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Jean-Charles Cazin, 1881–83: naturalism and networking, regionalism and republicanism

03/2024 | 1452 | 166

Pages: 278–285

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Author:

Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)

Subjects

artists:

Cazin, Jean-Charles / Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Horace / Legros, Alphonse / Fantin-Latour, Henri / Lhermitte, Léon-Augustin / Rodin, Auguste / Degas, Edgar

dates:

1880-1889

subjects:

French art / Naturalism / Religious art / History paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Classical mythology / Allegory

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Recollection of the festival (Courage, Knowledge and Labour collaborate to establish the reign of Concord), by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1880–81. Oil on canvas, 289 by 234 cm. (Petit Palais, Paris).

Attributed works:

10. The dead town, by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1883. Oil on canvas, 71 by 91 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

2. The Marne (riverbank with bathers), by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1881. Oil on canvas, 131.2 by 147 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).

Attributed works:

3. Theocritus, by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1882. Oil on canvas, 74 by 60.5 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

4. Ulysses after the shipwreck, by Jean-Charles Cazin. c.1883. Oil on canvas, 73 by 59.5 cm. (Tate).

Attributed works:

5. Judith: the departure, by Jean-Charles Cazin. c.1882–83. Oil on canvas. (From W. Walton: Chefs d’Oeuvre de l’Exposition Universelle, Paris and Philadelphia 1889, between pp.16 and 17).

Attributed works:

6. The death-chamber of Léon Gambetta, by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1882. Oil on canvas, 38 by 46.3 cm. (Château-Musée Versailles; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

7. Paysage au clair de lune, by Jean-Charles Cazin. c.1883–84. Oil on canvas, 27.4 by 22.3 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims).

Attributed works:

8. Rainbow, Achères la fôret, by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1883. Oil on canvas, 82 by 100.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

9. Study for Rainbow, Achères la fôret, by Jean-Charles Cazin. c.1882–83. Oil on canvas, 22 by 27 cm. (Private collection).

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Titian’s ‘Allegory of Prudence’ and Philip II

03/2023 | 1440 | 165

Pages: 258-268

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Author:

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

Subjects

artists:

Titian

dates:

1550-1559

patrons:

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598

subjects:

Iconography / Prudence / Ages of man / Allegory / Geryon (legendary king of Spain) / Visual sources / Ruscelli, Girolamo / de' Farri press, Venice, Italy / Hesiod / Technical analysis / Venetian art

works:

Allegory of Prudence (Titian)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Allegory of Prudence, by Titian. 1555–60. Oil on canvas, 75.5 by 68.4 cm. (National Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

10. Prudentia, a tapestry from the series Los Honores, by Pieter van Aelst. 1520–25. Gold, silver, silk and wool, 490 by 820 cm. (Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

11. The death of Actaeon, by Titian. 1559–75. Oil on canvas, 178.4 by 198.1 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

12. Proposed frontispiece for Antonio Herrera y Tordesillas, General history of the world in the age of Philip II, the Prudent. 1599. Engraving. (Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid, Consejos 4416/101).

Attributed works:

2. X-radiograph of Fig.1, digitally adjusted to remove the effect of the stretcher.

Attributed works:

3. Impresa of the de’ Farri press. 1544. Woodcut. (From H. Barbarosa: Il comento di Marsilio Ficino sopra il Conuito di Platone, Venice 1544).

Attributed works:

4. Impresa of the de’ Farri press. 1555. Woodcut. (From A. Appiano: Historia Delle Guerre Esterne de’ Romani Di Appiano, Venice 1555).

Attributed works:

5. Sol. 1556. Woodcut. (From G.P. Valeriano: Hieroglyphica, sive de sacris Aegyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis, commentariorum libri LVIII, Basel 1556, Liber XXXII, fol.229r).

Attributed works:

6. Hispania. 1556. Woodcut. (From G.P. Valeriano: Hieroglyphica sive De sacris aegyptiorvm centivm literis, Basel 1556, Liber XXXII, fol.228v).

Attributed works:

7. Impresa of Philip II, by Nicolò Nelli. 1566. Engraving. (From G. Ruscelli: Le imprese illustri, Venice 1566, p.232).

Attributed works:

8. Impresa of Elisabeth of Valois, by Nicolò Nelli. 1566. Engraving. (From G. Ruscelli: Le imprese illustri, Venice 1566, p.312).

Attributed works:

9. Detail of the Nobilitas tapestry from the series Los Honores, showing (left) Apollo (‘Phoebus’), by Pieter van Aelst. 1520–25. Gold, silver, silk and wool, 500 by 860 cm. (Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso; Bridgeman Images).

Article

A modello by Louis Laguerre and the programme of the Painted Hall at Chatsworth

08/2022 | 1433 | 164

Pages: 760-767

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Author:

Marandet, François (Marandet, François)

Subjects

artists:

Laguerre, Louis / Chéron, Louis / Maratti, Carlo

artists:

Boullogne, Bon / Boullogne, Louis, the younger, 1654-1733

buildings:

Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Great Britain / Boughton House, Northamptonshire, Great Britain

dates:

1660-1719

subjects:

Modelli / Iconography / Politics / and / Allegory / Roman history / William III, King of England, 1650–1702

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Ruth and Boaz, here attributed to Louis Laguerre. c.1716. Oil on canvas, 38 by 63 cm. (Location unknown).

Attributed works:

10. The assassination of Julius Caesar, with the soul of Caesar transformed into a comet, by Antonio Tempesta. 1606. Engraving, 10.7 by 12 cm.

Attributed works:

11. The assassination of Julius Caesar, by Louis Laguerre. 1695–97. Oil on plaster. (Painted Hall, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; (© The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; photograph Paul Barker, 2014).

Attributed works:

12. The apotheosis of the Duke of Buckingham, by Peter Paul Rubens. Before 1625. Oil on panel, 64 by 64 cm. (National Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

13. The apotheosis of Julius Caesar, by Louis Laguerre. 1695–97. Oil on plaster. (Painted Hall, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; © The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; photograph Paul Barker, 2014).

Attributed works:

2. Ruth and Boaz, by Louis Duguernier, after Louis Laguerre. 1717. Engraving, 10 by 15 cm. (From the Vinegar Bible, Oxford 1717).

Attributed works:

3. The Painted Hall, Chatsworth, Derbyshire, decorated by Louis Laguerre. 1695–97. (© The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; photograph Paul Barker, 2014).

Attributed works:

4. Augustus ordering the closing of the doors of the Temple of Janus, here attributed to Louis Laguerre. c.1695. Oil on canvas, 54 by 126 cm. (Location unknown).

Attributed works:

5. Augustus ordering the closing of the doors of the Temple of Janus, by Carlo Maratta. c.1657. Oil on canvas, 280 by 275 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille).

Attributed works:

6. Augustus ordering the closing of the doors of the Temple of Janus, by Louis Laguerre. 1695–97. Oil on plaster. (Painted Hall, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; © The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; photograph Paul Barker, 2014).

Attributed works:

7. Detail of the east wall of the Painted Hall, Chatsworth House, showing the right-hand edge of the painting in Fig.6 and part of the painted frame and pilasters. (© The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; photograph Paul Barker, 2014).

Attributed works:

8. Augustus ordering the closing of the doors of the Temple of Janus, by Louis de Boullogne. 1681. Oil on canvas, 176 by 215 cm. (Musée de Picardie, Amiens).

Attributed works:

9. St Ambrose forbidding the emperor Theodosius to enter Milan Cathedral, by Simon Thomassin, after Bon Boullogne. 1686. Engraving, 34 by 23 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris).

Article

The restoration of ‘Young woman reading a letter at an open window’ by Johannes Vermeer: final report

10/2021 | 1423 | 163

Pages: 916-925

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Neidhardt, Uta (Neidhardt, Uta)

Author:

Schölzel, Christoph (Schölzel, Christoph)

Subjects

artists:

Vermeer, Johannes / Everdingen, Cesar van / Loo, Jacob van

museums and institutions:

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

subjects:

Restoration (process) / overpainting / Cupid / Composition (artistic arrangement)

subjects:

Dutch painting / Emblem books / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Allegory / Masks

works:

Young woman reading a letter at an open window (Vermeer)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Young woman reading a letter at an open window, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1657–59. Oil on canvas, 83 by 64.5 cm. Photographed after restoration, 2021. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; photograph Wolfgang Kreische).

Attributed works:

10. Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft, by Gerard Houckgeest. 1654. Oil on panel, 49 by 41 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; photograph Frans Pegt).

Attributed works:

12. A mother’s duty, by Pieter de Hooch. c.1660–61. Oil on canvas, 52.5 by 61 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Attributed works:

13. An officer and a standing woman, by Hendrick van der Burch. c.1665. Oil on canvas, 57.8 by 64.1 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).

Attributed works:

2. Young woman standing at a virginal, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1670–72. Oil on canvas, 51.7 by 45.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

3. Fig.1, photographed after the removal of overpaint in 2021, showing the edges of the painting (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; photograph Wolfgang Kreische).

Attributed works:

4. Detail of Fig.3, showing the upper-left corner of the painting.

Attributed works:

5. Detail of Fig.3, showing the lower-right corner of the painting, with the foot of a wine glass.

Attributed works:

6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the painting of Cupid in the background.

Attributed works:

7. A lady writing a letter, with her maid, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1670/72. Oil on canvas, 71.1 by 60.5 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

8. Inconcussa fide (Oprecht), by Otto van Veen. 1608. Engraving, 20.2 by 15.1 cm. (From Amorum emblemata, Antwerp 1608, p.28; © Dresden, SLUB/Deutsche Fotothek).

Attributed works:

9. Officer and laughing girl, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1657–60. Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 46 cm. (The Frick Collection, New York; photograph Michael Bodycomb).

Western art unattributed:

11. The terrace. Delft, c.1660. Oil on canvas, 106.9 by 87.4 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Bridgeman Images).

Article

A modello by James Thornhill for Addiscombe House, Surrey

12/2019 | 1401 | 161

Pages: 1028-1033

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Author:

Marandet, François (Marandet, François)

Subjects

artists:

Thornhill, James

buildings:

Addiscombe House, Croydon, Great Britain

dates:

1700-1709

museums and institutions:

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France

patrons:

Draper, William

subjects:

Ceilings / Modelli / Attributions, former / Iconography / Gods / Apollo / Interiors / Personification / Musicians / Bacchus / Ariadne

subjects:

Allegory / British art

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Allegory of the days, here identified as a modello for the ceiling painting of the staircase hall at Addiscombe House, Surrey, by James Thornhill. c.1705. Oil on canvas, diameter 59 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen).

Attributed works:

10. Addiscombe House, Surrey, photographed in 1859, from H.M. Vibart: Addiscombe and its Heroes and Men of Note, London 1894, p.19.

Attributed works:

11. Bacchus and Ariadne, design for the ceiling painting of the Saloon at Addiscombe House, Surrey, by James Thornhill. c.1705. Graphite, ink and wash, 24 by 33 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).

Attributed works:

2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group below the figure of Apollo.

Attributed works:

3. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Diana.

Attributed works:

4. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Mercury.

Attributed works:

5. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Mars.

Attributed works:

6. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Jupiter, Juno and Venus.

Attributed works:

7. Detail of Fig.1, the group of figures with Saturn.

Attributed works:

8. William and Mary presenting the cap of liberty to Europe, by James Thornhill. c.1710. Oil on canvas, 96 by 66 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

9. Allegory of the days, by James Thornhill. c.1705. Ink and black crayon on paper, 35 by 23 cm. (British Museum, London).

Article

Henry de Triqueti’s ‘Vase of dreams’

11/2019 | 1400 | 161

Pages: 924-933

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Author:

Dagorne, Richard (Dagorne, Richard)

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Robinson, Alicia (Robinson, Alicia)

Subjects

artists:

Triqueti, Henri-Joseph-François / Carrier-Belleuse, Albert Ernest

dates:

1860-1869

media:

Vases / Ivory / Bronzes

museums and institutions:

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Bethnal Green Museum, London, Great Britain

styles:

British art

subjects:

Iconography / Carvings / Allegory / Dreams / Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 / Neo-classicism / Renaissance art / Deaccessioning / Destruction

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, by George Washington Wilson. Albumen photographic print, 33.9 by 46.1 cm (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).

Attributed works:

10. Ice bucket, designed by Jules Klagmann and executed by Jean- Valentin Morel and Henri Duponchel. c.1844. Cast and engraved silver, 38.5 by 29.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais).

Attributed works:

11. Vase of creation, by Antoine Vechte. 1848–61. Repoussé silver, 93 by 38 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais).

Attributed works:

12. Preparatory model for the young man’s dreams from the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Patinated plaster, 28.5 by 32.5 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).

Attributed works:

13. Vase, by Albert Carrier-Belleuse. Minton & Co., 1862. Bone china, painted and gilded, height 95.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

14. Vase and tripod, designed by Constant Sevin and made by Ferdinand Barbedienne. 1862. Gilt bronze and champlevé enamel, height 78.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

15. Vase of the vintage, by Henry de Triqueti. 1839–44. Patinated bronze, height 108 cm. (Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris).

Attributed works:

16. Mother of Moses, by Henry de Triqueti. 1852. Terracotta, 21 by 35 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans).

Attributed works:

17. Laura and Petrarch at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Lithographic stone, 20 by 30 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

18. Laura and Petrarch, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31.4 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).

Attributed works:

19. Dante presented to Homer by Virgil, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).

Attributed works:

2. Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. 1860. Chromolithograph, from J.B. Waring: Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, London 1863. (Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

3. Sappho and Cupid, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1851. Ivory, height 64 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).

Attributed works:

8. Preparatory drawing for the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Pen and brown ink, 13 by 44.8 cm. (Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris).

Attributed works:

9. Preparatory drawing for the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Pencil, pen and black ink, with white chalk, 13 by 44.8 cm. (Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris).

Attributed works:

Below left 4. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the maiden’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

Below right 5. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the young man’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

Bottom left 6. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the man of productive labour’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

Bottom right 7. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the man of intelligence’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Book Review

Allegories and Subjects from Literature (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 12). By Nils Büttner

10/2019 | 1399 | 161

Pages: 880

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Reviewer:

Rosenthal, Lisa (Rosenthal, Lisa)

Subjects

art literature:

Catalogues raisonnés

artists:

Rubens, Peter Paul

subjects:

Flemish painting / Allegory / Literature / Antiquity / Patrons

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Allegories and Subjects from Literature (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 12) By Nils Büttner. Two vols, 856 pp. incl. 97 col. + 211 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2018), £238. ISBN 978–1–912554–11–9. | :

Publication Received

Voir la Musique. By Florence Gétreau

08/2019 | 1397 | 161

Pages: 703

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Reviewer:

Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld (Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld; Lavergnée, Arnauld Brejon de; Brejon, Arnauld; Lavergnee, Arnaud Brejon de)

Subjects

dates:

1500-1899 / 1900-1999

subjects:

Musicians / Music / Concert / Allegory / Religion / Audiences / Art history

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Voir la Musique By Florence Gétreau. 416 pp. incl. 334 col. ills. (Citadelles et Mazenod, Paris, 2017) | :

Exhibition Review

Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

08/2019 | 1397 | 161

Pages: 666-669

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Reviewer:

Diebold, William (Diebold, William)

Subjects

dates:

2010-2019

museums and institutions:

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States

subjects:

Medieval art / Bestiaries / Illuminated manuscripts / Animals / Christian iconography / Secular / Contemporary art / Artists' books

subjects:

Allegory

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Opposite 2. Lion from the Rothschild Pentateuch. 1296. Parchment, 28 by 21 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, MS 116, f.32v).

Western art unattributed:

3. Lions from a bestiary. c.1250. Parchment, 29 by 20 cm. (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley764, f.2v; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).

Western art unattributed:

Below 1. Pelican feeding her young. c.1500. Tapestry, 65 by 233 cm. (Kloster Lüne, Lüne; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).

Exhibition Review

Romanticism. Gallerie d’Italia and Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

02/2019 | 1391 | 161

Pages: 151-154

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Reviewer:

Hecker, Sharon (Hecker, Sharon)

Subjects

artists:

Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli / Molteni, Giuseppe / Hayez, Francesco / Bagetti, Giuseppe / Caffi, Ippolito / Inganni, Angelo / Fergola, Salvatore / Vela, Vincenzo / Bartolini, Lorenzo / Monti, Raffaele / Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille / Turner, Joseph Mallord William / Friedrich, Caspar David / Induno, Gerolamo / Strazza, Giovanni

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Paintings / Sculpture / Marbles / Porcelain / Costume / Videos

museums and institutions:

Gallerie d'Italia, Milan, Italy / Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy

patrons:

Cavendish, William George Spencer, Sixth Duke of Devonshire, 1790-1858

places:

Italy / Milan

subjects:

Italian painting / Italian sculpture / Romanticism / Music / Opera / Literature / Landscapes (visual works) / Portraits / Allegory / Sublime / Busts / Nudes / Politics / Nationalism / Style

Illustrations

Attributed works:

14. Nocturne in Capri, by Salvatore Fergola. 1843. Canvas, 106 by 131 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).

Attributed works:

15. Spartacus, by Vincenzo Vela. 1847–50. Marble, 206 by 72.5 by 90 cm. (Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano; photograph Museo Vincenzo Vela / Mauro Zeni; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).

Attributed works:

16. Meditation, by Francesco Hayez. 1851. Canvas, 92.5 by 71 cm. (Galleria d’Arte Moderna ‘Achille Forti’, Verona; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).

Attributed works:

17. Veiled Vestal, by Raffaele Monti. 1845. Marble, 48 by 25.5 by 27 cm. (Castle of Racconigi, Cuneo; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).

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