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

1784-1785 ca

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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
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