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Book Review
The Mystery of Master Fortezza: The Šibenik Engraver’s European Legacy
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 505–7
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Belamarić, Josip (Belamarić, Josip)
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The Mystery of Master Fortezza: The Šibenik Engraver’s European Legacy Edited by Marina Lambaša and Flora Turner-Vučetić. 232 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Šibenik Municipal Museum and Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb), €20. ISBN 978–953–6844–89–0. | :
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4. Display plate with Foscari arms, engraved by Orazio Fortezza. c.1560. Brass, engraved and inlaid with pitch, diameter 47.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Detail of Fig.4.
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6. Display plate, engraved by Orazio Fortezza. 1555. Brass, engraved and damascened with silver, diameter 48.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Die Gertrudisgruppe aus dem Welfenschatz: Ein sakrales Selbstzeugnis der Brunonenwitwe Gertrud d. Ä. (d.1077)
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 189–190
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Lutz, Gerhard (Lutz, Gerhard)
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Die Gertrudisgruppe aus dem Welfenschatz: Ein sakrales Selbstzeugnis der Brunonenwitwe Gertrud d. Ä. (d.1077) By Katharina Beichler. 272 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Schnell & Steiner Verlag, Regensburg, 2024), €86. ISBN 978–3–7954–3869–2. | :
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2. Portable altar of Countess Gertrude of Brunswick. German, 11th century. Gold, cloisonné enamel, porphyry, gems, pearls, niello and wood, 10.5 by 27.5 by 21 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio).
Book Review
The Wider Goldsmiths’ Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 69-71
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Schroder, Timothy (Schroder, Timothy)
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The Wider Goldsmiths’ Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London By David M. Mitchell. 425 pp. incl. 280 col. + b. & w. ills. (Ad Ilissum, London, 2024), £80. ISBN 978–19–1540107–6. | :
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6. Silver-hilted smallsword, maker’s mark probably for George Scrivener. London, 1698–90; blade 1674. Steel, silver and wood, length 96.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Orfèvrerie de la Renaissance et des temps modernes: XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: La Collection du Musée du Louvre
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1186–1187
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Glanville, Philippa (Glanville, Philippa; G., P.)
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Orfèvrerie de la Renaissance et des temps modernes: XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: La Collection du Musée du Louvre By Michèle Bimbenet-Privat, Florian Doux and Catherine Gougeon with Philippe Palasi. 3 vols, 1,048 pp. incl. 2,270 col. + b. & w. ills. (Éditions Faton, Paris, 2022), €165. ISBN 978–2–87844–321–9. | :
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Western art unattributed:
1. Pair of wine coolers. France, c.1720. Gilded copper, 19.5 by 28 by 20.5 cm. and 19.8 by 27 by 20.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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Portable diplomacy: Louis XIV’s ‘boîtes à portrait’
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1036–43
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Happé, Samantha (Happé, Samantha)
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1. Boîte à portrait of Louis XIV, by Pierre or Laurent Le Tessier de Montarsy. 1681. Enamelled gold, silver and diamonds, height 9 cm. (Palazzo Pepoli, Museo della Storia di Bologna).
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10. Portrait, by Jean-Frédéric Bruckmann (enamel) and Pierre or Laurent Le Tessier de Montarsy (setting). Before 1696. Enamel and diamonds, 3.5 by 3 cm. (shown actual size). (Private collection).
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11. Reverse of Fig.10.
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12. Louis XIV of France riding a horse, by Pierre Mignard I. 1674. Oil on canvas, 312 by 301 cm. (Château de Versailles).
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13. Allegory of Louis XIV, protector of the Arts and Sciences, by Jean Garnier and Claude Lefebvre. 1670–72. Oil on canvas, 174 by 223 cm. (Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Detail of Fig.1, showing Louis XIV dressed as a Roman emperor.
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15. L’Escalette, by Sébastien Le Clerc. 1683–94. Engraving, 45.2 by 38.3 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).
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2. Boîte à portrait of Louis XIV, by Jean Pitan le Jeune and Jean I Petitot. c.1674. Gold, enamel, silver and diamonds, 7.2 cm. by 4.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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3. Reverse of Fig.2.
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4. Boîte à portrait of Louis XIV, by Pierre or Laurent Le Tessier de Montarsy. 1683. Enamelled gold, silver and diamonds, height 9.6 cm. (shown actual size). (Kunstmuseum, The Hague).
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5. Boîte à portrait of Louis XIV, by Jean Pitan le Jeune and Jean I Petitot. c.1674. Gold, enamel, silver and diamonds, 7.2 cm. by 4.6 cm. (shown actual size). (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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6. Reverse of Fig.5.
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7. Top: miniature case, 1660–80. Gold enamelled in blue, white, black and pink, 8.9 by 5.4 cm. (shown actual size). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Bottom: reverse of Fig.7.
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9. Portrait of an unknown man, by Robert Vauquer. 1660s. Enamel, metal and diamonds, 2.5 by 2.2 cm. (shown actual size). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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Expanding the oeuvre of the master metalsmith Orazio Fortezza
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 570–579
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Turner-Vučetić, Flora (Turner-Vučetić, Flora)
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1. Display plate with Michiel coat of arms, here attributed to Orazio Fortezza. (From sale, Sotheby’s, London, Valuable Renaissance Works of Art, p.12).
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Orazio Fortezza.
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11. Abduction of Helen, by Andrea Meldolla (also known as Schiavone). 1547. Etching, 40 by 51.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
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12. Detail of Fig.2, showing the central battle scene.
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13. Basin, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Oracio Fortezza). c.1560. Brass, height 11.5 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
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14. Detail of a ewer, by Orazio Fortezza, showing a portrait with initials in the medallion. c.1557. Brass. (Museo Bargello, Florence).
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15. Detail of Fig.4, showing the Roman commander Horatius Cocllite defending Rome at the Tiber Bridge.
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16. Detail of Fig.4, showing Torquatus fighting against the Gauls.
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17. Detail of Fig.2, showing the Roman commander Horatius Cocllite defending Rome at the Tiber Bridge.
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18. Detail of Fig.6, showing the battle between Publicola and Tarquin the Proud.
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2. Display plate with Foscari arms, here attributed to Orazio Fortezza. c.1560. Brass, engraved and inlaid with pitch, diameter 47.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. Display plate, by Orazio Fortezza. 1555. Brass, engraved and partially inlaid with silver, diameter 48.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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4. Salver, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Horacio Fortezza). 1562. Brass, diameter 46.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Ewer, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Horativs Sibenici). c.1560. Brass, height 30 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Display plate, by Orazio Foretzza (signed Oratio Fortezza). c.1572–75. Brass, diameter 47.5 cm. (City Museum, Šibenik).
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7. Detail of a ewer, by Orazio Fortezza, showing Suetonius in the bottomleft corner. c.1557. Brass. (Museo Bargello, Florence).
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Girolamo Contarini.
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Andrea Meldola (also known as Meldolla or Schiavone).
Article
A medal of the Sun King by Claude I Ballin
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 441–445
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Jouvet, Ludovic (Jouvet, Ludovic)
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1. Louis XIV, by Henri de Villers after Claude I Ballin. 1754 (after a wax of 1672). Uniface bronze, diameter 165 mm. (with frame). (Private collection).
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2. Louis XIV, by Jean Warin. 1665. Marble, height 106 cm. (Château de Versailles).
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3. Abraham Simon, by Georges Vertue after G. Kneller. First half of the 18th century. Red chalk and wash on paper, 16 by 13.1cm. (British Museum, London).
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4. Louis XIV, by Robert Nanteuil. 1664. Engraving, 40.2 by 31.5 cm. (plate). (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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5. Ferrante Loffredo, Marquess of Trevico. French, mid-16th century. Wax on glass, diameter 10 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
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6. Louis XIV, by Francesco Bertinetti. 1672. Uniface bronze, diameter 140 mm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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7. Claude Ballin orfèvre, by Jacques Lubin. c.1675–1700. Etching and engraving, 25.1 by 19.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. Louis XIV, by Jean Warin. 1665. Gold, diameter 100 mm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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9. Louis XIV, after Claude I Ballin. 1750–1800 (after a wax of 1672). Uniface bronze, diameter 165 mm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
A Royal Renaissance Treasure and its Afterlives: The Royal Clock Salt
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 531–533
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Keating, Jessica (Keating, Jessica)
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A Royal Renaissance Treasure and its Afterlives: The Royal Clock Salt Edited by Timothy Schroder and Dora Thornton. 142 pp. incl. 119 col. ills. (British Museum Press, London, 2021), £40. ISBN 978–0–86159–227–2 | :
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3. Royal Clock Salt, attributed to Pierre Mangot. Paris, c.1530–35. Gilded silver, enamel, ruby, garnet, pearl, shell cameo, agate and rock crystal, height 39.25cm; width 18.5cm. (The Goldsmiths’ Company, London).
Article
Johannes Lutma the Elder: goldsmith, designer, draughtsman
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 252–263
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Baarsen, Reinier (Baarsen, Reinier)
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1. Portrait of Johannes Lutma, by Jacob Adriaensz Backer. c.1646. Oil on canvas, 93 by 73 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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10. John Rushout’s coat of arms engraved on the base of the salt cellar in Fig.7.
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11. Design for a condiment dish, attributed to Johannes Lutma. c.1640–50. Black and white chalk on green prepared paper, 27.5 by 19.8 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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12. Design for a candlestick, attributed to Johannes Lutma. c.1655–60. Black and white chalk and pink wash on paper, 40.5 by 30.4 cm. (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York).
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13. Ewer in ornamental surround, by Jacob Lutma after Johannes Lutma. 1654. Etching and engraving, 22.2 by 17.9 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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14. Cup and cover, by Johannes Lutma. 1639 (the knob is a later replacement). Gilded silver, height 32.1 cm. (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore).
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15. Design for a cup, attributed to the workshop of Johannes Lutma. c.1640–60. Black chalk, and brown wash, heightened in white, on blue paper, 41.9 by 25.5 cm. (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York).
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16. Design for a ewer, attributed to the workshop of Johannes Lutma. c.1655–60. Black and white chalk on paper, 41.5 by 30.2 cm. (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York).
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17. Design for a ewer, attributed to the workshop of Johannes Lutma. c.1655–60. Black and white chalk on paper, 41.3 by 31.9 cm. (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York).
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18. Design for a ewer, attributed to the workshop of Johannes Lutma. c.1655–60. Black, white and red chalk on paper, 43.3 by 29.8 cm. (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York).
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19. The watermark in the drawing in Fig.20.
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2. Pair of salt cellars, by Johannes Lutma. 1639. Silver, partly gilded, height 24 cm. each. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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20. Design for a cup, attributed to the workshop of Johannes Lutma. c.1655–60. Black and red chalk and brown wash, heightened in white, on paper, 41.3 x 31.2 cm. (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York).
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21. Design for a cup, here attributed to Joahnnes Lutma. c.1655–60. Red chalk and brown wash, heightened in white, on paper, 40.3 by 28.6 cm. (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York).
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22. Design for a helmet, here attributed to Johannes Lutma. c.1655–60. Watercolour, black chalk, heightened in white, on pale brown paper, 17 by 20.9 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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3. Design for a cup, by Paulus van Vianen. c.1610. Black chalk, grey and pink wash, 58.7 by 29.4 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
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4. Design for a salt cellar, attributed to Adam van Vianen. c.1610–27. Black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper, 20.2 by 13.2 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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5. Design for a ‘bekerschroef’, attributed to Johannes Lutma. c.1635–40. Black and white chalk over a sketch in graphite, on yellow prepared paper, 19.5 by 12.4 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London; courtesy of the Trustees).
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6. A goldsmith or sculptor carrying a basket of statues, by Johannes Lutma. 1615. Red and black chalk, pen and brown ink on paper, 12.3 by 9.2 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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7. Salt cellar, by Johannes Lutma. 1648. Partly gilded silver, height 36.2 cm. (Fishmongers’ Company, London).
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8. Design for a salt cellar, by Johannes Lutma. c.1648. Black and white chalk on pale brown paper, 35.8 by 28.5 cm. (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York).
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9. Lutma’s inscription on the back of the drawing in Fig.8.
Book Review
Luxury after the Terror
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1254-1256
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Coquery, Natacha (Coquery, Natacha)
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Luxury after the Terror By Iris Moon. 272 pp. incl. 30 col. + 65 b. & w. ills. (Penn State University Press, University Park PA, 2022), $104.95. ISBN 978–0–271–09161–7. | :
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2. Advertisement for Nouvelle Cartes de la République Française, by Jean- Démosthène Dugourc and Urbaine Jaume. 1793–94. Wood engraving with hand colouring on paper, 38.5 by 24.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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