Updated 02 February 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
The Battle of Cimon (from the series of the Famous Men, after the Lives of Plutarch)
Date | First half of the 18th century |
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Materials and Techniques | wool, silk |
Size(cm) | 256.6 x 614 |
Credit Line | Donated by The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (ex-Matsukata Collection) |
Standard ref. | M2971 |
Category | Decorative Arts |
Collection Number | OA.2001-0003 |
Provenance
Purchased in Berlin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 1921; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Industrial Bank of Japan (Nippon Kōgyō Ginkō), Tokyo, 1927; 2nd Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 3–19 April 1929, tapestries, lot 2, repr.; 8th Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 22 May–2 June 1935, part 1, lot 2, repr. (¥50,000); donated to NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 2003
- Woven Pictures: 17th and 18th Centuries European Tapestries in the National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 18 March 2003 - 25 May 2003, cat no. 5
- 2015
- Leonardo da Vinci and the Battle of Anghiari-The Mystery of Tavola Doria-, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, 26 May 2015 - 9 August 2015, The Miyagi Museum of Art, 19 March-29 May 2016, cat. no. 49, col. repr.
- 2018
- Leonardo da Vinci and The Battle of Anghiari: The Mystery of Tavola Doria, Nagoya City Museum, 13 January 2018 - 25 March 2018, cat. no. 85, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. T-2.
- 2003
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 36 (Apr. 2001-Mar. 2002), 2003, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. p. 18, List of New Acquisitions. p. 39.
- 2015
- Leonardo da Vinci and the Battle of Anghiari: the mystery of Tavola Doria (exh. cat.). Tokyo Fuji Art Museum; Koshikawa, Michiaki, eds. Hachioji, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, 215, pp 156-157, 175, cat. no. 49, col. repr.
- 2017
- Leonardo da Vinci and The Battle of Anghiari: The Mystery of Tavola Doria (exh. cat.). Koshikawa, Michiaki; Kamogi, Toshiyasu; Mikagawa, Kenichi; Takemi, Yoichiro, eds. Hachioji, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, 2017, pp. 190-191, cat. no. 85, 2017
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 2971, col. repr.