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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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Reviewer:
Schwarzer, Isabella (Schwarzer, Isabella)
Subjects
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).
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Renaissance exhibitions in Paris
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 612–619
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Author:
Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
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artists:
Pisanello / Fouquet, Jean, ca. 1415-1481 / Quarton, Enguerrand / Eyck, Barthélemy d' / Perugino, Pietro / Zoppo, Marco
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France / Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
subjects:
Renaissance art / Humanism / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Bookbindings / Books / Prints / Coins / Medals / Portraits / Paintings / Bronzes / Sculpture / Collections / Charles VII, King of France, 1403-1461
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Invention of the Renaissance: the Humanist, the Prince and the Artist, Bibliothèque national de France, 20 February16 June 2024. Les arts en France sous Charles VII, Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge, 12 March–16 June 2024. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Jacopo Antonio Marcello, attributed to Jacopo Bellini. 1453. Tempera on parchment, 18.7 by 13 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS 940, fol.38v).
Attributed works:
2. Frontispiece. (From Giovanni Michele Nagonio: De laudibus Galliae, Rome c.1500.) Ink and tempera on parchment, 27 by 16 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 8132, fols.8v–9r).
Attributed works:
3. St John on Patmos from the Hours of Frederick III, by Jean Bourdichon, Giovanni Todeschino and the Master of Claude de France. 1501–02. Tempera on parchment, 24.5 by 15.5 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 10532, p.62).
Attributed works:
4. Manuscript binding, by Étienne Roffet. c.1542–43. Gilt-tooled leather, 33.5 by 23 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 6866, upper cover).
Attributed works:
5. So-called dais of Charles VII, perhaps after a design by Jacob de Littemont. c.1430–40. Wool and silk, 292 by 285 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
6. Supplicant in prayer, excised leaf of the Collins Hours, by the Master of the Collins Hours. c.1445–50. Tempera and ink on parchment, 18.5 by 12.5 cm. (Musée de Cluny–Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris, MS Cl.23945).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of the central panel of the Aix Triptych showing the books on the Virgin’s lectern, by Barthélemy d’Eyck. 1443–44. Oil on panel. (Sainte-Madeleine, Aix-en-Provence; photograph the author).
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A medal of the Sun King by Claude I Ballin
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 441–445
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Author:
Jouvet, Ludovic (Jouvet, Ludovic)
Subjects
artists:
Ballin, Claude I, 1615-1678 / Warin, Jean
dates:
1660-1719 / 1750-1759
museums and institutions:
Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
places:
Paris / Liège
subjects:
Medals / Wax models / Wax sculpture / Goldsmiths / French art / Portraits / Coins / Casts (sculpture) / Copies / Dating
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Louis XIV, by Henri de Villers after Claude I Ballin. 1754 (after a wax of 1672). Uniface bronze, diameter 165 mm. (with frame). (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Louis XIV, by Jean Warin. 1665. Marble, height 106 cm. (Château de Versailles).
Attributed works:
3. Abraham Simon, by Georges Vertue after G. Kneller. First half of the 18th century. Red chalk and wash on paper, 16 by 13.1cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Louis XIV, by Robert Nanteuil. 1664. Engraving, 40.2 by 31.5 cm. (plate). (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
5. Ferrante Loffredo, Marquess of Trevico. French, mid-16th century. Wax on glass, diameter 10 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
6. Louis XIV, by Francesco Bertinetti. 1672. Uniface bronze, diameter 140 mm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
7. Claude Ballin orfèvre, by Jacques Lubin. c.1675–1700. Etching and engraving, 25.1 by 19.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
8. Louis XIV, by Jean Warin. 1665. Gold, diameter 100 mm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. Louis XIV, after Claude I Ballin. 1750–1800 (after a wax of 1672). Uniface bronze, diameter 165 mm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Short Notice
The new museum in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 630-637
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Reviewer:
Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, France / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie, Paris, France / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
places:
Paris
subjects:
Museums / Libraries / Displays / Architecture / Collections / Manuscripts / Coins / Medals / Silverwork / Prints / Drawings / Photographs / Costume / Antiquities
subjects:
Abbey of Saint Denis, Saint Denis, France / Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Aerial view of the Palais Mazarin, Paris, at the end of the seventeenth century. Engraving. (From L. de Laborde: De l’organisation des bibliothèques dans Paris, 4e lettre: Le palais Mazarin et les habitations de ville et de campagne au XVIIe siècle, Paris 1845, facing p.5).
Attributed works:
10. Throne from the treasury of Saint-Denis (‘Throne of Dagobert’). Late 8th–early 9th century. Copper alloy with iron, remains of gilding, height 104 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Cardinal Mazarin shown in the upper gallery of his hôtel, by Robert Nanteuil. 1659. Etching, 46.5 by 56.8 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. The galerie Mazarin. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
4. Plan of the ground level of the Bibliothèque nationale ‘site Richelieu’. (After Atelier Bruno Gaudin).
Attributed works:
5. Plan of the first floor of the Bibliothèque nationale ‘site Richelieu’. (After Atelier Bruno Gaudin).
Attributed works:
6. The first-floor landing of the Bibliothèque national ‘site Richelieu’ and the entrance to the salle des Colonnes. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
7. The salle des Colonnes. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
8. The salle Barthélemy, the former reading room of the département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
9. The salon de Louis XV, the former cabinet des Médailles (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Jean-Christophe Ballot).
Exhibition Review
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 173-176
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Reviewer:
Schwabauer, Adeline (Schwabauer, Adeline)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Dommuseum, Hildesheim, Germany
places:
Hildesheim
subjects:
Medieval art / Islam / Christianity / Chess / Vessels / Caskets / Textiles / Reliquaries / Rock crystals / Silks / Arabic scripts / Ornament / Coins / Seals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250 Dommuseum, Hildesheim 7th September 2022– 12th February 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. The Silos Casket, by Muhammad ibn Zayyan. Cuenca, 1026 (AH 417). Enamel plates and fixtures, Silos, c.1150. Ivory, copper and enamel, 19 by 34 by 21 cm. (Museo de Burgos; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Western art unattributed:
6. Senmurv aquamanile. Second third of the 12th century. Copper alloy, silver and niello, 19.6 by 16.5 cm. (Dommuseum, Hildesheim).
Western art unattributed:
7. Panel from the Ambon of Henry II, Aachen Cathedral. Before 1014. Rock crystal and chess pieces, Abbasid or Byzantine Empire, 9th or 10th century. Copper foil, quartz and agate. (Aachen Cathedral; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Book Review
Mary Gillick: Sculptor and Medallist
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 99-100
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Reviewer:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
artists:
Gillick, Mary (1881–1965)
subjects:
British art / Medals / Medallions / Memorials / Coins
subjects:
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mary Gillick: Sculptor and Medallist By Philip Attwood. 216 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (British Museum and Spink Books, London, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–1–912667–75–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Mary Gillick in the grounds of her home in Chelsea holding a plaster model for the new coinage. 1952. Photograph. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
The Lindisfarne Gospels. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1267-1269
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Reviewer:
Meehan, Bernard (Meehan, Bernard)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Manuscripts / Early medieval / Metalwork / Pictish / Sculpture / Carvings / Coins
works:
Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London)
Reviewed Items
works:
The Lindisfarne Gospels Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle 17th September–3rd December | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Trumpington Cross. 7th century. Gold and garnet, diameter 3.5 cm. (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Western art unattributed:
6. Beginning of the Gospel of St John from the Lindisfarne Gospels. c.700. Vellum, 36.5 by 27.5 cm. (British Library, London, Cotton MS Nero D IV, fol.211r; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Western art unattributed:
7. Eagle, symbol of John the Evangelist. Northumbria or Iona, c.700. Vellum, 28.5 by 21.9 cm. (Corpus Christi College Cambridge, MS 197B; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Exhibition Review
Venetia 1600: Births and Rebirths
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 190-192
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Pietrabissa, Camilla (Pietrabissa, Camilla )
Subjects
buildings:
Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy
dates:
2020-2030
places:
Venice
subjects:
Venetian art / Urban history / Paintings / Architectural models / Costume / Coins / Ceramics / Legends / Doges
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Venetia 1600: Births and Rebirths Palazzo Ducale, Venice 4th September 2021– 25th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Virgin and Child with a votive model of S. Maria della Salute, by Alessandro Varotari, called Padovanino. 1631. Oil on canvas, 266 by 168 cm. (Diocesi Patriarcato di Venezia, Venice; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Venice).
Attributed works:
8. Lion of St Mark, by Vittore Carpaccio. 1516. Oil and tempera on canvas, 130 by 368 cm. (Palazzo Ducale, Venice).
Attributed works:
9. Installation view of Venetia 1600: Births and Rebirths at Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 2021.
Book Review
The Middle Ages in 50 Objects
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 637
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Reviewer:
Gamage, Kshanti (Gamage, Kshanti)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
subjects:
Medieval art / Medieval sculpture / Illuminated manuscripts / Paintings / Mosaics / Engravings / Jewellery / Coins / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Middle Ages in 50 Objects By Elina Gertsman and Barbara H. Rosenwein. 248 pp. incl. 51 col. ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018), £24.99. ISBN 978–1– 107–15038–6. | :
Book Review
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 547
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Reviewer:
Purcell, Mark (Purcell, Mark)
Subjects
places:
Lisbon
subjects:
Libraries / Royalty / Portuguese (people) / Books / Manuscripts / Prints / Medals / Coins / Drawings
subjects:
Earthquakes
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal By Angela Delaforce. 330 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2019),  45. ISBN 978–1– 912168–15–6. | :
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