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Article
Observing the artist at work: a drawing by Verrocchio in Palermo
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 204-215
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Author:
Nathan, Johannes (Nathan, Johannes)
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1. Kneeling Virgin and Child (Virgin adoring the Christ Child?), by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably later 1460s. Black chalk, white heightening, wash and pen and ink on paper, 20.5 by 17.4 cm (irregular). (Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo).
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10. Study for a Virgin with the Christ Child, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably 1470s. Black chalk on lightly prepared paper, 28.2 by 19.3 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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11. Detail of Fig.1, showing the drapery.
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12. Detail of The Baptism of Christ, by Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci and assistant(s). Probably mid-1470s. Oil on panel, 177 by 151 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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13. David, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Before 1476. Bronze, height 126 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Detail of Equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1485 onwards (completed posthumously, unveiled 1496). Bronze, height of detail approx. 50 cm. (Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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15. Study for an Adoration of the shepherds, by Leonardo da Vinci. Probably late 1470s or early 1480s. Leadpoint partly reworked with pen and ink and wash, 11.9 by 13.5 cm (irregular). (Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Drapery study of a kneeling woman, by Leonardo da Vinci. 1470s. Silverpoint and white heightening on red prepared paper, 25.7 by 19 cm. (Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Rome).
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17. Verso of Fig.1 in UV-light, revealing two studies of nude male youths and a study of the head of an old man.
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18. Copy after a study for Verrocchio’s ‘David’ and study of a Christ Child, from the workshop of Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. Later 1480s. Pen and brown ink and wash over metalpoint on rose-washed paper (page of a now dismembered sketchbook), 26 by 19 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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19. Study of a male nude, attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio or a member of his workshop. c.1470. Metalpoint with heightening and pen and ink on prepared paper, 27.8 by 10.9 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett).
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2. Kneeling Virgin and Child (Virgin adoring the Christ Child?), by a follower of Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably later 1460s or early 1470s. Black chalk and white heightening (oxidised) over indications in stylus or erased leadpoint on paper, 19.8 by 17 cm (irregular). (British Museum, London).
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20. St John the Baptist, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1480. Metalpoint and heightening on blue prepared paper, 17.8 by 22.2 cm. (The Royal Library, Windsor Castle; Royal Collection; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2020).
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3. Kneeling Virgin and other studies, from the workshop of Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. Later 1480s. Pen and brown ink over leadpoint or black chalk on rose washed-paper, 27.4 by 19.8 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. Kneeling Virgin adoring the Christ Child, attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio, probably 1470s. Tempera and oil on canvas (transferred from panel), 106.7 by 76.3 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Head of a woman, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably 1470s. Charcoal on paper, 32.5 by 27.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Detail of Study for a funerary monument to Doge Andrea Vendramin, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably early 1480s. Leadpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper, 27.3 by 17.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Studies of putti, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Perhaps 1470s. Pen and ink on paper, 15.8 by 21 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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8. Detail of Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477–78. Silver with blue smalt mounted on wood, height of detail approx. 15 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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9. UV-light photograph of the drawing shown in Fig.1, revealing the use of wash and a faded number ‘37’ in the lower right corner.
Article
Evidence of tracing in Manet’s late watercolours
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1018-1027
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Author:
Beeny, Emily A. (Beeny, Emily A.)
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1. Dead Christ with angels, by Edouard Manet. c.1864. Watercolour, gouache and pen over graphite, 32.5 by 27 cm. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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10. Letter to Henri Charles Guérard (verso) decorated with three portraits, a seascape and a cat, by Edouard Manet. Late summer 1880. Watercolour and grey wash of watercolour, 20.3 by 25 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Paris).
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11. Studies of a cat, by Edouard Manet. 1880. Graphite on wove paper with now-faded grid pattern, 8 by 11.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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12. Studies of a cat, by Edouard Manet. 1880. Graphite on wove paper with now-faded grid pattern, 8 by 11.4 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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13. Letter to Isabelle Lemonnier decorated with a cat, by Edouard Manet. 9th July 1880. Grey wash of watercolour, 15.5 by 10 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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14. Letter to Isabelle Lemonnier decorated with a cat, by Edouard Manet. July 1880. Grey wash of watercolour, 18 by 11.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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15. Detail from Study of Suzanne Manet, by Edouard Manet. c.1880. Ink and wash over graphite on wove paper with now-faded grid pattern, 15.7 by 11.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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16. Detail from a letter to unknown recipient decorated with a portrait of Suzanne Manet, by Edouard Manet. 24th July 1880. Watercolour over grey wash of watercolour, 20 by 12.2 cm. (Private collection).
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17. Detail of Fig.10.
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18. Detail from a letter to Eva Gonzalès (verso) decorated with morning glories, by Edouard Manet, 27th September 1880. Grey wash of watercolour, 12.7 by 20.3 cm. (From Les Collections Aristophil. Ecrits et oeuvres d’artistes au XVIe au XXe siècle, Sale, Artcurial, Paris, 2nd April 2019, lot 313.).
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19. Letter to Méry Laurent decorated with morning glories, by Edouard Manet. 28th September 1880. Watercolour and grey wash of watercolour, 19 by 12 cm. (Bibliothèque Littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris, Fonds Mondor).
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20. Woman in profile, by Edouard Manet. 1880. Watercolour over grey wash of watercolour, 20 by 10.4 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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21. Woman in profile in travelling costume, by Edouard Manet. 1880. Watercolour over grey wash of watercolour, 20 by 12.5 cm. (Yale University Art Museum, New Haven).
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22. Woman in profile with seascape, attributed to Edouard Manet. c.1880. Watercolour, 20 by 12 cm. (From A. de Leiris: The Drawings of Edouard Manet, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1969, fig.414).
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23. Woman in profile in bathing costume, attributed to Edouard Manet. Watercolour, 20 by 10 cm. (From A. de Leiris: The Drawings of Edouard Manet, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1969, fig.412).
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3. Letter to unknown recipient decorated with a snail on a leaf, by Edouard Manet. Summer or autumn 1880. Watercolour over grey wash of watercolour, 15.8 by 11.7 cm. (J. Paul Getty Musem, Los Angeles).
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4. Letter to Isabelle Lemonnier decorated with honeysuckle, by Edouard Manet. Summer 1880. Watercolour, 20 by 12.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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5. At the café (study of legs), by Edouard Manet, 1880. Watercolour over graphite on wove paper with now-faded grid pattern, 18.6 by 12 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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6. Letter to Madame Guillemet (verso) decorated with feet and ankles, by Edouard Manet. Summer 1880. Watercolour over grey wash of watercolour, 20 by 15 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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7. Overlay of dominant lines from sketchbook study of legs (Fig.6) with detail from letter to Madame Guillemet (Fig.5).
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8. Detail of Studies of Madame Jules Guillemet, by Edouard Manet. 1880. Graphite and ink and wash over graphite, on wove paper with now-faded grid pattern, 15.9 by 11.7 cm. (Hammer Museum, Los Angeles).
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9. Detail from a letter to Madame Jules Guillemet decorated with a portrait, by Edouard Manet, July 1880. Watercolour over grey wash of watercolour, 20 by 25 cm. (Private collection).
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Opposite 2. Letter to Isabelle Lemonnier decorated with a portrait, by Edouard Manet. Autumn 1880. Watercolour over grey wash of watercolour, 20 by 12.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Mantegna and Bellini. National Gallery, London
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1038-1041
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Reviewer:
Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
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1. Presentation of Christ in the Temple, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1454. Egg tempera on canvas, 77.5 by 94.4 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. National Gallery, London).
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2. Presentation of Christ in the Temple, by Giovanni Bellini, c.1470–75. Panel, 80 by 105 cm. (Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice; exh. National Gallery, London).
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3. Dead Christ supported by four angels, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1470. Egg tempera (?) on panel, 80.5 by 120 cm. (Museo della Città ‘Luigi Tonini’, Rimini; exh. National Gallery, London).
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4. Death of the Virgin, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1460–64. Egg tempera on panel, 54.5 by 42 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. National Gallery, London).
Article
Caravaggio’s ‘Crucifixion of St Andrew’ and the problem of autograph replicas
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 454-461
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Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
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1. Detail of Fig.3, showing the soldier’s armour.
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2. Detail of Fig.4, showing the soldier’s armour.
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3. Crucifixion of St Andrew, by Caravaggio. 1606–07. Canvas, 202.5 by 152.7 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1976.2).
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4. Crucifixion of St Andrew, here identified as a copy after Caravaggio. Canvas, 198 by 148.5 cm. (Spier Collection, London).
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5. Detail of Fig.3, showing St Andrew’s head.
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6. Detail of Fig.4, showing St Andrew’s head.
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7. Detail of Fig.3, showing St Andrew’s right foot (Photograph author).
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8. Detail of Fig.4, showing St Andrew’s right foot (Photograph author)
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9. Overlay of the contours of Flagellation, by Caravaggio (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples) in green, onto a copy of Flagellation in S. Domenico Maggiore, Naples, in red. From G.S. Ghia and C. Strinati, eds.: Caravaggio nel patrimonio del Fondo Edifici di Culto. Il Doppio e la Copia, Rome 2017.
Short Notice
Van Dyck, replicas and tracing
02/2007 | 1247 | 149
Pages: 99-101
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Author:
Bauer, Linda (Bauer, Linda; Bauer, Linda Freeman)
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34. Queen Henrietta Maria with Jeffery Hudson, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1632–33. Canvas, 219.1 by 134.8 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington), superimposed with a tracing taken from the secondary version (Lady Juliet Tadgell), 228.6 by 129 cm.
Short Notice
Tracing in Some Works by Caravaggio
07/2000 | 1168 | 142
Pages: 434-436
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Author:
Bauer, Linda (Bauer, Linda; Bauer, Linda Freeman)
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Colton, Steve (Colton, Steve)
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20. Ecstasy of St Francis, by Caravaggio. Tracing of the Museo Civico, Udine, Version Superimposed over That in the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT.
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21. Boy Bitten by a Lizard, by Caravaggio. Tracing of the National Gallery, London, Version Superimposed over That in the Fondazione Longhi, Florence.
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22. St Francis in Meditation, by Caravaggio. Tracing of the Version in S. Maria Della Concezione, Rome, Superimposed over That from S. Pietro, Carpineto Romano, on Deposit in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome.
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23. The Lute Player, Copy after Caravaggio. Tracing of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Version Superimposed over That Formerly in the Collection of the Duke of Beaufort, Badminton, Glos.
Letter
More Evidence of Artists' Tracings
01/1995 | 1102 | 137
Pages: 38
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Author:
Bauer, Linda (Bauer, Linda; Bauer, Linda Freeman)
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Short Notice
A Letter by Barocci and the Tracing of Finished Paintings
05/1986 | 998 | 128
Pages: 355-357
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Bauer, Linda (Bauer, Linda; Bauer, Linda Freeman)
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Article
Further Daumier Studies-I: The Tracings
05/1956 | 638 | 98
Pages: 162-168
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Author:
Maison, K. E. (Maison, K. E.)
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42. Le Défenseur, by Daumier. Signed. Pen and Water-Colour, 19 by 29.5 cm. (Private Collection, Paris.)
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43. Le Défenseur, by Daumier. Tracing in Black Chalk, 24.2 by 33.9 cm. (Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.)
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44. Le Défenseur, by Daumier. Signed. Pen and Water-Colour, over Black Chalk, 20.2 by 29.2 cm. (Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington.)
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45. Avocat Plaidant, by Daumier. Signed with Initials. Pen, Chalk, and Water-Colour, 20.4 by 22.7 cm. (Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.)
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46. Avocat Plaidant, by Daumier. Tracing with Freely Drawn Additions. Pen and Ink, 17 by 31 cm. (Present Whereabouts Unknown.)
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47. Avocat Plaidant, by Daumier. Signed with Initials. Black Chalk and Indian Ink Wash, 24.1 by 34.3 cm. (Formerly Messrs Knoedler, New York.)
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48. Les Saltimbanques, by Daumier. Part Tracing in Charcoal and Pen, 31.5 by 32.5 cm. (Private Collection, Paris.)
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49. Les Saltimbanques, by Daumier. Pen and Water-Colour, 13.5 by 14.6 cm. (Present Whereabouts Unknown.)
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50. Les Saltimbanques, by Daumier. Tracing in Pen and Ink, Washed, 31.5 by 38.5 cm. (Formerly Gerstenberg Collection, Berlin, Now Lost.)
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51. 'La Politique', by Daumier. Signed. Pen and Indian Ink, Washed, 37 by 28 cm. (Private Collection, Basle.)
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52. 'La Politique', by Daumier. Signed with Initials. Black Chalk and Water-Colour, 37.2 by 28.3 cm. (Collection Dr Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur.)