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Book Review
Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1178–1180
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Griffey, Erin (Griffey, Erin)
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Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians By Anna Reynolds. 344 pp. incl. 300 col. ills. (Royal Collection Trust, London, 2023), £30. ISBN 978–1–909741–85–0. | :
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23. Needlework pocketbook, by Queen Charlotte. 1781. Satin, coloured silks and enamelled gold, width 27.7 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024).
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24. Queen Charlotte with Charlotte, Princess Royal, Benjamin West. 1776. Oil on canvas, 168.2 by 205.7 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024)
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A portrait of the Lady Isabella by the hand of Bronzino
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 26-37
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Edelstein, Bruce L. (Edelstein, Bruce L.)
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1. Eleonora di Toledo with her son Giovanni, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1545. Oil on panel, 115 by 96 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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10. Portrait of a lady with a cameo, by Alessandro Allori. Oil on panel, 123 by 97 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Portrait medal of Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, by Domenico Poggini. 1560. Bronze, diameter 4.9 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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12. Isabella de’ Medici as a young girl, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1553. Oil on panel, 44 by 36 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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13. Portrait of Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, by Alessandro Allori. After 1560. Oil on panel, 99 by 70 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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14. X-radiograph of Fig.2. (Courtesy Thierry Radelet Laboratory).
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2. Portrait of a woman, here identified as Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, here attributed to Agnolo Bronzino. c.1560. Oil on panel, 103.8 by 83.7 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Claudio Giusti).
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3. Portrait of a young lady, probably Camilla Martelli de’ Medici, by Alessandro Allori. 1570s. Oil on canvas mounted on board, 68.6 by 59.1 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum).
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4. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2. (Courtesy Thierry Radelet Laboratory).
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5. Portrait of a young man, by Agnolo Bronzino. Mid-1530s or early 1540s? Oil on panel, 96 by 75 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.5.
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7. Portrait of a lady (Cassandra Bandini?), by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1550– 55. Oil on panel, 109 by 84 cm. (Galleria Sabauda, Turin).
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8. Bia de’ Medici, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1542–45. Oil on panel, 64 by 48 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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9. Laura Battiferri, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1560. 83 by 60 cm. (Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
About Time: Fashion and Duration
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 486
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Mackrell, Alice (Mackrell, Alice)
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About Time: Fashion and Duration By Andrew Bolton. 400 pp. incl. 240 b. & w. ills. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2020),  50. ISBN 978–1–58839–688–4. | :
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11. (Left) Walking dress. Probably American, c.1885; and (right) coat, by Yohji Yamamoto. Fall/winter collection 1986–87. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; photographs Nicholas Alan Cope).
Book Review
Arrayed in Splendour: Art, Fashion, and Textiles in Medieval and Early Modern Europe Undressing Rubens: Fashion and Painting in Seventeenth-Century Antwerp
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 185-186
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Griffey, Erin (Griffey, Erin)
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Arrayed in Splendour: Art, Fashion, and Textiles in Medieval and Early Modern Europe Edited by Christoph Brachmann. 264 pp. incl. 111 col. + 3 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2019), £85. ISBN 978–2–503–57965–8. | :
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Undressing Rubens: Fashion and Painting in Seventeenth-Century Antwerp Edited by Abigail D. Newman and Lieneke Nijkamp. 232 pp. incl. 136 col. + 3 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2019), £115. ISBN 978–1–912554–22–5. | :
Book Review
Veiled Presence: Body and Drapery from Giotto to Titian. By Paul Hills
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 77-78
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Poeschke, Joachim (Poeschke, Joachim)
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Veiled Presence: Body and Drapery from Giotto to Titian By Paul Hills. 224 pp. incl. 147 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018), £45. ISBN 978–0–300–23675–0. | :
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An English artist at the Valois court: a portrait of Henri III by Nicholas Hilliard
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 102-111
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Aslet, William (Aslet, William)
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BURGIO, Lucia (BURGIO, Lucia)
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Cachaud, Céline (Cachaud, Céline)
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Derbyshire, Alan (Derbyshire, Alan)
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Rutherford, Emma (Rutherford, Emma)
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1. Henri III of France, by Nicholas Hilliard. Here dated c.1576. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to playing card, 5 by 3.7 cm. (Djanogly Collection).
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11. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou. Here dated c.1578. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to pasteboard, 5.8 by 4.9 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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3. Reverse of Fig.2, showing the maker’s stamp ‘JP’ or ‘PJ’.
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4. Coronation medal of Henri III, attributed to Germain Pilon. 1575. Bronze, diameter 16.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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5. Detail of Fig.1 showing the lace ruff.
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7. Portrait of a gentleman, here proposed as Pierre de Ronsard, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1577. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to playing card, height 5.1 by 4.4 cm. (Private collection).
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8. Pierre de Ronsard, by Benjamin Foulon. 1580–85. Black and red chalk on paper, 33 by 23 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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9. and 10. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou and Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1579. From Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book, with Six Prayers Composed by Her Majesty and Written by Herself in English, French, Latin, Greek, and Italian, etc., Southwood 1893 (The British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Fig.1 in a Renaissance-revival pierced frame. Nineteenth century. Cherry wood, 20.5 by 12.5 cm. (Djanogly Collection).
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6. Henri III. France, after 1576. Oil on paper, 13.5 by 9.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
Book Review
Venice Illuminated: Power and Painting in Renaissance Manuscripts. By Helena Katalin Szépe
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 168-169
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Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
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4. Girolamo Zane as Procurator and as Captain General of the Sea. 1568. Vellum, 29.5 by 21 cm. (British Library, London; King’s MS 156 fols.11v–12v).
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Royal wooden funeral effigies at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 26-35
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Blessley, Krista (Blessley, Krista)
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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10. Detail of Fig.8, showing the hip joint. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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11. Axonometric diagram showing the jointing of the effigy in Fig.8, by Krista Blessley. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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12. Effigy head and bust of Anne of Denmark, by Maximilian Colt. 1619. Probably pine, 47 by 45 by 25 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0893; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
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13. Detail of Fig.12, showing the blue vein painted on the left temple. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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14. Effigy body of James I, by Maximilian Colt. 1625. Probably pine, 178 by 50 by 29cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 1016; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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15. Some of the royal funeral effigies at Westminster Abbey in 1949, showing their condition after the Second World War. From R.P. Howgrave-Graham: ‘Royal effigies at Westminster Abbey: modern treatment leads to valuable discoveries’, Country Life, 11th January 1952, pp.82–84.
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2. Installation view of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey, London, showing the medieval funeral effigies. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
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3. The funeral of Anne of Bohemia, a detail from Chroniques, by Jean Froissart. South Netherlands, c.1480. Illumination on parchment. (British Library, London; MS Royal 18 E II, vol.IV, fol.227).
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7. Effigy head and bust of Elizabeth of York, probably by Richard Gibson. 1503. Probably pearwood, 65 by 40 by 39 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0889; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Articulated effigy body of Henry, Prince of Wales, by Richard Norris. 1612. Pine or fir wood with iron nails, loops and screws, 161 by 42.5 by 19 cm. Photograph c.1950. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 1017; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing carpenters’ marks at joints. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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1. Front, side and back views of the effigy of Edward III. 1377. Walnut, 176 by 42.8 by 27 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0886; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing plaster underlayer on head. Photograph c.1950s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. X-radiograph detail of Fig.1, showing plaster underlayer on head. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. Front, side and back views of the effigy of Catherine de Valois. 1437. Oak, 165 by 42 by 21 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0888; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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Royal ceremonies in the missal of Abbot Nicholas Litlyngton
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 18-25
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Wackett, Jayne (Wackett, Jayne)
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1. Folio 206r of the Litlyngton Missal. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment, 52.5 by 36 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the coronation of a king.
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3. Detail of folio 221v of the Litlyngton Missal, showing the coronation of a queen. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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4. Detail of p.65 of the Liber Regalis, showing the coronation of a queen. c.1382. Illumination on vellum. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. Folio 224r of the Litlyngton Missal. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment, 52.5 by 36 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. Detail of folio 33v of the Liber Regalis, showing a royal tomb. c.1382. Illumination on vellum. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. Detail of folio 326r of the Litlyngton Missal, showing a monk’s funeral. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Detail of Fig.5, showing the exequies for a king.
Exhibition Review
Armenia! Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 60-63
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Jones, Lynn (Jones, Lynn)
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4. Altar frontal. 1741. Gold, silver and silk threads on silk, 67.5 by 97.5 cm. (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Alexander Romance. Rome, 1538–44 and unknown location, sixteenth century. Tempera and ink on parchment, 24 by 17.8 cm. (‘Matenadaran’ Mesrop Mashtots’ Institute-Museum of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, MS 5472; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Khachkar. Lori Berd, twelfth to thirteenth century. Basalt, 182.9 by 98.4 by 22.9 cm. (History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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