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Article
Bronzino’s portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour re-examined
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 4-15
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Dredge, Paula (Dredge, Paula)
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Gérard-Austin, Anne (Gérard-Austin, Anne)
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Howard, Daryl (Howard, Daryl)
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Ives, Simon (Ives, Simon)
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1. Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1545. Oil on poplar panel, 86 by 66.8 cm. (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Diana Panuccio).
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10. Detail of the XRF copper map of Fig.1, showing an inscribed horizontal line on the lower-right side passing through the broncone and the additional leaves of the side branch. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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11. Detail of the XRF lead map of Fig.1, showing an inscribed horizontal line on the lower-right side passing through the broncone and the additional leaves of the side branch. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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12. XRF scan mapping the distribution of arsenic in Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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13. XRF scan mapping the distribution of copper in Fig.1. The black and white arrows indicate the green copper-based azurite pigment embedded into the indentation left in the surface after inscribing lines and the painting out of armour at the waist in preparation for cutting the panel. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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14. Detail of Fig.8, showing an inscribed horizontal line on the lower-left side with removal of lead. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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15. Paint cross section outside the inscribed line showing two phases of blue/green azurite crystals, one circled in white.
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15–17. Paint cross sections and SEM backscattered electron images of the painting illustrated in Fig.1. Locations of sample sites are indicated by the white letters in Fig.18.
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16. Paint cross section of the green background inside the inscribed area showing a single phase of azurite crystals.
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17. Paint cross section on the shoulder showing a thin layer of leadbased paint from armour with grey/green background from the l ower painting and a two-phase azurite pigment circled in white. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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18. Purple indicates the areas of copper-based azurite background containing arsenic (outside the inscribed line and upper shoulder). Red indicates the area of copper-based azurite background that does not contain arsenic. Green indicates the area of copper-based azurite background not containing arsenic but repainted. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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19. Composite XRF scan map of Fig.1 showing mercury (red) and iron (green). (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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2. Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour, by Agnolo Bronzino. 1543. Oil on panel, 71 by 57 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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20. Red line trace of all features present in the infra-red image and XRF iron, copper, lead and mercury maps of Fig.1 that are not visible on the painting. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Simon Ives).
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21. Portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici, half-length, in a black slashed doublet and a plumed hat, holding a book, by Jacopo Pontormo. c.1537– 38. Oil (or oil and tempera) on panel, 100.6 by 77 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Head of a man, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1550–55. Black chalk on paper, 13.8 by 10.3 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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23. Fig.22 superimposed on the face of the Sydney lower painting red line trace in Fig.20. (Photograph © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Simon Ives).
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24. Portrait of a young man, by Agnolo Bronzino. 1550–55. Oil on panel, 85.73 by 68.58 cm. (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City), and Fig.20 superimposed. (Photograph © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Simon Ives).
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3. Macro photograph of Fig.1, showing a copying error in which the top edge of the helmet has been drawn (placement indicated with white arrows) but mistakenly painted as background. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Diana Panuccio).
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4. Macro photograph of Fig.1, showing the reflection of the red ribbon on the proper left rondel. The ridges of red lake paint suggest they were dabbed, leaving the impression of a fingerprint in the paint. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Diana Panuccio).
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5. Digital X-radiograph of Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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6. Detail of infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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7. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1 with placement of incised lines indicated with white arrows. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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8. XRF scan mapping the distribution of lead in Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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9. XRF scan mapping the distribution of mercury in Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
Article
Poussin’s ‘Triumph of Silenus’ rediscovered
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 408-415
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Whitlum-Cooper, Francesca (Whitlum-Cooper, Francesca)
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1. The Triumph of Bacchus, by Nicolas Poussin. 1635–36. Oil on canvas, 127.97 by 151.77 cm. (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City).
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing dancing figures.
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2. The Triumph of Silenus, by Nicolas Poussin, photographed in 2020 after cleaning in 2019–20. 1635–36. Oil on canvas, 142.9 by 120.5 cm. (National Gallery, London.)
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3. The Triumph of Pan, by Nicolas Poussin. 1636. Oil on canvas, 135.9 by 146 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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4. The Triumph of Silenus, by Nicolas Poussin, photographed before its cleaning in 2019–20. 1635–36. Oil on canvas, 142.9 by 120.5 cm. (National Gallery, London.)
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5. Detail of Fig.2, showing Silenus.
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6. Detail of Fig.3, showing a woman astride a goat.
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7. Detail of Fig.1, showing a satyr astride a goat.
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8. The nurture of Jupiter, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1636–37. Oil on canvas, 96.5 by 121 cm. (Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing goats.
Obituary
J.R.J. van Asperen de Boer (1935–2020)
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 195-196
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Wallert, Arie (Wallert, Arie)
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1. J.R.J. van Asperen de Boer at work with his camera with an infra-red vidicon examining a painting in the Stiftsmuseum, Aschaffenburg, in 1992. (Photograph Peter van den Brink).
Book Review
‘Truly Bright and Memorable’: Jan de Beer’s Renaissance Altarpieces. By Dan Ewing, Peter van den Brink and Robert Wenley
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 168-169
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Silver, Larry (Silver, Larry)
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‘Truly Bright and Memorable’: Jan de Beer’s Renaissance Altarpieces By Dan Ewing, Peter van den Brink and Robert Wenley. 96 pp. incl. 50 col. ills. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, and Paul Holberton, London, 2019), £16.50. ISBN 978–1–911300–72–4. | :
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4. Joseph and the suitors, by Jan de Beer. Oil on panel, 138.4 by 138.4 cm (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham).
Article
The restoration of ‘Young woman reading a letter at an open window’, by Johannes Vermeer: an interim report
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 452-463
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Neidhardt, Uta (Neidhardt, Uta)
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Schölzel, Christoph (Schölzel, Christoph)
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1. Young woman reading a letter at an open window, by Johannes Vermeer, showing the painting before the start of the current conservation work. c.1657–59. Canvas, 83 by 64.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; H.-P. Klut).
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10. Detail of Fig.13, showing Cupid
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11. Above Young woman interrupted at music, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1658–59. Canvas, 39.3 by 44.4 cm. (The Frick Collection, New York).
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12. The music lesson, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1662–63. Canvas, 74 by 64.5 cm. (Royal Collection, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2019).
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13. Fig.1, photographed in March 2019 during removal of the overpainting layer. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische).
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14. A maid asleep, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1656–57. Canvas, 87.6 by 76.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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15. Portrait of a dead child with three putti, by Jacob van Loo. c.1650– 60. Canvas on panel, 96 by 91.5 cm. (Rijksgebouwendienst, Johan de Witthuis, The Hague).
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2. Cross section in visible light of a sample from the overpainted background of Fig.1: (0) ground layer; (1) imprimitura; (2) original reddish paint layer; (3a and 3b) transparent binder layers; (4a and 4b) overpaint. (Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden; C. Herm).
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3. Cross section under UV-fluorescence of a sample from the overpainted background of Fig.1: (0) ground layer; (1) imprimitura; (2) original reddish paint layer; (3a, 3b) transparent binder layers; (4a) overpaint. (Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden; C. Herm).
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4. X-radiograph image of Fig.1. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; W. Kreische).
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5. Fig.1 as it appeared during removal of its varnish. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische).
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6. Macrophotograph detail of Fig.1, showing Cupid’s eye after removal of the overpainting layer, with craquelure. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische and C. Schölzel).
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7. Detail of Fig.1, showing Cupid after the partial removal of the overpainting layer. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische).
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8. Left Young woman standing at a virginal, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1670–72. Canvas, 51.8 by 45.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing Cupid
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)
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Campos, Pedro H.O.V. (Campos, Pedro H.O.V.)
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
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Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana (Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana)
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Josenhans, Frauke V. (Josenhans, Frauke V.)
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Londero, Pablo (Londero, Pablo)
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Rizzutto, Márcia (Rizzutto, Márcia)
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Schwarz, Cynthia (Schwarz, Cynthia)
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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).
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10. Infra-red reflectography detail of the background of Fig.9, showing underdrawing and pentimenti (photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
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11. Portrait of the artist’s wife, Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918 (1919?). Canvas, 101 by 65.7 cm. (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena).
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2. Head of Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Canvas, 46 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
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3. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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4. Infra-red photograph of Fig.1.
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5. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.8.
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6. Transmitted light photograph of Fig.8.
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7. Raking light detail photograph of Fig.8.
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8. Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 91.4 by 73 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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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).
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[Appendix. Summary of the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts.]
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani in the South of France
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 394-399
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
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Fronek, Joe (Fronek, Joe)
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King, Annette (King, Annette)
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Townsend, Joyce H. (Townsend, Joyce H.)
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1. The little peasant, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918. Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Tate, London).
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10. The Italian woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918–19. Canvas, 102.6 by 67 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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11. Photomicrograph of Fig.1 showing top of split in sitter’s shirt.
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12. Details of Fig.1 showing (a) sleeve of sitter’s right arm; and (b) sitter’s right knee.
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13. Details of signatures from (a) Fig.1; (b) Fig.2; and (c) Fig.10.
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2. Young woman of the people, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Oil (and possibly water-based media) on canvas, 100.3 by 65.1 cm. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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3. Detail from the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1, showing underdrawing circling the face.
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4. Detail from the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2, showing underdrawing of a bracelet.
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5. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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6. Fig.1 in transmitted light.
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7. Macro-XRF map details of Fig.10: (a) iron; (b) mercury; (c) calcium.
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8. Detail of Fig.10.
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9. Detail of Fig.2.
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[Appendix. Table showing the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts, of Figs.1, 2 and 10.]
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. An introduction to Modigliani’s materials and techniques
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 182-188
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Fraquelli, Simonetta (Fraquelli, Simonetta)
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Ireson, Nancy (Ireson, Nancy)
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King, Annette (King, Annette)
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Townsend, Joyce H. (Townsend, Joyce H.)
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1. Béatrice (Portrait of Beatrice Hastings), by Amedeo Modigliani. 1916. Canvas with newsprint, 55.2 by 38.2 cm. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
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2. Female nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1916. Canvas, 92 by 60 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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3. The little peasant (‘Le petit paysan’), by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918. Canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Tate, London).
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4. Self-portrait, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Museu de Arte Comtemporânea da Universidade de São Paolo, Brazil).
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5. Portrait of a girl, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1917. Canvas, 80.8 by 60 cm. (Tate, London).
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6. X-radiograph showing the earlier figure beneath the surface of Fig.5.
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7. Nude study, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1908. Canvas, 81.9 by 54 cm. (Private collection).
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8. Photomicrograph of the right eye from Fig.2.
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9. Photomicrograph of the left eye from Fig.5.
Book Review
Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting. By Martin Kemp and Giuseppe Pallanti
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 257-258
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Marani, Pietro C. (Marani, Pietro C.; Marani, Pietro)
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Exhibition Review
Raphael in Oxford and Vienna
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 226-233
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Henry, Tom (Henry, Tom)
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1. Seated male nude, by Raphael. c.1511–14. Black chalk, 34.4 by 26.7 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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10. Infra-red reflectograph of Venus, Vulcan, Cupid and five putti, by Giulio Romano. c.1530. Panel, 37.6 by 24.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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2. Two figure studies and drafts of a sonnet, by Raphael. c.1508–10. Black chalk, pen and brown ink over blind stylus, 38.8 by 23.6 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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3. A standing figure and a drapery study, by Raphael. c.1499–1502. Pen and brown ink and black chalk, 25.4 by 21.6 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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4. Portrait of a boy, here attributed to Giulio Romano. c.1516–18. Canvas, 43.8 by 29 cm. (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
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5. Portrait of a woman, by Giulio Romano. c.1518–20. Panel, 59.5 by 44 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg).
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6. The Transfiguration with nude figures, school of Raphael. c.1519–20. Pen and brown ink, over some black chalk, 53.6 by 37.7 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
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7. Overlay highlighting the spolvero on The heads and hands of two apostles, by Raphael. c.1519–20. Black chalk over pounced underdrawing with some white heightening, 49.9 by 36.4 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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8. Detail of Fig.6. Compare with the overlay in Fig.7.
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9. Venus, Vulcan, Cupid and five putti, here attributed to Giulio Romano. c.1518–20. Pen and ink, heightened with white over traces of black chalk and stylus, 37.1 by 24.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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