Pittacus the Tyrant in War Costume

1883

Gustave Moreau

Artist, French, 1826 - 1898

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 4 March 1932, lot 99); (purchased by Galerie Jean-Claude Gaubert, Paris); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 10 April 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Aspects du XIXe siècle français, Galerie du Fleuve, Paris, 1973, no.50.

  • Sources du fantastique, Galerie Jean-Claude Gaubert, Paris, 1973.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 65.

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 107.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 91.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 88.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 111.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 111.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1977

  • Mathieu, Pierre-Louis. Gustave Moreau, Complete Edition of the Finished Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings. Oxford, 1977: 348, no. 309.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 111.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: -GM-; lower left in graphite: Opéra de Sapho; lower right in graphite: plumes / Casques ou ailes [crossed out] bleues / Baudrier / bâton de commandement / rouge saturne / Cuirasse & jambieres / en or manteau & / tunique blancs ornements / noir & or. / PITTACUS- / Tyran- / Costume de Guerre; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: WWA 63

Wikidata ID

Q64572803

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