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Giambologna’s ‘Andromeda’: a new model?

11/2021 | 1424 | 163

Pages: 1010-1019

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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)

Subjects

artists:

Giambologna / Susini, Giovanni Francesco / Susini, Antonio / Pieratti, Giovan Battista

buildings:

Anglesey Abbey, Lode, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain

dates:

1550-1599

museums and institutions:

National Trust

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Statuettes / Nudes / Andromeda / Bronzes / Attributions / Antiquity

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Detail of the sculpture illustrated in Fig.2.

Attributed works:

10. Standing figure of Morgante, model by Giambologna, cast attributed to Antonio Susini, c.1580–90. Bronze, height 13 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

11. The sculpture illustrated in Fig.2.

Attributed works:

12. Woman with her arms raised, perhaps Andromeda, attributed to Giambologna. c.1570–80. Bronze, height 14 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).

Attributed works:

13. Abduction of a Sabine woman, by Giambologna. 1579. Bronze, height 99 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).

Attributed works:

14. Andromeda, attributed to Giovan Battista Pieratti. c.1637. Marble. (Vasca dell’Isola, Boboli Gardens, Florence).

Attributed works:

2. Woman with her arms raised, perhaps Andromeda, the model here attributed to Giambologna, the cast here attributed to Antonio Susini, c.1580–90. Bronze, height 14.3 cm. (Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire; National Trust; photograph Clarissa Bruce).

Attributed works:

3. The sculpture illustrated in Fig.2, shown from behind.

Attributed works:

4. Crouching woman, looking upwards, by Giambologna. c.1560–80. Bronze, height 9.7 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).

Attributed works:

5. Standing woman, drying herself after the bath, by Giambologna. c.1560– 80. Bronze, height 13.5 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).

Attributed works:

6. Seated bagpiper, model by Giambologna, cast by Antonio Susini. c.1580–1600. Bronze, gilded, height 10.5 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).

Attributed works:

7. Standing peasant, resting on his staff, by Giambologna, c.1580–1600. Bronze, height 13 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome).

Attributed works:

8. The sculpture illustrated in Fig.4, photographed from the front.

Attributed works:

9. Crouching Venus, after an original by Doidalsas. c.100–200 AD. Marble, height 125 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples).

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From Florence to Paris: new evidence for Giovanni Bastianini and his work

03/2021 | 1416 | 163

Pages: 222-235

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Subjects

artists:

Bastianini, Giovanni / Cellini, Benvenuto / Della Robbia family / Donatello / Desiderio da Settignano

collectors and dealers:

Freppa, Giovanni / de Novilos, vicomte, Louis-Félix / Foresi, Alessandro

museums and institutions:

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

styles:

Renaissance sculpture / Historicism

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Florentine art / Copies / Forgeries / Attributions / Art market / Art dealers

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Girolamo Benivieni, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1863–64. Terracotta, 53.8 by 54 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

10. Virgin and Child (‘The Dudley Madonna’), attributed to Donatello or Desiderio da Settignano. Probably c.1460–60. Marble, 27.2 by 16.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

11. Virgin and Child (‘The Dreyfus Madonna’), here attributed to Giovanni Bastianini, after a model attributed to Donatello or Desiderio da Settignano. c.1855–65. Marble, height 28.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

12. Giovanna degli Albizzi, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1860. Gesso and polychrome over wood and mixed media, height 53 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).

Attributed works:

2. Girolamo Savonarola, by Giovanni Bastianini. 1863. Pigmented terracotta, height 60.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

3. Giovanni delle Bande Nere, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1867. Pigmented terracotta, height 45.8 cm. (The Wallace Collection, London; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

4. ‘Piccarda Donati’, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1855. Plaster, height 57 cm. (Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).

Attributed works:

5. ‘Giovanna Tornabuoni’, here identified as Bust of Piccarda Donati, by Giovanni Bastianini. c.1855. Plaster, height 51 cm. (Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).

Attributed works:

6. Cosimo I de’ Medici, by Benvenuto Cellini. 1545–46. Bronze, height 110 cm. (Museo Nazionale dell Bargello, Florence; photograph © Raffaello Bencini / Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

7. Cosimo I de’ Medici, here attributed to Giovanni Bastianini, after a model by Benvenuto Cellini. c.1855–65. Marble, 95.9 by 71.8 by 39.4 cm. (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).

Attributed works:

8. The bust illustrated in Fig.7, seen from behind.

Attributed works:

9. Portrait of a young woman, by Andrea della Robbia. c.1465–70. Tin-glazed terracotta, diameter 43 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Scala).

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A reliquary bust from the workshop of Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden

02/2020 | 1403 | 162

Pages: 102-107

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artists:

Nikolaus Gerhaert von Leyden

collectors and dealers:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States

dates:

1460-1469

media:

Wood sculpture / Polychromed wood sculpture

museums and institutions:

Anglesey Abbey, Lode, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain

places:

Strasbourg

places:

Wissembourg

styles:

Netherlandish School / Gothic art

subjects:

Reliquaries / Busts / Saints / Agnes, Saint / Workshops (Organisations) / Altarpieces

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. St Agnes, by the workshop of Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden. c.1465. Walnut, 53.9 by 41.4 by 24.6 cm. (Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire; the National Trust).

Attributed works:

10. Detail of the high altar of St Martin, Lorch am Rhein, by an unknown Middle Rhenish sculptor. Completed 1483. Limewood and oak, 128 by 722 cm. (Bildarchiv Monheim GmbH / Alamy stock photograph).

Attributed works:

2. St Barbara, by the workshop of Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden. c.1465. Walnut, 50.5 by 44.5 by 27.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Attributed works:

3. St Catherine of Alexandria, by the workshop of Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden. c.1465. Walnut, 47.3 by 44.8 by 25.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Attributed works:

4. St Margaret of Antioch, by the workshop of Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden. c.1465. Walnut, 50.8 by 45.5 by 29.6 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).

Attributed works:

5. St Agnes, after Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden. c.1870. Plaster, 53 by 48 by 27 cm. (Musée de l’OEuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg).

Attributed works:

6. and 7. Fig.1, photographed from the sides.

Attributed works:

8. Head of a Sibyl, by Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden. 1463. Sandstone, 23.5 by 30 by 22 cm. (Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt; photograph Ruehl und Bormann, Darmstadt).

Attributed works:

9. Fig.1, photographed from the back.

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A Renaissance bronze in Birmingham, the bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier

11/2018 | 1388 | 160

Pages: 928-937

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art literature:

Planiscig, Leo / Sewter, A. C. / Fletcher, Jennifer / Radcliffe, Anthony / Bergeret de Grancourt, Pierre Jacques Onésyme, 1715-1785 / Sciberras, Keith / Miles, Hamish / Bodkin, Thomas

artists:

Valadier, Luigi / Severo da Ravenna / Riccio, Andrea / Cavaceppi, Bartolomeo / Nollekens, Joseph / Robert, Hubert / Ango, Jean-Robert / Guiard, Laurent / Giambologna / Duquesnoy, François / Michelangelo / Soldani-Benzi, Massimiliano (1656-1740) / Valadier, Giuseppe

artists:

Pécheux, Laurent / Lavallée, Etienne de / Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de / Bridan, Charles Antoine / Breton, Jean Louis

collectors and dealers:

Tonnelier, Jacques-Laure le / Michiel, Marcantonio / Lebrun, Jean Baptiste Pierre / Julliot, Claude-François / Julliot, Philippe-François, fils, / Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796

dates:

1750-1799

media:

Sculpture / Bronzes / Marbles / Drawings

museums and institutions:

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Knights of Malta / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

places:

Great Britain / Birmingham / Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Neo-classicism / Venetian / Greek Revival / Supports / Casts (sculpture) / Shells (animal material) / Animals / Ornament / Albums / Vases / Portraits / Dinner services / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Commissions / Patronage / Art market / Provenance / Attributions / Attribution / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Inventories / Sales catalogues / Acquisitions / Slavery

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Allegorical figure, by Jean-Robert Ango after a terracotta relief by François Berruer. 1767. Red chalk, 43.8 by 28.4 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

11. The Callipygian Venus, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a marble statue attributed to Jean Louis Breton after a drawing by Laurent Guiard. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

12. A Furietti centaur, one of a pair, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes after the antique statues. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28.4 by 22 cm. and 28.7 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

13. Satyr holding grapes with panther, and Figure of a warrior, known as the Executioner, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes attributed to Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi and François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 21.7 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

14. Assemblage with a vase and a plaque depicting Henri IV, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a model attributed to Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 47.5 by 34.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

15. Seated Rome, by Luigi and Giuseppe Valadier. 1780–86. Hardstones, silver- and bronze-gilt, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

3. Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil, by Louis Jacques Pilon. 1785. Plaster, height 87 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

4. Boy riding upon a horse, by the workshop of Severo Calzetta (Severo da Ravenna). c.1510–30. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome. c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 18 by 22 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

5. The salon of the bailli de Breteuil in Palazzo Malta, Rome, by Hubert Robert. c.1765. Red chalk, 34.9 by 48.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

6. Agrippina as Minerva, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

7. Figure of a boy (‘Souffleur de bulles de savon’), by Jean-Robert Ango after a bronze statuette, model by François Duquesnoy. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 21.7 by 18.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

8. Detail from Antique vases and statuettes and a modern vase, by Jean-Robert Ango after antique models and a bronze model by Luigi Valadier, incorporating designs by François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk. 27.5 by 43.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

9. A dog, by Jean-Robert Ango after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Western art unattributed:

1. Boy riding upon a goat. Italian, probably Padua, early sixteenth century. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome, c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 21.7 by 22.1 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham).

Western art unattributed:

2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the shell.

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