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The fate of the ‘Lawrence Gallery’: Samuel Woodburn and the National Gallery
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1234-1251
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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Attributed works:
1. The Virgin with an angel and child, by Parmigianino. c.1525. Pen, ink and wash over black chalk on pink-tinted paper, 20.1 by 16.1 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
10. Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Jerome (‘The vision of St Jerome’), by Parmigianino. 1526–27. Oil on poplar panel, 342.9 by 148.6 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
11. Study for or after the head of St John, perhaps by Parmigianino or Barocci. 1527 or later. Red, black and white chalk on paper, 39.1 by 25.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
12. Study for the figure of Adam, by Michelangelo. 1511. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 19.3 by 25.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
13. Raising of Lazarus, by Sebastiano del Piombo. 1517–19. Oil on synthetic panel, transferred from wood, 381 by 289.6 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
14. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Raphael. c.1507–08. Oil on canvas, 71.5 by 55.7 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
15. ‘Portrait of the sister of Raffaelle’ attributed to Raffaello Sanzio. 1841. Chalk lithograph on paper within a lithographic mount, 40 by 28.2 cm. (From A Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino, London 1841, pl.16; © Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
16. ‘The Virgin and the Apostles’ attributed to Raffaello Sanzio. 1841. (From A Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino, London 1841, pl.11; © Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
17. The departure of the Argonauts, by Pietro del Donzello. 1487. Oil on panel, 83.8 by 163.8 cm. (The Mari-Cha Collection Limited).
Attributed works:
18. The Argonauts in Colchis, by Bartlommeo di Giovanni. 1487. Oil on panel, 83.2 by 163.8 cm. (The Mari-Cha Collection Limited).
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19. Initial letter ‘A’ for a gradual, including a scene of the Annunciation by Lorenzo Monaco. c.1410. Pen, ink and wash over black chalk on vellum, 40 by 32.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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2. Isabella Hutchinson (Mrs. Wolff), by Thomas Lawrence. 1815. Oil on canvas, 128.2 by 102.4 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
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20. Adoration of the Magi, by Baldassare Peruzzi. c.1522–23. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 112.5 by 107 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Samuel Woodburn, by Thomas Lawrence. c.1823. Oil on canvas, 109.2 by 83.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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4. The woman taken in adultery, attributed to Abraham van Dyck. c.1652. Pen with brown ink and wash with some red chalk and white heightening, 19.3 by 28 cm. (Private collection, courtesy Sotheby’s).
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5. The woman taken in adultery, by Rembrandt. 1644. Oil on oak panel, 83.8 by 65.4 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Rinaldo and Armida, by Anthony van Dyck. 1634–45. Oil on panel, 57 by 41.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
7. Seaport with the embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude Lorrain. 1648. Oil on canvas, 149.1 by 196.7 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
8. Seaport with the embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude Lorrain. c.1648. Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper, 27.1 by 42.2 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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9. Study for the infant Christ, by Parmigianino. 1526–27. Red chalk on paper, 23.8 by 16.7 cm. (École des Beaux-Arts, Paris).
Article
The Italian Renaissance altarpiece
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 380-385
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Mystic winepress, by Mainardi, called Il Chiaveghino. 1594. Oil on canvas, approx. 500 by 300 cm. (S. Agostino, Cremona; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Vision of St Thomas Aquinas, by Santi di Tito. 1593. Oil on panel. (S. Marco, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Marriage of the Virgin, by Rosso Fiorentino. 1538. Oil on panel, 325 by 250 cm. (S. Michele Visdomini, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Detail of Crucifixion, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1534. Oil on panel. (S. Maria della Pietà in Telusiano, Monte San Giusto, Macerata; Scala Archives).
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5. Madonna della Misericordia, by Fra Bartolommeo. 1515. Oil on panel, 407.5 by 262 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Lucca; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Avatars of Antiquity III: Reading the Passions
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 40-51
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Dead Christ mourned (‘The three Maries’), by Annibale Carracci. c.1603 or c.1606. Oil on canvas, 92.8 by 103.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
10. An experiment with an air pump, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1768. Oil on canvas, 183 by 244 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
11. Virgin Mary with the infant Christ, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. c.1472. Terracotta, height 49 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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12. Self-portrait, attributed to Nicolas Poussin. c.1630. Red chalk on paper, 25.6 by 19.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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13. Detail of The Lamentation, by Giotto, showing a grieving angel. c.1304. Fresco. (Arena Chapel, Padua).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of The School of Athens, by Raphael, showing Euclid with pupils. c.1510. Fresco. (Vatican Museums).
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15. Preparatory study for head of St John the Evangelist, by Domenichino. c.1622–25. (Royal Library, Windsor; Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
Attributed works:
16. The dying Alexander, Roman copy of c.AD 100 of a Hellenistic sculpture of c.200 BC. Marble, height 72 cm, including modern bust. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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17. Niobe and her daughter, Roman, c.AD 100, after a Hellenistic sculpture of c.300 BC. Pentelic marble, height 228 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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18. Marsyas by Balthasar Permoser. c.1680–85. Marble, height 68.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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19. Massacre of the Innocents, by Guido Reni. 1611–12. Oil on canvas, 268 by 170 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna).
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20. Bust of Caracalla. c.AD 212. Marble, height 65 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples).
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22. Death of Cleopatra, by Henri-Joseph-François Baron de Triqueti. 1859. Ivory with bronze, height including base 38 cm. (Private collection, London).
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3. Drawing illustrating Horror, by Charles Le Brun. c.1667. Black chalk on paper, 20.5 by 18.4 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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4. Detail of Moses defending the daughters of Jethro, by Charles Le Brun. 1686. Oil on canvas, 113 by 122 cm. (Galleria Estense, Modena).
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5. Detail of The penitent Magdalen, by Charles Le Brun. c.1656–57. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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6. Chelsea Pensioners receiving the London Gazette Extraordinary of Thursday, 22nd June 1815, announcing the Battle of Waterloo, by David Wilkie. 1816–22. Oil on panel, 97.2 by 158.1 cm. (Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London).
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7. Detail of Fig.6, showing the face of the woman reading the list of the dead.
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8. Woman with a mania for gambling, by Théodore Géricault. c.1822. Oil on canvas, 77 by 65 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. Marriage à-la-Mode: 2, The tête à tête, by William Hogarth. c.1743. Oil on canvas, 69.9 by 90.8 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of the Laocoön group, showing the face of Laocoön. (Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican; Scala Archive).
Western art unattributed:
21. Fragmentary metope relief from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, showing Athena receiving slain monster birds. c.460–50 BC. Marble, height 157 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
Avatars of Antiquity II: Drapery as metaphor
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1056-1071
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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1. Drapery study for the high priest in the Trial and martyrdom of St Stephen, by Edward Poynter. 1872. Black chalk on buff paper, 41 by 27.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
10. Draped female torso, from the Acropolis, Xanthos. 470–460 BC. Marble, height 123.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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11. Rebecca at the well, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118 by 199 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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12. Detail from Paul preaching at Athens, by Raphael. c.1516. Body colour on paper mounted on canvas, whole canvas 320 by 390 cm. (Royal Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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13. Drapery study for the high priest in the Trial and martyrdom of St Stephen, by Edward Poynter. 1872. Black chalk on buff paper, 27.6 by 27.1 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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14. Drapery study for the kneeling handmaiden in Semiramis founding Babylon, by Edgar Degas. 1860–62. Graphite with lead-white body colour and blue wash on paper, 24.4 by 31.1 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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15. Cymon and Iphigenia by Frederic Leighton. c.1884. Oil on canvas, 162.6 by 327.7 cm. (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney).
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16. Drapery study by Leonardo. c.1475–82. Brown-grey wash and lead white on linen prepared with a pale grey ground, 220 by 139 cm. (Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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17. Detail of Virgin and Child, by Masaccio. 1426. Egg tempera on wood, whole panel 134.8 by 73.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
18. The penitence of Mary Magdalene, by Charles Le Brun. 1655. Oil on canvas, 252 by 171 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
19. Heliodorus driven from the Temple, by Eugène Delacroix. 1855–61. Mural, 751 by 485 cm. (Chapelle des Anges, Saint-Sulpice, Paris)
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2. Detail of an Antique mural painting of a dancer, by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni. Engraving, 38 by 48 cm. (page). (From Le pitture antiche d’Ercolano e contorni, I, Naples 1757).
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20. Ariadne on Naxos, by G.F. Watts. 1867–75. Oil on canvas, 75 by 94 cm. (Guildhall Museum, London).
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21. Divine figures from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Athens, believed to represent Venus reclining on the lap of her mother, Dione, by Phidias or associate. 438–432 BC. Marble, length 233 cm. (British Museum, London).
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22. Captive Andromache, by Frederic Leighton. c.1888. Oil on canvas, 195.6 by 406.4 cm. (City Art Gallery, Manchester).
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23. Detail of the figure of Amor in the chimneypiece made for the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, Manhattan, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. c.1881–83. Limestone, height of chimneypiece 468.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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24. Dido receiving Aeneas and Cupid disguised as Ascanius, by Francesco Solimena. 1710. Oil on canvas, 207.2 by 310.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. One of the ‘attitudes’ of Lady Hamilton, by Tommaso Piroli after Friedrich Rehberg. Engraving, 26.9 by 20.8 cm. (From F. Rehberg: Drawings Faithfully Copied from Nature at Naples, n.p. 1794, fig.7).
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4. Veiled and masked dancer. Alexandria(?), c.100 BC. Bronze, height 20.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Detail of Two dancers, after Antonio Canova. 1799. Tempera on paper. (Casa Canova, Possagno).
Attributed works:
6. Hebe, by Antonio Canova. 1816–17. Marble with gilt metal, height 158 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì).
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7. Veiled woman (Allegory of Purity), by Antonio Corradini. 1717–25. Carrara marble. (Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca Rezzonico, Venice).
Attributed works:
8. Hebe, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1819–23. Marble, height 152.2 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
9. Kore, from the Temple of Hera, Samos. 570–60 BC. Marble, height 192 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
Avatars of Antiquity I: From the nude warrior in Florence to the alien maiden in Piccadilly
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 956-971
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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1. Theseus and the minotaur, by Antoine-Louis Barye. Modelled 1841 or 1842. Bronze, height 45.9 cm., including the integral plinth. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
10. Bronze head, by John Samuel Agar. 1809. Stipple engraving of a marble copy of an archaic bronze head (from Specimens of Antient Sculpture published 1809).
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12. Detail of Lady Caroline Crichton and her Grandfather the 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. 1790. Oil on canvas, 224.4 by 199.5 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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13. Speranza, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1859. Marble, height 160.5 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen).
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14. Detail of the sculpture in Fig.1, showing Theseus’s head.
Attributed works:
16. St Cecilia with angels, by Paul Delaroche. 1836. Oil on canvas, 202 by 162 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
17. Mrs Robert Hollond, by Ary Scheffer. 1851. Oil on canvas, 81.9 by 60.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
18. Preparatory painting for the St Pelagia in the frieze in Saint-Vincent-de- Paul, Paris, by Hippolyte Flandrin. c.1850. Oil on canvas, 73 by 60 cm. (Musée des Beaux Arts, Besançon).
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19. Rachel in the role of Phèdre, by Jean Jacques Barre. 1848. Ivory, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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2. Atalanta (right), by Pierre Lepautre. 1703–04. Carrara marble, height 126 cm.; with Hippomenes (left) by Guillaume Coustou I. 1711–12. Carrara marble, height 134 cm. (Both Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais/Tony Querrec).
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20. ‘Pourtalès Aphrodite’. Hellenistic, 200–100 BC. Bronze, height 25.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
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21. Gentle spring, by Frederick Sandys. 1864–65. Oil on canvas, 121 by 64 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Salome, by Paul Manship. 1915. Bronze, height 47 cm. (Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington; SCALA Archives).
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23. Artemis (kneeling dancer), with a portion of its integral pedestal, by Elie Nadelman. 1916–18. Limestone, height 114.3 cm. (Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, VA).
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24. Figure V, by Barbara Hepworth. Cast 1925. Bronze, height 42 cm. (Daniel Katz Gallery, London).
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25. Peace, by Alfred F. Hardiman. 1946 (based on a model of 1920–24). Bronze, life-size. (Memorial Garden, St James’s Piccadilly, London).
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3. Princely glory, by Giovanni Baratta. Dated 1715. Carrara marble, 335.5 cm., excluding the later English pedestal. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Detail of Marriage à-la-mode: Scene 2 The tête-à-tête, by William Hogarth, showing the mantel shelf. c.1743. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Engraving after ‘Quonin Household God of the Chinese’, by Bernard Picart. (From B. Picart: Ceremonies et coutumes Religieuses des peoples idolatres, Amsterdam 1728, II, pp.222–23).
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6. Detail of Battle relief, by Bertoldo di Giovanni. 1480s. Bronze, 99 by 45 cm. (Museo Nazional del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Warriors fighting, by Raphael. c.1510. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 37.9 by 28.1 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of The fire in the Borgo, by Raphael. 1516– 17. (Stanza dell’Incendio, Vatican; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
11. Apollo of Piombino. Greek, First century BC. Bronze, height 115 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
15. Detail of a Greek or Etruscan statue of an athlete. c.Fifth century BC. Bronze, height 45.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
8. Juno Ludovisi (portrait of the deified Antonia Minor, mother of Emperor Claudius). First century AD. Luna marble, height 115 cm. (Palazzo Altemps, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Three eminent art historians: a Chinese encounter
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 865-869
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
Author:
Yiqiang Cao (Yiqiang Cao)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Yiqiang Cao, by Quan Shanshi. 2005. Oil on canvas, 115 by 130 cm. (Quan Shanshi Art Centre, Hangzhou).
Attributed works:
2. Ernst Gombrich, by Mary Robert. c.1988. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Michael Baxandall, by Max Whitaker. 1989. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Western art unattributed:
4. Larissa and Francis Haskell, c.1985.
Obituary
Jon Whiteley (1945–2020)
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 826-828
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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Attributed works:
1. Jon Whiteley with Michael Hordern in The Spanish Gardener (1956).
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2. Jon Whiteley, with the Oscar he won in 1954. (Photograph David Gowers).
Obituary
Hester Diamond (1928–2020)
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 554-556
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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1. Hester Diamond, photographed in her apartment in the El Dorado building, New York City, 2008. Behind her is The Vestal Virgin Tuccia as an allegory of chastity, by Moretto da Brescia. c.1540–44. (Photograph Jason Schmidt).
Article
The Manfrin Gallery
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 572-577
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.7.
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2. Virgin and Child with donor, by Nicolo di Pietro. c.1394. Panel, 107 by 65 cm. (Gallerie dell’ Accademia, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Marco Barbarigo, by a follower of Jan van Eyck. c.1449–50. Panel, 24.2 by 16 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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4. Adoration of the shepherds, by Vincenzo Catena. After 1520. Canvas, 125.7 by 207.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Self-portrait by Giorgione, by Antonio Canova. 1792. Panel, 72.5 by 64 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
6. A lady at her toilette, by Natale Schiavoni. c.1840. Canvas. (Museo Bottacin, Palazzo Zuckermann, Musei Civici, Padua; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
7. Triple portrait, by an imitator of Titian. Venetian, perhaps late sixteenth century. (Alnwick Castle, Northumberland; courtesy the Duke of Northumberland).
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