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Guercino’s ‘Moses’: a recent addition to the artist’s ‘prima maniera’

09/2024 | 1458 | 166

Pages: 912-20

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Author:

Treves, Letizia (Treves, Letizia)

Subjects

artists:

Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, called Il Guercino

collectors and dealers:

Este family / Rothschild, Jacob

dates:

1620-1629

museums and institutions:

Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Great Britain

subjects:

Italian art / Moses / Provenance / Collectors / Copies

Illustrations

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1. Moses, by Guercino. c.1618–19. Oil on canvas, 72 by 63 cm. (Rothschild Foundation, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; photograph Moretti Fine Art).

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2. Detail of Fig.1.

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3. King David, by Guercino. c.1617–18. Oil on canvas, 88.5 by 72 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen; Bridgeman Images).

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4. Head of an old man, by Guercino. c.1619–20. Oil on canvas, 63 by 48.3 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).

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5. Elijah fed by ravens, by Guercino. 1620. Oil on canvas, 195 by 156.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).

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6. Moses, by Bernardino Cervi after Guercino. 1624. Engraving, 13.5 by 7.4 cm. (Fondo Corsini, Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome).

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7. Moses, by Adam Bartsch after Guercino. Engraving. (location unknown).

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8. Detail of Fig.9.

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9. Moses with raised hands; mount depicts a fanciful border with leaves, a shell, humanoid figures, and a cartouche that has been cut, by Jan de Bisschop. Brown wash and ink on antique laid paper, framing line in gold; mount: graphite, brown wash and gold, 26.3 by 22.1 cm. (mount), 39.5 by 22.5 cm. (including strip at bottom). (Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA; photograph President and Fellows of Harvard College).

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Carlo Dolci’s Inscriptions II – Diligence and devotion in Dolci’s ‘The Adoration of the Kings’ in the National Gallery, London

01/2022 | 1426 | 164

Pages: 16-21

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Author:

Treves, Letizia (Treves, Letizia)

Subjects

artists:

Dolci, Carlo / Angelico, Fra

dates:

1640-1649

patrons:

Generotti, Tommaso

subjects:

Inscriptions / Italian art / Florentine art / Religious art

subjects:

Baldinucci, Filippo

works:

Adoration of the Kings, Carlo Dolci, National Gallery, London

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The Adoration of the Kings, by Carlo Dolci. 1649. Canvas, 117 by 92 cm. (National Gallery, London).

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2. Detail of the reverse of the painting illustrated in Fig.1, showing Dolci’s inscription.

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3. Detail of the reverse of the painting illustrated in Fig.1, showing Dolci’s inscription on the strainer’s right bar.

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4. Detail of Fig.3, showing part of Dolci’s inscription on the strainer’s right bar.

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5. Detail of the reverse of the painting in Fig.1, showing Dolci’s inscription on the strainer’s left bar.

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6. Poetry, by Carlo Dolci. 1648–49. Oil on panel, 54 by 42 cm. (Galleria Corsini, Florence).

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