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Exhibition Review
Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso: The Invention of Language
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 84–87
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Reviewer:
Loreti, Silvia (Loreti, Silvia)
Subjects
artists:
Picasso, Pablo / Braque, Georges / Gris, Juan / Matisse, Henri / Warhol, Andy / Paik, Nam June / Stieglitz, Alfred / Duchamp, Marcel / Van Vechten, Carl / Ligon, Glenn
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France
subjects:
Stein, Gertrude / Patronage / Collecting / Language / Aesthetics / French art / American art / Music
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso: The Invention of Language Musée du Luxembourg, Paris 13th September 2023– 28th January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Gertrude Stein, by Andy Warhol. 1980. Acrylic and screen print on canvas, 101.9 by 101.9 cm. (Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, and ADAGP, Paris; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; exh. Musée du Luxembourg, Paris).
Attributed works:
27. Gertrude Stein, by Nam June Paik. 1990. Antique television monitors, mixed media and video, 248.9 by 195.9 by 94 cm. (Nam June Paik Estate; courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York; exh. Musée du Luxembourg, Paris).
Attributed works:
28. “Untitled” (Alice B. Toklas’ and Gertrude Stein’s Grave, Paris), by Felix Gonzalez- Torres. 1992. Chromogenic print pasted on cardboard, 12 by 17.8 cm. (Estate of Felix Gonzalez- Torres; private collection; photograph Suzanne Nagy).
Article
Two music theory manuscripts reunited: book illumination in the circle of Matteo Giovannetti
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 16–29
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Author:
Manzari, Francesca (Manzari, Francesca)
Author:
Stoessel, Jason (Stoessel, Jason)
Subjects
artists:
Giovannetti, Matteo / circle of
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Avignon
sources:
Marchetto of Padua (fl. 1305 – 1319)
subjects:
Music / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Patrons / Dating / Attribution / Workshops (Organisations) / Franciscans / Cardinals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.52r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Attributed works:
18. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Sacrifice of Zacharias, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Attributed works:
21. Angel of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.49r).
Western art unattributed:
1. Leaves from the Naples manuscript, showing Lady Music and God in Majesty. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fols.46v–47r).
Western art unattributed:
10. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.21v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
11. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.31r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
12. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.88r).
Western art unattributed:
14. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
15. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
16. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.110v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
17. Leaf from the Liber Regulae. (Archivio di Stato, Rome, MS 3193, fol.202v; MIC).
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
2. Leaf from the Naples manuscript, showing a seated lion holding in its paws the head of an ox. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.48r).
Western art unattributed:
22. Our Lady of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing one of the lions supporting the throne of Lady Music. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.47r).
Western art unattributed:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lion as a symbol for the Evangelist Mark. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.46v).
Western art unattributed:
5. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.1r).
Western art unattributed:
7. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
8. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
9. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.18v).
Exhibition Review
Sargent and Spain
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 551-554
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Reviewer:
Dini, Jane (Dini, Jane)
Subjects
artists:
Sargent, John Singer
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, United States
subjects:
Spain / Spanish (people) / American painting (United States of America) / Dance / Music / Genre paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Architecture / Gardens
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sargent and Spain Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor 11th February–14th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. La Carmencita, by John Singer Sargent. 1890. Oil on canvas, 229 by 140 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. Legion of Honor, San Francisco).
Attributed works:
11. Spanish Roma dwelling, by John Singer Sargent. 1912. Oil on canvas, 71.4 by 91.4 cm. (Addison Gallery of American Art, Philips Academy, Andover MA; Bridgeman Images; exh. Legion of Honor, San Francisco).
Attributed works:
12. Majorcan fisherman, by John Singer Sargent. 1908. Oil on canvas, 69.9 by 54.6 cm. (Private collection; exh. Legion of Honor, San Francisco).
Book Review
Saint Cecilia in the Renaissance: The Emergence of a Musical Icon
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 483-484
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Reviewer:
Bade, Patrick (Bade, Patrick)
Subjects
subjects:
Cecilia, Saint / Renaissance art / Medieval art
subjects:
Music
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Saint Cecilia in the Renaissance: The Emergence of a Musical Icon By John A. Rice. 384 pp. incl. 73 col. + 7 b. & w. ills. (University of Chicago Press, 2022), £52. ISBN 978–0–226–81710–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. St Cecilia at the virginal, by Michiel Coxcie. 1569. Oil on panel, 136 by 104 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Exhibition Review
M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 328-330
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Reviewer:
Bartlett, Rosamund (Bartlett, Rosamund)
Subjects
artists:
Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Lithuania
subjects:
Mysticism / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Folklore / Music
Reviewed Items
subjects:
M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 21st September 2022–12th March 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Creation of the world VI, from the series Creation of the world, by M.K. Čiurlionis. 1905– 06. Tempera on paper, 36.3 by 31.5 cm. (M.K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
27. Rex, by M.K. Čiurlionis. 1909. Tempera on canvas, 147.1 by 133.7 cm. (M.K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
28. Finale, from the series Sonata no. 5 (Sonata of the sea), by M.K. Čiurlionis. 1908. Tempera on paper, 73.2 by 63 cm. (M.K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
Short Notice
New questions about Sickert’s ‘Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford’
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 305-307
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Author:
Rough, Billy (Rough, Billy)
Subjects
artists:
Sickert, Walter
dates:
1890-1899 / 1900-1909
subjects:
British art / Popular Theatre / Actors and actresses / Musicians / Music / Dating / Identification
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford, by Walter Sickert. c.1890. Oil on board, 36.8 by 23.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford, by Walter Sickert. c.1890. Black chalk with white heightening, pen and ink, 34.6 by 23.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Art Resource; Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
3. Vesta Victoria, from the ‘Actors and Actresses’ series issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. c.1890. Albumen print, 6.4 by 3.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 92-93
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Reviewer:
Dalvit, Giulio (Dalvit, Giulio)
Subjects
places:
Siena
subjects:
Sienese art / History / Music / Literature / Politics / Religion / Urban history / Historiography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena Edited by Santa Casciani and Heather Richardson Hayton. 356 pp. incl. 19 col. ills. (Brill, Leiden and Boston, 2021), €160. ISBN 978–90–04–38999–1. | :
Article
Reconstructing the Renaissance: the collection of Edgar and Leonora Speyer
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1104-1117
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Author:
Hilary, John (Hilary, John)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Speyer, Edgar / Speyer, Leonora
places:
London
subjects:
Collecting / Collections, Private / Renaissance art / Paintings / Tapestries / Maiolica / Sculpture / Philanthropists / Patronage / Music / British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Knight with the arms of Jean de Daillon, by Guillaume Desremaulx. c.1481. Wool and silk tapestry, 357 by 292 cm. (National Trust, Montacute House, Somerset; photograph Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
11. Nativity with St Joseph and donor. Lombard school. c.1500. Tempera on panel, 35.5 by 26.6 cm. (Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
12. Francesco d’Este, by Rogier van der Weyden. c.1460. Oil on panel, 29.8 by 20.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
13. Madonna and Child (‘The Speyer Madonna’), by Carlo Crivelli. 1450–59. Oil on panel, 28 by 18 cm. (Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
14. St Jerome in the wilderness, by Marco Basaiti. Early 16th century. Oil on panel, 36.8 by 47.6 cm. (Photograph Christie’s Images).
Attributed works:
15. Elizabeth Jordaens, daughter of the artist, by Jacob Jordaens. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 69.9 by 55.2 cm. (Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester NY).
Attributed works:
16. Bearded man in a fur hat, by the school of Rembrandt van Rijn. c.1656. Oil on panel, 22.2 by 17.8 cm. (Leiden Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
2 and 3. Lady Speyer and Sir Edgar Speyer, by John Singer Sargent. 1909 and 1908. Charcoal on paper, each 33 by 28 cm. (Photographs courtesy of the Frick Art Reference Library, New York).
Attributed works:
4. Lady Speyer, by John Singer Sargent. 1907. Oil on canvas, 147.3 by 96.5 cm. (Private collection; Painters / Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
5. Perseus and Andromeda. Southern Netherlands, c.1500. Wool and silk tapestry, 320.5 by 446.8 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
6. Virgin and Child enthroned. Auvergne school, 12th century. Polychromed and gilded wood, 72.4 by 30.2 by 22.9 cm. (Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC).
Attributed works:
7. The display of the Speyer maiolica collection with a polychromed bust of St Lawrence in the dining room at 46 Grosvenor Street, London. (The Burlington Magazine, September 1904, p.549.)
Attributed works:
8. St George and the dragon. German, possibly circle of Bernt Notke, 1470–1500. Polychromed and gilded wood, 121.9 by 119.4 by 31.2 cm. (Birmingham Museum of Art, AL).
Attributed works:
9. The drawing room at 46 Grosvenor Street, London, with The Holy Family with the infant St John the Baptist by a follower of Andrea del Sarto on the back wall and a bust of St John by Giovanni della Robbia on the mantelpiece. (The Burlington Magazine, September 1904, p.550.)
Western art unattributed:
10. Double-handled apothecary jar bearing the arms of the Ridolfi family. Florentine school. 1475–1500. Maiolica, height 30.5 cm. (Photograph Sotheby’s Picture Library).
Exhibition Review
Walter Sickert
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 288-292
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Reviewer:
James, Merlin (James, Merlin; James, Merlin Ingli; Ingli James, Merlin; J., M.)
Subjects
artists:
Sickert, Walter
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Figurative art / Portraits / Self-portraits / Theatres / Music / Cities / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Walter Sickert Tate Britain, London 28th April–18th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bonnet et claque. Ada Lundberg at the Marylebone Music Hall, by Walter Sickert. c.1887. Oil on canvas, 41.9 by 59.7 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
2. Self-portrait, by Walter Sickert. c.1896. Oil on canvas, 45.7 by 35.6 cm. (Leeds Museums and Galleries; exh. Tate Britain, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. The Prussians in Belgium, by Walter Sickert. c.1912. Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 40.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
4. Self-portrait in grisaille, by Walter Sickert. 1935. Oil on canvas, 68.5 by 25.4 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Article
Carle Van Loo at the 1737 Salon
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 473-477
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Author:
Dmitrieva, Sofya (Dmitrieva, Sofya)
Subjects
artists:
Loo, Carle van
dates:
1730-1739
subjects:
French painting / Salon des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris / Turqueries / Portraits / Self-portraits / Somis, Anne Antonia Christina / Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 / Orientalism / Allegories / Music / and / Paintings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. A pasha having his mistress’s portrait painted, by Carle Van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 66 by 76 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).
Attributed works:
2. The Grand Turk giving a concert to his mistress, by Carle Van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 72.5 by 91 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
3. Allegories of the Arts: Painting, by Carle Van Loo. 1753. Oil on canvas, 87.5 by 84.5 cm. (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Attributed works:
4. Allegories of the Arts: Music, by Carle Van Loo. 1753. Oil on canvas, 87.5 by 84.5 cm. (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the painter.
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the musician.
Attributed works:
7. Apelles painting Campaspe, by Nicolas Vleughels. 1716. Oil on canvas, 126 by 97 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala Archives).
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