Themistocles Seeking Asylum from King Admetus: PD.11-2021

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Themistocles Seeking Asylum from King Admetus

Maker(s)

Wicar, Jean Baptiste Joseph

Entities

Painting

Categories

Painting

Description

The subject is drawn from Plutarch’s 'Life of Themistocles', section 40.

Notes

History note: Perhaps the picture cited in the studio inventory after his death in 1834 (F. Beaucamp, Les peintre lillois Jean-Baptiste Wicar: Son oeuvre et son temps, 1939, II, p. 574, 641, No. 96); Lawrence’s Bletchingley, 2003, purchased by Stephen J. Conrad, London; acquired from him by the donor, 2011

Legal notes

Given by by Professor Paul Joannides, in memory of Jon Whiteley, 2021

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2021) by Joannides, Paul

Dating

19th Century
C. 1823 - C. 1824

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Painting : Oil on paper laid down on canvas

Inscription or legends present

Text: Bozzetto eseguito dal Commre Wicar
Location: Verso
Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-2021
Primary reference Number: 280219
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 2 February 2021 Updated: Tuesday 10 May 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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