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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)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Mughal / Paintings / Architecture / Tankards / Textiles / Metalwork / Textile pages manuscripts) / Illuminated manuscripts / Ivory / Metalwork
Reviewed Items
subjects:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Exhibition Review
Gauguin in the World
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 180–183
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Reviewer:
Childs, Elizabeth C. (Childs, Elizabeth C.)
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artists:
Gauguin, Paul
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
subjects:
French art / Paintings / Ceramics / Sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gauguin in the World Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 3rd November 2024–16th February 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Le vallon, by Paul Gauguin. 1892. Oil on canvas, 41.5 by 67 cm. (Private collection; exh. Museum of Fine Arts Houston).
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20. Nature morte à L’Espérance, by Paul Gauguin. 1901. Oil on canvas, 65 by 75 cm. (© Enrico de Marco; private collection; exh. Museum of Fine Arts Houston).
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21. Double pot, by Paul Gauguin. c.1887–89. Unglazed stoneware, 15.5 by 12.8 by 11.5 cm. (Te Fare Iamanaha – Musée de Tahiti et des Îles, Punaauia; exh. Museum of Fine Arts Houston).
Exhibition Review
Figures du fou: Du Moyen Âge aux Romantiques
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 178–180
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Reviewer:
Takanishi Knowles, Marika (Takanishi Knowles, Marika)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
subjects:
Fools / Medieval art / Renaissance art / Romanticism / Paintings / Prints / Stained glass / Woodwork / Manuscripts / Ivories / Medals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Figures du fou: Du Moyen Âge aux Romantiques Musée du Louvre, Paris 16th October 2024–3rd February 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Towel rail showing a fool embracing a woman, by Arnt van Tricht. c.1535. Polychromed oak, 44.3 by 46.8 by 30 cm. (Museum Kurhaus Kleve; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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17. Illustration of Psalm 52, from the Psalter of Jean de France, duc de Berry, illuminated by Jacquemart de Hesdin. c.1386. Illumination on parchment, 25 by 19 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS 13091, fol.106; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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18. Ship of fools, by Hieronymus Bosch. c.1505–15. Oil on panel, 58 by 33 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Hand in Hand: Sculpture and Colour in the Spanish Golden Age
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 166–168
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Reviewer:
Hellwig, Karin (Hellwig, Karin)
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artists:
Mena, Pedro de / Martínez Montañés, Francisco / Roldán, Pedro / Roldán, Luisa / Carmona, Luis Salvador / Carducho, Vicente / Ribera, Jusepe de / Coello, Claudio / Herrera Barnuevo, Sebastián de
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
Spanish art / Sculpture / Paintings / Polychromed wood sculpture / Religious art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hand in Hand: Sculpture and Colour in the Spanish Golden Age Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 19th November 2024–2nd March 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Christ of forgiveness, by Luis Salvador Carmona. 1756. Polychrome wood enhanced by other media, 163 by 91.5 by 90 cm. (Clarisas Capuchinas, Nava del Rey; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
5. St Dominic of Guzmán, by Juan Martínez Montañés (sculptor) and Francisco Pacheco (polychrome artist). 1605–09. Polychrome wood, 147 by 126 by 68 cm. (Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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6. Christ on the Cross, by Sánchez Cotán. Oil on canvas, 220 by 120 cm. (Museo de Bellas Artes, Granada; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Exhibition Review
Surréalisme
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 57-61
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, David (Hopkins, David)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
subjects:
Surrealism / Paintings / Photomontages / Photographs / Film (cinema)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Surréalisme Centre Pompidou, Paris 4th September 2024–13th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. Sans titre [main-coquillage] (Untitled; handshell), by Dora Maar. 1934. Gelatin silver print, 15 by 19.8 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art modern, Paris; Rmn-Grand Palais, Paris).
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29. L’ange du foyer (Le Triomphe du surréalisme), by Max Ernst. 1937. Oil on canvas, 117.5 by 149.8 cm. (© AGAGP, Paris; private collection; photograph Vincent Everarts)
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30. Installation view of Surréalisme at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2024. (Courtesy Centre Pompidou, Paris; photograph J. Rodriguez- Garcia).
Attributed works:
31. Scylla, by Ithell Colquhoun. 1938. Oil on panel, 91.4 by 61 cm. (© Noise Abatement Society, Samaritans and Spire Healthcare; Tate).
Book Review
Grands décors restaurés de Notre- Dame de Paris
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 62-3
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Reviewer:
Bastet, Delphine (Bastet, Delphine)
Subjects
buildings:
Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, France
subjects:
Fire of Notre Dame / Interiors / Furnishings / Paintings / Restoration (process)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Grands décors restaurés de Notre- Dame de Paris Edited by Caroline Piel and Emmanuel Pénicaut. 112 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Silvana Editoriale, Milan, and Mobilier national, Paris, 2024), €15. ISBN 978–88–366–5682–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Interior of Notre-Dame, Paris. c.1650. Oil on canvas, 83 by 93 cm. (Société des amis de Notre-Dame de Paris).
Exhibition Review
The Legacy of Vesuvius: Bourbon Discoveries on the Bay of Naples
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1251–3
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Reviewer:
Baxter, Denise Amy (Baxter, Denise Amy)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Meadows Museum, Dallas, United States
subjects:
Vesuvius / Volcanos / Excavations / House of Bourbon / Paintings / Prints / Porcelain / Fans (costume accessories)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Legacy of Vesuvius: Bourbon Discoveries on the Bay of Naples Meadows Museum, Dallas 15th September 2024–5th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Plate with dancing maenad, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea di Napoli. 1780–82. Polychromed porcelain, diameter 24.5 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Meadows Museum, Dallas).
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17. Fan design with views of Mount Vesuvius and the Tomb of Virgil, probably from the workshop of Giorgio Glass. c.1790–1800. Opaque watercolour on vellum, 30.5 by 50.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exh; Meadows Museum, Dallas).
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18. Wall painting fragments with dancing maenads from the Villa of Cicero, Pompeii. 1st quarter of the 1st century CE. Pigment on plaster, 27 by 71.2 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli; exh. Meadows Museum, Dallas).
Book Review
A Delicate Matter: Art, Fragility, and Consumption in Eighteenth- Century France
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1285–6
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Reviewer:
Stammers, Thomas E. (Stammers, Thomas E.)
Subjects
subjects:
French art / Paintings / Pastels / Terracottas
Reviewed Items
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A Delicate Matter: Art, Fragility, and Consumption in Eighteenth- Century France By Oliver Wunsch. 192 pp. incl. 50 col. + 20 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2024), £83.95. ISBN 978–0–271–09528–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Model for a proposed monument to commemorate the invention of the balloon, by Clodion. c.1784. Terracotta, 109.5 by 62.9 by 51.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Cecco Bravo (vol.1: Dipinti, vol.2: Disegni)
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1283–4
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Reviewer:
Treves, Letizia (Treves, Letizia)
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art literature:
Catalogues
artists:
Cecco Bravo
subjects:
Italian art / Paintings / Drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cecco Bravo (vol.1: Dipinti, vol.2: Disegni) By Francesca Baldassari. Two vols, 651 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Darte, Todi, 2024), €240. ISBN 979–12–5975–369–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Angelica and Ruggiero, by Cecco Bravo. 1650–55. Oil on canvas, 32.4 by 44.5 cm. (David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago).
Attributed works:
6. Study for a falling angel, by Cecco Bravo. Red pencil on paper, 41.4 by 27 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Exhibition Review
Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 717–29
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Reviewer:
Golahny, Amy (Golahny, Amy)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Center for Netherlandish Art (CNA), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, United States / Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States
subjects:
Dutch art / Shells (animal material) / Books / Prints / Paintings / Metalwork / Medals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 18th November 2023 –3rd November 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Floral still life, by Dirck van Rijswijck. 17th century. Oak panel, ebony, rosewood, mother-of-pearl and African blackwood, 43.7 by 33.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Attributed works:
5. Tromp l’oeil, by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts. 1663. Oil on canvas, 73.7 by 86.4 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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