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Book Review
Private Collectors in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent, ca.1780–1914: Between Public Relevance and Personal Pleasure
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 522–3
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Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
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Private Collectors in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent, ca.1780–1914: Between Public Relevance and Personal Pleasure By Ulrike Müller. 376 pp. incl. 18 b. & w. + 128 col. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), €150. ISBN 978–2–503–60619–4. | :
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4. Still life with chinoiseries, by James Ensor. 1906–09. Oil on canvas, 78.5 by 98.5 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1087–8
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Baker, Christopher (Baker, Christopher)
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John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection By Bruce Boucher. 224 pp. incl. 155 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2024), £35. ISBN 978–0–300–27569–8. | :
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5. Soane office, section through museum and breakfast room, by Frank Copland. 1817. Pen and watercolour on paper, 54.5 by 64 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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Caravaggio’s ‘Entombment of Christ’ and the birth of Christian archaeology
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 34-40
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Danesi Squarzina, Silvia (Danesi Squarzina, Silvia; Squarzina, Silvia Danesi)
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1. The entombment of Christ, after Caravaggio, by Pietro Fontana after a drawing by Luigi Cochetti. c.1821, published 1834. Engraving, 51.9 by 35.6 cm. (Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome).
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10. St Philip Neri at prayer in the Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Engraving. (From P. Aringhi: Unterirdisches Rom, ed. J.F. Haagen, Arnheim 1668, p.238; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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2. The entombment of Christ, by Caravaggio. c.1602–04. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Vatican Museums).
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3. The entombment of Christ, by Filippo and Vincenzo Cocchi, Domenico Cerasoli and Antonio Castellini after Caravaggio. c.1821. Mosaic, 300 by 190 cm. (Sacristy of St Peter’s, Rome).
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4. The entombment of Christ, by Vincenzo Camuccini after Caravaggio. 1796. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Private collection; photograph A. Vasari).
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5. Woman in prayer. Mural painting, 2nd–3rd century. Cuniculum of the Five Saints, Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Chromolithograph by G. Mariani. (From G.B. de Rossi: La Roma sotterranea cristiana, Rome 1877, III, pl.3).
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6. Frontispiece from P. Aringhi, ed.: Roma subterranea novissima, Rome 1651, by Giuseppe Baroni. Engraving, 41 by 26 cm. (Photograph Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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8. The burial of St Lucy, by Caravaggio. 1608. Oil on canvas, 408 by 300 cm. (S. Lucia, Syracuse; Bridgeman Images).
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9. St Philip Neri at prayer in the Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Engraving. (From P. Aringhi: Roma subterranea novissima, Rome 1651, p.195; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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7. Wall tombs in the Catacombs of S. Sebastiano, Rome. 2nd century. (Photograph Granger; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Time’s Witness: History in the Age of Romanticism
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 93-95
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Buchanan, Alexandrina (Buchanan, Alexandrina)
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Time’s Witness: History in the Age of Romanticism By Rosemary Hill. 416 pp. incl. 65 col. ills. (Allen Lane, London, 2021), £25. ISBN 978–1–84614–312–0. | :
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7. George IV, by David Wilkie. 1829. Oil on canvas, 279.4 by 179.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
Article
Piranesi, the Stowe Vase and the silver Buckingham Vases
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 502-511
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Chambers Mills, Rosie (Chambers Mills, Rosie)
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1. Buckingham Vase, marked by Paul Storr, London. 1811–12. Silver, 40 by 35.6 by 26.7 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the family of Sir Arthur Gilbert, and Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross. (Photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA).
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10. Study of an altar, by Bernardino Ciferri. c.1710–30. Red chalk on paper, 30.3 by 28 cm. (British Museum, London).
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11. Her Majesty’s departure from Stowe House, from the Illustrated London News, 25th January 1845. Engraving. (Bridgeman Images).
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12. Marble vase from Hadrian’s Villa, by Henry Moses. Engraving. (Repr. Vorbilder für Fabrikanten und Handwerker, Berlin 1830, part 1, section 2, pl.23; Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
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13. Detail of the Innovo Vase, by Michael Eden. 2016. Coated nylon. 50.2 by 40.6 by 29.2 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Shannon and Peter Loughrey, and Heidi Wettenhall and Said Saffari through the 2016 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA ). (  Michael Eden; photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA.
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2. The Stowe Vase (front), from Vasi, candelabri [. . .], by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome 1778. Etching on paper, plate 57 by 37.5 cm.
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3. The Stowe Vase (side), from Vasi, candelabri [. . .], by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome 1778. Etching on paper, plate 57 by 37 cm.
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4. The Stowe Vase. Rome, 2nd century BC. Marble, 119.4 by 101.6 by 76.2 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection. (Photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA).
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5. Doncaster Race Cup, marked by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard. 1828. Silver with gilding, height 39.4 cm. (Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries).
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6. Detail of a design for a sauce tureen, from an album, ‘Designs for plate etc. by John Flaxman’, by Edward Hodges Baily, fol.16r. c.1820. Pencil and ink on paper, 51 by 31.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Pair of wine coolers, marked by Benjamin Smith, London. 1814–15. Silver with gilding, each 36.7 by 34.3 by 24.8 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, gift of Rita R. Gans; photograph Katherine Wetzel).
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8. Wine cooler (one of four), marked by Barnard & Sons, London. 1828–29. Silver with gilding, 36.2 by 30.5 by 22.2 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis).
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9. Wine cooler (one of a pair), marked by Barnard & Sons, London. torted the profile of the Stowe Vase to match the other vase, 1831–32. Silver with gilding, height 37 cm. (British Museum, London).
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A set of silver-gilt waiters by Benjamin Pyne for the Courtenay family of Powderham Castle, Devon
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 478-485
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Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
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9. Salver, marked for Edward Farrell, London. 1824–25. Silver-gilt, width 25.5 cm. (Private collection).
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1. Waiter, one of a set of seven, marked for Benjamin Pyne, London. 1698–99. Silver-gilt, Britannia standard, width 21.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Niche in the buffet servery linked to the dining room, Uppark, West Sussex. 1812–13. (Photograph National Trust).
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12. Design for a cartouche, Plate 18 from Raccolta di varii capricci, by Stefano della Bella. c.1646. Etching. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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13. Sideboard dish, one of a pair, marked for Edward Farrell, London. 1824–25. Silver-gilt, diam. 38.1 cm. (The National Trust).
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2. Waiter, one of a set of seven, marked for Benjamin Pyne, London. 1698–99. Silver-gilt, Britannia standard, width 21.7 cm. (The Gilbert Collection, on long loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. Waiter, one of a set of seven, marked for Benjamin Pyne, London. 1698–99. Silver-gilt, Britannia standard, width 21.7 cm. (State Historical Museum, Moscow).
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4. Waiter, one of a set of seven, marked for Benjamin Pyne, London. 1698–99. Silver-gilt, Britannia standard, width 21.7 cm. (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto).
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5. Diverses figures a l’eau forte de petits amours [sic], by Abraham Bosse after Paolo Farinati. 1644. Etching, 12.8 by 16.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Plate 3 from A book of ornaments useful to Jewellers, Watchmakers and All Other Artists, by Simon Gribelin. London 1697. Engraving, 19.2 by 15.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Design for a frieze, plate 12 from Ornamenti di Fregi et Fogliami, by Stefano della Bella. c.1648–49. Etching, 8.2 by 24.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Detail of one of the Powderham waiters, showing maker’s mark for Benjamin Pyne, with Britannia standard mark, London hallmark and the date letter for 1698–99. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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11. Trade card of Kensington Lewis. c.1822–27. Etching. (British Museum, London).
Publication Received
Antiquarianism and the Visual Histories of Louis XIV: Artifacts for a Future Past. By Robert Wellington.
10/2016 | 1363 | 158
Pages: 833
Book Review
An Ardent Patron; Cardinal Camillo Massimo and his antiquarian and artistic circle
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 481-482
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Langdon, Helen (Langdon, Helen)
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An Ardent Patron; Cardinal Camillo Massimo and his antiquarian and artistic circle | author: Beaven, Lisa
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51. Portrait of Camillo Massimo, by Diego Velázquez. 1649–50. Canvas, 74.5 by 59.5 cm. (Kingston Lacy, Dorset).
Exhibition Review
Antiquaries in Britain. London
12/2007 | 1257 | 149
Pages: 871-872
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Waterfield, Giles (Waterfield, Giles)
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Making History: Antiquaries in Britain 1707–2007 | institution: Royal Academy of Arts
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76. Chamber tomb of Pentre Ifan near Newport, Pembrokeshire, by Richard Tongue. 1835. Canvas, 51 by 71 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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74. Saxon king, by an anonymous artist. Early sixteenth century. Panel, 150 by 84 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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75. St Thomas Becket casket. Limoges, 1195–1200. Enamel on copper, 15.5 by 21 by 9.3 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Book Review
François Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal
12/2007 | 1257 | 149
Pages: 862-864
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Scholten, Frits (Scholten, Frits)
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François Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal | author: Lingo, Estelle
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