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El Greco's Books
06/1987 | 1011 | 129
Pages: 388-391
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Author:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
artists:
El Greco
artists:
Pittoni, Giovanni Battista, the elder, ca.1520-1583
dates:
1600-1649
places:
Spain
subjects:
Spanish painting / Illustrated books / Visual sources
subjects:
Documents / Inventories
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Detail from Healing of the Blind, by El Greco. c.1570. (Galleria d'Arte, Parma).
Attributed works:
48. Detail from Adoration of the Shepherds, by El Greco. Autograph or Workshop Replica of the Original. (Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
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49. Perspective Section Showing Interior of Baths of Diocletian, Rome, by G. A. Dosio. Plate 46 of His Urbis Romae Aedificiorum Illustrium, Florence, 1561.
Attributed works:
50. Perspective Section Showing Interior of Baths of Diocletian, Rome, after G. A. Dosio. Woodcut in Le antichità di Roma, by Bernardo Gamucci, Venice, 1569, Folio 114 Verso.
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51. Interior of Colosseum, by G. B. Pittoni. From Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma, by Vicenzo Scamozzi, Venice 1582, Plate 17.
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52. Exterior View of Colosseum, by G. B. Pittoni. From Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma, by Vicenzo Scamozzi, Venice 1582, Plate 10.
Short Notice
A Leonardo Project Realised in Portugal
08/1984 | 977 | 126
Pages: 499-501
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Author:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
buildings:
Castelo de Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Portugal
dates:
1480-1519
places:
Italy / Portugal / Lisbon
places:
Vila Viçosa
subjects:
Italian architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Porta Principal, Castelo Artilheiro, Vila Viçosa.
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16. S. E. torrião, Castelo Artilheiro, Vila Viçosa.
Attributed works:
17. Project for a Fort, by Leonardo da Vinci. (Folio 12r, Ms. 'B', Institut de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
18. N. W. torrião, Castelo Artilheiro, Vila Viçosa
Attributed works:
Text Fig.A. A Groundplan of Castelo Artilheiro, Vila Viçosa, Portugal (From T. Espanca: Inventario artistico de Portugal.... [1978], Vol.I, p.518).
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A Source for El Greco's 'St. Maurice'
03/1984 | 972 | 126
Pages: 144-148
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Author:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
artists:
El Greco
dates:
1550-1599
places:
Spain / Madrid
sources:
Du Choul, Guillaume
subjects:
Spanish painting
subjects:
Woodcuts / Visual sources
subjects:
Maurice, Saint
subjects:
Roman iconography
subjects:
Du Choul, Guillaume
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. The Martyrdom of St Maurice and the Theban Legion, by El Greco. 1580-82. 448 by 301 cm. (El Escorial).
Attributed works:
14. The Consul with His Captains and Guard. Anonymous. Woodcut, 18.5 by 12.7 cm. From Discours sur la castrametation des anciens Romains, by G. Du Choul [1555].
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15. Detail from Portrait of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, by Otto Vaenius. (Houtart Collection, Brussels).
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16. Detail from Fig. 13. Possible Portraits of the Dukes of Parma and Savoy.
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17. Detail from Portrait of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, by Carel van Sichem. Engraving.
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18. Detail from Portrait of Don John of Austria in Youth, Attributed to Alonso Sanchez Coello. (Descalzas Reales, Madrid).
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19. Detail from Fig. 13. Possible Portrait (Right) of Don John of Austria.
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21. Detail from Fig. 13. Stump of Rowan Tree, with New Shoots and Wild Flowers.
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22. Detail from The Duke of Alba, by Willem Key. (Collection the Duke of Berwick and Alba, Madrid).
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23. Detail from Fig. 13. Possible Portraits of Generals.
Western art unattributed:
20. Roman Soldiers Cutting Trees to Make Their Camp Anonymous. Woodcut, 18.5 by 12.7 cm. From Discours... op. cit. (Fig. 14).
Western art unattributed:
24. Detail from Portrait of an Unknown General, by an Unknown Artist. (Casa del Greco, Toledo).
Short Notice
The Loggetta in 1540
09/1980 | 930 | 122
Pages: 629-633+635
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Author:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
artists:
Sansovino, Jacopo
artists:
Hollanda, Francisco de
buildings:
Loggetta, Venice, Italy
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. The Loggetta, by Francisco de Holanda. c.1540, (Escorial Library).
Attributed works:
39. The Loggetta, by Giacomo Franco. 1609. Engraving.
Attributed works:
40. The Loggetta To-Day.
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41. Pallas, Buy Sansovino. Detail of Fig. 40.
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42. Pallas by Holanda. Detail of Fig. 38.
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43. Apollo, by Sansovino. Detail of Fig. 40.
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44. God or Personification, by Holanda. Detail of Fig. 38.
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45. Mercury, by Sansovino. Detail of Fig. 40.
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46. Goddess of Peace, by Sansovino. Detail of Fig. 40.
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47. Goddess of Victory, by Holanda. Detail of Fig. 38.
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48. Mercury, by Holanda. Detail of Fig. 38.
Letter
Benedict Nicolson
12/1978 | 909 | 120
Pages: 850
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Author:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
art literature:
Nicolson, Benedict (B. N)
dates:
1970-1979 / 1970-1979
subjects:
Obituaries / Art historians
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The Use of Candle-Light for Portrait Painting in Sixteenth-Century Italy
06/1977 | 891 | 119
Pages: 434+437
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Author:
Bury, John Bernard (Bury, John Bernard; Bury, John; B., J.; Bury, J. B.; B., J. B.; Bury, J. B.)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy
sources:
Hollanda, Francisco de
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Techniques
subjects:
Candlelight paintings
subjects:
Sources
subjects:
Chiaroscuro