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Exhibition Review
Guercino: Il mestiere del pittore
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 729–31
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Bohn, Babette (Bohn, Babette)
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Guercino: Il mestiere del pittore Musei Reali, Turin 23rd March–28th July | :
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6. Madonna of the Rosary with St Dominic and St Catherine of Siena, by Guercino. 1637. Oil on canvas, 378 by 255 cm. (S. Domenico, Turin; exh. Musei Reali, Turin).
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7. Diana, by Guercino. 1646. Oil on canvas, 102 by 84 cm. (Fondazione Marini Clarelli Santi, Perugia; exh. Musei Reali, Turin).
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8. Study for St William kneeling and dressed in armour, by Guercino. 1620. Charcoal on paper, 62 by 41.3 cm. (Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa; exh. Musei Reali, Turin).
Book Review
Aiutando l’arte: Les inscriptions dans les décors post-tridentins d’Italie / Le iscrizioni nella pittura posttridentina italiana
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 327–328
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Fontana, Mauro Vincenzo (Fontana, Mauro Vincenzo)
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Aiutando l’arte: Les inscriptions dans les décors post-tridentins d’Italie / Le iscrizioni nella pittura posttridentina italiana Edited by Gwladys Le Cuff and Anne Lepoittevin. 323 pp. incl. 45 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Peter Lang, Brussels, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–2–8076–1780–3. | :
Exhibition Review
Signorelli 500: Maestro Luca da Cortona, pittore di luce e poesia
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1127–1130
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Goodson, Lydia (Goodson, Lydia)
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Signorelli 500: Maestro Luca da Cortona, pittore di luce e poesia. Edited by Tom Henry. 192 pp. incl. 123 col. ills. (Skira, Milan, 2023), €35. ISBN 978–88–572–5013–7. | :
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Signorelli 500: Maestro Luca da Cortona, pittore di luce e poesia Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Citta di Cortona 23rd June–22nd October | :
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5. Madonna and Child with John the Baptist and a shepherd (?), by Luca Signorelli. c.1491–94. Oil on panel, 102 by 87 cm. (Musée Jacquemart- André, Paris; exh. Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Citta di Cortona).
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6. Crucifixion with Mary Magdalene, by Luca Signorelli. c.1490–98. Oil on panel, 247 by 165 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Citta di Cortona).
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7. Reconstruction of the Pala di Matelica, by Luca Signorelli. 1504–05. Illustration from the exhibition catalogue. (Courtesy Tom Henry).
Article
Artemisia Gentileschi’s ‘Susanna and the elders’ painted for Henrietta Maria
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1053–73
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Izat, Adelaide (Izat, Adelaide)
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Munz, Niko (Munz, Niko)
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1. The painting illustrated in Fig.3, before conservation treatment and prior to structural treatment to remove non-original additions.
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10. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.1, showing former non-original canvas extension.
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing a pinnacle or water-jet and possible part of a wall.
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12. Detail of Fig.10, showing a scroll-like form above the satyr’s head.
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13. Birth of St John the Baptist, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 184 by 258 cm. (© NPL - DeA Picture Library; G. Dagli Orti; Bridgeman Images; Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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14. David and Goliath, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1610–12. Oil on canvas, 173 by 142 cm. (Palazzo Spada, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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15–17: Details of Fig.8 outlined in orange, overlaid with the corresponding lines in green from Fig.3 in three positions: (Fig.15) showing the match around the shoulder and back with the orange dots following where the Royal Collection pentiment lines up with Susanna’s back in the Burghley House painting; (Fig.16) shifted to show the match of the shoulder, arm and hand; and (Fig.17) lining up the Royal Collection knee tracing over the visible pentiment (shown with green dashed lines) of Susanna’s knee in the Burghley House painting.
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18. Detail of Fig.19 outlined in blue overlaid with a tracing in orange from Fig.3.
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19. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1627–30?. Oil on canvas, 90 by 75.4 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; photograph © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638–39?. Oil on canvas, 96.8 by 75.2 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. Detail of Fig.13, showing the midwife outlined in green, overlaid with an inverted tracing in orange of the right-hand elder in Fig.3.
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21. Detail of Fig.3, showing Susanna’s raised foot with pentiment and early drawing line visible in the white drapery.
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22. Bathsheba at her bath, attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1640– 45. Oil on canvas, 288 by 228 cm. (Private collection).
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23. Detail of a design for a painted vertical panel with grotesque ornament, by Inigo Jones, showing Henrietta Maria’s cipher. 1630s. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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24. Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel for the Queen’s House, Greenwich, by Inigo Jones. c.1637. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 19.3 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Institute of British Architects, London).
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25. Detail of Fig.10, showing carbon-based markings to denote positioning.
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26. X-radiograph of Fig.7, showing the hooded reserve left for the elders (showing dark) against the sky, similar in technique and handling to the early reserve left for the elders and visible in Fig.9.
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27. X-radiograph of Fig.14, showing the broad sweeping contour around the shoulder to lay in David’s form and echoing in style and technique the preliminary placing of Susanna’s outline as seen in Fig.9.
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28. Detail of Fig.13, showing the grid-like craquelure resulting from the relatively open weave of the canvas substrate.
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29. Detail of Fig.3, showing the wider craquelure resulting from the finer-woven canvas.
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3. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1638–39. Oil on canvas, 188.9 by 143.2 cm. (after structural treatment to remove non-original additions). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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30. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the area to the right of Susanna’s lower foot.
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31. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from the right edge in the elder’s green brocade .
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32. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the left side of the sky; the warm red preparatory layer is absent from this sample but it shows the lower pale brown preliminary layer that was used under much of the sky area, followed by a bright blue layer containing indigo and lead white. The discoloured smalt layer lies above this.
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33. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the sky area above the elder’s head.
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34. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from a shadow area of Susanna’s hip with some reflected light, showing the thick preparatory layer containing red ochre, followed by the darker brown underpaint for the flesh tones, and finally the bright, densely encrusted aggregates of lead-tin-antinomy yellow near the top.
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4. Detail of the reverse of Fig.3, showing ‘CR’ brand.
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5. The Queen’s Bedchamber, Kensington Palace, by Richard Cattermole. c.1818. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 20.2 by 26.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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6. Photograph of the painting illustrated in Fig.3, from the inventory ‘Pictures in the Royal Collections’, by Richard Redgrave (29th May 1862). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Library, Royal Collection Trust).
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7. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1610. Oil on canvas, 170 by 119 cm. (Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden; Scala, Florence).
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8. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1622. Oil on canvas, 162.5 by 121.9 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. X-radiography of Fig.3.
Article
Naming Parmigianino’s Antea
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 828–835
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Vaccaro, Mary (Vaccaro, Mary)
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1. Portrait of a young woman, possibly Antea Smeraldi, by Parmigianino. Oil on canvas, 136 by 86 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; photograph Scala, Florence).
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2. Detail of Madonna and Child with saints (‘Madonna of the long neck’), by Parmigianino, showing the face of one of the angels. Oil on panel. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Scala, Florence).
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3. Study of the head of a bearded man, by Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli. Black and red chalk on paper (recto), 14.6 by 11.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. Study of a female head, here attributed to Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli and identified as a copy after a lost preparatory drawing by Parmigianino. Black and red chalk with grey-brown ink on paper (verso), 14.6 by 11.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Study of a female head, by Parmigianino. Red chalk on paper, 10.1 by 8.7 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN).
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6. Portrait of a woman (‘Turkish slave’), here identified as a woman in the Baiardi family circle, possibly Maria Caterina Baiardi, by Parmigianino. Oil on panel, 68 by 53 cm. (Galleria Nazionale, Parma; photograph © A. De Gregorio; NPL – DeA Picture Library; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Detail of a family tree of Smeraldo Smeraldi, showing his siblings and half-siblings (including Antea) and children. (Archivio di Stato, Parma, Fondo Famiglie; photograph the author).
Article
A tale of two velvets in works by Jaume Huguet and Piero della Francesca
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 713–719
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Monnas, Lisa (Monnas, Lisa)
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1. Consecration of St Augustine, by Jaume Huguet. c.1463–75. Tempera on panel, 250 by 193 cm. (Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona).
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10. Detail from Meeting between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon, by Piero della Francesca. 1452–56. Fresco. (S. Francesco, Arezzo; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Flagellation of Christ, by Piero della Francesca. c.1456–57. Egg tempera and oil on panel, 67.5 by 91 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing the figure in the right foreground dressed in blue.
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6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the figure in the right foreground wearing a green cope.
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9. Detail of Fig.1, showing the same sprig motif as in Fig.8.
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2. Blue velvet cloth of gold of tissue. Italy, 1450–75. 126 by 57 cm. (repeat 84.5 by 57 cm.). (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg; photograph Christoph von Viràg).
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3. Panel of green velvet cloth of gold of tissue (three loom widths sewn together). Italy, third quarter of the fifteenth century, 110 by 239 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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7. Blue velvet cloth with two heights of cut-silk pile, voided and brocaded with gold. Italy, c.1450–70. 96.8 by 41.8 cm. (repeat, 65.5 by 28.5 cm.). (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg; photograph Christoph von Viràg).
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8. Detail of Fig.3, showing the sprig motif.
Exhibition Review
Cecco del Caravaggio: L’allievo modello
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 439-441
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Gash, John (Gash, John)
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Cecco del Caravaggio: L’allievo modello Accademia Carrara, Bergamo 28th January–4th June | :
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4. Portrait of two friends (Self-portrait with Cecco del Caravaggio?), attributed to Bartolomeo Manfredi. c.1620–22. Oil on canvas, 98.5 by 110.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo).
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5. The conjuror /Musical instrument maker, by Francesco Boneri called Cecco del Caravaggio. c.1615–18. Oil on canvas, 117 by 98 cm. (National Gallery, Athens – Alexandros Soutzos Museum; exh. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo).
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6. The conjuror / Musical instrument maker, by Francesco Boneri called Cecco del Caravaggio. c.1615–18. Oil on canvas, 123.8 by 98.4 cm. (Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London; exh. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo).
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7. The tribute money, by Francesco Boneri called Cecco del Caravaggio. c.1611– 15. Oil on canvas, 112.5 by 145 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo).
Short Notice
A panel painting of Our Lady with the Child by Leonardo
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 412-413
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Spallanzani, Marco (Spallanzani, Marco)
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1. Virgin and Child enthroned with Sts Dionysius the Aeropagite, Domenic, Clement and Thomas Aquinas, by Domenico Ghirlandaio. 1481–83. Oil on panel, 168 by 197 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Nicolò Orsi Battaglini; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Guido Reni: The Divine
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 308-312
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Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
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Guido Reni: The Divine Städel Museum, Frankfurt 23rd November 2022–5th March 2023 | :
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1. St Peter, by Guido Reni. c.1633–34. Oil on canvas, 76 by 61 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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2. St Peter, by Guido Reni. c.1637. Oil on canvas, 74 by 61 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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3. Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni. c.1598–99. Oil on copper, 58 by 44.4 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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4. David with the head of Goliath, by Guido Reni. c.1605–06. Oil on canvas, 228 by 163 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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5. Study for Apollo in the Aurora Fresco, Casino Pallavicini Rospigliosi, Rome, by Guido Reni. 1612–14. Red chalk on paper, 26 by 23.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © His Majesty King Charles III 2022; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
Short Notice
Becuccio Bicchieraio and his wife, Lucrezia, restored
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 302-305
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Wigfield, Elizabeth (Wigfield, Elizabeth)
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Zappella, Christine (Zappella, Christine)
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1. The Gambassi Altarpiece, by Andrea del Sarto. 1527–28. Oil on canvas, 209 by 176 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Florence; photograph Scala, Florence; courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali e del Turismo) .
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2. and 3. Domenico da Gambassi and Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo Guidi by Andrea del Sarto, photographed before treatment. 1525/28. Oil on panel, each panel 22.5 by 15.9 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
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4. Figs.2 and 3, photographed in January 1964.
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5 and 6. Figs.2 and 3, annotated to show the location of incisions.
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7 and 8. Figs.2 and 3, photographed in July 2019, during treatment.
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9 and 10. Figs.2 and 3, after treatment and in new frames.
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