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La peinture murale en Alsace au coeur du Rhin supérieur du Moyen Âge à nos jours / Die Wandmalerei im Elsass im Herzen des Oberrheins vom Mittelalter bis heute

04/2025 | 1465 | 167

Pages: 420-421

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Reviewer:

Heinrichs, Ulrike (Heinrichs, Ulrike)

Subjects

museums and institutions:

Groupe de Recherches sur la Peinture Murale (GRPM)

subjects:

Wall paintings / Rhineland (historical region)

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La peinture murale en Alsace au coeur du Rhin supérieur du Moyen Âge à nos jours / Die Wandmalerei im Elsass im Herzen des Oberrheins vom Mittelalter bis heute Edited by Ilona Hans-Collas, Anne Vuillemard- Jenn, Dörthe Jakobs and Christine Leduc- Gueye. 259 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Groupe de Recherches sur la Peinture Murale, Caen, 2023). ISBN 978–2–9586787–0–8. | :

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Attributed works:

3. Fragment of a Death of the Virgin after restoration. c.1480. (Musée de l’OEuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg).

Exhibition Review

Corvey und das Erbe der Antike: Kaiser, Klöster und Kulturtransfer im Mittelalter

12/2024 | 1461 | 166

Pages: 1241–3

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Schwarzer, Isabella (Schwarzer, Isabella)

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dates:

2020-2030

museums and institutions:

Corvey Abbey, Corvey, Germany / Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn, Germany

subjects:

Monasteries / Scriptoria / Medieval art / Antiquity / Carolingian School / Scriptoria / Manuscripts / Relics / Coins / Metalwork / Wall paintings / Benedictines

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Corvey und das Erbe der Antike: Kaiser, Klöster und Kulturtransfer im Mittelalter Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn 21st September 2024–26th January 2025 | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

6. She-bear. Roman with 19th-century additions. Bronze, 85 by 75 by 95 cm. (Domschatzkammer, Aachen; exh. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn).

Western art unattributed:

4. Bursa. Second half of the 8th century. Gold and silver, fire gilt, cloisonné, glass and garnet inlay, gems, pearls, wooden core, 16 by 14 by 5.3 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn).

Western art unattributed:

5. Stone plate with inscription from westwork of Corvey Abbey, 815–85. Sandstone, approx. 173 by 87 cm. (Corvey Abbey; exh. Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn).

Article

Caravaggio’s ‘Entombment of Christ’ and the birth of Christian archaeology

01/2022 | 1426 | 164

Pages: 34-40

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Author:

Danesi Squarzina, Silvia (Danesi Squarzina, Silvia; Squarzina, Silvia Danesi)

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artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Camuccini, Vincenzo

buildings:

Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy

dates:

1600-1649

sources:

Bosio, Antonio / Aringhi, Paolo / Neri (Saint), Philip

subjects:

Early Christian / Catacombs / Archaeology / Wall paintings / Jesus Christ: Entombment / Antiquarianism / Antiquities

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Italian art

subjects:

Mosaics

Illustrations

Attributed works:

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).

Attributed works:

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).

Attributed works:

2. The entombment of Christ, by Caravaggio. c.1602–04. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Vatican Museums).

Attributed works:

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).

Attributed works:

4. The entombment of Christ, by Vincenzo Camuccini after Caravaggio. 1796. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Private collection; photograph A. Vasari).

Attributed works:

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).

Attributed works:

8. The burial of St Lucy, by Caravaggio. 1608. Oil on canvas, 408 by 300 cm. (S. Lucia, Syracuse; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

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).

Western art unattributed:

7. Wall tombs in the Catacombs of S. Sebastiano, Rome. 2nd century. (Photograph Granger; Bridgeman Images).

Book Review

St Albans Cathedral Wall Paintings

10/2020 | 1411 | 162

Pages: 912-913

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Reviewer:

Spooner, Jane (Spooner, Jane)

Subjects

buildings:

Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban, St Albans, Great Britain

subjects:

Wall paintings

subjects:

British art / Medieval art

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subjects:

St Albans Cathedral Wall Paintings By M.A. Michael. 80 pp. incl. 100 col. ills. (Scala, London, 2019), £10. ISBN 978–1–78551–177–6. | :

Obituary

Sharon Cather (1947–2019)

10/2019 | 1399 | 161

Pages: 891-892

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Author:

Fernie, E. C. (Fernie, E. C.; Fernie, Eric)

Subjects

museums and institutions:

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Great Britain / International Institute for Conservation

subjects:

Cather, Sharon / Conservators / Wall paintings / Conservation

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Sharon Cather in the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, in 2017. Cather was a member of the advisory panel for the conservation of the paintings. (Photograph Rosie Barnes).

Exhibition Review

Delacroix (1798–1863). Musée du Louvre, Paris; A Modern Struggle: From Delacroix to the Present Day. Musée National Eugène Delacroix, Paris

07/2018 | 1384 | 160

Pages: 586-589

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Reviewer:

Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)

Subjects

artists:

Delacroix, Eugène

buildings:

Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Paintings / Prints / Drawings

museums and institutions:

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Musée national Eugène Delacroix, Paris, France / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States

places:

France / Paris / United States / New York

subjects:

French painting / Surveys / Salons (art exhibitions) / Portraits / Landscapes (visual works) / Animal Paintings / Flower pieces / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Hamlet / Literature in art / Colour / Orientalism / Exoticism / Gender / Visual sources / Influence / Wall paintings

subjects:

Colonialism

Illustrations

Attributed works:

14. Hamlet and Horatio in the cemetery, by Eugène Delacroix. 1839. Canvas, 81 by 65 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

15. Women of Algiers in their apartment, by Eugène Delacroix. 1834. Canvas, 180 by 229 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

16. Detail of Jacob wrestling with the Angel, by Eugène Delacroix. 1859–61. Oil and wax on plaster. (Church of St Sulpice, Paris; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Book Review

Jackson Pollock's 'Mural': Energy Made Visible, by David Anfam

01/2017 | 1366 | 159

Pages: 50-51

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Reviewer:

Smithen, Patricia (Smithen, Patricia)

Subjects

artists:

Pollock, Jackson

dates:

1940-1949 / 2010-2019

museums and institutions:

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, United States / Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy / Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain / Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany

subjects:

American painting (United States of America) / Wall paintings / Exhibitions / Collections, Public

Article

Pandora at Petworth House: new light on the work and patronage of Louis Laguerre

12/2016 | 1365 | 158

Pages: 950-955

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Author:

Hamlett, Lydia (Hamlett, Lydia)

Subjects

artists:

Laguerre, Louis

buildings:

Petworth House, Petworth, Sussex, Great Britain

dates:

1710-1719

patrons:

Seymour, Charles, Sixth Duke of Somerset, 1662-1748 / Seymour, Elizabeth, Duchess of Somerset, 1667-1722

subjects:

Wall paintings / Ceilings / Pandora / Patronage / Commissions / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Iconography

Illustrations

Attributed works:

14. Elizabeth, Duchess of Somerset with her son, Algernon, by John Closterman. c.1690 (Petworth House, West Sussex)

Attributed works:

15. Pandora receiving gifts from the gods, by Louis Laguerre. c.1719 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

Attributed works:

16. Pandora receiving gifts from the gods, by Louis Laguerre. c.1719 (Petworth House, West Sussex; photograph Lisa Stein)

Attributed works:

17. Pandora and Epimetheus, by Louis Laguerre. c.1719 (Petworth House, West Sussex; photograph Lisa Stein)

Attributed works:

18. Pandora and Epimetheus, by Sébastien Le Clerc. 1676 (British Museum, London)

Attributed works:

19. Elizabeth, Duchess of Somerset, riding in a triumphal carriage, by Louis Laguerre. c.1719 (Petworth House, West Sussex; photograph Lisa Stein)

Article

An admonitory wall painting at the Tower of London

12/2016 | 1365 | 158

Pages: 940-949

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Author:

Spooner, Jane (Spooner, Jane)

Subjects

dates:

1390-1399

museums and institutions:

Tower of London, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Wall paintings / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / English / Early English / Identification / Formal analysis / Christian iconography

Illustrations

Attributed works:

3. A True and Exact Draught of the Tower Liberties, survey'd 1597, by Gulielmus Haiward and J. Gascoyne, by George Vertue. 1742. Engraving, for Vetusta monumenta, I (1747), pl.63

Attributed works:

9. Detail of Richard II, by Thomas Glazier. c.1396-97 (Winchester College Chapel, Winchester)

Western art unattributed:

1. West elevation of the Byward Tower at the Tower of London. Late 1370s

Western art unattributed:

10. St John the Baptist, detail of Fig.2

Western art unattributed:

11. St Michael, detail of Fig.2

Western art unattributed:

12. St Michael, from a Book of Hours, fol.24. c.1390s (Bibliothèque Municipale, Boulogne-sur-Mer, MS.93)

Western art unattributed:

13. Devils, detail of Fig.2

Western art unattributed:

2. Crucifixion with saints. c.1390s (Byward Tower, Tower of London)

Western art unattributed:

4. Interior of the Byward Tower, looking south

Western art unattributed:

5. Detail of an angel with hurdy-gurdy. c.1390s (Westminster Abbey Chapter House)

Western art unattributed:

6. Detail of a painted ceiling beam. c.1280s-1390s (Byward Tower, Tower of London)

Western art unattributed:

7. Detail of a lady, c.1397. Formerly in St Osyth's Priory (Colchester Castle Museum)

Western art unattributed:

8. The Wilton Diptych. c.1397? (National Gallery, London)

Book Review

James Barry’s Murals at the Royal Society of Arts: Envisioning a New Public Art, W.L. Pressly

11/2015 | 1352 | 157

Pages: 791-792

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Reviewer:

Bindman, David (Bindman, David)

Subjects

artists:

Barry, James, 1741-1806

museums and institutions:

Royal Society of Arts

places:

London

subjects:

Wall paintings / British painting / History paintings

Illustrations

Attributed works:

69. A Grecian harvest home, or Thanksgiving to the rural deities Ceres and Bacchus, by James Barry. 1777-83 (Royal Society of the Arts, London)

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