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Letter
Desperately seeking Susini
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 966
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Author:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Susini, Antonio / Giambologna
subjects:
Lost works / Portraits / Florentine art / Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Cosimo Bartoli, by Titian and studio. 1568–72. Oil on canvas, 112 by 97.8 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Florence).
Attributed works:
2. Bernardo Vecchietti, after Santi di Tito. 1578–90. Oil on canvas, approx. 147 by 96 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Forged in Fire: Bronze Sculpture in Florence under the Last Medici Palazzo Pitti, Florence
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1044-1047
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Author:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Giambologna / Susini, Antonio / Susini, Giovanni Francesco / Tacca, Pietro / Tacca, Ferdinando / Foggini, Giovanni Battista / Cipriani, Pietro / Soldani, Massimiliano
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Bronzes
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
places:
Florence
subjects:
Sculpture / Medici family / Crucifixes / Medici Archive Project, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Louis XIII of France on horseback, by Pietro Tacca. c.1615–18. Bronze, height 68 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Attributed works:
16. Study for a decorative component for the poop of a galley, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi. c.1695. Black chalk, pen and brown ink on paper, 25.8 by 43.2 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Uffizi, Florence, inv. no.124361, verso; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Attributed works:
Opposite 15. Sacrifice of Isaac, by Giuseppe Piamontini. 1722. Bronze, height 65 cm. (Etro Collection, Milan; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Article
‘The big Italian’: Giambologna and his model Bartolommeo di Lionardo Ginori
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 912-919
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Author:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
art literature:
Baldinucci, Filippo
artists:
Giambologna / Zuccaro, Federico / Santi di Tito / Michelangelo / Pollaiolo, Antonio del
dates:
1550-1599
media:
Sculpture / Marbles / Bronzes / Wax sculpture / Models (representations) / Paintings
museums and institutions:
Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574 / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587 / Christian I, Elector of Saxony, 1560–1591
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Models (people) / Sitters / Ginori, Bartolommeo di Lionardo / Ginori family / Biographies / Soldiers / Crucifixes / Portraits / Statuettes / Gifts / Commissions / Rape of the Sabines / Mars / Hercules / Prometheus / Titles of works of art / Identification
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Rape of the Sabines, by Giambologna. 1582. Marble, height (excluding the base) c.410 cm. (Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
10. Prometheus, cast from a model by Giambologna. c.1590. Gilt bronze, height 23 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, UK).
Attributed works:
2. Crucified Christ, by Giambologna. 1580s. Bronze, 33.5 by 21.5 cm (Cleveland Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Portrait of Giambologna, with his model for ‘Samson and a Philistine’, by Federigo Zuccaro. 1575. Black and red chalk, 26.1 by 188 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
4. Rape of the Sabines, by Giambologna. c.1581. Clay with traces of whitewash, height c.410 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. Mars, by Giambologna. c.1581–87. Gilt bronze, height 39.4 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden; photograph Arrigo Coppitz).
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of Bartolommeo di Lionardo Ginori, by Santi di Tito. c.1583. Canvas, height c.250 cm. (Private collection, Florence; photo Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of Pietro di Cosimo de’ Medici, by Santi di Tito. c.1583. Canvas, 208 by 113 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
8. Mars and Prometheus, cast from models by Giambologna. c.1587 and c.1590 respectively. Bronze, heights 39.4 cm. and 23 cm. (Both private collection; photograph courtesy Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, UK).
Attributed works:
9. Man seen from three angles, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. Fifteenth century. Stylus, pen and ink and wash on paper, 26.5 by 36 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
Jean-Louis Lemoyne’s bust of King Louis XIV rediscovered
04/2016 | 1357 | 158
Pages: 251-253
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Author:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Lemoyne, Jean-Louis
dates:
1660-1719
subjects:
French sculpture / Wood sculpture / Busts / Lost works / Provenance / Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Fig.11 seen from the back
Attributed works:
11. King Louis XIV, by Jean-Louis Lemoyne. 1692 (Private collection)
Attributed works:
12. Pierre-Michel Du Plessis, by Jean-Louis Lemoyne. 1694 (Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux)
Attributed works:
13. Jules Hardouin-Mansart, by Jean-Louis Lemoyne. 1703 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
9. Three-quarter view of Fig.11
Publication Received
Bernini: Genius of the Baroque
07/2007 | 1252 | 149
Pages: 499
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Reviewer:
Oakden, Helen (Oakden, Helen)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
print:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bernini: Genius of the Baroque | author: Avery, Charles
Short Notice
An Equestrian Statuette of Louis XIII Attributed to Simon Guillain (1581-1658)
09/1984 | 978 | 126
Pages: 553-556
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Author:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Guillain, Simon
dates:
1600-1699
patrons:
Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643
places:
France
subjects:
French sculpture / Statuettes / Equestrian statues
subjects:
Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14 and 15. Louis XIII, Here Attributed to Simon Guillain. c.1640. Bronze, Height 63.5 cm. (With Alexander and Berendt, London).
Attributed works:
16. Louis XIII, by Jean Warin. 1630-40. Bronze, Height 73 cm. (No. 1358, Musée du Louvre).
Attributed works:
17. Detail from Louis XIII, Here Attributed to Simon Guillain. See Figs. 14 and 15.
Attributed works:
18. Detail from Louis XIII, by Simon Guillain. 1647 Bronze, Height 203 cm. (No. 1331, Musée du Louvre). See Fig. 20.
Attributed works:
19. Detail from Louis XIII, Here Attributed to Simon Guillain. See Figs. 14 and 15.
Attributed works:
20. Louis XIII, by Simon Guillain. 1647. Bronze, Height 203 cm. (No. 1331, Musée du Louvre). See Fig. 18.
Attributed works:
21. Detail from Louis XIII, Here Attributed to Simon Guillain. See Figs. 14 and 15.
Article
Giambologna's 'Bathsheba': An Early Marble Statue Rediscovered
06/1983 | 963 | 125
Pages: 328+340-349
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Author:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Giambologna
artists:
Carove, Carlo
dates:
1550-1599
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
patrons:
Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587
places:
Italy / Florence
places:
Stockholm / Sweden
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Early works
subjects:
Bathsheba
subjects:
Marbles
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Stuccowork / Copies / Versions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bathsheba, by Giambologna. Marble, Height 115 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu).
Attributed works:
16. Seated Woman, by Giambologna. Red Wax, Height 15.3 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
17. Sleeping Nymph, by Antonio Susini, after Giambologna. Bronze, Height 20.5, Length 32 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
18. Rear View of Bathsheba, by Giambologna.
Attributed works:
19. Detail from Bathsheba, by Giambologna.
Attributed works:
20. Venus of the Grotticella, by Giambologna. Marble, Height 130 cm. (Buontalenti's Grotto, Boboli Gardens, Florence).
Attributed works:
21. Detail from Fountain of Neptune, by Giambologna. Bronze, about Life-Size. (Bologna).
Attributed works:
22. Detail from Bathsheba, by Giambologna.
Attributed works:
23. Side View of Bathsheba, by Giambologna.
Attributed works:
24. Detail from Bathsheba, by Giambologna.
Attributed works:
25. Kneeling Venus, by Giambologna. Bronze, Height 25.3 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
26. Detail from Nessus Abducting Dejaneira, by Giambologna. Bronze, Total Height 41.5 cm. (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California).
Attributed works:
27. Venus and Cupid, by Guilielmus Paludanus, Dated 1559. Alabaster, Height 25 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
28. Bathing Venus, by Marten van Heemskerck, after the Antique. Ink on Paper. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin).
Attributed works:
29. Rear View of Fig. 1. [Bathsheba, by Giambologna. Marble, Height 115 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu).]
Attributed works:
30. Side View of Fig. 1. [Bathsheba, by Giambologna. Marble, Height 115 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu).]
Attributed works:
31. Architecture (Or Geometry), by Giambologna. Marble, Height 152 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
32. Seated Woman with Globe, by Giambologna. Red Wax, Height 9.2 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
33. Seated Woman, by Giambologna. Gilt Wax, Height 52.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
34. Pedestals for Sculpture at Åkerö, by Julius Holmann [Johan Harleman?] . Dated 1703. Ink on Paper. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
35. Casts after Bathsheba, by Carlo Carova [Carove] . Painted Stucco. (Bathroom, Ericsberg, Sweden).
Short Notice
Two Ornamental Bronzes from the Medicean Grand-Ducal Workshop around 1600
07/1982 | 952 | 124
Pages: 428-433
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Author:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Susini, Antonio
artists:
Tacca, Pietro
dates:
1600-1649
patrons:
Medici family
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33-35. Table Fountain, Attributed to Antonio Susini, after a Model by Giambologna. Bronze, Height 19 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
37. Base of the Hermaphrodite, by Gian Francesco Susini. 1639. Bronze. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
38. Sword Hilt with a Galley Slave, Attributed to Pietro Tacca. Bronze, Height 14 cm, Width 12.1 cm. (H. M. Armouries, Tower of London). See Figs 40, 41.
Attributed works:
39. Negro-Head Lamp, by Severo da Ravenna. Bronze. (Victoria and Albert Museum).
Attributed works:
40. Detail of Fig.38. [Sword Hilt with a Galley Slave, Attributed to Pietro Tacca. Bronze, Height 14 cm, Width 12.1 cm. (H. M. Armouries, Tower of London).]
Attributed works:
41. Detail of Fig.38. [Sword Hilt with a Galley Slave, Attributed to Pietro Tacca. Bronze, Height 14 cm, Width 12.1 cm. (H. M. Armouries, Tower of London).]
Attributed works:
42. Galley Slaves, by Pietro Tacca. Bronze Figures around the Base of Statue to Ferdinando I. (Livorno).
Attributed works:
44. 'San Paolo', by Cosimo Cenni. 1643. Bronze Cannon. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
36. Fountain of Samson, by a Follower of Giambologna. Pen and Wash. (Uffizi Gallery, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
43. Triton Fountain. Florentine, Late Sixteenth Century. Marble. (Isolotto, Boboli Gardens, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
45. Bulwark from Medicean Galley. Tuscan, Early Seventeenth Century. (Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri, Pisa).
Article
The 'Chellini Madonna' by Donatello
06/1976 | 879 | 118
Pages: 377-385+387
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Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Author:
Radcliffe, Anthony (Radcliffe, Anthony)
Subjects
artists:
Donatello
artists:
Barovier, Angelo
dates:
1970-1979
dates:
1400-1499
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Chellini, Giovanni, d. 1462
places:
Italy / Florence
places:
England / London
places:
Padua
sources:
Filarete
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions / Appeals
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Bronzes / Mary, Virgin
subjects:
Plaster / Casts (sculpture)
subjects:
Composition (artistic arrangement) / Iconography
works:
Chellini Madonna (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. The Chellini Madonna, by Donatello. Front View. (Victoria and Albert Museum).
Attributed works:
25. The Chellini Madonna, Back View.
Attributed works:
26. Glass Cast of the Chellini Madonna, Made by Messrs. Venini, Murano.
Attributed works:
27. Stucco Cast of the Chellini Madonna. (Museo del Castelvecchio, Verona).
Attributed works:
28. Stucco Cast of the Chellini Madonna. (San Lorenzo, Vicchio di Rimaggio).
Attributed works:
29. The Chellini Madonna, View from an Angle, Showing Its Plate-Like Shape.
Attributed works:
30. Fred Daden (Royal College of Art) Making a Glass Cast from a Bronze Replica of the Reverse of the Chellini Madonna.
Attributed works:
33. The Fortnum Madonna, by Niccolo [?], 1428. Pigmented Cast in Stucco. (Ashmolean Museun, Oxford). [Composition ascribed to Luca della Robbia]
Attributed works:
34. Madonna del Perdono, after Donatello. c.1457. Marble. (Cathedral, Siena).
Attributed works:
35. Virgin and Child, after Donatello. c.1450(?). Stucco. (City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham).
Western art unattributed:
31. Virgin and Child with Angels, Florentine, First Half of the Fifteenth Century. Bronze. (Victoria and Albert Museum).
Western art unattributed:
32. Virgin and Child with Angels. Florentine, c.1428. Stucco in Wooden Frame. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
Article
Medici and Stuart: A Grand Ducal Gift of 'Giovanni Bologna' Bronzes for Henry Prince of Wales (1612)
08/1973 | 845 | 115
Pages: 493-507
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Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Author:
Watson, Katharine (Watson, Katharine)
Subjects
artists:
Giambologna
artists:
Fanelli, Francesco, sculptor, act. ca. 1608-1661
artists:
Tacca, Pietro
artists:
Susini, Antonio
collectors and dealers:
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612
dates:
1600-1649
patrons:
Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1590-1621
patrons:
Medici family
places:
Italy / England / Florence / London
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Bronzes / Statuettes
subjects:
Patronage / Gifts / Documents
subjects:
Giugni, Vincenzo
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Detail from The Art Gallery of Cornelius van der Geest, by William van Haecht. (Rubenshuis, Antwerp.)
Attributed works:
11. Letter to Marchesa Salviati. (Guardaroba Mediceo 293, c.78r, copy). (Archivio di Stato, Florence.) Here Transcribed as Document VII.
Attributed works:
12. Richmond Palace, by Wenceslaus Hollar. (British Museum.)
Attributed works:
13. Bird-Catcher, after Giovanni Bologna. Bronze. (Castello Sforzesco, Milan.)
Attributed works:
14. Seated Bagpiper, in the Style of Giovanni Bologna, Perhaps by Pietro Tacca. Bronze. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Attributed works:
15. 'Ars Naturam Adiuvans', Engraving from Andrea Alciati, Emblemata, etc., 2nd. ed. Lyons, 1551.
Attributed works:
16. Shepherd with a Drinking Bottle, in the Style of Giovanni Bologna, Perhaps by Pietro Tacca. Bronze. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.)
Attributed works:
17. Fortuna ('Venus Marina'), Here Attributed to Antonio Susini after a Model by Giovanni Bologna. Bronze. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Ogden Mills, 1924.)
Attributed works:
18. Detail from Fortuna ('Venus Marina'), Here Attributed to Antonio Susini after a Model by Giovanni Bologna. Bronze. (University Museum Stanford, California, Gift of Mrs Edgar Bissantz.)
Attributed works:
19. Walking Horse, after Giovanni Bologna. Bronze. (Royal Collection, Windsor Castle.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Attributed works:
20. Rearing Horse, after a Model Here Attributed to Giovanni Bologna. Bronze. (Royal Collection, Windsor Castle.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Attributed works:
21. Diana, Perhaps after Pietro Tacca. Bronze. (Formerly J. P. Heseltine Collection.)
Attributed works:
22. Venus, after Giovanni Bologna. Bronze. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Attributed works:
23. Crucifix with Mount, by Antonio Susini. Bronze. (Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Mass., Given by Mrs Maurice van Dyck Emetaz.)
Attributed works:
24. Madonna and Child, by Antonio Susini. Bronze. (Edith A. and Percy S. Strauss Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.)
Attributed works:
8. General Edward Cecil, by Simon de Passe. Engraving. 1618. (National Portrait Gallery.)
Attributed works:
9. Detail from Henry Prince of Wales, from the Studio of Robert Peake the Elder. (Galleria Degli Uffizi, Florence.) Photo: G. F. S. G.