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Obituary
V. N. Lazarev
05/1976 | 878 | 118
Pages: 312
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
art literature:
Lazarev, V. N.
dates:
1970-1979
subjects:
Art historians / Obituaries
Short Notice
Crosses from Mount Athos in the Gambier-Parry Collection
03/1967 | 768 | 109
Pages: 172-174
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Parry, Thomas Gambier
dates:
1600-1799
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Mount Athos / Greece
subjects:
Byzantine art / Greek (modern) sculpture / Wood sculpture
subjects:
Crosses
subjects:
Collections, Private
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
92. Cross carved in cypress wood with scenes from the Life of Christ and mounted in silver-gilt with semi-precious stones and pastes. Greek (Mount Athos) and Slav (Sombor), early eighteenth century. Including mount, 44.4 by 22.9 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
Western art unattributed:
93. Cross carved in cypress wood with scenes from the Life of the Virgin and from the New Testament mounted in silver-gilt with pearls and semi-precious stones. Greek (Mount Athos), eighteenth century. Mount,? seventeenth or eighteenth century, possibly Venetian. Including mount, 20.3 by 9.6 cm. (Executors of the Gambier-Parry Estate.)
Article
Byzantine Art in Athens
09/1964 | 738 | 106
Pages: 398-403
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
museums and institutions:
Zappeion Megaron Hall, Athens, Greece
places:
Greece / Athens
subjects:
Byzantine art / Greek (modern) sculpture / Greek (modern) painting / Exhibitions
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Decorative arts / Metalwork / Icons
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Ares (?) and Aphrodite. Silver Bucket Bearing the Control Stamps of the Emperor Heraclius Dating between 610 and 629. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.)
Western art unattributed:
2. The Mourning Virgin and the Dead Christ. Diptych, Late Fourteenth Century. (Monastery of the Transfiguration, Meteora.)
Western art unattributed:
3. The Bessarion Reliquary. Late Fourteenth or Early Fifteenth Century. Wood, Metal, Enamel and Precious Stones. (Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice.)
Western art unattributed:
4. David Listening to Nathan and David doing Penance. Thirteenth-Century Psalter. (Greek Patriarchate Library, Hagiou Taphou 51, Jerusalem.)
Western art unattributed:
5. Pair of Bracelets. Ninth Century. Gold and Enamel. (Archaeological Museum, Salonika.)
Western art unattributed:
6. Cup. Eleventh Century. Silver-Gilt. Found at Dune, Parish of Dalheim in the Province of Gotland, Sweden. (Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm.)
Western art unattributed:
7. Diptych Reliquary. 1367-84. Wood, Metal, Enamel, Pearls and Precious Stones. (Cathedral, Cuenca.)
Western art unattributed:
8. Phoenix. Eleventh Century. Side of an Ivory Casket with Traces of Pigmentation. (Cathedral Treasury, Troyes.)
Short Notice
An Ivory Relief of the Crucifixion
10/1961 | 703 | 103
Pages: 434-435+437
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
dates:
0900-0999
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London / Norwich
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions / Ivories
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Sculpture / Crucifixes
subjects:
Jesus Christ: Crucifixion
subjects:
Early English
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
39. Crucifixion. Anglo-Saxon, Late Tenth Century. Walrus Ivory Relief, 10.5 by 6 cm. (Reproduced Slightly Enlarged). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London.)
Article
Two Exhibitions of Byzantine Art
10/1958 | 667 | 100
Pages: 336-341
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
dates:
1950-1959
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Greece / England / France / Scotland / London / Edinburgh / Paris
subjects:
Byzantine art / Exhibitions
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Greek (modern) painting / French painting / Medieval
subjects:
Icons / Art objects / Decorative arts
subjects:
Ivories / Silverwork
subjects:
Enamels / Metalwork
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. The Virgin. Gold and Enamel Reliquary, Twelfth Century. (Basilica of Notre Dame, Maastricht.)
Western art unattributed:
2. The Virgin of Pimen. Icon, Fourteenth Century. (The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.)
Western art unattributed:
3. Warriors and Amazons. The Concesti Amphora, Late Fourth or Early Fifth Century. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)
Western art unattributed:
4. Looking for Snakes. Nicander, Theriaca, Tenth Century. (Bib. Nat. Suppl. gr. 247, Fol. 47v.)
Western art unattributed:
5. The Coronation of the Emperor Leo VI (886-912). Fragment of an Ivory Sceptre(?). Late Ninth Century. (Ehemals Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Dahlem; Skulptur-abteilung, No. 2006.)
Western art unattributed:
6. St Matthew. Gospels, Second Half of the Tenth Century. (Bibl. Nat. gr. 70, fol. 4v.)
Western art unattributed:
7. David Receiving Samuel's Blessing. Silver Dish, 610-629. (Museum of Antiquities, Nicosia.)
Western art unattributed:
8. Athena Deciding the Quarrel between Ajax and Odysseus over the Armour of Achilles. Silver Dish, First Half of the Sixth Century. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)
Western art unattributed:
9. The Coronation of the Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (912-959). Ivory Relief, c. 945. (Museum of Fine Art, Moscow.)
Book Review
Hellenistic-Byzantine Miniatures of the Iliad (Ilias Ambrosiana)
01/1958 | 658 | 100
Pages: 32-33
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
dates:
0500-0599
museums and institutions:
Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy
sources:
Homer / Iliad
subjects:
Greek (modern) painting
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Byzantine art / Hellenistic
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hellenistic-Byzantine Miniatures of the Iliad (Ilias Ambrosiana) | author: Bianchi Bandinelli, Ranuccio
Article
An Ivory Relief of the Deposition
07/1956 | 640 | 98
Pages: 228+230-233+235
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
art literature:
Goldschmidt, Adolph
art literature:
Longhurst, Margaret H.
dates:
1100-1199
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / Spain / Herefordshire
subjects:
British sculpture / Early English / Attributions
subjects:
Herefordshire (style)
subjects:
Ivories / Carvings
subjects:
Jesus Christ / Jesus Christ: Deposition
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Influence
subjects:
Spanish sculpture
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
12. Deposition, Here Attributed to the School of Herefordshire, c.1150. Ivory Carving, 21.5 by 12 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
13. Detail from North Side of Chancel Arch, Kilpeck, Herefords.
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of Angel from Font at Castle Frome, Herefords.
Western art unattributed:
15. Detail of St John the Baptist from Font at Castle Frome, Herefords.
Western art unattributed:
16. Capital from West Door at Leominster.
Western art unattributed:
17. Initial to Hosea, Illuminated Manuscript, Hereford MS. P.4, iii.
Western art unattributed:
18. Door-Knocker at Dormington, Herefords.
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Ivory Relief Reproduced in Fig.12.
Western art unattributed:
20. Detail of Ivory Relief Reproduced in Fig.12.
Article
An Ivory Relief of the Ascension
04/1956 | 637 | 98
Pages: 118-122
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
dates:
1150-1199
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England
subjects:
Jesus Christ: Ascension
subjects:
British sculpture / Early English
subjects:
Christian iconography
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Ivories / Reliefs
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Winchester (style) / Influence
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
19. Ascension, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1170-80. Ivory Relief, 13.6 by 7.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
20. Detail from Eleventh-Century Illustration to Psalm CXLI in English Psalter, Harley MS.603. (British Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
21. Rest on the Flight into Egypt. Ivory Group, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180-90. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)
Western art unattributed:
22. Detail from St Nicholas Crozier Showing St Nicholas Fasting from the Breast, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180. Ivory. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
23, 24. Details from the Ivory Relief Illustrated in Fig.19 (Slightly Enlarged.)
Western art unattributed:
27. Detail from St Nicholas Crozier Showing Scenes from the Life of St Nicholas, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180. Ivory. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
28. Detail from St Nicholas Crozier Showing St Nicholas Reaching Upwards with Gold in his Left Hand, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180. Ivory. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
29. Detail from St Nicholas Crozier Showing Scenes from the Life of Christ, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180. Ivory. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Short Notice
J. F. Flanagan
04/1956 | 637 | 98
Pages: 131-132
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
art literature:
Flanagan, J. F., d. 1956
dates:
1950-1959
subjects:
Art historians / Obituaries
Obituary
A. F. Kendrick
09/1954 | 618 | 96
Pages: 290-291
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
art literature:
Kendrick, A. F.
dates:
1950-1959
subjects:
Art historians / Obituaries