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Additions to Ter Brugghen in Italy: ‘Christ bound to the column’ and ‘St John the Baptist in the wilderness’
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 229–41
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Author:
Gash, John (Gash, John)
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1. Christ bound to the column, here attributed to Hendrick ter Brugghen. c.1612–14 or c.1619–20. Oil on canvas, 282 by 199 cm. (Private collection).
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10. Sleeping Mars, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. c.1625/29. Oil on panel, 106.5 by 92.8 cm. (Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
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11. Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. c.1625. Oil on canvas, 154.9 by 102.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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12. Christ at the column, by Guido Reni. c.1604. Oil on canvas, 192.7 by 109 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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13. Flagellation of Christ, by Agostino Ciampelli. c.1594–96. Fresco. (S. Prassede, Rome).
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14. Supposed fragment of the column of Christ’s flagellation. Black marble, height 63 cm. (S. Prassede, Rome).
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15. Calling of St Matthew, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. c.1617/18. Oil on canvas, 153.5 by 185 cm. (Musée de l’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre).
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16. Beheading of St John the Baptist, here attributed to Hendrick ter Brugghen and assistants. ?1610/19. Oil on canvas, 167.6 by 217.8 cm. (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh).
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17. Mucius Scaevola before Porsena, by Hendrick ter Brugghen, c.1618/19. Oil on canvas, 183 by 222 cm. (Private collection).
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18. Adoration of the shepherds, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. c.1612–14, or later. Oil on canvas, 160.4 by 208 cm. (Spier Collection, London).
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19. St John the Baptist in the wilderness, here attributed to Hendrick ter Brugghen. 1610s. Oil on canvas, 64.5 by 86.5 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Flagellation of Christ, by Caravaggio. 1607/10. Oil on canvas, 286 by 213 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples).
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20. Supper at Emmaus, by Hendrick ter Brugghen, ?1616. Oil on canvas, 160.3 by 188.3 cm. (Toledo Museum of Art).
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3. Denial of St Peter, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. 1620s. Oil on canvas, 132.3 by 178 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
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4. Denial of St Peter, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. c.1612–14 or c.1619–20. Oil on canvas, 288 by 190 cm. (Spier Collection, London).
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5. Christ before the High Priest Caiaphas, by Gerrit van Honthorst. c.1617/18. Oil on canvas, 272 by 183 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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6. Liberation of St Peter, by Gerrit van Honthorst. c.1616–18. Oil on canvas, 129 by 179 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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7. Detail of Fig.1, showing Christ’s head.
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8. Detail of Fig.1, showing Christ’s loincloth.
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9. Dives and Lazarus, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. 1625. Oil on canvas, 168.2 by 207.3 cm. (Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
Article
Veiled in precious cloth: a seal bag from Westminster Abbey and its connections with Charlemagne’s shrine in Aachen
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1206–1216
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Mühlemann, Corinne (Mühlemann, Corinne)
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New, Elizabeth A. (New, Elizabeth A.)
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Payne, Matthew (Payne, Matthew)
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Wyld, Helen (Wyld, Helen)
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12. Reliquary pouch made of a samite. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk, 15 by 13 cm. (© Museum August Kestner, Hannover; photograph Christian Tepper).
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4. Microphotograph (magnification 58.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the back of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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6. Fragment used for the back (left) and front (right, rotated 180 degrees) of Fig.2. Woven before 1267 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 11.9 by 13.4 cm. (back), 10.2 by 12.3 cm. (front). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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7. Comparison of the identical pattern repeat in the ‘hare silks’ shown in Fig.6 (right) and Figs.8 and 9. The colour of the weft is modified along the length of the textile (latté).
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Edmund, Westminster Abbey. c.1244. Stained glass. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
1. Great seal of Henry III. 1267. Wax, 10 by 10.1 cm. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
Western art unattributed:
10. Karlsschrein. 1215. Oak, gilded silver, gilded copper, filigree, precious stones and enamel, 204 by 57 by 94 cm. (Aachen Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
11. Fragments from a samite found in the binding of a manuscript now in Wolfenbüttel (Lectiones bibliccae per annum) perhaps originating from Strasbourg. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk. (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Cod. Guelf. 71 Aug.2°).
Western art unattributed:
2. Inventory of the Shrine of St Edward with seal bag. 1267. Ink on parchment, 38.2 by 34.6 cm. (inventory); silk, 11.9 by 12 cm. (seal bag). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
Western art unattributed:
3. Microphotograph (magnification 29.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the front of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
Western art unattributed:
5. Shrine of St Edward, Westminster Abbey, London. Consecrated 1269. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
8. Detail of Fig.9 with the starting border and left selvedge. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
Western art unattributed:
9. So-called ‘hare silk’ preserved in reliquary shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral. Probably woven before 1215 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 128 by 239 cm. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
Short Notice
Even more about the Andrea Vendramin collection
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 941-45
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Shorter Notice by:
Murphy, Lauren (Murphy, Lauren)
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Attributed works:
1. Mula salvatica, fol.19r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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2. Capra di Cipro, fol.21r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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3. Frontispiece, fol.1r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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4. Granciporro dell’ Oceano, fol.49r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink and watercolour on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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5. Verga dell’ arbore, fol.38r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
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6. Mano di mumia di Alessandria, fol.46r of De Rebus Indicis & ex aliis mundi regionibus, tam Orientalibus quam Occidentalibus, valde curiosis & visu dignis, by Andrea Vendramin. 1627. Ink and watercolour on paper, approx. 23 by 16.5 cm. (© British Library Board; British Library, London).
Book Review
I Fiorentini e il vetro Veneziano (c.1450–1550): Fonti
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 977-8
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Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
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I Fiorentini e il vetro Veneziano (c.1450–1550): Fonti By Marco Spallanzani. 137 pp. incl. no ills. (Leo S. Olschki Editore, Florence, 2023), €22. ISBN 978–88–222–6864–8. | :
Short Notice
Paintings in the collection of Catalina del Mazo
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1330–1332
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Author:
Manzano Rodriguez, Patricia (Manzano Rodriguez, Patricia)
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1. The family of the artist, by Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo. c.1664–65. Oil on canvas, 149.5 by 174.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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2. St Francis in the brambles, after Jusepe di Ribera. After 1632. Oil on canvas, 213 by 86 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Article
Artemisia Gentileschi’s ‘Susanna and the elders’ painted for Henrietta Maria
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1053–73
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Author:
Izat, Adelaide (Izat, Adelaide)
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Munz, Niko (Munz, Niko)
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1. The painting illustrated in Fig.3, before conservation treatment and prior to structural treatment to remove non-original additions.
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10. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.1, showing former non-original canvas extension.
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing a pinnacle or water-jet and possible part of a wall.
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12. Detail of Fig.10, showing a scroll-like form above the satyr’s head.
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13. Birth of St John the Baptist, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 184 by 258 cm. (© NPL - DeA Picture Library; G. Dagli Orti; Bridgeman Images; Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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14. David and Goliath, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1610–12. Oil on canvas, 173 by 142 cm. (Palazzo Spada, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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15–17: Details of Fig.8 outlined in orange, overlaid with the corresponding lines in green from Fig.3 in three positions: (Fig.15) showing the match around the shoulder and back with the orange dots following where the Royal Collection pentiment lines up with Susanna’s back in the Burghley House painting; (Fig.16) shifted to show the match of the shoulder, arm and hand; and (Fig.17) lining up the Royal Collection knee tracing over the visible pentiment (shown with green dashed lines) of Susanna’s knee in the Burghley House painting.
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18. Detail of Fig.19 outlined in blue overlaid with a tracing in orange from Fig.3.
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19. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1627–30?. Oil on canvas, 90 by 75.4 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; photograph © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638–39?. Oil on canvas, 96.8 by 75.2 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. Detail of Fig.13, showing the midwife outlined in green, overlaid with an inverted tracing in orange of the right-hand elder in Fig.3.
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21. Detail of Fig.3, showing Susanna’s raised foot with pentiment and early drawing line visible in the white drapery.
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22. Bathsheba at her bath, attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1640– 45. Oil on canvas, 288 by 228 cm. (Private collection).
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23. Detail of a design for a painted vertical panel with grotesque ornament, by Inigo Jones, showing Henrietta Maria’s cipher. 1630s. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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24. Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel for the Queen’s House, Greenwich, by Inigo Jones. c.1637. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 19.3 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Institute of British Architects, London).
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25. Detail of Fig.10, showing carbon-based markings to denote positioning.
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26. X-radiograph of Fig.7, showing the hooded reserve left for the elders (showing dark) against the sky, similar in technique and handling to the early reserve left for the elders and visible in Fig.9.
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27. X-radiograph of Fig.14, showing the broad sweeping contour around the shoulder to lay in David’s form and echoing in style and technique the preliminary placing of Susanna’s outline as seen in Fig.9.
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28. Detail of Fig.13, showing the grid-like craquelure resulting from the relatively open weave of the canvas substrate.
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29. Detail of Fig.3, showing the wider craquelure resulting from the finer-woven canvas.
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3. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1638–39. Oil on canvas, 188.9 by 143.2 cm. (after structural treatment to remove non-original additions). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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30. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the area to the right of Susanna’s lower foot.
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31. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from the right edge in the elder’s green brocade .
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32. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the left side of the sky; the warm red preparatory layer is absent from this sample but it shows the lower pale brown preliminary layer that was used under much of the sky area, followed by a bright blue layer containing indigo and lead white. The discoloured smalt layer lies above this.
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33. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the sky area above the elder’s head.
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34. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from a shadow area of Susanna’s hip with some reflected light, showing the thick preparatory layer containing red ochre, followed by the darker brown underpaint for the flesh tones, and finally the bright, densely encrusted aggregates of lead-tin-antinomy yellow near the top.
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4. Detail of the reverse of Fig.3, showing ‘CR’ brand.
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5. The Queen’s Bedchamber, Kensington Palace, by Richard Cattermole. c.1818. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 20.2 by 26.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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6. Photograph of the painting illustrated in Fig.3, from the inventory ‘Pictures in the Royal Collections’, by Richard Redgrave (29th May 1862). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Library, Royal Collection Trust).
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7. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1610. Oil on canvas, 170 by 119 cm. (Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden; Scala, Florence).
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8. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1622. Oil on canvas, 162.5 by 121.9 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. X-radiography of Fig.3.
Book Review
Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1038-40
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Reviewer:
Rowell, Christopher (Rowell, Christopher)
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Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century Edited by Tessa Murdoch. 436 pp. incl. 18 col. + 41 b. & w. ills. (John Adamson, Cambridge, 2022), £75. ISBN 978–1–898565–17–8. | :
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House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life Edited by Conor Lucey. 216 pp. incl. 95 col. ills. (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2022), £45. ISBN 978–1–80151–026–4. | :
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5. Sir Neil O’Neill, by John Michael Wright. 1680. Oil on canvas, 232.7 by 163.2 cm. (Tate).
Article
Naming Parmigianino’s Antea
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 828–835
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Author:
Vaccaro, Mary (Vaccaro, Mary)
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1. Portrait of a young woman, possibly Antea Smeraldi, by Parmigianino. Oil on canvas, 136 by 86 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; photograph Scala, Florence).
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2. Detail of Madonna and Child with saints (‘Madonna of the long neck’), by Parmigianino, showing the face of one of the angels. Oil on panel. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Scala, Florence).
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3. Study of the head of a bearded man, by Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli. Black and red chalk on paper (recto), 14.6 by 11.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. Study of a female head, here attributed to Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli and identified as a copy after a lost preparatory drawing by Parmigianino. Black and red chalk with grey-brown ink on paper (verso), 14.6 by 11.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Study of a female head, by Parmigianino. Red chalk on paper, 10.1 by 8.7 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN).
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6. Portrait of a woman (‘Turkish slave’), here identified as a woman in the Baiardi family circle, possibly Maria Caterina Baiardi, by Parmigianino. Oil on panel, 68 by 53 cm. (Galleria Nazionale, Parma; photograph © A. De Gregorio; NPL – DeA Picture Library; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Detail of a family tree of Smeraldo Smeraldi, showing his siblings and half-siblings (including Antea) and children. (Archivio di Stato, Parma, Fondo Famiglie; photograph the author).
Article
A sartorial portrait of Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda by Piero della Francesca
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 720–737
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Author:
Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt (Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt)
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1. Flagellation of Christ with figures here identified as Joseph of Arimathea and an assistant asking Pilate for the body of Christ, by Piero della Francesca. c.1456–57. Egg tempera and oil on panel, 67.5 by 91 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Detail of the Communion of the Apostles, by Justus of Ghent, showing the donor figures. 1473–74. Oil on panel. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; Scala Archives; courtesy the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali e del Turismo).
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11. Horsewoman of Coins, by the workshop of Bonifacio Bembo. Before 1447. Paint and tooled gold on paper, 18.9 by 9 cm. (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Library, New Haven CT).
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12. Detail from St Gregory the Great and St Matthias, by Masolino, showing the cope of St Gregory the Great. c.1428–29. Tempera and oil on panel, transferred to fibreboard. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda and Federico di Montefeltro, by Ambrogio Barocci. 1470s. Cesane stone, 50 by 110 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
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3. Detail of Fig.4, showing the donor figures, Guidubaldo di Montefeltro, Count Federico di Montefeltro and Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda.
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4. The Lamentation of Christ, by Francesco di Giorgio. c.1473. Bronze, 85 by 58 cm. (S. Maria del Carmelo, Venice; Scala Archives).
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5. Medal of Duke Filippo Maria Visconti (obverse), by Pisanello. c.1441. Bronze, diameter 10.3 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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6. Detail of an altar frontal with the Visconti device of the dove and motto ‘à bon droit’. Italy, c.1450–60. Red velvet with a single-height pile with a design in gold pattern wefts and silver brocaded wefts, 98 by 241 cm. (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan; Scala Archive).
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7. Federico di Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his son Guidubaldo, by Pedro Berruguete. c.1476. Oil on panel, 138 by 82.5 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
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8. Luca Pacioli and Guidubaldo di Montefeltro, attributed to Jacopo de’ Barbari. 1495. Oil on panel, 99 by 120 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; Photo Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.1, showing the figures here identified as Joseph of Arimathea and an assistant asking Pilate for the body of Christ.
Western art unattributed:
13. Detail of a cope with the Medici coat of arms and devices. Italy, 1470s or 1480s. Red velvet with single-height cut pile with a design in gold bouclé pattern wefts and allucciolato effect, 278 by 152 cm. (Museo d’arte sacra dell’Abbazia di Vallombrosa).
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of the cope shown in Fig.13 with the motif of the Medici coat of arms covered by a roundel of St Giovanni Gualberto embroidered in silk and gold. Italy, c.1494.
Book Review
Disegni, argenti e argentieri dall’Archivio Barberini (Studi e Testi, 542–543)
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 806–807
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Reviewer:
Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
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Disegni, argenti e argentieri dall’Archivio Barberini (Studi e Testi, 542–543) By Francesca Barberini and Micaela Dickmann. 2 vols, 960 pp. incl. 167 col. ills. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2021), €150. ISBN 978–88–210–1058–3. | :
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