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charcoal and white lead on card
190 x 292.50 cm
The work offered here represents a preparatory study for the large canvas The Judgment of Solomon, which in 1836 was the first major commission by Carlo Alberto, who ascended the throne of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1831. The painting, once completed, it was first exhibited in the room that precedes the weapons gallery in Palazzo Madama in Turin and subsequently placed in Palazzo Reale. The Podesti obtained from the sovereign great freedom in the choice of the subject and the result was so successful in procuring the artist not only the Cross of Civil Merit but also the invitation, by the king, to become a professor at the newly formed Albertina Academy. Compared to the painting, this cartoon has some differences, such as the different location of the menorah, here placed behind the throne of Solomon instead of in the background, the absence of some figures at the edge of the scene and slightly different positions and physiognomies , in particular with regard to the figure of Solomon and the child lying on the ground.
190 x 292.50 cm
The work offered here represents a preparatory study for the large canvas The Judgment of Solomon, which in 1836 was the first major commission by Carlo Alberto, who ascended the throne of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1831. The painting, once completed, it was first exhibited in the room that precedes the weapons gallery in Palazzo Madama in Turin and subsequently placed in Palazzo Reale. The Podesti obtained from the sovereign great freedom in the choice of the subject and the result was so successful in procuring the artist not only the Cross of Civil Merit but also the invitation, by the king, to become a professor at the newly formed Albertina Academy. Compared to the painting, this cartoon has some differences, such as the different location of the menorah, here placed behind the throne of Solomon instead of in the background, the absence of some figures at the edge of the scene and slightly different positions and physiognomies , in particular with regard to the figure of Solomon and the child lying on the ground.