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Book Review
The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 190–191
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Law-Turner, Frederica C.E. (Law-Turner, Frederica C.E.)
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The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art Edited by Katrin Kogman-Appel, Javier del Barco and María Teresa Ortega-Monasterio. 272 pp. incl. 190 col. ills. (Bodleian Library Publishing, Oxford, 2023), £50. ISBN 978–1–85124–600–7. | :
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3. Colophon of the artist, by Joseph ibn Hayyim. 1447. Kennicott Bible. (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Kennicott 1, fol.447r).
Exhibition Review
Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 717–29
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Golahny, Amy (Golahny, Amy)
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Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 18th November 2023 –3rd November 2024 | :
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4. Floral still life, by Dirck van Rijswijck. 17th century. Oak panel, ebony, rosewood, mother-of-pearl and African blackwood, 43.7 by 33.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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5. Tromp l’oeil, by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts. 1663. Oil on canvas, 73.7 by 86.4 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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Renaissance exhibitions in Paris
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 612–619
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Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
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The Invention of the Renaissance: the Humanist, the Prince and the Artist, Bibliothèque national de France, 20 February16 June 2024. Les arts en France sous Charles VII, Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge, 12 March–16 June 2024. | :
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1. Jacopo Antonio Marcello, attributed to Jacopo Bellini. 1453. Tempera on parchment, 18.7 by 13 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS 940, fol.38v).
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2. Frontispiece. (From Giovanni Michele Nagonio: De laudibus Galliae, Rome c.1500.) Ink and tempera on parchment, 27 by 16 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 8132, fols.8v–9r).
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3. St John on Patmos from the Hours of Frederick III, by Jean Bourdichon, Giovanni Todeschino and the Master of Claude de France. 1501–02. Tempera on parchment, 24.5 by 15.5 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 10532, p.62).
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4. Manuscript binding, by Étienne Roffet. c.1542–43. Gilt-tooled leather, 33.5 by 23 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 6866, upper cover).
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5. So-called dais of Charles VII, perhaps after a design by Jacob de Littemont. c.1430–40. Wool and silk, 292 by 285 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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6. Supplicant in prayer, excised leaf of the Collins Hours, by the Master of the Collins Hours. c.1445–50. Tempera and ink on parchment, 18.5 by 12.5 cm. (Musée de Cluny–Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris, MS Cl.23945).
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7. Detail of the central panel of the Aix Triptych showing the books on the Virgin’s lectern, by Barthélemy d’Eyck. 1443–44. Oil on panel. (Sainte-Madeleine, Aix-en-Provence; photograph the author).
Exhibition Review
The Inverted World of Adriaen van de Venne Ick soeck en vind: De schilderijen van Adriaen van de Venne
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 73–75
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Pijl, Luuk (Pijl, Luuk)
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Ick soeck en vind: De schilderijen van Adriaen van de Venne By Edwin Buijsen. 400 pp. incl. 576 col. + b. & w. ills. (Waanders, Zwolle, 2023), €59.95. ISBN 978–94–6262–490–0. | :
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The Inverted World of Adriaen van de Venne Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg 30th September 2023–21st April 2024 | :
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14. Portrait of a gentleman, ascribed to Adriaen van de Venne. c.1617. Oil on panel, 18.2 by 13.3 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague; exh. Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg).
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15. Winter, by Adriaen van de Venne. 1614. Oil on panel, 42 by 68 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; exh. Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg).
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16. Hoe dienen wy by een! (How we serve together!), by Adriaen van de Venne. c.1635. Oil on panel, 26.4 by 18.2 cm. (National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen; exh. Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg).
Exhibition Review
Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1339–1343
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Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid From 28th June 2023 | :
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5. Votive cross. Spain, c.650– 700. Gold and sapphires, 21.7 by 11.8 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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6. Installation view of the Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, 2023, showing four columns from the altar of the chapel of the Hospital of the Virgin of Monserrat, Madrid (1674–78). (Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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7. St Michael, by Luisa Ignacia Roldán (La Roldana). 1692. Polychrome walnut with estofado, height 264 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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8. Installation view of the gallery for the Trastámara and Habsburg dynasties, Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, 2023. (Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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9. Isabel Farnese, by Louis-Michel van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 341 by 263.5 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
Book Review
Handbook of the Colour Print in China, 1600–1800
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1150–1152
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McNeill, Malcolm (McNeill, Malcolm)
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Handbook of the Colour Print in China, 1600–1800 Edited by Anne Farrer and Kevin McLoughlin. 328 pp. incl. 142 col. + b. & w. ills. (Brill, Leiden, 2021), £175. ISBN 978–90–04–47189–4. | :
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1. Folio 9 from The Story of the Western Wing, by Min Qiji. 1640. Woodblock print, ink and polychrome pigments on paper, 25.5 by 32.2 cm. (Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne; photograph Sabrina Walz).
Book Review
Zeichnen im Zeitalter Goethes: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus dem Freien Deutschen Hochstift
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1040-42
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Kunz, Armin (Kunz, Armin)
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Zeichnen im Zeitalter Goethes: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus dem Freien Deutschen Hochstift Edited by Mareike Hennig and Neela Struck. 312 pp. incl. 186 col. ills. (Hirmer, Munich, 2022), €40. ISBN 978–3–7774–3976–1. | :
Article
Denis Wirth-Miller’s studio collection
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 976-87
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Günther, Katharina (Günther, Katharina)
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1 and 2. Denis Wirth-Miller’s studio, Wivenhoe. 2014. (Photographs Ben Harrison).
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10. Study for ‘Dog in movement’, by Denis Wirth-Miller. c.1953. Oil on canvas. (© The Estate of Denis Wirth-Miller; courtesy Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation / MB Art Collection, Monaco).
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11. Dog; walking; mastiff. Dread, by Eadweard Muybridge. (From E. Muybridge: Animal Locomotion, Philadelphia 1887, plate 704).
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12. Dog, by Francis Bacon. 1952. Oil on canvas, 198.1 by 137.2 cm. (© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved, DACS 2023; photograph Perry Ogden; Tate Britain, London).
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13. Part of the floor of Francis Bacon’s studio at 7 Reece Mews, London. 1998. Photograph by Perry Ogden. (© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved, DACS / Artimage 2023).
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14. Francis Bacon working material, torn-out page, folded, attached to support and inserted in plastic bag, of ‘Pugilist. Striking a blow’ from E. Muybridge: The Human Figure in Motion, London 1901 (possibly), plate 63. (© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved, DACS 2023; photograph Perry Ogden; Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane).
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15. Detail of Fig.14, showing the folded page and two merged frames.
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16. Study from the Human Body (Man Turning on Light), 1973, by Francis Bacon. 1973. Oil and alkyd paint on canvas, 200.6 by 148.4 cm. (© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved, DACS 2023; photograph Perry Ogden; private collection).
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3. Denis Wirth-Miller, working material, page from Maxick (Max Sick): Muscle Control or Body Development by Will-Power, London 1949, pp.93– 94, Wivenhoe 112, 22 by 13.5 cm. (© The Estate of Denis Wirth-Miller; courtesy Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation / MB Art Collection, Monaco).
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4. Denis Wirth-Miller, working material, cut and mounted blackand- white photographic reproduction showing two United Nations soldiers in a trench, from S. Simmons: ‘Pusan Beach–Head’, Picture Post (5th August 1950), p.15, no.724v. (© The Estate of Denis Wirth-Miller; courtesy Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation / MB Art Collection, Monaco).
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5. Denis Wirth-Miller, working material, fragment of a page, mounted on carboard, showing a single frame from the series ‘The Walk’, ‘Some phases in the Walk of a Dog from series 14’, from E. Muybridge: Animals in Motion, London 1899, p.63, Wivenhoe 49, 15.5 by 15.5 cm. (© The Estate of Denis Wirth-Miller; courtesy Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation / MB Art Collection, Monaco) .
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6. Denis Wirth-Miller, working material, cut-out image mounted on cardboard, from ‘The Defense of Europe’, TIME: The Weekly Newsmagazine, Atlantic Overseas Edition 55:2 (April 1950), p.15, Wivenhoe 106, 25 by 18 cm. (© The Estate of Denis Wirth-Miller; courtesy Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation / MB Art Collection, Monaco).
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7. Walking man, by Denis Wirth-Miller. c.1954. Oil on canvas, 130 by 99 cm. (© The Estate of Denis Wirth-Miller; private collection).
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8. Denis Wirth-Miller, working material, fragment of a page mounted on cardboard, from TIME: The Weekly Newspaper Atlantic Overseas Edition (13th June 1949), p.16, Wivenhoe 174, 25.5 by 20.5 cm. (© The Estate of Denis Wirth-Miller; courtesy Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation / MB Art Collection, Monaco).
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9. Reconstitution of Francis Bacon’s studio at 7 Reece Mews, London, at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. (Photograph © Leonard de Selva; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Stanley Spencer, postcards, small books and old masters
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 952–67
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Martineau, Jane (Martineau, Jane; Martineau, Jane; M., J.T.)
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1. Sir Stanley Spencer; Sydney Spencer; Gilbert Spencer; William ‘Pa’ Spencer, by Philip Edward Morrell. 1914. Vintage snapshot print, 6.1 by 10.3 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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10. Postcard of a corbel in Exeter Cathedral sent by Desmond Chute to Stanley Spencer, 21st June 1916. (John Spencer collection; JS 32).
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11. Roger Fry’s glass slide of Masaccio’s St Peter healing with his shadow. (Archive Centre, King’s College, Cambridge; REF 2, box 32).
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12. St George, by Donatello. (Frontispiece of H. Rea: Donatello: Il maestro di chi sanno, London 1900).
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13. Postcard of Gentile Bellini’s Finding of the True Cross sent by Henry Lamb to Stanley Spencer. (John Spencer collection; JS 50).
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14. Postcard of Giotto’s Joachim and the shepherds sent by Jas Wood to Stanley Spencer, 17th October 1927. (UCL Art Museum, University College London; UCL 82).
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15. Reverse of Fig.14.
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16. Postcard of Pieter Bruegel’s Autumn sent by Gilbert Spencer to Stanley Spencer, 1934. (John Spencer collection; JS 82).
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2. Stanley Spencer’s postcard album open to showing a Virgin or saint holding a book, Tonnerre stone, c.1390–1400, Musée national du Moyen Age, Thermes de Cluny, Paris (inv. Cl.18931), and the Court of Pan, by Luca Signorelli, formerly in the collection of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. (UCL Art Museum, University College London; UCL 4 and 5).
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3. Letter from Stanley Spencer to the Raverats illustrating the shape of the reliefs on the campanile of Florence Cathedral. 12th April 1913. (Tate Archive, TGA 8116/21).
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4. Roger Fry’s glass slide of Andrea Pisano’s Creation of Eve from the campanile of Florence Cathedral. (Archive Centre, King’s College, Cambridge; REF 2, box 13).
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5. Postcard of the Entombment of Christ, by Donatello, sent from Gwen Darwin to Stanley Spencer, 11th March 1914. (John Spencer collection; JS 6).
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6. Reverse of UCL 51.
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7. Three postcards superimposed to illustrate the west wall of the apse of S. Francesco, Arezzo, by Piero della Francesca, sent by Gwen Raverat to Stanley and Gilbert Spencer, 25th March 1914. (UCL Art Museum, University College London; UCL 53, 50 and 51).
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8. Roger Fry’s glass slides of Piero della Francesca’s Death of Adam. (Archive Centre, King’s College, Cambridge; REF 2, boxes 19 and 32).
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9. Reproduction of the Lion of St Mark, by Vittore Carpaccio, from The Masterpieces of Carpaccio and Giorgione published by Gowans & Gray, 1911.
Book Review
Penned and Painted: The Art and Meaning of Books in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 349
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Reynolds, Catherine (Reynolds, Catherine; R., C.)
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Penned and Painted: The Art and Meaning of Books in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts By Lucy Freeman Sandler. 176 pp. incl. 89 col. ills. (British Library, London, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–0–7123–5436–3. | :
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