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George I’s Kensington Palace: the sculptural dimension
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1196-1205
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Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Kent, William / Rysbrack, Michael
artists:
Nost, John II, act. 1726-1780 / Carpenter, Andrew
buildings:
Kensington Palace, London, Great Britain
dates:
1720-1729
media:
Lead / Gilding
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
patrons:
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727
subjects:
Interiors / Sculpture / Statues / Copies / Busts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Summer from Four Seasons, by Camillo Rusconi. c.1695. Marble, height (without pedestal) 74.9 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
10. Flora, by John van Nost II or Robert Pitt. 1724. Gilded lead, height 159 cm.; 11. Apollo, by John van Nost II or Robert Pitt. 1724. Gilded lead, height 165 cm.; 12. Mercury, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1724. Gilded lead, height 167 cm.; 13. Diana, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1724. Gilded lead, height 173 cm. (All © 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
14. Roman Marriage, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1723. Marble, 195 by 155 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
15. John Michael Rysbrack, by John Faber the Younger after John Vanderbank. 1734. Mezzotint, 35.4 by 25.2 cm (sheet). (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
16. Flora, by Sigismondo Betti. c.1710–30. Pencil drawing on paper, 57 by 48 cm. (Eton College Library, Windsor; reproduced by permission of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College).
Attributed works:
17. The Cupola Room, Kensington Palace. Photograph. c.1930. (© Historic Royal Palaces).
Attributed works:
18. Hermes Andros / Farnese, attributed to Andrew Carpenter. 1724. Lead, height 78 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
19. ‘Archimedes’, by Hubert Le Sueur. c.1637–38. Bronze, height 41 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
2. Kensington Palace: the King’s Gallery, by Charles Wild. 1816. Watercolour with touches of bodycolour over etched outlines, 19.8 by 25 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Fig.7, showing a bust over the fireplace.
Attributed works:
21. Bust of an unknown woman. Early seventeenth century. Bronze, height 71 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
3. The King’s Gallery, Kensington Palace, looking east, with the paintings hung as in George I’s time, with Camillo Rusconi’s Four Seasons on the window piers. (© Historic Royal Palaces).
Attributed works:
4. Kensington Palace: Queen Caroline’s Drawing Room, by Charles Wild. c.1816. Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour, over pencil, 20.3 by 25 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
5. A Roman statue, by Elisha Kirkall. 1720s. Mezzotint, 36.5 by 21.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. Kensington Palace: the Great Staircase, by Charles Wild. 1819. Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour, over etched outlines, 25.2 by 20.2 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
7. Kensington Palace: the Cupola Room, by Richard Cattermole. c.1817. Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour, over pencil, 20.4 by 25.3 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
8. Bacchus, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1724. Gilded lead, height 170 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
9. Ceres, by J.M. Rysbrack. 1724. Gilded lead, height 193 cm. (© 2023 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Article
‘An Antiquity of Piety’
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1078-1087
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Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Antico / follower of / Cavalli, Gian Marco
buildings:
Kensington Palace, London, Great Britain
collectors and dealers:
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain) / Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany
places:
Mantua / Munich / London
sources:
Doort, Abraham van der
subjects:
Bronzes / Busts / Roman Charity / Italian sculpture / Virtues / Classical mythology / Socles / Patina / House of Gonzaga
subjects:
Provenance / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Cimon and Pero, by Sebald Beham. 1544. Engraving, 7.1 by 4.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
8. Cleopatra, by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico. c.1525. Bronze with gilding, height 64.4 cm. (Photograph © 2022 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Attributed works:
9. Ariadne, by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico. c.1520–22. Bronze with gilding and silver inlays, height 50 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; KHM-Museumsverbad).
Western art unattributed:
1. Pietas. North Italian, probably early sixteenth century. Bronze, height 50.8 cm. (Photograph Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2022).
Western art unattributed:
10. The back of the bust illustrated in Fig.1.
Western art unattributed:
11. The back of the bust illustrated in Fig.4.
Western art unattributed:
12. Detail of the bust illustrated in Fig.1, showing the top of the head.
Western art unattributed:
13. Detail of the bust illustrated in Fig. 4, showing the top of the head.
Western art unattributed:
2. The bust illustrated in Fig.1 on display in the Privy Chamber, Kensington Palace, London. (© Historic Royal Palaces).
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of the bust illustrated in Fig.1, showing the flange along the truncation. (Photograph Jonathan Marsden).
Western art unattributed:
4. Cinamon. North Italian, probably early sixteenth century. Bronze, height 57 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; photograph Bastian Krack).
Western art unattributed:
5. Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity). North Italian, sixteenth century. Bronze, diameter 6.35 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
7. Detail of the bust illustrated in Fig.1, showing the condition of the surface.
Article
Socles and settings: Roubiliac’s busts of George II and Viscount Ligonier
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 607-610
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Author:
Baker, Malcolm (Baker, Malcolm)
Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Roubiliac, Louis François
dates:
1760-1769
media:
Sculpture / Busts / Portraits
patrons:
Ligonier, Viscount, John / George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
subjects:
Socles / Interiors
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The Long Room, 12 North Audley Street, London. (Photograph by A.E. Henson, 1925; Country Life).
Attributed works:
11. Chimneypiece in the Long Room, 12 North Audley Street, London. (Photograph by A.E. Henson, 1925; Country Life).
Attributed works:
5. John Ligonier, Viscount Ligonier, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1760–63, with socle added in 1830. Marble, height including socle 70.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021).
Attributed works:
6. George II, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1760–63, with socle added in 1830. Marble, height including socle 78.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021).
Attributed works:
7. The gallery of the staircase at Carlton House, London, by Charles Wild. c.1819. Watercolour and body colour on paper, 19.5 by 25.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021).
Attributed works:
8. John Ligonier, Viscount Ligonier, by Joseph Nollekens, after Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1762? Pencil on paper mounted on card, 20 by 16.1 cm. (Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston).
Attributed works:
9. The bust shown in Fig.6, photographed with its original socle. Marble, socle 10 by 53 by 32 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021).
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‘Image Doggs’ at Hampton Court Palace
12/2007 | 1257 | 149
Pages: 847-852
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Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
buildings:
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, Great Britain
dates:
1650-1749
places:
England
print:
Sculpture
subjects:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Furniture
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. The Sixth Room, Marlborough House, by C. Armytage. 1857. Watercolour, 30 by 40 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
50. Detail from Banquetting Hall (Queen’s Guard Chamber), by R. Cattermole. c.1819. Watercolour, 20.4 by 26.9 cm. (The Royal Collection).
Attributed works:
51. Detail from Guard Chamber (King’s Guard Chamber), by J. Stephanoff. c.1819. Watercolour, 20.2 by 27.3 cm. (The Royal Collection).
Western art unattributed:
47. Pair of firedogs with figures of Mars and Venus. Venetian, late sixteenth/early seventeenth century? Bronze. Overall dimensions: 113 by 62 by 22 cm. (Mars); 115 by 61 by 20 cm. (Venus). The figures 73 cm. (Mars) and 71 cm. (Venus) high. (The Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace).
Western art unattributed:
48. Pair of firedogs with figures of Mars and Hercules, the figure of Hercules cast from a model ascribed to Francesco Segala (active 1559; d.1592), the Mars by an unknown modeller. Bronze. Overall dimensions: 128.5 by 75 by 24.5 cm. (Mars); 125 by 73 by 23 cm. (Hercules). The figures 70 cm. (Mars) and 63.5 cm. (Hercules) high. (The Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace).
Western art unattributed:
52. Pair of firedogs with figures of Mars and Minerva. ?English, c.1680. Bronze, the backs built up in plaster and wood. Overall dimensions: 111 by 61 by 22 cm. (Mars); 109 by 61.5 by 22 cm. (Minerva). The figures 57.5 cm. (Mars) and 59 cm. (Minerva) high. (The Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace).
Western art unattributed:
53. Detail of the firedog with Hercules in Fig.48.
Western art unattributed:
54. Detail of the figure of Mars in Fig.47.
Western art unattributed:
55. Back of the firedog supporting Mars in Fig.52.
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Filippo della Valle and ‘le più belle statue’: a new early work in bronze
06/2007 | 1251 | 149
Pages: 411-413
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Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Della Valle, Filippo
dates:
1720-1729
museums and institutions:
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Great Britain
print:
Della Valle, Filippo
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Bronzes / Royal Collection, (Great Britain) / Venus / Copies
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. Venus de’ Medici, a reduced copy of the antique marble in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, by Filippo della Valle. c.1720–25. Bronze, 85.7 cm. high. (The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle).
Attributed works:
46. The signature on the base of the bronze shown in Fig.45.
Attributed works:
47. The underside of the base of the bronze shown in Fig.45.
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A newly discovered bust of Catherine de’ Medici by Germain Pilon
12/2006 | 1245 | 148
Pages: 833-836
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Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Pilon, Germain
dates:
1550-1599
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain) / Windsor Castle, Windsor, Great Britain
print:
Pilon, Germain
print:
Medici, Caterina de', Queen consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
subjects:
French sculpture / Bronzes / Busts / Effigies / Provenance / Dating
subjects:
Medici, Caterina de', Queen consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
subjects:
Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Bust of Catherine de’ Medici, by Germain Pilon. c.1583. Bronze, 87 cm. high, including socle. (Royal Collection, Windsor).
Attributed works:
31. Frontal view of bust shown in Fig.30.
Attributed works:
32. Recumbent effigy of Catherine de’ Medici, by Germain Pilon. 1583–91. Marble. (Cathedral of Saint-Denis, Paris).
Attributed works:
33. Detail of the effigies of Catherine de’ Medici and Henry II (Cathedral of Saint-Denis, Paris).
Attributed works:
35. Kneeling figure of Cardinal René de Birague (detail), by Germain Pilon. c.1584. Bronze. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
36. Detail of the bust shown in Figs.30 and 31.
Western art unattributed:
34. Portrait of Catherine de’ Medici. French school. 1556. Canvas, 194 by 100 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Article
Cellini's other Satyr for the Porte Dorée at Fontainbleau
08/2003 | 1205 | 145
Pages: 552-563
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Author:
Bassett, Jane (Bassett, Jane)
Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Cellini, Benvenuto
buildings:
Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France
dates:
1500-1599
places:
France / Fontainebleau / Italy
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Satyrs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Detail of Fig.2.
Attributed works:
Detail of Fig.2. Satyr, by Benvenuto Cellini. c. 1542. Bronze, 57.6 cm. high. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
Detail of Fig.3. Satyr, by Benvenuto Cellini. c. 1542. Bronze, 57.6 cm. high. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
Detail of Fig.3. Satyr, by Benvenuto Cellini. c. 1542. Bronze, 57.6 cm. high. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
Detail of Fig.3; additional marks in red.
Attributed works:
Detail of Fig.3; additional marks in red.
Attributed works:
Detail of the Victory of Heraclius over Chosroes, by Piero della Francesca. c.1454-58. Fresco. (S. Francesco Arezzo). The detail shows a weapon corresponding to Cellini's description of a 'sferza con tre palle accommodata con certe catene'.
Attributed works:
Pair of Victories, after Benvenuto Cellini. c.1798. Plaster, 137 by 139 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
Photograph of the Getty Satyr from the Windsor Castle Inventory of Bronzes, 1875-76.
Attributed works:
Photomontage of the Getty and Royal Collection bronzes with the full scale lunette of the Nymph (composite prepared by Michael Smith of the J. Paul Getty Museum).
Attributed works:
Porte Dorée, Château de Fontainbleau. (© Centre des monuments nationaux, Paris).
Attributed works:
Porte Dorée, Château de Fontainbleau. Lithograph from R. Pfnor: Monographie de Palais du Fontainbleau, Paris 1873, I, pl.XIV (© Centre des monuments nationaux, paris).
Attributed works:
Satyr, by Benvenuto Cellini. c. 1542. Bronze, 57.5 cm. high. (Royal Collection, London).
Attributed works:
Satyr, by Benvenuto Cellini. c. 1542. Bronze, 57.6 cm. high. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
Satyr, by Benvenuto Cellini. c.1542. Pen and brown ink with brown was over black chalk, 41.6 by 20.3 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
The Getty Satyr (Fig 2) seen from the back.
Attributed works:
The Getty Satyr (Fig.2) seen from above.
Attributed works:
The Royal Collection Satyr (Fig 3) seen from the back.
Attributed works:
The Royal Collection Satyr (Fig.3) seen from above.
Attributed works:
The salle de Bal, Château de Fontainbleau. The chimney-piece incorporated bronze figures cast by Primaticcio in 1540 from the pair of ancient Roman marble satyrs then in the Della Valle collection in Rome (now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome). Primaticcio's casts were destroyed in 1792 but have since been replaced.
Attributed works:
X-radiograph of the Getty Satyr (Fig.2).
Attributed works:
X-radiograph of the Royal Collection Satyr (Fig.3).
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Napoleon's Bust of 'Malbrouk'
05/2000 | 1166 | 142
Pages: 303-306
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Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Bridan, Pierre-Charles
dates:
1800-1819
patrons:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
places:
France
subjects:
French sculpture
subjects:
Churchill, John, First Duke of Marlborough,1650-1722
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, by Pierre-Charles Bridan. 1801. White Marble, 65.5 by 40.6 by 33 cm. (Windsor Castle, the Royal Collection RCIN 31647, ©Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II).
Attributed works:
32. Side View of the Bust in Fig.31. [John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, by Pierre-Charles Bridan. 1801. White Marble, 65.5 by 40.6 by 33 cm. (Windsor Castle, the Royal Collection RCIN 31647, ©Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II).]
Attributed works:
33. Alexander the Great, by Claude Dejoux. c.1801. White Marble, 97 cm. High (Château de Fontainebleau).
Attributed works:
34. Prince Eugene of Savoy, by Pierre Petitot. c.1801. White Marble, 70 cm. High (Château de Versailles).
Attributed works:
35. Julius Caesar, by Augustin Pajou. 1801. White Marble, 66 cm. High (Palais du Luxembourg, Paris).
Attributed works:
36. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, by P. van Gunst after the Painting by Adrian van der Werff Dated 1705 in Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Engraving (Windsor Castle, the Royal Collection, ©Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II).
Letter
Treasure Houses of Britain
04/1996 | 1117 | 138
Pages: 257
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Author:
Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)
Subjects
places:
England
subjects:
Houses / Country houses / Collections / Collections, Private / Paintings