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Book Review
Mapping Art Collecting in Europe, 1860–1940: Eastern and Western Sociocultural Perspectives
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 304
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Reviewer:
Legé, Alice S. (Legé, Alice S.)
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art literature:
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Mapping Art Collecting in Europe, 1860–1940: Eastern and Western Sociocultural Perspectives Edited by Milena Woźniak-Koch. 328 pp. incl. 22 col. + 54 b. & w. ills. (Brill, Leiden, 2023), €120.56. ISBN 978–3–506–79543–4. | :
Short Notice
Ménage de Pressigny and his art collection
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 157–161
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Author:
Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
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collectors and dealers:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non, by Bihi-Almaric de Bréhan after Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1773. Pastel on paper, 80 by 63 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Portrait of Anne-Pauline Le Breton (?), by Bihi-Almaric de Bréhan after Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1773. Pastel on paper, 80 by 63 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Shipwreck on a rocky coast, by Claude- Joseph Vernet. 1775. Oil on canvas, 73.8 by 107.8 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Harbour scene at sunset, by Claude- Joseph Vernet. 1775. Oil on canvas, 73.8 by 107.8 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Sketch of Young woman lifting a veil, by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. 1777. (From Explication des peintures, sculptures et gravures, de MM de l’Académie Royale dont l’Exposition a été ordonnée [. . .] suivant l’intention de Sa Majesté [. . .] pour l’année 1777 [. . .], Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Cabinet des estampes et de la photographie, Rés Yd2 1134, p.8).
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6. Young woman lifting a veil, by Nicolas-Guy Brenet. 1776. Oil on walnut panel, 27 by 21.5 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Old beggar and child, by Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. 1774. Oil on canvas, 41.5 by 33 cm. (Horvitz Collection).
Article
‘Une pièce fort singulière’: the rediscovery of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s ‘Andromeda and the sea monster’
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1101–1122
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Author:
Clemente, Maichol (Clemente, Maichol)
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dates:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Andromeda and the sea monster, here attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 53 by 34 by 24 cm. (Private collection; photograph Tony Fisher).
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10. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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11. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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12. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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13. Detail of the Bust of Antonio Coppola, by Pietro Bernini with Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1612. Marble. (Museo di Arte Sacra di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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14. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph the author).
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15. Detail of Fig.26. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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16. Detail of a putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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17. Detail of the Virgin Mary from the relief of the Assumption, by Pietro Bernini. 1607–10. Marble. (Baptistery, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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18. Anima Beata, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1619. Marble, 41.5 by 29 by 24 cm. (Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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19. Bacchanal: faun teased by children, by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1615–16. Marble, 132.4 by 73.7 by 47.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. View of the back of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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20. Detail of Fig.19.
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21. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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22. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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23. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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24. Detail of Fig.25.
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25. Boy with a dragon, by Gian Lorenzo (and Pietro?) Bernini. c.1616. Marble, 55.9 by 52 by 41.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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26. St Lawrence on the gridiron, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 66 by 108 cm. (MiC – Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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27. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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28. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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29. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV, by Claude Lefebvre. 1666. Oil on canvas, 130 by 96 cm. (Musée et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon; Bridgeman Images).
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30. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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31. St Sebastian, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1617. Marble, 98 by 42 by 49 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Museum Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid).
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32. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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33. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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34. Detail of Fig.31.
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35. Detail of Fig.31.
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36. Detail of Fig.31.
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37. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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38. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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39. Detail of the back of Fig.31, rotated 180 degrees.
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4. Letter from Elpidio Benedetti to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 19th March 1682. (Archives Nationales, Paris, Contrôle général des finances, G/7/551, fol.9).
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40. Detail of Fig.31.
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41. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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42. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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43. Detail of a Putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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44. Detail of Fig.47.
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45. Detail of Fig.46.
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46. Neptune and Triton, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1622–23. Marble, height 182.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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47. Rear view of Rape of Proserpina, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1621–22. Marble, height without base 255 cm. (MiC – Galleria Borghese, Rome).
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5. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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6. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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7. Side view of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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8. Andromeda, by Pietro Bernini. c.1615. Marble, 105 by 52.5 by 40 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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9. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
Short Notice
Collecting modern Italian sculpture in Britain: Charles Meek and Medardo Rosso
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1154-1157
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Author:
Hecker, Sharon (Hecker, Sharon)
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collectors and dealers:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Bookplate for Charles Meek, by Jean Emile Laboureur. 1923. Etching and engraving, 8 by 6.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. The Emperor Vitellius, by Medardo Rosso. c.1895. Gilded bronze, height 34 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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4. Sick man in the hospital, by Medardo Rosso. Original 1889, this cast pre-1924. Bronze with white investment on surface, 19.4 by 21 by 29.5 cm. (Gilgore Collection, Naples FL).
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5. Jewish boy, by Medardo Rosso. Original 1892–94, this cast pre-1923. Wax cast with plaster support, height 23.1 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Peter Freeman, Inc., New York; photograph Jerry Thompson).
Western art unattributed:
1. Medardo Rosso in his Paris studio. 1890. Photograph. (Private collection).
Editorial
Restoring the ‘belle époque’
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 995–6
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museums and institutions:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Façade of the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, facing the courtyard, designed by Henri Parent. (© Culturespaces; Sophie Lloyd).
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2. Library of the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, looking towards Rembrandt’s Supper at Emmaus. (© Culturespaces; Sophie Lloyd).
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3. Half of the double-flight staircase in the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris; at the upper left is Giambattista Tiepolo’s Henry III being welcomed by the Doge Contarini. (© Culturespaces; Nicolas Héron).
Book Review
John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1087–8
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Reviewer:
Baker, Christopher (Baker, Christopher)
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John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection By Bruce Boucher. 224 pp. incl. 155 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2024), £35. ISBN 978–0–300–27569–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Soane office, section through museum and breakfast room, by Frank Copland. 1817. Pen and watercolour on paper, 54.5 by 64 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1062–4
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Reviewer:
Falino, Jeannine (Falino, Jeannine)
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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Vase, by Tiffany & Co. 1879. Silver, copper, gold and silver-copperzinc alloy, 29.2 by 16.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Swan centrepiece, by Tiffany & Co. 1874. Silver with gilding, 36.8 by 34.3 by 61 cm. (Rough Point Collection/Doris Duke, Newport Restoration Fund, Newport, Rhode Island; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Footed bowl with an eagle emblem. Probably Syria, mid-thirteenth century. Dipmoulded, blown, enamelled and gilded glass, 18.3 by 20.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
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)
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Attributed works:
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).
Book Review
Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art and Curiosity Cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 976-7
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Reviewer:
Sandbichler, Veronika (Sandbichler, Veronika)
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Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art and Curiosity Cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire By Jeffrey Chipps Smith. 319 pp. incl. 179 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion Books, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–78914–612–7. | :
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Western art unattributed:
3. Cabinet of Archduke Ferdinand II. Nuremberg or Mantua, c.1582. Ebony, maple, walnut and silver, 75 by 62 by 45 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Article
The provenance of ‘The death of Sardanapalus’: new insights from unpublished correspondence
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 470–478
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Author:
WATSON, Andrew M. (WATSON, Andrew M.)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of Daniel David Wilson, by ?Adolphe-David Fink. 1820s. Oil on canvas, 72 by 58 cm. (Private collection).
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2. The death of Sardanapalus, by Eugène Delacroix. 1827. Oil on canvas, 392 by 496 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Environs of Southampton, by Jules Dupré. 1835. Oil on canvas, 115 by 184 cm. (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Louis Senlecq, L’Isle-Adam).
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4. Virgin and Child (Madonna of the Rosary), by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. c.1675. Oil on canvas, 167 by 111 cm. (Château de Chenonceau).
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5. Portrait of Henriette Casenave Wilson, c.1830s. Pastel on board(?), 25 by 19 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Woodcutters, by Constant Troyon. 1839. Oil on canvas, 213 by 154 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Rochelle).
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8. A basket of flowers, by Eugène Delacroix. 1848–49. Oil on canvas, 107.3 by 142.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Façade of L’hôtel Brochart de Saron, 17, rue de l’Université, by Charles Lansiaux. Photograph. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; PWB Images; Alamy Stock Photo).
Western art unattributed:
7. Château d’Écoublay. Postcard, 9 by 13.6 cm. (Private collection).
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