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The Alzaga Caravaggio

05/1975 | 866 | 117

Pages: 302-303

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Cummings, Frederick J. (Cummings, Frederick J.; Cummings, Frederick)

Author:

Posner, Donald (Posner, Donald)

Subjects

artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

dates:

1590-1609

museums and institutions:

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, United States

places:

United States / Detroit

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian painting / Attributions

Article

Detroit's 'Conversion of the Magdalen' (the Alzaga Caravaggio) 3 - The Meaning of Caravaggio's 'Conversion of the Magdalen'

10/1974 | 859 | 116

Pages: 562+565+570+572-578+591

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Author:

Cummings, Frederick J. (Cummings, Frederick J.; Cummings, Frederick)

Subjects

artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

dates:

1590-1609

museums and institutions:

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, United States

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian painting / Mary Magdalene, Saint

subjects:

Martha, Saint / Iconography

subjects:

Counter-Reformation / Visual sources

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Detail from the Conversion of the Magdalen Illustrated in Fig. 6.

Attributed works:

24. Young Woman at Her Toilet, by Giovanni Bellini. (Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna.)

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25. Vanitas, by Paris Bordone. (Collection Earl Spencer, Althorp.)

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26. The Vanity of Earthly Things, by Titian. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich.)

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27. The Conversion of the Magdalen, by Peter Paul Rubens. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.)

Attributed works:

28. Young Woman at Her Toilet, by Titian. (Musée du Louvre.)

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29. St Martha and St Mary Magdalen, by Bernardino Luini. (The Timken Foundation, San Diego (Calif.).)

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30. Conversion of the Magdalen, by Orazio Gentileschi. (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich).

Attributed works:

31. Conversion of the Magdalen, Attributed to Andrea Vaccaro. (Formerly New York Art Market.)

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32. Conversion of the Magdalen, Attributed to Pietro Paolini. (Pallavicini Collection, Rome.)

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38. Conversion of the Magdalen, Attributed to Simon Vouet. Canvas, 110 by 140 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.)

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6. The Conversion of the Magdalen, by Caravaggio. Canvas, 100 by 134.5 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs Edsel B. Ford and the Kresge Foundation.)

Attributed works:

7. Detail from Caravaggio's Conversion of the Magdalen Illustrated in Fig.6.

Attributed works:

8. Detail from Caravaggio's Conversion of the Magdalen Illustrated in Fig.6.

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Detroit's 'Conversion of the Magdalen' (the Alzaga Caravaggio) 1 - Introduction

10/1974 | 859 | 116

Pages: 562-564+569-570

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Author:

Cummings, Frederick J. (Cummings, Frederick J.; Cummings, Frederick)

Subjects

collectors and dealers:

Alzaga, Martin de

collectors and dealers:

Gómez-Alzaga, Carlos

dates:

1590-1609

museums and institutions:

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, United States

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian painting / Mary Magdalene, Saint

subjects:

Attributions / Provenance

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Detail from the Conversion of the Magdalen Illustrated in Fig. 6.

Attributed works:

18. Roberto Longhi's Photograph of 'Manzella Mary and Martha'.

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19. The Detroit Conversion of the Magdalen, Stripped Prior to Inpainting.

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23. Detail from Inscription on the Back of the Detroit Conversion of the Magdalen Recording the Name of Niccolò Panzani.

Attributed works:

6. The Conversion of the Magdalen, by Caravaggio. Canvas, 100 by 134.5 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs Edsel B. Ford and the Kresge Foundation.)

Article

Boothby, Rousseau, and the Romantic Malady

12/1968 | 789 | 110

Pages: 659-667

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Author:

Cummings, Frederick J. (Cummings, Frederick J.; Cummings, Frederick)

Subjects

artists:

Wright of Derby, Joseph, painter, 1734-1797

dates:

1750-1849

places:

England

subjects:

Boothby, Brooke, 1743-1824

subjects:

British painting / Portraits

subjects:

Romanticism

subjects:

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

subjects:

Melancholy

subjects:

Visual sources / Symbolism (artistic concept)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

18. Sir Brooke Boothby, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1780-81. Canvas, 147.5 by 206 cm. (Tate Gallery.)

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19. Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury. Engraving by Anthony Walker of 1764 after Isaac Oliver.

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20. Saturn. by Giulio Campagnola. Engraving.

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21. Rousseau on Lake Bienne, by Gabriel Ludwig Lory, Engraved by Christoph Rheiner. Frontispiece to L'Isle de Saint-Pierre, Berne, c. 1820.

Attributed works:

22. Monument to Chaloner Chute, by Thomas Carter II. 1775. (The Vyne, Basingstoke.)

Attributed works:

23. The Woodman and Death, by Joseph Wright of Derby. c. 1773. Canvas, 76.5 by 64 cm. (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn.)

Attributed works:

25. Henry Percy, Ninth Earl of Northumberland (?), by Nicholas Hilliard. c. 1594-98. Water-Colour on Vellum, 22.2 by 14.6 cm. (Collection Dr M. E. Kronenberg, Rotterdam.)

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26. Title-Page of The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, First Edition, 1638.

Attributed works:

27. Jean-Jacques Rousseau at Montmorency. Lithograph by M. A. Parelle after a Drawing by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel, c. 1760.

Western art unattributed:

24. Title-Page of the First Printed Edition Fais Maistre Alain Chartier, Paris, 1489.

Article

Phidias in Bloomsbury: B. R. Haydon's Drawings of the Elgin Marbles

07/1964 | 736 | 106

Pages: 322-328

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Author:

Cummings, Frederick J. (Cummings, Frederick J.; Cummings, Frederick)

Subjects

artists:

Haydon, Benjamin Robert

buildings:

Parthenon, Athens, Greece

dates:

1800-1819

museums and institutions:

British Museum, London, Great Britain

places:

England / Greece / London

subjects:

British painting / Drawings

subjects:

Greek (ancient) sculpture / Influence

subjects:

Documents / Correspondence

Illustrations

Attributed works:

12. Study of Parthenon Frieze, by Charles R. Cockerell. Inscribed 'Thursday, Friday, Feb./?/1807'. Brown and tan Wash over Pencil on Buff Paper, 27.1 by 37.9 cm. (Collection Mr Eugene Dodd.)

Attributed works:

13. Dionysus, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Inscribed 'June 1808'. Black and White Chalk on Tan Paper, 45.7 by 59.1 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.531.)

Attributed works:

14. Study for Achilles Rushing into Battle, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Black Chalk on Tan Paper, 40.6 by 53.3 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.484.)

Attributed works:

15. Ilissus, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Inscribed '1809'. Black and White Chalk on Blue Paper, 55.5 by 78.1 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.360.)

Attributed works:

16. Head of the Horse of Selene, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Inscribed '1809'. Black and White Chalk on Grey Paper, 55.2 by 76.2 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.346.)

Attributed works:

17. Head of the Horse of Selene, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Inscribed '1809'. 55.2 by 76.2 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.347 Recto.)

Attributed works:

18. Study of the Hephaestaeum Frieze, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Black and White Chalk on Tan Paper, 52.4 by 64.8 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.401 Recto.)

Attributed works:

19. Battling Lapiths and Centaurs, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Black and White Chalk on Tan Paper. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.404 Recto.)

Attributed works:

20. Head of Dionysus, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Inscribed 'Jan 9 1813'. Black and White Chalk on Tan Paper, 32.8 by 51.8 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.414 Recto.)

Attributed works:

22. A Left Foot Repeated, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Inscribed 'Mother (Solomon) 1813, My Own Foot 1, Female 2, Apollo 3, Gladiator 4, Venus 5'. Black and White Chalk on Tan Paper, 43.5 by 30.5 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.124.)

Attributed works:

23. Elgin Dionysus, with a View of the Marbles as First Set up at Park Lane, Spring, 1808, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Black and White Chalk on Tan Paper, c.30.5 by 45.8 cm. (Collection Lord Bruce, Broomhall, Scotland.)

Attributed works:

24. Studies for South Parthenon Metope VIII (311). Inscribed: 'Feby 1st 1811 Lord Elgin in Evening'. Black and White Chalk on Tan Paper, 25.4 by 41.6 cm. (British Museum, 1881.7.9.439.)

Western art unattributed:

11. South Parthenon Metope, xxvii (316). (Elgin Collection, British Museum.)

Western art unattributed:

21. Detail of South Parthenon Metope VIII (311). (Elgin Collection, British Museum.)

Article

Poussin, Haydon, and The Judgement of Solomon

04/1962 | 709 | 104

Pages: 146-152+155

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Author:

Cummings, Frederick J. (Cummings, Frederick J.; Cummings, Frederick)

Subjects

artists:

Poussin, Nicolas

artists:

Haydon, Benjamin Robert

dates:

1600-1649

dates:

1800-1849

places:

England / France

sources:

Reynolds, Joshua

sources:

Seven Discourses on Art

sources:

Fuseli, Henry

subjects:

French painting / British painting

subjects:

Influence / Visual sources

subjects:

Judgement of Solomon / Solomon

subjects:

Composition (artistic arrangement) / Critical Reception

subjects:

Sources / Documents

Illustrations

Attributed works:

17. The Judgement of Solomon, by Nicolas Poussin. 1649. Canvas, 100 by 150 cm. (Musée du Louvre.)

Attributed works:

18. The Judgement of Solomon, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. 1812-14. Canvas, 3.05 by 3.66 m. (Collection Mr J. B. Gold, Richmond, Surrey.)

Attributed works:

19. The Fleeing Princess. Study for the Judgement of Solomon, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Pen. (Collection Willard B. Pope, Burlington, Vermont.)

Attributed works:

20. A Dead Child. Study for the Judgement of Solomon, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Signed and Dated 1813. Canvas. (Primorsky Museum, Vladivostock.)

Attributed works:

21. Composition Sketch of June 1812 for the Judgement of Solomon, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Pen. (Collection Willard B. Pope, Burlington, Vermont.)

Attributed works:

22. First Composition Sketch for the Judgement of Solomon, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Black and White Chalk, 37.8 by 39.4 cm. (Royal Academy, London.)

Attributed works:

23. Medallion of G. F. Handel, by Louis François Roubiliac. Terra-Cotta; Overall Height, 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London.) 24. Composition Sketch for the Judgement of Solomon, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. Pen, 11.1 by 18.1 cm. (Collection F. J. Cummings, Columbia, Missouri.) 25. Medallion of Sir Isaac Newton, by Louis François Roubiliac. Terra-Cotta; Overall Height, 28.5 cm. (Messrs Peel & Humphris Ltd.) 26. Medallion of Oliver Cromwell, by Louis François Roubiliac. Terra-Cotta; Overall Height Without Frame, 28 cm. (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.) 27. Signature on the Reverse of the Gilt-Bronze Medallion of Garrick Reproduced in Fig.31.

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