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Book Review
Souvenirs de jeunesse: Entrer aux Beaux-Arts de Paris 1780–1980
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 298–9
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Curtis, Penelope (Curtis, Penelope)
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Souvenirs de jeunesse: Entrer aux Beaux-Arts de Paris 1780–1980 Edited by Alice Thomine-Berrada. 364 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Éditions Beaux-Arts de Paris, 2024), €39. ISBN 978–2–84056–874–2. | :
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7. La Légende de St Ronan (Legend of St Ronan), by Odette Marie Pauvert. 1925. Oil on canvas, 201 by 151 cm. (Beaux-Arts de Paris).
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A pastel ‘Study for a head’ by Boltraffio in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 266-269
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Allegri, Agostino (Allegri, Agostino)
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Mazzotta, Antonio (Mazzotta, Antonio)
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1. Study for the portrait of a poet, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1500–02. Coloured chalk and pastel on prepared paper, 51.5 by 39.5 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan).
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2. Detail of St Barbara, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1502. Oil on panel, 172 by 113.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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3. Study for a head, here attributed to Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1500–02. Coloured chalk and pastel on prepared paper, 25.7 by 25.8 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan).
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4. Study for a female head, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1500–02. Coloured chalk and pastel on prepared paper, 26.4 by 29.5 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan).
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5. Studies for a portrait of a woman, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1500–02. Coloured chalk and pastel on prepared paper, 57.3 by 40.7 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Painting by Numbers: Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 322
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McWilliam, Neil (McWilliam, Neil)
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Painting by Numbers: Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art By Diana Seave Greenwald. 256 pp. incl. 55 col. + 9 b. & w. ills + 14 tables. (Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 2021), £28. ISBN 978–0– 691–19245–1. | :
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George Scharf and the 1857 Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 288-299
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Cottrell, Philip (Cottrell, Philip)
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1. George Scharf, by William Edward Kilburn. c.1847. Daguerreotype, 78 by 59 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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10. Sketch of Juno and Argus, by Peter Paul Rubens, by George Scharf. 8th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 45, fol.116).
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11. Sketch of Agony in the garden, by Giovanni Bellini, at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 15th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 47, fol.17r).
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12. Sketch of Agony in the garden, by Andrea Mantegna, at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 6th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 8 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 47, detail of fol.2r).
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13. The terminating right-hand portion of the south wall of Saloon A of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1857. (Digital reconstruction by the author).
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14. Sketch of the terminating right-hand portion of the south wall of Saloon A of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 12th October 1857. Pencil on paper (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 49, fol.51r).
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15. Sketch of part of the British Portrait Gallery (the north wall backing onto Saloon D), at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 12th October 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 49, fol.26r).
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16. The Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Manchester Art Treasures exhibition, attributed to Roger Fenton, with identifiable works digitally enhanced. 1857. Albumen silver print, 18.6 by 24.4 cm. The view shows the view east from Saloon A.
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17. Plan of the Art Treasures Palace, from Catalogue of the Art Treasures of United Kingdom: Collected at Manchester in 1857, definitive edn, London 1857.
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18. The east wall of Saloon C of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857. (Digital reconstruction by the author).
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2. Sketch of Michelangelo’s ‘Manchester Madonna’ at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 6th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London; Scharf Sketchbook 47, fol.1r).
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3. Interior of the Art Treasures’ Palace, by the Leighton Brothers. 1857. Chromolithograph, 44.8 by 32.5 cm (From The Art Treasures Examiner).
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4. Paintings in the collection at Warwick Castle, by George Scharf. 20th October 1856. Pencil and pen on paper, approx. 32 by 20 cm. Among the items represented are: (upper left) Head of a cow, by Nicholas Berchem; (lower left) The schoolboy, by Joshua Reynolds; (middle right) Margareta de Vos, by Anthony van Dyck; and (far right) The standard bearer, by Rembrandt. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 43, fols.128–29).
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5. The standard bearer, by Rembrandt. 1654. Canvas, 140.3 by 114.9 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Family group, by Pieter Codde. 1642. Canvas, 53 by 74.7 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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7. Paintings in the Galton Collection, Hadzor Hall, near Droitwich, by George Scharf. 16th February 1857. Pencil and pen on paper, approx. 32 by 20 cm. Among the items represented are: (extreme left) Woman with a guitar, by Jan Mytens, and Man in a broad-brimmed hat, by Willem Drost; (middle left) Conversation piece with a portrait of the artist, by Francis Hayman; (centre left and still-life detail on adjacent page) Family group, by Pieter Codde; and (centre right) The flight into Egypt, by circle of Peter Paul Rubens. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 46, fols.5–6).
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8. Sketch of an antique bust of Niobe in the Yarborough Collection, by George Scharf. 31st December 1856. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 44, fol.106).
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9. Juno and Argus, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1610. Canvas, 249 by 296 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne).
Book Review
Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula in Cambridge. A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part V, Illuminated Incunabula. Volume one, Books Printed in Italy before 1501. By Azzurra Elena Andriolo and Suzanne Reynolds
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 254-255
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Szépe, Helena (Szépe, Helena)
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Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula in Cambridge. A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part V, Illuminated Incunabula. Volume one, Books Printed in Italy before 1501. By Azzurra Elena Andriolo and Suzanne Reynolds | :
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3. Page from Argonautica, by Apollonius Rhodius, edited by Janus Lascaris, Florence 1496. (Trinity College, Cambridge, MS VI.18.38, f.α2r).
Book Review
The Sobieski Hours: A Most Beautiful Manuscript from the British Royal Collection. Facsimile edition. Commentary by Jenny Stratford and Jane Roberts
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1068-1070
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Law-Turner, Frederica C.E. (Law-Turner, Frederica C.E.)
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2. Pilgrims travelling to Mont-Saint-Michel, from the Sobieski Hours. 1430s. Egg tempera on vellum, 27.5 by 18 cm. (Windsor Castle, Royal Library; f.204v; Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018).
Book Review
The Cotman Collection: John Sell Cotman at Leeds Art Gallery. By David Hill and Theodore Wilkins
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 882-883
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Wilcox, Timothy (Wilcox, Timothy; Wilcox, Tim)
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5. Portrait of ?Mrs Parr, sister of Mrs John Sell Cotman, Called ‘Portrait of Mrs J S Cotman’, by John Sell Cotman. c.1815. Graphite and white chalk on wove paper, 30.4 by 23 cm. (Leeds Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Forgotten Masters: Pieter Pourbus and Bruges. Painting from 1525 to 1625. Edited by Anne van Oosterwijk and Till-Holger Borchert
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 700-702
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Mackay, Charles (Mackay, Charles)
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4–5. Wing panels with the portraits of the Noble Confraternity of the Holy Blood, by Pieter Pourbus. 1556. Panel, left panel 113.5 by 83.5 cm., including original frame; right panel 112.5 by 82 cm., including original frame (Noble Confraternity of the Holy Blood, Bruges).
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Furniture history: the digital future
07/2017 | 1372 | 159
Pages: 519
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Publication Received
Public Sculpture of Sussex. By Jill Seddon, Peter Seddon and Anthony McIntosh.
09/2015 | 1350 | 157
Pages: 640
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Cocke, Richard (Cocke, Richard)
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