File:Zoffany Death of Captain Cook.jpg

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Johann Zoffany: The Death of Captain James Cook  wikidata:Q7729420 reasonator:Q7729420
Artist
Johann Zoffany  (1733–1810)  wikidata:Q702272 s:en:Author:Johann Zoffany
 
Johann Zoffany
Alternative names
Johan Zoffany; Johannes Josephus Zauffely
Description German painter, printmaker, engraver and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 13 March 1733 Edit this at Wikidata 11 November 1810 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Frankfurt Edit this at Wikidata Strand-on-the-Green
Work period Neoclassicism
Work location
England; Vienna; Ellwangen; Regensburg; Trier; Lucknow; Florence; Rome; London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q702272
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Title
The Death of Captain James Cook, 14 February 1779 Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Death of Captain James Cook, 14 February 1779 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Death of Captain James Cook, 14 February 1779 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lja,"ジェームズ・クック船長の死"
label QS:Lar,"موت القائد جيمس كوك"
label QS:Lpl,"Śmierć kapitana Jamesa Cooka, 14 lutego 1779"
label QS:Lfr,"La Mort du capitaine James Cook, le 14 février 1779"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The native is carrying a feather helmet and cloak that are in the Vienna museum (Zoffany borrowed them for the painting)
Depicted people James Cook Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1795
date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 137.2 cm (54 in); width: 182.9 cm (72 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,137.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,182.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC0424
References
Source/Photographer nmm.ac.uk
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current21:14, 21 September 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:14, 21 September 20122,500 × 1,876 (1.69 MB)Hohum (talk | contribs)Revert to far superior version
02:47, 9 August 2012Thumbnail for version as of 02:47, 9 August 20122,500 × 1,876 (634 KB)Stolengood (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 23:01, 14 February 2012 (Colors are better and more accurate as they were -- vivid.)
20:01, 19 July 2012Thumbnail for version as of 20:01, 19 July 20122,500 × 1,876 (1.69 MB)Jan Arkesteijn (talk | contribs)preserved the midtones
23:01, 14 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 23:01, 14 February 20122,500 × 1,876 (634 KB)Stolengood (talk | contribs)Made colours more vivid; lowered green tint, to match what the picture might have looked like in Zoffany's time. No photo manipulation applied to any of the figures.)
14:16, 26 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 14:16, 26 December 20112,500 × 1,876 (744 KB)Soerfm (talk | contribs)Color
04:20, 7 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 04:20, 7 November 20112,500 × 1,876 (286 KB)KAVEBEAR (talk | contribs)larger version from http://jordanjung.com/sandbox/ah3/img/art/1795%20-%20Johann%20Zoffany%20-%20The%20Death%20of%20Captain%20James%20Cook.jpg
20:25, 18 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:25, 18 December 2010700 × 526 (114 KB)Stolengood (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 20:24, 18 December 2010
20:24, 18 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:24, 18 December 2010700 × 526 (114 KB)Stolengood (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 20:22, 18 December 2010
20:24, 18 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:24, 18 December 2010700 × 526 (114 KB)Stolengood (talk | contribs)Colours made more vivid; green tint reduced to make picture resemble what it must have in Zoffany's time.
20:22, 18 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:22, 18 December 2010700 × 526 (114 KB)Stolengood (talk | contribs)Made colours more vivid; lowered green tint, to match what the picture might have looked like in Zoffany's time. No photo manipulation applied to any of the figures.
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