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Exhibition Review
Art & War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 37-9
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Reviewer:
Cleland, Elizabeth A.H. (Cleland, Elizabeth A.H.)
Subjects
artists:
Orley, Bernaert van
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
de Young Museum, San Francisco, United States
subjects:
Renaissance art / Tapestries
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art & War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries de Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 19th October 2024–12th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Installation view of Art & War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries at the de Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2024.
Attributed works:
8. Detail from the Incursion of the imperial baggage train into the battlefield and surrender of the Swiss pikemen, designed by Bernard van Orley, woven under direction of Willem and Jan Dermoyen, Brussels. c.1528– 31. Wool, silk, metal-wrapped thread. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Attributed works:
9. Advance of the imperial army and counterattack of the French cavalry led by François I, by the workshop of Bernard van Orley. c.1526–28. Pen, ink and grey wash on paper, 37 by 77cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Exhibition Review
John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 405–408
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Reviewer:
Spalding, Frances (Spalding, Frances)
Subjects
artists:
Craxton, John
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Paintings / Ceramics / Tapestries / Illustrations
Reviewed Items
subjects:
John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 28th October 2023–21st April 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Hare on a table, by John Craxton. 1944–46. Oil on board, 51 by 63.4 cm. (© Estate of John Craxton and DACS, London; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester).
Attributed works:
18. Galatas, by John Craxton. 1947. Oil on canvas on hardboard, 76 by 101.5 cm. (British Council Collection; exh. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester)
Attributed works:
19. Cover for ‘A Time of Gifts’, by John Craxton. 1977. Original work of art for book cover illustration. (© Estate of John Craxton and DACS, London; private collection; exh. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester).
Exhibition Review
The Inverted World of Adriaen van de Venne Ick soeck en vind: De schilderijen van Adriaen van de Venne
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 73–75
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Reviewer:
Pijl, Luuk (Pijl, Luuk)
Subjects
artists:
Venne, Adriaen Pietersz van de
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Books / Prints / Tapestries
museums and institutions:
Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Ick soeck en vind: De schilderijen van Adriaen van de Venne By Edwin Buijsen. 400 pp. incl. 576 col. + b. & w. ills. (Waanders, Zwolle, 2023), €59.95. ISBN 978–94–6262–490–0. | :
subjects:
The Inverted World of Adriaen van de Venne Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg 30th September 2023–21st April 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Portrait of a gentleman, ascribed to Adriaen van de Venne. c.1617. Oil on panel, 18.2 by 13.3 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague; exh. Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg).
Attributed works:
15. Winter, by Adriaen van de Venne. 1614. Oil on panel, 42 by 68 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; exh. Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg).
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16. Hoe dienen wy by een! (How we serve together!), by Adriaen van de Venne. c.1635. Oil on panel, 26.4 by 18.2 cm. (National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen; exh. Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg).
Exhibition Review
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 62–65
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Reviewer:
Liu, Lihong (Liu, Lihong)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Prints / Musical instruments / Furniture / Tapestries / Jades / Bronzes / Silks / Ceramics / Lacquerware / Carvings
museums and institutions:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
subjects:
Chinese art / Han Dynasty / Song / Yuan Dynasty / Qing / Ming
Reviewed Items
subjects:
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta Cleveland Museum of Art 10th September 2023– 7th January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail from Spring in Jiangnan, by Wen Zhengming. 1530. Handscroll, ink and colour on paper. (Shanghai Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
4. Raft cup, attributed to Zhu Bishan. China, Yuan or early Ming dynasty. Silver with chased decoration, length 16 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Lamp in the form of a bull. China, Eastern Han dynasty. Bronze with silver inlay, height 46 cm. (Nanjing Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Installation view of China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
Exhibition Review
Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1339–1343
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Tapestries / Sculpture / Metalwork / Miniatures (paintings) / Silverwork / Porcelain / Books / Paintings
museums and institutions:
Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
Museums / Architecture / Collections / Spanish art / Displays / Monarchy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid From 28th June 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Votive cross. Spain, c.650– 700. Gold and sapphires, 21.7 by 11.8 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of the Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, 2023, showing four columns from the altar of the chapel of the Hospital of the Virgin of Monserrat, Madrid (1674–78). (Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
Attributed works:
7. St Michael, by Luisa Ignacia Roldán (La Roldana). 1692. Polychrome walnut with estofado, height 264 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
Attributed works:
8. Installation view of the gallery for the Trastámara and Habsburg dynasties, Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, 2023. (Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
Attributed works:
9. Isabel Farnese, by Louis-Michel van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 341 by 263.5 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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The industry and ingenuity of William Ince and John Mayhew
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 996-1001
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Author:
Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
Subjects
artists:
Ince, William / Mayhew, John / Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
dates:
1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789 / 1780-1829
subjects:
Furniture makers / British architecture / Cabinetmakers / Marquetry / Beds (furniture) / Chairs / Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bed, by Ince and Mayhew. 1768. Mahogany and other woods, with original blue silk ‘flowered tabby’ in the ‘Large Antique Headboard’, tester and cornice, height 356 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
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2. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew, designed by Robert Adam. 1775. Veneered in harewood, tulipwood, satinwood and other woods, with painted decoration and ormolu mounts, 93 by 137 by 53.5 cm. (The Derby Collection).
Attributed works:
3. Commode (one of a pair and ensuite with a pair of corner cupboards), by Ince and Mayhew. 1767. Reworked seventeenth-century marquetry with ormolu mounts, 98 by 10 by 72 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
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4. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew. 1765. Veneered in yew, holly and marquetry, with ebonised mouldings and ormolu mounts, 82 by 136 by 58 cm. (Private collection; Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of a commode (one of a pair) by Ince and Mayhew, showing a shaded and engraved husk festoon in ‘yellow wood’ inlaid on a mahogany ground, passing over and under a frieze moulding and a chequered line border. 1767. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
6. Boulle cabinet, on a table stand by Ince and Mayhew. Cabinet early eighteenth century, attributed to André-Charles Boulle; stand c.1780. Cabinet veneered in tortoiseshell and horn, inlaid with brass, with ormolu mounts; stand giltwood; overall height 209 cm., height of stand 94 cm. (The Buccleuch Collections, Boughton, Northamptonshire; by kind permission of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KT).
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7. Two armchairs decorated with profiles of George III and Queen Charlotte, probably part of an original set of ten, supplied by Ince and Mayhew to Warren Hastings. c.1790. Painted wood, approx. 93 by 53.5 by 60 cm. (The Harrowby Collection).
Article
Ingres, Raphael and the ‘tableaux de tapisserie’ in Meaux Cathedral
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 836–841
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Author:
Morrison, Alexandra (Morrison, Alexandra)
Subjects
artists:
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique / Raphael / Boullogne, Bon / Corneille the Younger, Michel (1642–1708) / Mosnier, Pierre (1641–1703) / Verdier, François
buildings:
Meaux Cathedral
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Gobelins Manufactory
subjects:
French art / Italian art / Renaissance art / Tapestries / Copies / Cartoons (working drawings)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Raphael and the Fornarina, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814. Oil on canvas, 64.8 by 53.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Conversion of the proconsul, by Raphael and workshop. 1515–16. Bodycolour over charcoal underdrawing on paper mounted on canvas, 342 by 446 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Blinding of Elymas, by Pieter van Aelst and workshop. 1517–19. Wool, silk and gilt-metal-wrapped thread, 501 by 579 cm. (Vatican Museums).
Attributed works:
4. Blinding of Elymas. 1666–73. Oil on canvas, approx. 390 by 490 cm. (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, Meaux; photograph Yvan Bourhis, Département de Seine-et-Marne).
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5. Doña Isabel de Requesens, vicereine of Naples (formerly identified Jeanne d’Aragon), here attributed to Louis-Nicolas-Philippe-Auguste de Forbin after Raphael and Giulio Romano. c.1800. Oil on canvas, 102.8 by 85.1 cm. (Private collection).
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6. The choir of Meaux Cathedral. Before 1899. Postcard. (Collection of the author.)
Exhibition Review
Antoine Caron (1521–1599): Le théâtre de l’histoire
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 784–787
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Reviewer:
Gottardo, Ketty (Gottardo, Ketty)
Subjects
artists:
Caron, Antoine / Primaticcio, Francesco / Dell'Abate, Niccolò / Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet, the elder, ca. 1515-1584
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Tapestries / Prints
museums and institutions:
Musée National de la Renaissance, Ecouen, France
subjects:
French art / Renaissance art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Antoine Caron (1521–1599): Le théâtre de l’histoire Musée National de la Renaissance, Écouen 5th April–3rd July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. A game of Quintain, by Antoine Caron, c.1573–74. Pen and brown ink and brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white, 48.1 by 32.7 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London; exh. Musée National de la Renaissance, Écouen).
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8. Dionysius the Areopagite converting the pagan philosophers, by Antoine Caron. Early 1570s. Oil on canvas, 92.7 by 72.1 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Musée National de la Renaissance, Écouen).
Attributed works:
9. Installation view of Antoine Caron (1521– 1599): Le théâtre de l’histoire at Musée National de la Renaissance, Écouen, 2023. (Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, Paris; photograph Didier Plowy).
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A rediscovered oil sketch by Peter Paul Rubens
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 160-162
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Author:
den Tonkelaar, Emilie (den Tonkelaar, Emilie)
Subjects
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
buildings:
Monasterio y Iglesia de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid, Spain
dates:
1620-1629
patrons:
Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain
subjects:
Oil sketches / Modelli / Tapestries
subjects:
Flemish art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The secular hierarchy in adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens (with later overpaint). c.1625. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 66 by 46 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hague).
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2. The Princes of the Church adoring the Eucharist, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1625. Oil on panel, 66.7 by 46.5 cm. (Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY).
Attributed works:
3. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1. (KIK-IRPA).
Attributed works:
4. The adoration of the Eucharist, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1622–25. Oil on panel, 31.8 by 31.8 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1, showing the inscription. (KIK-IRPA).
Exhibition Review
Etel Adnan
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 199-201
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Reviewer:
Kwartler, Talia (Kwartler, Talia)
Subjects
artists:
Adnan, Etel (1925-2021)
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
subjects:
Women artists / Paintings / Tapestries
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Etel Adnan Lenbachhaus, Munich 25th October 2022– 26th February 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. The Mount Tamalpais, by Etel Adnan. 1985. Oil on canvas, 125 by 148 cm. (Sursock Museum, Beirut; exh. Kunstbau, Lenbachhaus, Munich).
Attributed works:
34. Installation view of Etel Adnan at Lenbachhaus, Munich, 2023, showing Al- Sayyab, Al-Umm wa al-Ibnat al-Daʾiʿa. 1970. Watercolour and ink on Japanese paper, 33 by 612 cm. (open). (Musée de l’Institut du monde arabe, Paris; photograph Lukas Schramm).
Attributed works:
35. Installation view of Etel Adnan at Lenbachhaus, Munich, 2022–23, showing Matinée récréative. 1970/2015. Wool tapestry, 165 by 185 cm. (Courtesy Estate of Etel Adnan; photograph Lukas Schramm).
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