| The Death of Sophonisba | |
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| Artist | Giovanni Battista Pittoni |
| Year | 1716.1720 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 165 cm× 214 cm(65 in× 84 in) |
| Location | Pushkin Museum, Moscow |
The Death of Sophonisba is am oil on canvas painting of by Italian painter Giambattista Pittoni, from 1716-1720. It depicts the episode of the suicide of Sophonisba. It is held at the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow. [1] [2]
It was created originally in Venice - a sketch or smaller copy was bought by the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in 1723. [1] It was bought for the Hermitage Museum in 1773 by the court cellist G. Dal Olio, then placed in the Tauride Palace. [1] It was auctioned by Tsar Nicholas I in 1854 and bought by E.T. Zarudnoi-Cavos, then bought back by the Hermitage Museum, in St. Petersburg, in 1918. [1] It was finally transferred to its present home at the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow, in 1930. [1] Its pair a Semiramis by the same artist, was in the Nikaelov collection in Paris before being bought by the Pushkin Museum in 1853. [3]