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A Safavid ambassadress in Rome: the last testament of Teresa Sampsonia Shirley

03/2025 | 1464 | 167

Pages: 218–27

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Author:

Brown-Hedjazi, Alexandria (Brown-Hedjazi, Alexandria)

Subjects

artists:

Dyck, Anthony van / Hoskins, John

dates:

1600-1699

patrons:

Shirley, Teresa Sampsonia / Shirley, Robert

places:

Persia / Rome

subjects:

Wills / Funerary art / Carmelites / Safavid / Churches

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Last testament of Teresa Sampsonia Shirley, showing the witness signatures and seals. 1668. (Archivio di Stato di Roma, 30 Notai Capitolini, Officio 23, 1668 Maggio, fol.279r; Photograph the author).

Attributed works:

10. A lady called Teresia Sampsonia Shirley, by John Hoskins. 1620s. Watercolour on vellum. (Harley Gallery, Welbeck Estate, Nottinghamshire; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

2. Teresa, or Teresia Sampsonia, Lady Shirley, by Anthony Van Dyck. c.1622. Oil on canvas, 214 by 129 cm. (Petworth House; © NTPL; photograph Derrick E. Witty).

Attributed works:

3. Sir Robert Shirley, by Anthony Van Dyck. c.1622. Oil on canvas, 214 by 129 cm. (Petworth House; © NTPL; photograph Derrick E. Witty).

Attributed works:

4. Pre-printed template for visitors to the hospital adjoining S. Maria Egiziaca, Rome. 1664. (Archivio del Pontificio Collegio Armeno, fondo S. Maria Egiziaca, Rome, Giustificativi dei pagamenti 1656–1673; courtesy Pontificio Collegio Armeno; photograph C. Santus).

Attributed works:

6. Frontispiece from Girolamo Rocchi: Funerale della Signora Sitti Maani Gioerida della Valle, Rome 1627. (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven).

Attributed works:

7. Sketch of Lady Shirley, by Anthony van Dyck. 1622. Pen and brown ink on paper, 19.9 by 15.1 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

9. Detail of Fig.1, rotated 180 degrees, showing the wax seal attached to Sampsonia’s last testament. (Photograph the author).

Western art unattributed:

5. Tombstone of Sampsonia and Robert Shirley, S. Maria della Scala, Rome. (Photograph the author).

Western art unattributed:

8. Detail of Fig.5, showing the Safavid Rampant Lion. (Photograph the author).

Letter

Young Bellini

10/2022 | 1435 | 164

Pages: 956

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Author:

Brooke, Irene (Brooke, Irene)

Subjects

artists:

Bellini, Giovanni

subjects:

Families / Wills / Sources

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Coronation of the Virgin, by Giovanni Bellini il Vecchio. 1440s?. Tempera on panel, 98 by 72 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Ferrara).

Article

Jacopo Tintoretto, his heirs and the family enterprise

08/2021 | 1421 | 163

Pages: 717-727

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Author:

Markou, Georgios E. (Markou, Georgios E.)

Subjects

artists:

Tintoretto, Jacopo / Tintoretto, Domenico / Tintoretto, Marco / Casser (Tintoetto), Sebastiano / Palma, Jacopo, il giovane, ca. 1548 - 1628

places:

Venice

subjects:

Tintoretto, Faustina / Tintoretto, Ottavia / Wills / Bequests / Studios (organisations) / Workshops (Organisations) / Venetian art

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. St George and the dragon, by Domenico Tintoretto and Sebastiano Casser. 1610–17. Oil on canvas, height 400 cm. (S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice; Scala Archives).

Attributed works:

10. The Liagò in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, in 2019, showing paintings by Domenico Tintoretto and his workshop. (Photograph the author).

Attributed works:

2. Self-portrait, by Jacopo Tintoretto. c.1588. Oil on canvas, 63 by 52 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

3. Ca’Tintoretto, Fondamenta dei Mori, Venice. (Photograph the author).

Attributed works:

4. The Tintoretto family tree.

Attributed works:

5 a and b. Members of the Scuola dei Mercanti, by Domenico Tintoretto. 1591. Oil on canvas, each 129 by 76 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Scala Archives).

Attributed works:

6. Self-portrait, by Domenico Tintoretto. c.1610. Canvas, 54 by 88.7 cm. (Museo di Casa Martelli, Florence; courtesy Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).

Attributed works:

7. The apparition of St Mark or miracle of the ring, by Domenico Tintoretto. c.1600. Oil on canvas, 400 by 370 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; courtesy Save Venice photo archives).

Attributed works:

8. Palma il Giovane, Paolo Veronese and Jacopo Tintoretto, by Palma il Giovane. 1602–04. Pen and grey wash over black chalk on yellowish buff ground paper, 9.9 by 7 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Collection Fritz Lugt, Paris).

Attributed works:

9. Two seated nude figures, by Marco Tintoretto. c.1590. Black chalk on faded blue paper, 20.3 by 31.2 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).

Article

New light on Pierre Bonnard’s wife and model Marthe

05/2020 | 1406 | 162

Pages: 412-419

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Author:

Whelan, Lucy (Whelan, Lucy)

Subjects

artists:

Bonnard, Pierre

dates:

1890-1949

media:

Figure paintings / Drawings / Lithographs / Illustrations

subjects:

Bonnard, Marthe / Models (people) / Marriage / Nudes / French art / Bathers / Wills / Novels / Sketchbooks / Eroticism

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Man and woman, by Pierre Bonnard. 1900. Oil on canvas, 115 by 72.3 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; RMN Grand-Palais).

Attributed works:

2. Diary sketches, by Pierre Bonnard. Pages of his Agenda 1928 dated 21st–24th March 1928. Pencil on paper, page 13.5 by 7.5 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).

Attributed works:

3. Woman with dog (Mme Bonnard and her dog Ubu), by Pierre Bonnard. 1906. Oil on wood panel 36.5 by 45 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims).

Attributed works:

4. The window, by Pierre Bonnard. 1925. Oil on canvas, 108.6 by 88.6 cm. (Tate, London).

Attributed works:

5. The bath, by Pierre Bonnard. 1925. Oil on canvas, 86 by 120 cm. (Tate, London).

Attributed works:

6 and 7. Illustrations for Marie, by Pierre Bonnard. 1898. Process prints, page 18.5 by 11.6 cm. (Repr. in P. Nansen: Marie, dessins de Pierre Bonnard, Paris 1898, pp.29 and 35 respectively; Bibliothèque national de France, Paris).

Attributed works:

8. Studio of Pierre Bonnard, Le Cannet, France, by Henri Cartier- Bresson. 1944. Gelatin silver print, 27 by 17.4 cm. (Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris; Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos).

Article

A little-known collector and the early reception of Dürer’s self-portraits

02/2020 | 1403 | 162

Pages: 108-114

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Author:

Meurer, Susanne (Meurer, Susanne)

Subjects

artists:

Dürer, Albrecht / Pencz, Georg

collectors and dealers:

Römer, Georg

dates:

1500-1599

museums and institutions:

Stadtbibliothek Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany

places:

Nuremberg

subjects:

Self-portraits / German art / Bequests / Documents / Wills / Diptychs / Collecting / Collections / Payments

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Self-portrait, by Albrecht Dürer. 1500. Oil on panel, 66 by 49 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

2. Self-portrait, by Albrecht Dürer. 1498. Oil on panel, 52 by 41 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

3. Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder, after Albrecht Dürer. 1497. Oil on limewood panel, 51 by 40.3 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

5. Georg Römer, by Georg Pencz(?). 1534. Black chalk on paper, 30.8 by 20.4 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Attributed works:

6. Johann Neudörffer, by Nicolas Neufchatel. 1561. Oil on canvas, 102.3 by 92.5 cm. (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

7. The goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer, by Nicolas Neufchatel. c.1562–63. Oil on canvas, 92.5 by 80 cm. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva).

Western art unattributed:

4. Salvator Mundi, after Albrecht Dürer. c.1580–1600. Black chalk and brown wash on paper, 40.5 by 30.5 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett).

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The legacy of Girolamo da Carpi: An unpublished document on the history of his drawings

05/2019 | 1394 | 161

Pages: 398-401

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Author:

Mattei, Francesca (Mattei, Francesca)

Subjects

artists:

da Carpi, Annibale / Girolamo da Carpi / Rosselli, Jacopo / Caprari, Niccolò / Ghirardoni, Giovanni Andrea

dates:

1550-1599

media:

Drawings

museums and institutions:

Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, United States / Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Italy / British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain

places:

Ferrara

subjects:

Wills / Provenance / Sketchbooks / Italian art / followers of / Studies (visual works) / Workshops (Organisations) / Drawings / Documents

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Drawings of a frame and details of the so-called Arch of Drusus and Raphael’s house, Rome, by Girolamo da Carpi. c.1549–53. Pen and ink, 31.2 by 12.2 cm. (Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia).

Attributed works:

2. Study for two kneeling kings, by Girolamo da Carpi after Polidoro da Caravaggio. 1525. Pen, ink, wash and white lead on blue paper, 27 by 20 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

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3. Study for the ‘Allegory of Ferrara’, by Girolamo da Carpi. c.1534–37. Pen and wash with white lead on blue paper. 27.2 by 20.3 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence).

Article

The predella of the Oddi Altarpiece from S. Agostino, Perugia

12/2018 | 1389 | 160

Pages: 1030-1037

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Author:

Menganna, Clara (Menganna, Clara)

Author:

Pesante, Luca (Pesante, Luca)

Subjects

art literature:

Vasari, Giorgio / Venturi, Adolfo

artists:

Eusebio da San Giorgio / Raphael / Perugino, Pietro / Pinturicchio, Bernardino / Nicola Pisano

buildings:

Sant'Agostino, Perugia, Italy

collectors and dealers:

Benson, Robert, 1850-1929 / Duveen, Joseph, 1869-1939 / Lazzaroni, Michele, Baron / Hitler, Adolf

dates:

1500-1549 / 1500-1509

media:

Paintings

museums and institutions:

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany / Christie's, London / Agnew's, London, Great Britain

places:

Italy / Perugia / Germany / Frankfurt

subjects:

Italian painting / Altarpieces / Predellas / Augustine, Saint / Jesus Christ: Adoration of the Magi / Attribution / Attributions / Attributions, former / Patronage / Commissions / Oddi family / Provenance / Collections, Private / Guidebooks / Art literature / Archives / Inventories / Wills / Lost works / Damage to works of art / Reconstruction / Chapels / Artists' groups and associations / Workshops (Organisations) / Civil wars / War

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Reconstruction of the Oddi Altarpiece, by Eusebio da San Giorgio. 1505. The Adoration of the Magi, tempera on panel, 215 by 175 cm. (Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia). The predella panels are illustrated as Figs.3–5.

Attributed works:

3. St Augustine baptised by St Ambrose, by Eusebio da San Giorgio. 1505. Tempera on panel, 29.5 by 46.7 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; photograph © Artothek).

Attributed works:

4. St Augustine vested by St Ambrose, by Eusebio da San Giorgio. 1505. Tempera on panel, 27.3 by 47.6 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; photograph © Artothek).

Attributed works:

5. St Augustine disputes with the heretic Fortunatus, by Eusebio da San Giorgio. 1505. Tempera on panel, 29.5 by 47.1 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; photograph © Artothek).

Attributed works:

6. The Oddi Chapel, S. Agostino, Perugia. (Photograph: the authors).

Article

‘Marvellously gifted’: Giovanna Garzoni’s first visit to the Medici court

08/2018 | 1385 | 160

Pages: 654-659

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Author:

Barker, Sheila (Barker, Sheila)

Subjects

art literature:

Bronzini, Cristofano / Gualterotti, Francesco Maria

artists:

Garzoni, Giovanna / Ghezzi, Giuseppe / Tinelli, Tiberio / Ligozzi, Jacopo / Gentileschi, Artemisia / Paladini, Arcangela

dates:

1600-1649

media:

Paintings / Drawings / Calligraphy / Watercolours / Manuscripts / Documents / Books

museums and institutions:

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy / Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome, Italy

patrons:

Maria Magdalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, 1589–1631 / Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1590-1621

places:

Italy / Florence

subjects:

Italian painting / Travel / Patronage / Medici family / Portraits / Poetry / Wills / Still lifes / Music

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Fol.42r of the Libro de’ caratteri, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1617–21. Ink on paper, 20.5 by 29 cm. (Biblioteca Accademica di S. Luca, Rome, inv. no.1117).

Attributed works:

2. Fol.1r of the Libro de’ caratteri, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1617–21. Tempera and ink on paper, 20.5 by 29 cm. (Biblioteca Accademica di S. Luca, Rome, inv. no.1117).

Attributed works:

3. Frontispiece of Piante varie, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1670–88. Pastel, charcoal and pen on paper, 49.5 by 38 cm. (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington).

Attributed works:

4. Fol.17r of the Libro de’ caratteri, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1617–21. Ink on paper, 20.5 by 29 cm. (Biblioteca Accademica di S. Luca, Rome. inv. no.1117).

Publication Received

Lo Specchio della Corte; il maestro di casa: Gentiluomini al servizio del collezionismo a Roma nel Seicento, by Natalia Gozzano

09/2016 | 1362 | 158

Pages: 746

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Reviewer:

Langdon, Helen (Langdon, Helen)

Subjects

dates:

1600-1699

places:

Rome

subjects:

Palaces / Social history / Domesticity / Wills / Inventories / Collectors / Collections, Private

subjects:

Connoisseurs / Italian / Roman (post-Classical)

Book Review

Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, il Sodoma. Fonti documentarie e letterarie. Con un saggio di Cinzia Lacchia sulla mostra al Museo Borgogna del 1950, R. Bartalini and A. Zombardo, eds.

10/2013 | 1327 | 155

Pages: 707-708

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Reviewer:

Langmuir, Erika (Langmuir, Erika; Langmuir, Erika H.)

Subjects

artists:

Sodoma

dates:

1950-1959

museums and institutions:

Museo Borgogna, Vercelli, Italy

subjects:

Italian painting / Documents / Account books / Contracts / Inventories / Wills / Biographies / Exhibitions

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