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Letter Four
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 815
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Author:
Diemer, Dorothea (Diemer, Dorothea)
Author:
Hinners, Linda (Hinners, Linda)
Subjects
artists:
Giambologna / Meyer, Gerhardt, the Elder
dates:
1600-1699
media:
Sculpture / Documents
places:
Sweden / Stockholm
subjects:
Attribution / Attributions / Italian sculpture / Casts (sculpture) / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis
subjects:
Correspondence
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‘Gerhardt Meyer made me in Stockholm’: a bronze ‘Bathing woman’ after Giambologna
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 545-553
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Author:
Diemer, Dorothea (Diemer, Dorothea)
Author:
Hinners, Linda (Hinners, Linda)
Subjects
art literature:
Avery, Charles, Cambridge, Great Britain / Borghini, Raffaello
artists:
Giambologna / Tessin, Nicodemus, the younger, 1654-1728 / Girardon, François / Henrion, Claude / Harleman, Johan
artists:
Meyer, Gerhardt, the Elder / Keller, Jean-Balthazar / Ernst, Johann Conrad
buildings:
Åkerö Castle, Sweden / Ericsberg Castle, Katrineholm, Sweden / Steninge Castle, Märsta, Sweden / Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark
dates:
1650-1699
media:
Sculpture / Marbles / Bronzes / Plaster / Lead / Wood sculpture / Wax models / Stuccowork / Inscriptions / Drawings / Gardens
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark
patrons:
Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria, 1528-1579 / Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587 / Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway, 1671-1730 / Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1611–1632 / Charles XI, King of Sweden, 1660–1697 / Tessin, Carl Gustaf
places:
France / Paris / Sweden / Stockholm
subjects:
Swedish sculpture / Italian sculpture / French sculpture / Casts (sculpture) / Nudes / Bathers / Venus / Provenance / Patronage / Dating / Travel / Study and teaching / Correspondence / Inventories / Damage to works of art / Ornament / Gifts / Fountains / Bells / Cannons (artillery) / Vases / Swedish architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bathing woman (Venus or Bathsheba), by Giambologna. c.1571–73. Marble, height 105.3 cm. (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; from A. Rudigier, B. Truyols and B. Jestaz: ‘Jean Bologne et les jardins d’Henri IV’, Bulletin monumental 174, 3, 2016).
Attributed works:
11. Church bell, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Elder. 1696. Bronze. (St Charles’ Church, Tallinn).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ‘6’ in the date superimposed by the rotated outline of ‘9’.
Attributed works:
13. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ornament on the socle.
Attributed works:
2–5. Details of Fig.6, showing the signature of Gerhardt Meyer the Elder and the date.
Attributed works:
6. Bathing woman, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Elder. 1697. Bronze, height 103.3 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Fig. 1 from an alternate angle.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of a cannon, cast by Johann Meyer. 1665. Bronze. (Army Museum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
9 and 10. Details of the inscription on a garden vase, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Younger. 1725. Bronze. (Private collection, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of stucco ornament in the Palace of Nicodemus Tessin, Stockholm. c.1700. (Photograph County Administrative Board of Stockholm).
Western art unattributed:
15. The bathroom, Ericsberg Castle, Katrineholm, Sweden.
Western art unattributed:
16. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Lead, height 110 cm. (Ericsberg Castle).
Western art unattributed:
17. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Plaster, height c.108 cm. (Ericsberg Castle).
Western art unattributed:
18. Detail of Fig.16. (All photographs the authors).
Western art unattributed:
19. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Lead. (Fredensborg Palace Garden, Denmark; photograph Thomas Rahbeck).