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Exhibition Review
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 389-393
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Reviewer:
Dutta, Parshati (Dutta, Parshati)
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The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence Victoria and Albert Museum, London 9th November 2024–5th May 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Dagger and scabbard, by Mughal court workshops. c.1620. Hilt: gold over iron, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, glass, ivory and agate; blade: watered steel; scabbard: gold over wood, set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, 35.2 by 11.7 by 2.7 cm. (dagger); 25 by 5.6 by 2.7 cm. (scabbard). (Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Dagger and scabbard, by Mughal court workshops. c.1620. Hilt: gold over iron, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, glass, ivory and agate; blade: watered steel; scabbard: gold over wood, set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, 35.2 by 11.7 by 2.7 cm. (dagger); 25 by 5.6 by 2.7 cm. (scabbard). (Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Squirrels in a plane tree, by Abu’l-Hasan and Mansur. c.1605–10. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 47 by 32.2 cm. (British Library, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Wine cup made for Emperor Shah Jahan, by Mughal court workshops. 1657. White nephrite jade, 18.7 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The ‘Pangolin Fan’: An Imperial Ivory Fan from Ceylon
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1036-1038
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Reviewer:
Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
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The ‘Pangolin Fan’: An Imperial Ivory Fan from Ceylon By Hugo Miguel Crespo and Annemarie Jordan Gschwend. 231 pp. incl. over 100 col. ills. (Jaime Eguiguren Art and Antiques, Buenos Aires, 2022). ISBN 978–84–09–41680–6. | :
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Non-western art unattributed:
4. The ‘Pangolin Fan’. Sri Lanka, c.1540–51. Carved ivory, silver and carnelian. (Private collection).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Detail of Fig.4.
Article
Counter-Reformation ambers: Friedrich Schmidt’s workshop in Kretinga, Lithuania
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 839-853
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Author:
kulka, Rahul (kulka, Rahul)
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1. Altar, by Friedrich Schmidt. 1678. Amber, ivory, wood, glass, silver and parchment, 29 by 20.7 by 16.5 cm. (Altonaer Museum, Hamburg; © SHMH-Altonaer Museum, permanent loan from the Federal Republic of Germany).
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10. Detail of the altar in Fig.1, showing an ivory panel carved with a kneeling saint.
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11. Detail of the casket in Figs.13 and 14, showing an ivory panel carved with the Annunciation.
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12. Detail of the altar in Fig.1, showing an ivory panel carved with the Annunciation.
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13 and 14. Casket of St Casimir (Cassetta di San Casimiro), by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. 1678. Amber, ivory, glass, wood and silver, 35.5 by 58 by 20 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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15 and 16. Small altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. 1677–78. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 59 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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17 and 18. Large altar with Crucifixion group, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 136 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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19. Detail of the altar in Figs.17–18.
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2. The rear of the altar illustrated in Fig.1 .
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20. Candlestick, one of a small-sized pair, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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21. Candlestick, one of a medium-sized pair, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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22. Altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt, c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood, height 78 cm. (Schloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden; from A. Rohde: Bernstein: Ein deutscher Werkstoff, Berlin 1937, fig.214).
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23 and 24. Reliquary by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass, wood and silver, 32 by 49.5 by 24.2 cm. (Convento di Santa Chiara, Naples; photograph © Marco Pedicini, courtesy the Central Directorate for Religious Affairs and for the Administration of the Fondo Edifici di Culto of the Ministry of the Interior).
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25. Candlestick, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood, height 28 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte).
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26. Altar, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 31 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; photograph © 2022 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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27. Detail of the altar in Fig.28, showing a verre églomisé panel from the right side.
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28. St Casimir, by the Władysław Łazarski printing house. Early 20th-century reprint of an 18th-century woodblock print, 34 by 24 cm. (Częstochowa Museum; © Muzeum Częstochowskiego).
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29. Detail of the top of the altar in Fig.26.
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3. The interior of the altar illustrated in Fig.1.
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4. Detail of the altar illustrated in Fig.1, showing a verre églomisé panel.
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5. Detail of the altar illustrated in Fig.1, showing the inscription on the book.
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6 and 7. Details of an altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and silver, height 45 cm. (© Muzeum Bursztynu, Malbork; on permanent loan from Muzeum Okręgowe, Tarnów).
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8. Altar, attributed to the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. After 1678. Amber, ivory and wood, 53 by 36 by 23 cm. (Ostpreussisches Landesmuseum, Lüneburg; © Ostpreußisches Landesmuseum Lüneburg, Deutschbaltische Abteilung).
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9. Detail of the left side of the casket in Figs.13 and 14.
Article
A set of ebony and ivory inlaid furniture for the Duke of Urbino
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 546-557
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Tavella, Mario (Tavella, Mario)
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1. The studiolo shown in Fig.2 and the credenza shown in Fig.9 reunited. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
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10. Hinged panel from the top of one of the della Rovere cabinets, attributed to Giorgio Tedesco and Giulio Lupi, c.1599, incorporated into a base made c.1656–67. Ebony inlaid with ivory, 25 by 35 cm. (Private collection).
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11. The studiolo shown in Fig.2 and the credenza shown in Fig.9. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
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12. The credenza shown in Fig.9 opened.
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13. The credenza on the base, as it appeared at auction in Belgium in 1951. The base is in a private collection.
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14. Hinged panel from the top of one of the della Rovere cabinets, attributed to Giorgio Tedesco and Giulio Lupi. c.1599, altered to include the grand ducal crown and incorporated into the top of the prie-dieu shown in Fig.8, c.1656–67. Ebony inlaid with ivory, 32 by 57 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
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15. Hinged panel from the top of one of the della Rovere cabinets, attributed to Giorgio Tedesco and Giulio Lupi. c.1599. Ebony inlaid with ivory, in a giltwood frame, 28.5 by 39 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Studiolo with cerquate decoration, attributed to Giorgio Tedesco and Giulio Lupi. c.1599. Ebony inlaid with ivory, 67 by 73 by 45 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; photograph Claudio Ripalti – MIC, GNdM-Urbino).
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3. The studiolo shown in Fig.2 opened. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino. Photograph Claudio Ripalti – MIC, GNdM-Urbino).
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4. Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, by Giorgio Picchi. c.1590. Oil on canvas, 130 by 97 cm. (Altomani & Sons, Pesaro).
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5. Top of the table shown in Fig.6. Ebony inlaid with ivory, 83 by 133 cm. (Private collection; © Sotheby’s).
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6. Table, attributed to Giorgio Tedesco and Giulio Lupi. c.1596–97. Ebony inlaid with ivory, 83 by 133 by 83 cm. (Private collection; © Sotheby’s).
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7. Detail of the hinged panel on the top of the studiolo shown in Fig.2. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; photograph Claudio Ripalti – MIC, GNdM-Urbino).
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8. Prie-dieu. Florence, c.1656–67, incorporating panels attributed to Giorgio Tedesco and Giulio Lupi, c.1599. Ebony inlaid with ivory, 92 by 74 by 80 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; photograph Claudio Ripalti – MIC, GNdM-Urbino).
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9. Credenza with cerquate decoration, attributed to Giorgio Tedesco and Giulio Lupi. c.1599. Ebony inlaid with ivory, 74.5 by 72 by 46 cm. (Private collection, on loan to the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
Article
Medieval and Renaissance enamels and other works of art in the Wyvern Collection
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 374-379
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Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud (Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud; Angerhausen, Hiltrud Westermann-)
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4. Badge of St Margaret. Probably eastern France, second half of the fifteenth century. Alloy of gold and copper, 5.9 by 4 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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6. Horn, by Léonard Limosin. Limoges, 1538. Enamel painted on copper with silver fittings, mounted on a cow’s horn, length 30.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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7. Head of the Virgin. Northern Spain, c.1270–1300. Wood, paint, gilding and gesso, height 59 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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8. Head of the mourning Virgin. France (Paris or Normandy), c.1530–40. Clear glass painted with stipple shading, leaded in a later setting, 13.5 by 11.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
1. Phylactery. Mosan, c.1160–70. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, vernis brun, rock crystal and gems on a wooden core, 22.5 by 22 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
2. Chrismatory. Anglo-Saxon, c.800, and Carolingian, late 9th century. Repoussé copper-alloy sheets with gilding and silver on an oak core, height 15.6 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
3. Plaque. England, c.1180–1200. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, height 5.7 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
5. Travelling chalice. Lower Rhine (probably Cologne), c.1240–50. Silver, parcel-gilt, with filigree, pearls and semi-precious stones, height 8.2 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Exhibition Review
Terrible Beauty: Elephant – Human – Ivory
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1061-1063
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Vogt, Robert J. (Vogt, Robert J.)
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Terrible Beauty: Elephant – Human – Ivory Humboldt Forum, Berlin 20th July–28th November | :
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6. Jewellery box. Ceylon, 16th century. Ivory with metal fittings, height 10.2 cm. (Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. Humboldt Forum, Berlin; photograph Jürgen Liepe).
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7. Mammoth. 35,000 BC. Ivory, length 3.7 cm. (Archäopark Vogelherd, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden- Württemberg; exh. Humboldt Forum, Berlin; photograph Manuela Schreiner).
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8. Installation view of Terrible Beauty: Elephant – Human – Ivory at the Humboldt Forum, Berlin, 2021. (Photograph Robert Vogt).
Article
Henry de Triqueti’s ‘Vase of dreams’
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 924-933
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Dagorne, Richard (Dagorne, Richard)
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Robinson, Alicia (Robinson, Alicia)
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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).
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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).
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11. Vase of creation, by Antoine Vechte. 1848–61. Repoussé silver, 93 by 38 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais).
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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).
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13. Vase, by Albert Carrier-Belleuse. Minton & Co., 1862. Bone china, painted and gilded, height 95.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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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).
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15. Vase of the vintage, by Henry de Triqueti. 1839–44. Patinated bronze, height 108 cm. (Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris).
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16. Mother of Moses, by Henry de Triqueti. 1852. Terracotta, 21 by 35 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans).
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17. Laura and Petrarch at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Lithographic stone, 20 by 30 cm. (Private collection).
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18. Laura and Petrarch, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31.4 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
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19. Dante presented to Homer by Virgil, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
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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).
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3. Sappho and Cupid, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1851. Ivory, height 64 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).
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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).
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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).
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Below left 4. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the maiden’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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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).
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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).
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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).
Exhibition Review
Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 582-584
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Peterson, Laurel (Peterson, Laurel)
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10. The King promising to come to Paris with his family (October 6, 1789), by Jean- Louis Prieur the Younger. 1789. Graphite and wash on paper, 19.5 by 25.3 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; photograph Roger-Violle; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
8. Fan with a view of the town and palace of Versailles. French, c.1780– 85. Single paper leaf, painted in gouache, carved and pierced ivory, gilding and mother-of-pearl, width when open 31 cm. (Musée Lambinet, Versailles; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
9. Embroidered panels for a man’s suit, French. 1780s. Silk embroidery on woven silk, 124.5 by 56.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
The Neutelings Collection: Four Centuries of Medieval Sculpture. Edited by Lars Hendrikman
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 254
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Reviewer:
Davies, Glyn (Davies, Glyn)
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1. Panel from a triptych depicting Death and coronation of the Virgin (top of gable missing), German (Mainz?). Last quarter of the fourteenth century. Ivory with traces of polychromy, 21.9 cm. high. (Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, on long term loan from the V.Z.W. Fundatie voor kunst der middeleeuwen, inv. no.10-05423).
Article
Turned geometry: two masterpieces by Georg Friedel
07/2017 | 1372 | 159
Pages: 544-552
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Author:
Tarnai, Tibor (Tarnai, Tibor)
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Weber, Dirk (Weber, Dirk)
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23. Image of a heron facing right, detail of Fig.28 (Photograph Dirk Weber)
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24. Georg Friedel's initials with a six-pointed star, detail of Fig.28 (Photograph Dirk Weber)
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25. Marcus Heiden's initials with a heron facing left, engraved on a turned ivory artefact (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Grünes Gewölbe, inv. no.II 233; photograph Michael Wagner)
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26. Contrefait sphere, presumably by Johannes Eisenberg and Marcus Heiden. Between 1618 and 1631 (Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, inv. Bargello 1879, no.135; photograph Massimo Listri)
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27. Five snuffboxes turned within a sphere. From N. Grollier de Servière: Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathematique et la mechanique, on description du cabinet de monsieur Grollier de Servière, 2nd ed., Paris 1751, pl.IV
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28. Contrefait sphere, by Georg Friedel. Before 1618 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Grünes Gewölbe, inv. no.II 256; photograph Jürgen Lösel)
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29. A pair of interlocking spheres inside a sphere turned from a single block of ivory. From L.-E. Bergeron: Manuel du tourneur, 2nd ed., ed. P. Hamelin-Bergeron, Paris 1816, II, pl.XXIV
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30. The goblet with lid by Georg Friedel, shown in Fig.31, as it appeared in 1932. From J.L. Sponsel and E. Haenel: Das Grüne Gewölbe zu Dresden, Leipzig 1932, IV, pl.4, detail
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31. Goblet with lid, by Georg Friedel. Before 1618 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Grünes Gewölbe, inv. no.II 297; photograph Jürgen Lösel)
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33. Goblet with lid, presumably by Johannes Eisenberg and Marcus Heiden. Between 1618 and 1631 (Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, inv. Bargello 1879 no.56; photograph Massimo Listri)
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34. Detail of Fig.31 (Photograph Jürgen Lösel)
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35. Detail of Fig.28, two multi-layer balls turned within the hollow sphere (Photograph Michael Wagner)
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36. A regular octahedron where each face is subdivided into three equal kites (deltoids). From W. Jamnitzer: Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Nuremberg 1568, p.E.V.
Western art unattributed:
22. Stamp seal of the market town of Essing. Sixteenth century (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, inv. no.SiSt 178; photograph Monika Runge)
Western art unattributed:
32. Multi-layer ball, artist unknown. Probably first half of the seventeenth century (Historisches Museum, Frankfurt, inv. no.hmf.X23737; photograph Uwe Dettmar)
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