Die Verehrung der Trinität durch den hl. Papst Clemens,

um 1739

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

488 x 256 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal X

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

L 877

Acquisition

1938 als Leihgabe der Bayerischen Schlösserverwaltung erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Die Verehrung der Trinität durch den hl. Papst Clemens, um 1739, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/o5xrDX1G7X (Last updated on 24.08.2023)

The archbishop and elector Clemens August of Cologne, the brother of the Bavarian elector, commissioned this work from Tiepolo in Venice. This altarpiece, intended for the Church of the Canonesses Regular in the north wing of Nymphenburg Palace, depicts Pope Clement, the benefactor’s namesake, who held office in the first century. With an esprit of his very own and the intelligence of the artist’s narrative prowess, Tiepolo paints a dramatic version of the Holy Trinity, accompanied by angels, experienced in a vision by the pope at the altar of a Baroque basilica.