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JACOPO ROBUSTI, IL TINTORETTO* (1518-1594)
The Toilet of Venus
oil on canvas
45½ x 40 5/8in. (115.5 x 103cm.)
The Toilet of Venus
oil on canvas
45½ x 40 5/8in. (115.5 x 103cm.)
Provenance
possibly, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle, Scotland, by 1838
possibly, William Graham, M.P., London, by 1886, thence by descent to his daughter, Frances, Lady Horner, Mells Park, Somerset and London, before 1919 (?)
Private collection, Brün (Brno), Moravia, Czechoslovakia, 1925
with Durlacher Bros., New York and London, by 1926 until 1929
with A.F. Drey, Munich
Private collection, South Germany, 1930-31
Liphart Rathshoff sale, Helbing Auctioneers, Munich, March 27-28, 1931, lot 192
with Julius Böhler, Munich and Lucerne
R. von Kühlmann, Berlin
with Julius Nöhler, Munich and Lucerne, 1938-54
with Mario, Luigi and Giuseppe Bellini, Florence, from whom purchased by the museum in 1954
possibly, William Graham, M.P., London, by 1886, thence by descent to his daughter, Frances, Lady Horner, Mells Park, Somerset and London, before 1919 (?)
Private collection, Brün (Brno), Moravia, Czechoslovakia, 1925
with Durlacher Bros., New York and London, by 1926 until 1929
with A.F. Drey, Munich
Private collection, South Germany, 1930-31
Liphart Rathshoff sale, Helbing Auctioneers, Munich, March 27-28, 1931, lot 192
with Julius Böhler, Munich and Lucerne
R. von Kühlmann, Berlin
with Julius Nöhler, Munich and Lucerne, 1938-54
with Mario, Luigi and Giuseppe Bellini, Florence, from whom purchased by the museum in 1954
Literature
Review of exhibition at British Institution, Observer, 1838
M. Steif, Alte Meister in mährischen Privatbesitz; eine einleitende Worte zur Austellung im Brünner Künstlerhaus, Belvedere, 7, Feb./March 1925, p. 44, illustrated
An Exhibition of Three Paintings, The Art News, vol. , Jan. 8, 1927, pp. 1-2, illustrated
F.E.W. Freund, Vom amerikanischen Kunsthandel, Der Cicerone, 19, April 1927, pp. 239-240, 242, illustrated
D. von Hadeln, Veronese's Venus at her Toilet, Burlington Magazine, 54, March 1929, p. 116, fig. B
W.R. Valentiner and L. Burchard, Das unbekannte Meisterwerk, I, 1930, no. 27, illustrated
S. Poglayen-Neuwall, Titian's Pictures of the Toilet of Venus and Their Copies, Art Bulletin, 16, Dec. 1934, p. 378
E. von der Bercken, Die Gemälde des Jacopo Tintoretto, 1942, no. 237, p. 117, illustrated p. 148
G. F. Hartlaub, Zauber des Spiegels; Geschichte und Bedeutung des Spiegels in der Kunst, 1951, pp. 80, 108, pl. 97
New Acquisitions, The Art Quarterly, 1955, p. 86, fig. 1
W.R. Valentiner and P. Wescher, The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, 1956, p. 20, no. 17
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School, I. 1957, p. 178
B. Fredericksen, Handbook of Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1965, p. 12, cover illustration
J. P. Getty, The Joys of Collecting, 1965, pp. 31, illustrated p. 103
W. Davenport, Art Treasures of the West, 1966, pp. 38-39, illustrated
C. Bernari and P. de Vecchi, L'opera completa del Tintoretto, 1970, p. 137, fig. G15, p. 138, no. G15, as attributed to Tintoretto
S. Béguin and P. de Vecchi, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Tintoret, 1971, p. 134, no. E-10, illustrated, (as not autograph)
B. Fredericksen, Catalogue of the Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1972, pp. 39-40, no. 40, illustrated
B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, 1972, p. 200
R. Pallucchini and P. Rossi, Tintoretto le opere sacre e profane, 1974, I, no. 383, II, fig. 494
B. Fredericksen, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1975, p. 92
M. Steif, Alte Meister in mährischen Privatbesitz; eine einleitende Worte zur Austellung im Brünner Künstlerhaus, Belvedere, 7, Feb./March 1925, p. 44, illustrated
An Exhibition of Three Paintings, The Art News, vol. , Jan. 8, 1927, pp. 1-2, illustrated
F.E.W. Freund, Vom amerikanischen Kunsthandel, Der Cicerone, 19, April 1927, pp. 239-240, 242, illustrated
D. von Hadeln, Veronese's Venus at her Toilet, Burlington Magazine, 54, March 1929, p. 116, fig. B
W.R. Valentiner and L. Burchard, Das unbekannte Meisterwerk, I, 1930, no. 27, illustrated
S. Poglayen-Neuwall, Titian's Pictures of the Toilet of Venus and Their Copies, Art Bulletin, 16, Dec. 1934, p. 378
E. von der Bercken, Die Gemälde des Jacopo Tintoretto, 1942, no. 237, p. 117, illustrated p. 148
G. F. Hartlaub, Zauber des Spiegels; Geschichte und Bedeutung des Spiegels in der Kunst, 1951, pp. 80, 108, pl. 97
New Acquisitions, The Art Quarterly, 1955, p. 86, fig. 1
W.R. Valentiner and P. Wescher, The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, 1956, p. 20, no. 17
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School, I. 1957, p. 178
B. Fredericksen, Handbook of Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1965, p. 12, cover illustration
J. P. Getty, The Joys of Collecting, 1965, pp. 31, illustrated p. 103
W. Davenport, Art Treasures of the West, 1966, pp. 38-39, illustrated
C. Bernari and P. de Vecchi, L'opera completa del Tintoretto, 1970, p. 137, fig. G15, p. 138, no. G15, as attributed to Tintoretto
S. Béguin and P. de Vecchi, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Tintoret, 1971, p. 134, no. E-10, illustrated, (as not autograph)
B. Fredericksen, Catalogue of the Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1972, pp. 39-40, no. 40, illustrated
B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, 1972, p. 200
R. Pallucchini and P. Rossi, Tintoretto le opere sacre e profane, 1974, I, no. 383, II, fig. 494
B. Fredericksen, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1975, p. 92
Exhibited
London, British Institution, 1838, no. 13, lent by the Duke of Sutherland
Brün (Brno), Alte Meister in mährischem Privatbesitz, 1925, no. 115
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Art, in memory of William R. Valentiner 1880-1958, April 7-May 17, 1959, no. 37, illustrated
Brün (Brno), Alte Meister in mährischem Privatbesitz, 1925, no. 115
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Art, in memory of William R. Valentiner 1880-1958, April 7-May 17, 1959, no. 37, illustrated