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Obituary
Georg Himmelheber (1929–2024)
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1287–8
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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Illustrations
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1. Georg Himmelheber. (Photograph Himmelheber family).
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2. Writing desk (the Stroganov desk), by David Roentgen. c.1785. Oak, cherry and walnut wood, birch burl wood veneer, brass, bronze and gold, 115.5 by 113 by 60.5 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; permanent loan of the HypoVereinsbank, Member of UniCredit).
Short Notice
Dunkirk, Delaroche and Delacroix
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1252-1255
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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1. Jane (née Roberts) Jervis, first wife of Swynfen Jervis, by Paul Delaroche. c.1830 (dated 1829 by a later hand). Pastel on paper, 46.2 by 34.3 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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2. Mounted racehorses, by Eugène Lami. c.1830. Pen and ink on paper, 8.1 by 14.7 cm. (Private collection).
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3. A woodland scene, by Louis Francia. c.1830. Pencil with white heightening on paper, 19.1 by 12.8 cm. (Private collection).
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4. A standing man (possibly a portrait of Swynfen Jervis), by Eugène Delacroix. c.1830. Pen and ink on paper, 18.8 by 13.2 cm. (Private collection).
Obituary
Ronald Lightbown (1932–2021)
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 879-880
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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Attributed works:
1. Ronald Lightbown, photographed in 1992.
Article
A second Paston prospective rediscovered
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 569-575
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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Lloyd, Stephen (Lloyd, Stephen)
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Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.2, showing the statue with a heraldic crest.
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2. A Paston prospective: a palace with a lake and gondolas. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 119.4 by 164 cm. (National Trust, Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire).
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3. Venetian carnival scene on a terrace, by Pieter de Jode the Elder after Ludovico Pozzoserrato (Lodewijk Toeput). c.1595–98. Line engraving, 37 by 50.8 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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4. Detail of Fig.3, showing gondolas.
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5. Frontispiece to T. Coryat: Coryats Crudities, London 1611, engraved by William Hole. Engraving, 21.2 by 15.5 cm.
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6. Female novices going to visit their relations by gondola, by Giacomo Franco. c.1610. Engraving, 24.4 by 18.9 cm. (From G. Franco: Habiti d’Huomeni et Donne venetiane, Venice 1610; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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7. The doge attending vespers and mass at S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, on Christmas day, by Giacomo Franco. c.1610. Engraving, 24.4 by 18.9 cm. (From G. Franco: Habiti d’Huomeni et Donne venetiane, Venice 1610; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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8. Detail of Fig.9, showing the coat of arms.
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9. The Most Honourable Sir William Paston, Baronet, by William Faithorne the Elder. 1659. Engraving, 27 by 20.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
1. A Paston prospective: a country house with gardens. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 117 by 164 cm. (Private collection).
Letter
The Grimani tables
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 801
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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Western art unattributed:
3. Pietre dure table, Rome, probably acquired by Giovanni Grimani. c.1580–85. 116.5 by 165 cm. (Private collection).
Western art unattributed:
4. Pietre dure table, Florence, inlaid with the arms of the Grimani family, commissioned by Antonio Grimani. c.1605–16. 115.5 by 150 cm. (Private collection).
Article
The Paston prospective
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 536-544
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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10. Charles I, Henrietta Maria and Charles II when Prince of Wales, dining in public, by Gerrit Houckgeest. 1635. Panel, 63.2 by 92.4 cm. (The Royal Collection; © H.M. Queen Elizabeth II).
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2. Oxnead Hall, by John Adey Repton. c.1843. Pen and ink and watercolour, 19.5 by 29 cm. (Nicholas Poole-Wilson).
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5. Frontispiece of Le Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise, by Abraham Bosse. Etching, 14.7 by 9.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Hortvs Pembrochianvs (The garden of Wilton House, seen from the house), by Isaac de Caus. Etched c.1640, edition of 1654. Etching, 41.7 by 52.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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7. Fountain formerly at Oxnead, by John Cleghorn after John Adey Repton. 1844. Wood engraving, 7.3 by 7.8 cm., from The Gentleman’s Magazine 21 (1844), p.21.
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8. A Garden and Princely Villa, for Coelum Britannicum, Scene 5, by Inigo Jones and/or Edward Pearce. 1634. Pen and brown ink over graphite, 43.7 by 56.5 cm. (The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
1. Detail of Fig.4.
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3. Detail of Fig.4 showing the escutcheon with the coat of arms of Paston and Hewitt impaled.
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4. The Paston prospective. c.1640. Canvas, 117 by 164 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Detail of Fig.4, showing figures here identified as William Paston and Margaret Hewitt.
Obituary
Rudolf Hermann Wackernagel (1933–2017)
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 639
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Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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Obituary
Peter Ward-Jackson (1915-2014)
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 347
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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Article
William Kent
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 391-394
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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56. Monument to John Gay, sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack, perhaps designed by William Kent (Westminster Abbey, London)
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57. The Stone Hall, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, after alteration by William Kent. Original structure by James Gibbs or Colen Campbell
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58. The Stone Hall, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, after alteration by William Kent. Original structure by James Gibbs or Colen Campbell
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59. Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Anonymous sixteenth-century painter/or attributed to Jan Gossaert. Engraved by George Vertue. The design of the frame is here attributed to William Kent (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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60. Console table, design here attributed to William Kent (English Heritage, Chiswick House, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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61. The elephant and the bookseller, etched and engraved by Paul Fondrinier [Fourdrinier] after a design by William Kent. From John Gay, Fables, London 1727 (Bard Graduate Center Library, New York)
Article
The Baroque exhibition in London
06/2009 | 1275 | 151
Pages: 367-371
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Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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Reviewed Items
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Baroque 1620–1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence | institution: Victoria and Albert Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Cabinet, by Domenico Cucci. Gobelins workshop, Paris, 1679–83. Pine and oak veneered with ebony, set with pietra dura plaques and gilt-bronze mounts; stand of carved, gilded and painted wood, 299 by 196 by 65 cm. (Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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13. Equestrian statue of Louis XIV, by François Girardon. c.1695. Bronze, 102 by 98 by 50 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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14. Incense boat and spoon, by Leandro Gagliardi. 1750. Silver gilt, boat: 20 by 18 cm.; spoon: 13 cm. (Chapel of St John the Baptist, São Roque, Lisbon; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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15. Reliquary of the Cradle of Christ, by Giuseppe Antonio Torricelli, Cosimo Merlini the Younger and the Florentine Grand-ducal workshops after Giovanni Battista Foggini. 1697. Pietre dure, rock crystal and silver gilt, 26.5 by 20 by 15 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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16. Ostrich egg cup. Dresden, 1734. Metalwork by Benjamin Herfurth; porcelain by Johann Joachim Kändler. Ostrich egg with enamelled porcelain, gold and silver mounts, 42.6 by 13.5 cm. (Grünes Gewölbe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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12. Screen for the Council Room of Batavia Fort, made by Chinese and/or Dutch craftsmen in Indonesia. c.1700–20. Teak, carved, painted and gilded, 297 by 231 by 60 cm. (Museum Sejarah, Jakarta; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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