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Book Review
Venus and the Arts of Love in Renaissance Florence
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 475-476
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Reviewer:
Nuttall, Paula (Nuttall, Paula )
Subjects
places:
Florence
subjects:
Renaissance art / Renaissance Italy / Venus / Love / Eroticism / Marriage
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Venus and the Arts of Love in Renaissance Florence By Rebekah Compton. 292 pp. incl. 109 col. ills. (Cambridge University Press, 2021), £75. ISBN 978–1–108–84291–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Marriage casket with the Triumph of Venus, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia). 1421. Wood and paint, diameter 29.3 cm. without handles. (RMNGrand Palais; Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph Stéphane Maréchalle).
Article
Carlo Maratti’s additions to the ‘Barberini Venus’
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 260-265
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Author:
Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)
Subjects
artists:
Maratti, Carlo / Mazzoni, Giulio / Calandrucci, Giacinto
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
1650-1699 / 1990-2009
patrons:
Barberini family / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671
subjects:
Italian art / Murals / Restoration (process) / Tempera / Venus / Putti
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Barberini Venus, attributed to Giulio Mazzoni, shortly after 1550 (?) with additions by Carlo Maratti, 1693. Mural in oil with tempera, 163 by 190 cm. Photographed before the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
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2. Fig.1, photographed after the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. Schematic reconstruction of the painting shown in Fig.1. From P. Iazurlo: ‘La Venere Barberini: un dipinto di Giulio Mazzoni da Palazzo Capodiferro’, Storia dell’arte 22–23 (2009), p.82.
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Venus.
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5. Detail of Fig.2, showing the face of Venus.
Attributed works:
6. Fig.1, photographed during the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
Book Review
Giambologna: Court Sculptor to Ferdinando I. By Alexander Rudigier and Blanca Truyols
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 263-264
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Reviewer:
Diemer, Dorothea (Diemer, Dorothea)
Subjects
artists:
Giambologna
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Statues / Statuettes / Attributions / Bronzes / Versions / Casts (sculpture) / Venus / Technical analysis
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Giambologna: Court Sculptor to Ferdinando I By Alexander Rudigier and Blanca Truyols. 376 pp. incl. 600 col. ills. (Paul Holberton, London, 2019),  50. ISBN 978–1–912168–14–9. | :
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‘Gerhardt Meyer made me in Stockholm’: a bronze ‘Bathing woman’ after Giambologna
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 545-553
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Author:
Diemer, Dorothea (Diemer, Dorothea)
Author:
Hinners, Linda (Hinners, Linda)
Subjects
art literature:
Avery, Charles, Cambridge, Great Britain / Borghini, Raffaello
artists:
Giambologna / Tessin, Nicodemus, the younger, 1654-1728 / Girardon, François / Henrion, Claude / Harleman, Johan
artists:
Meyer, Gerhardt, the Elder / Keller, Jean-Balthazar / Ernst, Johann Conrad
buildings:
Åkerö Castle, Sweden / Ericsberg Castle, Katrineholm, Sweden / Steninge Castle, Märsta, Sweden / Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark
dates:
1650-1699
media:
Sculpture / Marbles / Bronzes / Plaster / Lead / Wood sculpture / Wax models / Stuccowork / Inscriptions / Drawings / Gardens
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark
patrons:
Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria, 1528-1579 / Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587 / Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway, 1671-1730 / Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1611–1632 / Charles XI, King of Sweden, 1660–1697 / Tessin, Carl Gustaf
places:
France / Paris / Sweden / Stockholm
subjects:
Swedish sculpture / Italian sculpture / French sculpture / Casts (sculpture) / Nudes / Bathers / Venus / Provenance / Patronage / Dating / Travel / Study and teaching / Correspondence / Inventories / Damage to works of art / Ornament / Gifts / Fountains / Bells / Cannons (artillery) / Vases / Swedish architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bathing woman (Venus or Bathsheba), by Giambologna. c.1571–73. Marble, height 105.3 cm. (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; from A. Rudigier, B. Truyols and B. Jestaz: ‘Jean Bologne et les jardins d’Henri IV’, Bulletin monumental 174, 3, 2016).
Attributed works:
11. Church bell, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Elder. 1696. Bronze. (St Charles’ Church, Tallinn).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ‘6’ in the date superimposed by the rotated outline of ‘9’.
Attributed works:
13. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ornament on the socle.
Attributed works:
2–5. Details of Fig.6, showing the signature of Gerhardt Meyer the Elder and the date.
Attributed works:
6. Bathing woman, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Elder. 1697. Bronze, height 103.3 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Fig. 1 from an alternate angle.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of a cannon, cast by Johann Meyer. 1665. Bronze. (Army Museum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
9 and 10. Details of the inscription on a garden vase, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Younger. 1725. Bronze. (Private collection, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of stucco ornament in the Palace of Nicodemus Tessin, Stockholm. c.1700. (Photograph County Administrative Board of Stockholm).
Western art unattributed:
15. The bathroom, Ericsberg Castle, Katrineholm, Sweden.
Western art unattributed:
16. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Lead, height 110 cm. (Ericsberg Castle).
Western art unattributed:
17. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Plaster, height c.108 cm. (Ericsberg Castle).
Western art unattributed:
18. Detail of Fig.16. (All photographs the authors).
Western art unattributed:
19. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Lead. (Fredensborg Palace Garden, Denmark; photograph Thomas Rahbeck).
Article
Two bronze statuettes by Giovanni Francesco Susini, not Pierino de Vinci
11/2016 | 1364 | 158
Pages: 879-884
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Author:
Draper, James David (Draper, James David; Draper, James)
Subjects
artists:
Susini, Giovanni Francesco / Pierino da Vinci
dates:
1620-1629
museums and institutions:
Ca' d'Oro, Venice, Italy
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Bronzes / Attributions, former / Attributions / Attribution / Collections, Public / Biographies / Identification / Bacchus / Venus
subjects:
Statuettes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Bacchus, by Giovanni Francesco Susini. c.1625-30 (Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, Venice)
Attributed works:
21. Venus, by Giovanni Francesco Susini. c.1625-30 (Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, Venice)
Attributed works:
23. Foot of a candlestick, by Pierino da Vinci. c.1550-52 (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
24. Bacchus, by Giovanni Francesco Susini. c.1625-30 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
25. David with the head of Goliath, by Giovanni Francesco Susini. c.1635 (Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna)
Attributed works:
26. Venus and Cupid, by Giovanni Francesco Susini. c.1625-30 (Formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; present whereabouts unknown)
Western art unattributed:
22. Socle. Sculptor unknown (Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, Venice)
Article
Days with Velázquez: when Charles Lewis Hind bought the ‘Rokeby Venus’ for Lockett Agnew
05/2016 | 1358 | 158
Pages: 358–367
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Author:
Pezzini, Barbara (Pezzini, Barbara)
Subjects
artists:
Velázquez, Diego
collectors and dealers:
Agnew's, London, Great Britain / Agnew, Lockett / Hind, Charles Lewis
dates:
1640-1649 / 1900-1909
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Collections, Public / Spanish painting / Acquisitions / National Art Collections Fund / Venus / Provenance / The Trustees of the National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Account books / Donations
works:
The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus') (National Gallery, London)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. The toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus'), by Diego Velázquez. 1647-51 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
31. Portrait of Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo, by Titian. c.1510 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
33. Agnew's daybook, opened to show the entry on 'Venus and Cupid', dated 14th March 1906, with the stock number of the painting (1714) noted and initialled W.L.A. [William Lockett Agnew]. (National Gallery Archive, London)
Attributed works:
34. Charles Lewis Hind, by Emil Otto Hoppé. c.1920. Photograph in C.L. Hind: Naphtali, London, 1926
Attributed works:
36. Agnew's stock book entry for the sale of the Rokeby Venus, in which purchase price and 'service charges' are given in code ('melee' = £30,000, 'ueee' = £2,000). (National Gallery Archive, London)
Western art unattributed:
32. 'Venus and Cupid. Foreign bids for the famous picture', newspaper cutting from the Evening Standard of 7th December 1905 (National Gallery Archive, London)
Western art unattributed:
35. The sitting room at Rokeby Park, Yorkshire, showing the Venus, 1905. Photograph reproduced from The Pall Mall Magazine (October 1905), p.421
Western art unattributed:
37. Lockett Agnew, c.1912 (National Gallery Archive, London)
Western art unattributed:
38. The Rokeby Venus in an advertisement in The Burlington Magazine 8 (March 1906), p.ix
Western art unattributed:
39. 'The Rokeby Velasquez Official Announcement'. Newspaper cutting from The Westminster Gazette of 24th January 1906 (National Gallery Archive, London)
Article
Giovanni Bandini’s ‘Venus’ and ‘Adonis’ for the Sevillian house of Juan de Arguijo in a sonnet by Lope de Vega
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 758-763
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Author:
Loffredo, Fernando (Loffredo, Fernando)
Subjects
artists:
Bandini, Giovanni
dates:
1590-1609
places:
Seville
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Marbles / Venus / Adonis / Identification / Commissions / Provenance / Patronage
subjects:
Poetry / Art in literature
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Adonis, by Giovanni Bandini. 1598 (Private collection)
Attributed works:
24. Rear view of Fig.23
Attributed works:
25. Venus, by Giovanni Bandini. 1598 (Location unknown; formerly in the Palace of Vizconde de Irueste, Madrid)
Attributed works:
26. Rear view of Fig.25
Attributed works:
27. Ferdinando I, by Giovanni Bandini. 1599 (Piazza Micheli, Liverno)
Attributed works:
28. Rear view of Fig.27
Attributed works:
29. Picus, King of Ausonia, by Giovanni Bandini (Boboli Gardens, Florence)
Attributed works:
30. Detail of Fig.23
Attributed works:
31. Detail of Fig.23
Attributed works:
32. Bust of Christ, by Giovanni Bandini (S. Vincenzo, Prato)
Attributed works:
33. Detail of Fig.29
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‘Un Buste de Venus d’un Amethiste ancienne’: discovering the Italian origins of an object in the Grünes Gewölbe in Dresden
06/2015 | 1347 | 157
Pages: 388-390
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Reviewer:
Geiger, Maureen Cassidy (Geiger, Maureen Cassidy)
Subjects
artists:
LePlat, Raymond
collectors and dealers:
Gualtieri, Filippo Antonio, Cardinal
dates:
1650-1699
museums and institutions:
Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden, Germany
subjects:
Sculpture / Busts / Pietre Dure / Bronzes / Venus / Provenance / Correspondence / Inventories / Collections, Public
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Letter from Raymond LePlat to Augustus the Strong with a sketch of the Gualtieri bust of Venus. 1728 (Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Dresden, Loc. 380/4, Lettres du Baron Leplat pendant son voyage pour Rome, concernant l'achât des statues en 1716-1730, et sans date, fol.82v)
Attributed works:
7. Plan of the Gualtieri collection in Palazzo Manfroni, Rome, by Raymond LePlat(?). 1728 (Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Dresden, Loc. 380/4, Lettres du Baron Leplat pendant son voyage pour Rome, concernant l'achât des statues en 1716-1730, et sans date, fols.154v-155r)
Western art unattributed:
5. Bust of Venus. Florence, late 17th century(?). (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Grünes Gewölbe, inv. no. V 592)
Western art unattributed:
8. Memoire de ce qui est contenu dans chaque Cabinet du Palais du defunt Cardinal Gualtieri. 1728. (Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Dresden, Loc. 380/4, Lettres du Baron Leplat pendant son voyage pour Rome, concernant l'achât des statues en 1716-1730, et sans date, fols.178v-179r)
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Gavin Hamilton’s ‘Venus presenting Helen to Paris’: a new painting for the Louvre
05/2013 | 1322 | 155
Pages: 315-317
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Author:
Faroult, Guillaume (Faroult, Guillaume)
Subjects
artists:
Hamilton, Gavin
dates:
1770-1779
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
subjects:
Scottish painting / Acquisitions / Collections, Public / Classical mythology / Venus / Helen of Troy / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Venus presenting Helen to Paris, by Gavin Hamilton (Museo di Roma, Palazzo Braschi, Rome)
Attributed works:
17. Venus presenting Helen to Paris, by Gavin Hamilton (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
18. Venus presenting Helen to Paris, by Gavin Hamilton (Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire)
Attributed works:
19. Modello for Venus presenting Helen to Paris, by Gavin Hamilton (Private collection, New York)
Attributed works:
20. Paris and Helen, by Jacques-Louis David (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
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Two eighteenth-century sculpture acquisitions for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
11/2012 | 1316 | 154
Pages: 773-779
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Author:
Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
Subjects
artists:
Nost, Jan van, I, ca. 1655-ca. 1712 / Deare, John
dates:
1700-1709 / 1790-1799
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Acquisitions / British sculpture / Dutch sculpture / Reliefs / Marbles / Venus
subjects:
Collections, Public
subjects:
Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
35. Crouching Venus, by John Nost, on its contemporary plinth. Signed and dated 1702. Marble, 122 cm. high; 237 cm. with plinth. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
36. Fig.35 without its contemporary plinth.
Attributed works:
37. Detail of Fig.38.
Attributed works:
38. Julius Caesar invading Britain, by John Deare. Signed and dated 1796. Marble, 87.5 by 164 by 17 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
39. Catalogue of pictures hung in Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire. Coloured drawings by an unknown draughtsman. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Bd 16.St.67).
Western art unattributed:
40. Fig.38 set into a painted wood surround above a later chimneypiece in the drawing room at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire. Photograph dating from c.1930. (English Heritage Archive, Swindon).
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