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Book Review
Nogent-le-Rotrou roman et gothique
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 338-339
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Reviewer:
Grant, Lindy (Grant, Lindy)
Subjects
places:
Nogent-le-Rotrou
subjects:
Architecture / Medieval architecture / Renaissance / Romanesque / Gothic architecture / Castles / Abbeys
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Nogent-le-Rotrou roman et gothique Edited by Éliane Vergnolle. 272 pp. incl. 320 col. + b. & w. ills. (Bibliothèque de la Société Française d’Archéologie, Paris, 2022), €30. ISBN 978–2–901837–94–7. | :
Book Review
Bijoux du quotidien: Un trésor picard redécouvert
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 946-947
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Reviewer:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
artists:
Maignan, Albert
museums and institutions:
Musée National de la Renaissance, Ecouen, France
subjects:
Renaissance / Jewellery / Collections, Private
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bijoux du quotidien: Un trésor picard redécouvert By Julie Rohou and François Séguin. 104 pp. incl. 120 col.+ b. & w. ills. (Les éditions de la Rmn-GP, Paris 2021), €25. ISBN 978–2–7118–7839–0. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
8. Cameo with portrait bust of Alexander the Great. Italy or France, early to mid-16th century. Agate and enamelled gold, 3.8 by 3.5 cm. (Musée national de la Renaissance - Château d’Ecouen; © RMN-Grand Palais).
Book Review
Mobilier du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance: La collection du musée du Louvre
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 84-85
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Reviewer:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
styles:
Medieval / Renaissance
subjects:
Furniture studies (discipline) / Furniture / Collections, Public / Collecting
subjects:
French (people)
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subjects:
Mobilier du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance: La collection du musée du Louvre By Agnès Bos. 456 pp. incl. 536 col. + 46 b. & w. ills. (Musée du Louvre and Somogy Editions d’art, Paris, 2019), €59. ISBN 978–2–7572–1453–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Armoire, possibly by Hugues Sambin. 1590– 1600. Walnut, 190.5 by 160 by 55 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph Philippe Fuzeau).
Exhibition Review
Embroidery in the Middle Ages. Musée de Cluny, Paris
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 54-57
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Reviewer:
Michael, M. A. (Michael, M. A.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Bock, Franz
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Embroidery
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
places:
France / England / Germany / Flanders
styles:
Medieval / Renaissance
styles:
Opus Anglicanum (English Medieval Needlework)
subjects:
Religious art / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Embroidery in the Middle Ages Musée de Cluny, Paris 24th October 2019–20th January | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Miraculous healing at the tomb of St Martin from the Life of St Martin, designed by Barthélémy d’Eyck and embroidered by Pierre du Billant. c.1440–50. Linen, polychrome silk thread wrapped with gold and silver, 17.5 by 15 cm. (Musée de Cluny, Paris; © RMNGrand Palais; photograph Thierry Ollivier).
Western art unattributed:
4. Fragment of an antependium or wall-hanging showing Apostles. Linen, embroidery and polychrome silk, 83 by 59 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
6. Virgin and child clothed in the sun with the moon at her feet. Germany (?), c.1500. Canvas, silk thread, gold- and silverwrapped thread, pearls, metal and glass appliqués, 68 by 47 by 2 cm. Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Book Review
The Italian Renaissance Nude. By Jill Burke
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 606-608
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Reviewer:
Nuttall, Paula (Nuttall, Paula )
Subjects
dates:
1400-1549
subjects:
Italian art / Nudes / Renaissance / Art theory
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Italian Renaissance Nude By Jill Burke. 240 pp. incl 120 col. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018), | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Simonetta Vespucci as Cleopatra, by Piero di Cosimo. c.1480–90. Panel, 57 by 42 cm. (Museé Condé, Chantilly).
Exhibition Review
The Orléans Collection. New Orleans Museum of Art
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 67-69
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Reviewer:
Zafran, Eric (Zafran, Eric)
Subjects
art literature:
Haskell, Francis / Dante Alighieri / Cervantes, Miguel de
artists:
Dieu, Antoine / Santerre, Jean-Baptiste / Coypel, Antoine / Coypel, Noël-Nicolas / Poussin, Nicolas / Le Sueur, Eustache / Sebastiano del Piombo / Veronese, Paolo / Andrea del Sarto / Giulio Romano / Vasari, Giorgio / Carracci, Lodovico / Domenichino / Albani, Francesco / Reni, Guido / Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Dürer, Albrecht / Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van / Rembrandt van Rijn / Schalcken, Godfried / Dou, Gerrit
collectors and dealers:
Crozat, Pierre, 1661–1740
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Drawings / Sketches
museums and institutions:
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, United States
patrons:
Philippe II, duc d'Orléans, 1674–1723 / Christina, Queen of Sweden
places:
United States / New Orleans
subjects:
Collections / Collecting / Collections, Private / Patronage / Commissions / Exhibition catalogues / Inventories / Portraits / Allegories / Taste (aesthetics) / Connoisseurship / Religious art / Iconography / Christian iconography / Classical mythology / Classical literature / Aeneid / Eroticism / Baroque / Renaissance / Northern European / Eclecticism / Study and teaching
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. The Meeting of David and Abigail, by Guido Reni. c.1615–20, Canvas, 155.5 by 163.8 cm. (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
14. Allegory of Philippe II, duc d’Orléans, Regent of the Realm, by Antoine Dieu. 1718. Canvas, 106 by 77 cm. (Musée National du Château de Versailles; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
15. Preciosa recognised, by Godfried Schalcken. Late 1660s. Panel, 44.2 by 31.2 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s late portraits
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 400-407
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Bezur, Anikó (Bezur, Anikó)
Author:
Campos, Pedro H.O.V. (Campos, Pedro H.O.V.)
Author:
Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
Author:
Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
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Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana (Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana)
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Josenhans, Frauke V. (Josenhans, Frauke V.)
Author:
Londero, Pablo (Londero, Pablo)
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Rizzutto, Márcia (Rizzutto, Márcia)
Author:
Schwarz, Cynthia (Schwarz, Cynthia)
Subjects
art literature:
Venturi, Lionello
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo / Botticelli, Sandro / Ghirlandaio, Domenico / Pollaiolo, Antonio del / Pontormo
dates:
1910-1919
museums and institutions:
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
France / Nice / Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Neo-classicism / Renaissance / Mannerism / Style / Influence / Visual sources / Supports / Pigments / Colour / Alterations / Techniques / Underdrawings / Charcoal / Sitters / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Radiographs / Infrared reflectography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a young woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. Here dated 1918–19. Canvas, 45.7 by 28 cm. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
Attributed works:
10. Infra-red reflectography detail of the background of Fig.9, showing underdrawing and pentimenti (photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
Attributed works:
11. Portrait of the artist’s wife, Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918 (1919?). Canvas, 101 by 65.7 cm. (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena).
Attributed works:
2. Head of Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Canvas, 46 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
4. Infra-red photograph of Fig.1.
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5. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.8.
Attributed works:
6. Transmitted light photograph of Fig.8.
Attributed works:
7. Raking light detail photograph of Fig.8.
Attributed works:
8. Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 91.4 by 73 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
9. Self-portrait, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo; photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
Attributed works:
[Appendix. Summary of the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts.]
Book Review
The Painted Book in Renaissance Italy, 1450–1600. By Jonathan J.G. Alexander
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 641-642
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
dates:
1450-1599
subjects:
Books / Manuscript illumination / Illustrated books / Illuminations / Italian / Renaissance / Surveys
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Three fragments of a decorated border with a roundel of Laocoön and his sons, attributed to the 'Pallavicini Master'. After 1506 (Private collection)
Book Review
Maiolica: Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. By Timothy Wilson
07/2017 | 1372 | 159
Pages: 558-559
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Reviewer:
Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Collections, Public / Catalogues / Maiolica / Ceramics / Italian / Renaissance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
42. Wide-rimmed bowl painted with Perseus and Andromeda, here attributed to the painter signing 'F.R.' (Francesco Xanto Avelli?). Probably Urbino. c.1522-25 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no.65.6.9)
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