P. Drinkwater 1984. Sold to James Fairfax, 30 July 1985. Purchased by Fairfax from the exhibition 'Venetian eighteenth century painting' 5 June - 19 July 1985, cat.no. 2
C.P. Drinkwater, pre 1984, purchased by Agnew's 1984
Joseph Franz Anton Graf von Walburg-Zeil-Wurzbach (Austria), pre 23 May 1806, Vienna/Austria, Possibly AGNSW work. Joseph Franz Anton Graf von Walburg-Zeil-Wurzbach, Vienna, exhibited by him for sale by private contract, Truchsessian Gallery London, 14 May 1804 ff., no. 858 (Bacchus and Ariadne 1'5" x 2' / 43.2 x 61cm), unsold, and his (anon., 'Truchessian Gallery') sale, Skinner and Dyke, London 22-23 May 1806, 2nd day, lot no. 187. - Bibliography (6)
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The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints (2003), Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Gazette des Beaux-Arts (Mar 1994), Editor Unknown (Editor), Publisher unknown, Unknown.
Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 1994 (1994), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Great gifts, great patrons: an exhibition celebrating private patronage of the Gallery (1994), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The James Fairfax collection of old masters (1992), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Venetian eighteenth-century paintings (1985), Agnew's, London (England, estab. 1817) (Author), Agnew's, London (England, estab. 1817), London, England.
- Exhibition history (4)
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Venetian eighteenth-century painting, (05 Jun 1985–19 Jul 1985), at Agnew's, London (England, estab. 1817), 43 Old Bond St London, England W1X4BA.
The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints, (17 Apr 2003–20 Jul 2003), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
Great gifts, great patrons, (17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
The James Fairfax collection of old masters, (25 Apr 1992–14 Jun 1992), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.