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G.F. Watts’s ‘Satan’ and the Monte Cavallo ‘Horse tamers’
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 664-671
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Author:
Gustin, Melissa L. (Gustin, Melissa L.)
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1. Satan, by George Frederic Watts. 1847–48. Oil on canvas, 198.1 by 132.1 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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10. Study for Satan, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, pasted into a scrapbook album, 16.6 by 11.3 cm. (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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11. Studies of a classical head in multiple views on the margin of a design for ‘Adam and Eve listening to an angel’, by George Frederic Watts. Pen and ink on paper, pasted into a historic scrapbook album, 12.5 by 17.8 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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12. Studies of nude riders on horseback, by George Frederic Watts. Before 1858. Pencil on paper, pasted into a historic scrapbook album, 22.9 by 18.5 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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13. Aurora, by George Frederic Watts. Plaster over metal armature, height 243 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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2. Fountain of Monte Cavallo in the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome. 1860– 70. Albumen silver print, 33.3 by 46.2 cm. (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; courtesy the Getty Open Content Program).
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3. Cast after the head of the left Monte Cavallo horse tamer, called ‘Pollux’. 18th century. Plaster, height 147 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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4. Cast after the head of the right Monte Cavallo horse tamer, called ‘Castor’. 18th century. Plaster, height 147 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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5. Study after the Monte Cavallo horse tamers, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, (sheet) 9 by 14.5 cm. (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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6. Study after the Monte Cavallo horse tamers, by George Frederic Watts. c.1844. Pencil on paper, (sheet) 7.5 by 11 cm. (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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7. Study after the Monte Cavallo horse tamers, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, 9 by 14.5 cm (page). (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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8. Sketch of the reclining male figure now called Dionysus from the east pediment of the Parthenon, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, (sheet) 9 by 14.5 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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9. Study for Satan, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, pasted into a scrapbook album, 18.3 by 11.6 cm. (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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Canova’s copper head of Medusa
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 916-923
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Author:
Gustin, Melissa L. (Gustin, Melissa L.)
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1. Triumphant Perseus, by Antonio Canova. Second version, 1804–06. Marble, 242.6 by 191.8 by 102.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. Head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1797–1800. Embossed copper with bronze additions, 31 by 40.5 by 29.8 cm. (Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the head of Medusa.
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4. Head of Medusa, cast after Antonio Canova. 1806–07. Plaster, height 31.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Detail of Perseus and Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1798–99. Oil on canvas, 24 by 73 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
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7. Fig.2 during restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
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8. Five dancers with garlands of flowers, by Antonio Canova. 1799. Mixed media on canvas, 72 by 178 cm. (© Museo e Gipsoteca Antonio Canova, Possagno).
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9. Fig.2 prior to restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
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10. Archaising bust of a youth (bust of Apollo). Roman. Bronze, height 25 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples).
Western art unattributed:
10. Ptolemy Apion. Roman. Bronze, height 29 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples; photograph the author).
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5. The Rondanini Medusa. Roman copy after a bronze original of c.170 BC. Marble, height 29 cm. (Glypthotek, Munich; photograph © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro).
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9. Ptolemy Apion, from De’ bronzi di Ercolano e contorni incisi con qualche spiegazione: Tomo Primi: Busti, Naples 1767. Table LIX, p.203.