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The Lavoisiers by David: technical findings on portraiture at the brink of revolution
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 780-791
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Mahon, Dorothy (Mahon, Dorothy)
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Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
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Illustrations
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1. Antoine-Laurent and Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier, by Jacques-Louis David. 1788. Oil on canvas, 259.7 by 194.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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10. Chapeau à la Tarare, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 17.9 by 19.9 cm. Detail of plate 2 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 36 (10th November 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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10. Chapeau à la Tarare, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 17.9 by 19.9 cm. Detail of plate 2 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 36 (10th November 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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11. Marie-Antoinette and her children, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1787. Oil on canvas, 275 by 216.5 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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12. Louis-Elisabeth de France and her son, by Adélaïde Labille- Guiard. 1788. Oil on canvas, 275 by 160 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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13. Detail of Salon of 1787, by Pietro Antoni Martini. 1787. Etching with engraving, 35.6 by 50.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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14. Alphonse Leroy, by Jacques-Louis David. 1783. Oil on canvas, 72 by 91 cm. (Musée Fabre, Montpellier).
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15. The Chabanel family, by Antoine Vestier. 1786. Oil on canvas, 165.3 by 220.5 cm. (Private collection).
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16. An architect and his family, by Marguerite Gérard. c.1788–89. Oil on panel, 30.5 by 24.1 cm. (Baltimore Museum of Art).
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17. The poorly defended rose, by Michel Garnier. 1789. Oil on canvas, 46.2 by 37.6. (Minneapolis Institute of Art).
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18. Experiments in respiration, by Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier. c.1790. Graphite, pen and ink on paper. (Private collection).
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2. Infra-red reflectogram (IRR) of Fig.1. (Department of Paintings Conservation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Combined elemental distribution map for lead (white) and mercury (red) obtained by macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF). (Department of Scientific Research, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. A line drawing, produced by tracing information obtained by IRR and XRF, suggesting the appearance of the portrait before J.-L. David made significant changes to the composition.
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5. Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1784. Oil on canvas, 155.5 by 130.3 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021).
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6. Madame Élisabeth, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. 1787. Oil on canvas, 146.7 by 155 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Sketch for Charles-Roger, Prince de Bauffremont, by Adélaide Labille-Guiard. 1789–91. Oil on canvas, 34 by 23 cm. (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris).
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8. Baronne de Crussol Florensac, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1785. Oil on canvas, 113.8 by 84 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
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9. Chapeau à la Basile, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 18.2 by 10.2 cm. Detail of plate 3 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 31 (20th September 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s late portraits
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 400-407
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Bezur, Anikó (Bezur, Anikó)
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Campos, Pedro H.O.V. (Campos, Pedro H.O.V.)
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
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Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana (Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana)
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Josenhans, Frauke V. (Josenhans, Frauke V.)
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Londero, Pablo (Londero, Pablo)
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Rizzutto, Márcia (Rizzutto, Márcia)
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Schwarz, Cynthia (Schwarz, Cynthia)
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1. Portrait of a young woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. Here dated 1918–19. Canvas, 45.7 by 28 cm. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
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10. Infra-red reflectography detail of the background of Fig.9, showing underdrawing and pentimenti (photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
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11. Portrait of the artist’s wife, Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918 (1919?). Canvas, 101 by 65.7 cm. (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena).
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2. Head of Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Canvas, 46 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
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3. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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4. Infra-red photograph of Fig.1.
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5. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.8.
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6. Transmitted light photograph of Fig.8.
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7. Raking light detail photograph of Fig.8.
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8. Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 91.4 by 73 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Self-portrait, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo; photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
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[Appendix. Summary of the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts.]
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani in the South of France
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 394-399
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
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Fronek, Joe (Fronek, Joe)
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King, Annette (King, Annette)
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Townsend, Joyce H. (Townsend, Joyce H.)
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1. The little peasant, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918. Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Tate, London).
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10. The Italian woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918–19. Canvas, 102.6 by 67 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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11. Photomicrograph of Fig.1 showing top of split in sitter’s shirt.
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12. Details of Fig.1 showing (a) sleeve of sitter’s right arm; and (b) sitter’s right knee.
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13. Details of signatures from (a) Fig.1; (b) Fig.2; and (c) Fig.10.
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2. Young woman of the people, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Oil (and possibly water-based media) on canvas, 100.3 by 65.1 cm. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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3. Detail from the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1, showing underdrawing circling the face.
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4. Detail from the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2, showing underdrawing of a bracelet.
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5. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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6. Fig.1 in transmitted light.
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7. Macro-XRF map details of Fig.10: (a) iron; (b) mercury; (c) calcium.
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8. Detail of Fig.10.
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9. Detail of Fig.2.
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[Appendix. Table showing the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts, of Figs.1, 2 and 10.]