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Book Review
Hersilia’s Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 100–101
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Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
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Hersilia’s Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France By Norman Bryson. 352 pp. incl. 168 col. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2023), £65. ISBN 978–1–60606–771–0. | :
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6. Henriette de Verninac, by Jacques-Louis David. 1798–99. Oil on canvas, 145.5 by 112 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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The Lavoisiers by David: technical findings on portraiture at the brink of revolution
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 780-791
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Mahon, Dorothy (Mahon, Dorothy)
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Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
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1. Antoine-Laurent and Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier, by Jacques-Louis David. 1788. Oil on canvas, 259.7 by 194.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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10. Chapeau à la Tarare, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 17.9 by 19.9 cm. Detail of plate 2 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 36 (10th November 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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10. Chapeau à la Tarare, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 17.9 by 19.9 cm. Detail of plate 2 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 36 (10th November 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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11. Marie-Antoinette and her children, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1787. Oil on canvas, 275 by 216.5 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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12. Louis-Elisabeth de France and her son, by Adélaïde Labille- Guiard. 1788. Oil on canvas, 275 by 160 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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13. Detail of Salon of 1787, by Pietro Antoni Martini. 1787. Etching with engraving, 35.6 by 50.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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14. Alphonse Leroy, by Jacques-Louis David. 1783. Oil on canvas, 72 by 91 cm. (Musée Fabre, Montpellier).
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15. The Chabanel family, by Antoine Vestier. 1786. Oil on canvas, 165.3 by 220.5 cm. (Private collection).
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16. An architect and his family, by Marguerite Gérard. c.1788–89. Oil on panel, 30.5 by 24.1 cm. (Baltimore Museum of Art).
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17. The poorly defended rose, by Michel Garnier. 1789. Oil on canvas, 46.2 by 37.6. (Minneapolis Institute of Art).
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18. Experiments in respiration, by Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier. c.1790. Graphite, pen and ink on paper. (Private collection).
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2. Infra-red reflectogram (IRR) of Fig.1. (Department of Paintings Conservation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Combined elemental distribution map for lead (white) and mercury (red) obtained by macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF). (Department of Scientific Research, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. A line drawing, produced by tracing information obtained by IRR and XRF, suggesting the appearance of the portrait before J.-L. David made significant changes to the composition.
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5. Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1784. Oil on canvas, 155.5 by 130.3 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021).
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6. Madame Élisabeth, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. 1787. Oil on canvas, 146.7 by 155 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Sketch for Charles-Roger, Prince de Bauffremont, by Adélaide Labille-Guiard. 1789–91. Oil on canvas, 34 by 23 cm. (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris).
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8. Baronne de Crussol Florensac, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1785. Oil on canvas, 113.8 by 84 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
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9. Chapeau à la Basile, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 18.2 by 10.2 cm. Detail of plate 3 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 31 (20th September 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Book Review
Art de démocratie: Les débats sur les arts du dessin dans les premières années de la Révolution française
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 484-485
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Stammers, Thomas E. (Stammers, Thomas E.)
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Art de démocratie: Les débats sur les arts du dessin dans les premières années de la Révolution française Edited by Christian Michel. 424 pp. (Droz, Geneva, 2020), €20.85. ISBN 978–2–600–00570–8. | :
Book Review
Joseph-Benoît Suvée, 1743–1807: un artiste entre Bruges, Rome et Paris. By Sophie Join-Lambert and Anne Leclair
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 788-789
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Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
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5. Portrait of a man (Charles-Louis Trudaine de Montigny?), by Joseph-Benoît Suvée. 1794. Oil on canvas, 60 by 48.5 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours; photograph Dominique Couineau).
Book Review
Le miniature della Fondazione Giorgio Cini: Pagine, Ritagli, Manoscritti. Edited by Massimo Medica and Federica Toniolo
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 167-168
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Panayotova, Stella (Panayotova, Stella)
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3. Communion of the Apostles in initial C, by Maestro Olivetano or Frate Girolamo da Milano. 1439. Tempera and gold leaf on parchment, 36 by 31.3 cm. (Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice).
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The Art of Conservation XV. The conservation history of the Ghent Altarpiece
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 754-765
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Dubois, Hélène (Dubois, Hélène)
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1. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown open, 375 by 514 cm. Before restora- tion. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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2. Diagram showing the extent of mid-sixteenth century overpaint on the outside wings of the polyptych. (©KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
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3. Detail of Fig.4, showing Joos Vijd’s right eye after varnish removal. The pink scumbles around the eyes, which cover the original eyelashes, are typical of the mid-sixteenth-century overpainting campaign. (©KIKIRPA, Brussels).
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4. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown closed, 375 by 257 cm. Photographed after restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing Elisabeth Borluut’s drapery before the removal of varnish and overpaint. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent).
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6. Fig.5 after the removal of overpaint and restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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7. The Virgin Annunciate and Angel musicians (recto and verso of the same panel), by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Photographs taken in Berlin before the restoration of 1894. Original hinges are present on the left side of the frame of the Virgin’s panel. Metal reinforcements were added to the extremities of the crossbar. Later, wrought metal hinged braces were attached by large screws fitted through the frame and visible on the front of the Angels panel. (Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg).
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8. The prophet Micah, detail of Fig.4, shown in the frame designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel with a hatch covering the inscription beneath the prophet. Photograph, before 1878. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, M.J. Friedländer Archive, The Hague).
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9. The Ghent Altarpiece as installed in the Vijd chapel between 1865 and 1920. It comprises Eyckian central panels, Lagye’s fur-clothed Adam and Eve and Coxcie’s copies of the other shutters. Photograph, c.1910–13. (© Stadsarchief, Ghent).
Western art unattributed:
10. Jef Van der Veken in his studio in Brussels. Photograph, before 1929. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, Jef Van der Veken Archive, The Hague).
Western art unattributed:
11. Albert Philipott applies wax to the surface of Eve in order to consolidate the paint layers. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Western art unattributed:
12. Albert Philipott removes the overpainted clouds around the dove in The Adoration of the Lamb. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Exhibition Review
Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 582-584
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Peterson, Laurel (Peterson, Laurel)
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10. The King promising to come to Paris with his family (October 6, 1789), by Jean- Louis Prieur the Younger. 1789. Graphite and wash on paper, 19.5 by 25.3 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; photograph Roger-Violle; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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8. Fan with a view of the town and palace of Versailles. French, c.1780– 85. Single paper leaf, painted in gouache, carved and pierced ivory, gilding and mother-of-pearl, width when open 31 cm. (Musée Lambinet, Versailles; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Embroidered panels for a man’s suit, French. 1780s. Silk embroidery on woven silk, 124.5 by 56.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
The Dutch in Paris
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 420-421
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Darwent, Charles (Darwent, Charles)
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20. Flowers in an alabaster vase and fruits on a marble top, by Gerard Van Spaendonck. 1781. Canvas, 100 by 82 cm. (Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch; exh. Petit Palais, Paris).
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21. Composition no. XIV, by Piet Mondrian. 1913. Canvas, 94 by 65 cm. (Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; exh. Petit Palais, Paris).
Article
Two rediscovered paintings by Hubert Robert and their French revolutionary context
05/2013 | 1322 | 155
Pages: 317-323
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Baumgartner, Frédérique (Baumgartner, Frédérique)
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21. The Day of the Wheelbarrows, by Hubert Robert (Private collection)
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22. The Federation Festival at the Champ-de-Mars, 14th July 1790, by Hubert Robert (Private collection)
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23. Project for the Grande Galerie of the Louvre, by Hubert Robert (Musée du Louvre, Paris; copyright RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource NY; photographed by Stéphane Maréchalle)
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24. The Federation Festival at the Champ-de-Mars, 14th July 1790, by Hubert Robert (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles; copyright RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource NY; photographed by Gérard Blot)
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25. Labours at Champ-de-Mars for the Federation of 14th July 1790, by Jean-Louis Prieur (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)
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26. General Federation in Paris, July 14th 1790, by Jean-Louis Prieur (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)
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27. View of the gardens of Versailles towards the Tapis Vert at the time of the felling of the trees, by Hubert Robert (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles)
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28. The Federation Festival at the Champ-de-Mars, 14th July 1790, by Charles Thévenin (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; copyright of Alfredo Dagli Orti/Art Archive at Art Resource NY)
Book Review
Chains. David, Canova, and the Fall of the Public Hero in Postrevolutionary France
05/2009 | 1274 | 151
Pages: 323-324
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Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
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Chains. David, Canova, and the Fall of the Public Hero in Postrevolutionary France | author: Padiyar, Satish
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