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Telemachus Requests Permission from Pluto to Seek His Father in the Underworld — Bartolomeo Pinelli

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Written by: Kerem ÖzdemirResearcher · Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings · Catalogue no. 714632
Bartolomeo Pinelli

Telemachus Requests Permission from Pluto to Seek His Father in the Underworld

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byNational Gallery of Art, Washington
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Artist / MakerBartolomeo Pinelli
Date1809
Culture / OriginItalian
Mediumpen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over graphite on heavy laid paper
Dimensionssheet: 41.5 × 57.8 cm (16 5/16 × 22 3/4 in.)
DepartmentDrawing
TypeDrawing
About the Artist

BiographyBartolomeo Pinelli (1781–1835) — Italian painter and engraver (1781–1835).Bartolomeo Pinelli worked as painter, watercolorist, lithographer, draftsperson and printmaker and is associated with Papal States. Their documented life spans the years 1781 to 1835; born and died in Rome.Disciplinespainter, watercolorist, lithographer, draftsperson, printmakerBorn1781, RomeDied1835, RomeNationalityPapal StatesSources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →

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Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.

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