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‘Une pièce fort singulière’: the rediscovery of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s ‘Andromeda and the sea monster’
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1101–1122
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Author:
Clemente, Maichol (Clemente, Maichol)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Bernini, Pietro / Cornacchini, Agostino / Giambologna
collectors and dealers:
Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683 / Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 / Rohan (1st Prince of Soubise), Francois de (1630–1712)
dates:
1600-1649
sources:
Benedetti, Elpidio (c.1609–90) / Chantereau, François Jerome
styles:
Baroque sculpture / Baroque
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Marble / Statues / Provenance / Attributions / Techniques / Technical analysis / Andromeda / Collections / Collectors
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Andromeda and the sea monster, here attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 53 by 34 by 24 cm. (Private collection; photograph Tony Fisher).
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10. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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11. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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12. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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13. Detail of the Bust of Antonio Coppola, by Pietro Bernini with Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1612. Marble. (Museo di Arte Sacra di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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14. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph the author).
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15. Detail of Fig.26. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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16. Detail of a putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of the Virgin Mary from the relief of the Assumption, by Pietro Bernini. 1607–10. Marble. (Baptistery, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
Attributed works:
18. Anima Beata, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1619. Marble, 41.5 by 29 by 24 cm. (Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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19. Bacchanal: faun teased by children, by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1615–16. Marble, 132.4 by 73.7 by 47.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
2. View of the back of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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20. Detail of Fig.19.
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21. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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22. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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23. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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24. Detail of Fig.25.
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25. Boy with a dragon, by Gian Lorenzo (and Pietro?) Bernini. c.1616. Marble, 55.9 by 52 by 41.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
26. St Lawrence on the gridiron, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 66 by 108 cm. (MiC – Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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27. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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28. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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29. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV, by Claude Lefebvre. 1666. Oil on canvas, 130 by 96 cm. (Musée et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
30. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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31. St Sebastian, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1617. Marble, 98 by 42 by 49 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Museum Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid).
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32. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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33. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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34. Detail of Fig.31.
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35. Detail of Fig.31.
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36. Detail of Fig.31.
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37. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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38. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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39. Detail of the back of Fig.31, rotated 180 degrees.
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4. Letter from Elpidio Benedetti to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 19th March 1682. (Archives Nationales, Paris, Contrôle général des finances, G/7/551, fol.9).
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40. Detail of Fig.31.
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41. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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42. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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43. Detail of a Putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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44. Detail of Fig.47.
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45. Detail of Fig.46.
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46. Neptune and Triton, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1622–23. Marble, height 182.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
47. Rear view of Rape of Proserpina, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1621–22. Marble, height without base 255 cm. (MiC – Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Attributed works:
5. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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6. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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7. Side view of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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8. Andromeda, by Pietro Bernini. c.1615. Marble, 105 by 52.5 by 40 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
Article
Urban VIII and the Barberini
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 772–777
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Author:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Poussin, Nicolas / Sacchi, Andrea / Mochi, Francesco / Ottoni, Lorenzo / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Gagliardi, Filippo / Lauri, Filippo / Carracci, Lodovico / Mastelletta
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Barberini family / Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 / Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679 / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini, Taddeo
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian art / Patronage / Architecture / Popes / Cardinals / Social history / Art history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e i Barberini, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 18th May–30th July 2023. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Maffeo Barberini, by Caravaggio. c.1595. Oil on canvas, 124 by 90 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. Urban VIII visits the Gesù, Rome, to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Jesuit order, by Andrea Sacchi with Filippo Gagliardi and Jan Miel. 1642. Oil on canvas, 321 by 248 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali e del Turismo; Scala Archives).
Attributed works:
3. Carlo Barberini, by Francesco Mochi. c.1630. Bronze, height 58 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. St Sebastian thrown into the Cloaca Maxima, by Ludovico Carracci. 1612. Oil on canvas, 163.5 by 232.4 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
5. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 2023, showing the tapestries hung in the Salone. (Photograph Alberto Novelli).
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, showing Urban VIII, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1632–33. Marble, height 103 cm. with pedestal. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. Marc’Antonio Pasqualini crowned by Apollo, by Andrea Sacchi. 1642. Oil on canvas, 243.8 by 194.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Book Review
Bernini, der Papst und der Tod
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 810–811
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Reviewer:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
museums and institutions:
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
patrons:
Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Skulls
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bernini, der Papst und der Tod Edited by Stephan Koja and Claudia Kryza-Gersch. 144 pp. incl. 134 col. + b. & w. ills. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen and Sandstein Verlag, Dresden, 2021). €19.80. ISBN 978–3–95498–615–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Death’s Head, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1655. Carrara marble, height 17.5 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; photograph Jürgen Lange).
Supplement
Recent acquisitions (2016–22) of European works of art at the Detroit Institute of Arts
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 677-692
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Xanto Avelli, Francesco / Master of the Embroidered Foliage / Morales, Luis de / Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban / Sacchi, Andrea / Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, called Il Guercino / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Palomino de Castro y Velasco, Antonio , 1655-1726 / Ayala, Josefa de / Mazza, Giuseppe / Conchillos Falcó, Juan / Roldán, Luisa / Gandolfi, Gaetano / Ferrari, Lorenzo de / Bonzanigo, Giuseppe Maria / Kauffmann, Angelica / Goya, Francisco Javier de / Feuchère, Jean-Jacques / Canova, Antonio / Fauveau, Félicie de
artists:
Mena, Juan Pascal de / Carmona, Luis Salvador / Rudolphi, Frédéric Jules
museums and institutions:
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, United States
subjects:
Acquisitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Large circular dish with Diana and Callisto, Nevers Manufactories. c.1660. Faience (tin-glazed earthenware), diameter: 50.8 cm. Bequest of Sidney R. Knafel, T2022.237.2.
Attributed works:
11. Infant St John the Baptist in the wilderness, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Between 1665 and 1670. Oil on canvas, 85 by 72 cm. Museum purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2021.270.
Attributed works:
12. Madonna and Child with Sts Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Cosmas and Damian, by Andrea Sacchi. 1629. Oil on canvas, 60.5 by 40.3 cm. Gift of the European Paintings Council, 2017.10.
Attributed works:
13. St Peter weeping with keys, by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri). c.1630–40. Pen and brown (iron gall) ink on laid paper, 24.6 by 19.3 cm. Gift of an anonymous donor, in memory of Edward B. Caulkins Jr, 2016.126.
Attributed works:
14. Study for the Chair of St Peter (Cathedra Petri), workshop of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1657–58. Pen and brown ink and wash with white highlights on laid paper, 50.8 by 33.7 cm. Museum purchase, Ralph H. Booth Bequest Fund, 2018.21.
Attributed works:
15. Garniture of three vases, manufactured by the De Paauw (‘The Peacock’) Manufactory, Delft, under the direction of Petronella van Dijssel. c.1690. Tin-glazed (enamelled) earthenware, 40 by 37.5 cm. Gift of Richard and Joanne Brodie, 2019.160.1–.3.
Attributed works:
16. The archangel Michael defeating Satan, by Acisclo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco. Between 1692 and 1705. Oil on canvas, 208.8 by 146.5 cm. Gift of Colnaghi in honour of Salvador Salort-Pons, 2016.58.
Attributed works:
17. Reading the fate of the Christ Child, by Josefa De Ayala. 1667. Oil on copper, 23 by 29 cm. Museum purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2020.15.
Attributed works:
18. Large platter with Bacchanal scene in the centre with putti and a satyr pushing a wheelbarrow on an ocre niellé ground, manufactured by the Rouen Factories. c.1725. Faience (tin-glazed earthenware), diameter 40 cm. Bequest of Sidney R. Knafel, T2022.237.13.
Attributed works:
19. Madonna and Child, by Giuseppe Maria Mazza. 1685. Hand-modelled terracotta relief in a gilt wood frame, 41.9 by 37.1 cm. Gift of Richard A. and Joanne Brodie in honour of Alan Darr, 2021.28.
Attributed works:
2. St Michael vanquishing the Devil, attributed to the workshop of the Harburg Master. c.1480. Limewood with original gilding and polychromy, 165 by 66 by 40 cm. Museum purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, with funds from the Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, 2020.1.
Attributed works:
20. The sanctuary-basilica of Nuestra Señora del Lledó in Castellón de la Plana, by Juan Conchillos Falco. 1699. Pen and ink and brush and sepia wash, 21.6 by 29.2 cm. Museum purchase, Hill Memorial Fund, 2020.17.
Attributed works:
21. Virgin of solitude, by Luisa Roldán (called La Roldana). 1705. Terracotta, paint, glass and wood, 38.1 by 26 cm. Museum purchase, Funds from the Joseph M. DeGrimme Memorial Fund and Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2018.33.
Attributed works:
22. Venus ordering armour for Aeneas at Vulcan’s forge, by Gaetano Gandolfi. c.1775. Oil on canvas, 64.5 by 47.5 by 4.4 cm. Gift of the Elizabeth, Allan & Warren Shelden Fund, 2017.46.
Attributed works:
23. Penitent Magdalene, by Caterina de Julianis. 1717. Polychrome wax, painted paper, glass, tempera on paper and other materials, 26.9 by 27 cm. Museum purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2019.44.
Attributed works:
24. The Doria commode, designed and painted by Lorenzo de Ferrari. c.1737. Carved and gilded walnut with tempera and oil painted decoration and original carved Spanish red broccatello marble top, 91 by 136 by 53 cm. Museum purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, and funds from The Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts in honour of Joanne Brodie, VCESDA Chair 2012–18, 2018.32.
Attributed works:
25. St Benedict of Palermo, attributed to Juan Pascual de Mena. Between 1770 and 1780. Coniferous wood, oil, gold, glass and fibre cord, 175 by 100 by 50 cm. Museum purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, 2017.21.
Attributed works:
26. Virgin and Child, by Luis Salvador Carmona. c.1750. Polychrome coniferous wood and glass, 130.8 by 63.5 by 48.3 cm. Museum purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund and Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2016.31.
Attributed works:
27. Small sword with koft-gari hilt. Possibly France, c.1770. Hilt: steel with gold inlay; blade: etched and blued steel, 100.3 by 10.8 by 8.9 cm. Museum purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, 2022.274.
Attributed works:
28. Soup plate from the Catherine the Great Service (assiette à potage), manufactured by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory and gilded by Henry-François Vincent. 1778. Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground with enamel decoration and gilding, 3.8 by 26.7 cm. Museum purchase, with funds from the Bernard J. Reilly Fund and the Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, 2017.58.
Attributed works:
29. Carved relief of Marchesa Vittoria Santini Torrigiani, attributed to Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo. c.1796. Boxwood, fruitwood and ebony, 18.6 by 13.7 by .5 cm. Gift of Richard A. and Joanne Brodie, 2021.251.
Attributed works:
3. Dish with the allegory of Love depicting Giulia and Ottinello, by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo, possibly in the workshop of Nicola da Urbino. c.1525–27. Tin glazed (enamelled) earthenware, diameter 26.5 cm. Gift of Richard A. and Joanne Brodie, 2021.415.
Attributed works:
30. and 31. Mrs Mary May and her daughters Maria Emilia, Louisa and Sophia Margaret and Mr Joseph May and his sons Thomas Charles, Joseph and John, by Angelica Kauffmann. 1780. Oil on canvas, each 144.4 by 176.5 cm. Museum purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2022.266.1-2.
Attributed works:
32. Los Caprichos, by Francisco Goya. 1796–98, first edition published 1799. Bound set of eighty etchings with aquatint and engraving on laid paper, in original Spanish mottled calfskin-covered pasteboard binding, 31.2 by 21.0 by 2.8 cm. Museum purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2021.268.
Attributed works:
33. Satan, the fallen angel, by Jean-Jacques Feuchère. Modelled 1833, cast 1835. Bronze with a dark brown patina, height 34.9 cm. Museum purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund and the Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, 2018.17.
Attributed works:
34. Bust of Giuseppe Bossi, by Antonio Canova. 1816. Plaster, 94 by 45.7 by 38.1 cm. Museum purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2017.19.
Attributed works:
35. Portrait bust of the duchesse de Berry, by Félicie de Fauveau. 1840. Marble with partial gilding and polychromy, height 60 cm. Museum purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, 2022.273.
Attributed works:
36. Coffret à bijoux with the triumph of Amphitrite, by Frédéric-Jules Rudolphi. c.1850. Oxidised and parcel-gilt silver, enamel, coloured glass and pearls, 21.3 by 19.7 by 15.2 cm. Gift of Richard and Joanne Brodie, 2021.296.
Attributed works:
4. Descent from the Cross, by the Master of the Embroidered Foliage. c.1500. Oil on oak panel (cradled), 97.6 by 80.3 cm. Gift of Mr and Mrs Raymond Cracchiolo, 2019.18.
Attributed works:
6. Dish featuring Cupid holding a globe, made by Lyon Manufactories and decorated by Gironimo Tomasi. c.1582–1600. Faience (tin-glazed earthenware), diameter 32.7 cm. Bequest of Sidney R. Knafel, T2022.237.9.
Attributed works:
7. Parade shield for the guard of Archbishop Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau. Venice, c.1595. Wood, tooled leather, metal leaf, polychromy and varnish, diameter 62.2 cm. Museum purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, 2022.5.
Attributed works:
8. Ecce Homo, by Luis de Morales. c.1560–70. Oil on wood panel, 54.6 by 46.4 cm. Museum purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund and the Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2019.41.
Western art unattributed:
1. Crucifixion with the three Marys and others. England, 1440–80. Alabaster with original polychromy and gilding, 53.3 by 25.4 by 5.1 cm. Gift of Richard A. and Joanne Brodie in honour of Alan P. Darr, 2021.112.
Western art unattributed:
5. Reliquary bust of a virgin-martyr, likely a companion of St Ursula. Possibly Castile, c.1530. Softwood with gilding and polychromy, 47 by 43.5 by 19 cm. Gift of Richard A. and Joanne Brodie, 2022.115.
Western art unattributed:
9. David and Goliath. German, c.1600. Polychrome wax, 30 by 21.5 cm. Museum purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Deaccession Fund, 2020.5.
Book Review
Bernini: Catalogo delle sculture
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 571-573
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Reviewer:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
subjects:
Italian art / Italian sculpture / Portraits / Busts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bernini: Catalogo delle sculture By Maria Grazia Bernardini. 2 vols, 562 pp. incl. 451 b. & w. and 45 col. ills. (Umberto Allemandi, Turin, 2021). €130. ISBN 978–88–422–2496–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. St Sebastian, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1616–17. Marble, 98 by 42 cm. (Private collection, on loan to the Thyssen- Bornemisza Museum, Madrid).
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Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste / Balla, Giacomo / Nino Pisano / Faydherbe, Lucas / Vernet, Claude-Joseph / Metsu, Gabriel / Biffin, Sarah / Strozzi, Bernardo / Arcis, Marc / Calder, Alexander / Richier, Germaine / Chantrey, Francis Legatt / Coffermans, Marcellus / Chinard, Joseph / Lemmen, Georges / Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon / Bernini, Pietro / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
Ange-Joseph Antoine ROUX (Marseille, 1765 - 1838) View on the Old Port of Marseille from Saint-Victor; View on the Old Port of Marseille and the Fort Saint-Jean (detail) Watercolour (pair). Signed and dated lower left; Signed and dated lower right. 58 x 86,5 cm (each) [Aguttes]
Attributed works:
Christ’s descent into limbo, by Marcellus Coffermans (1524/25–81). Oil on panel, 18.5 by 13.8 cm. [COSTERMANS & PELGRIMS DE BIGARD, BRUSSELS. Fine Arts, Paris]
Attributed works:
Gabriel Metsu, The Drinker; oil on canvas laid down on panel, 17.7 x 13 cm. [Roseberys].
Attributed works:
Giacomo Balla Turin 1871–1958 Rome Linea di velocità + vortice, c. 1913 Signed and titled lower left ‘FUTURBALLA LINEA DI VELOCITA’ + VORTICE’; stamped Pugno di Boccioni Pencil on paper 47 x 70 cm (18 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.) [Robilant and Voena]
Attributed works:
Heyst, 8pm at low tide, by Georges Lemmen (1865–1916). 1891. Oil on panel, 12 by 21.5 cm. [GALERIE BERÈS, PARIS. Fine Arts Paris]
Attributed works:
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (Valenciennes, 1827–1875, Courbevoie) Jeune fille à la coquille Patinated plaster Executed circa 1864 100.5 cm high Signed JB Carpeaux [Daniel Katz]
Attributed works:
Jean-Siméon CHARDIN Copper pot, cauliflower and mortar with its pestle on an entablature Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 13 × 15,9 in. Provenance: Private collection, Paris Literature: Pierre Rosenberg, L’opera completa di Chardin, Milan, 1983, n. p., n° 77, repr. Estimate: €600 000 - 800 000 [Artcurial]
Attributed works:
Lucas Faydeherbe, attributed to 1617 – Mechelen – 1697 Jupiter Terracotta, painted to resemble bronze: h. 68 x w. 52 x d. 31 cm (Patricia Wengraf).
Attributed works:
Medallion showing Louis XIV, by Marc Arcis (1655–1739). Marble, 75 by 73 cm. [GALERIE RATTON  LADRIÈRE, PARIS, Fine Arts Paris]
Attributed works:
Napoleon Bonaparte, by Joseph Chinard (1756–1813). Terracotta, 85 by 52 cm. [BRUN FINE ART, LONDON AND MILAN. Fine Arts Paris]
Attributed works:
Nino Pisano (Active 1334–1368), Saint John the Baptist, c. 13665, marble, 75.5 cm high (Stuart Lochhead).
Attributed works:
No title, by Alexander Calder (1898–1976). 1964. Gouache on paper, 50 by 66 cm. [GALERIE AB, PARIS, Fine Arts Paris]
Attributed works:
Pair of Medicis vases, by Joseph Fabry and Paul Utzschneider. 1810–12. Faïence pottery and gilded bronze, each 68 by 54 cm. [GALERIE STEINITZ, PARIS. Fine Arts Paris]
Attributed works:
Pietro Bernini and attributed to the young Gian Lorenzo Bernini, circa 1616-18 Samson with a Philistine. Fountain figure made of white, grey veined marble. H 152, plinth W 57, D 52 cm. Prov: Albrecht Neuhaus, Würzburg. Private European Collection. [Lempertz sale Decorative Arts, 17 November 2022]
Attributed works:
SARAH BIFFIN (1784 –1850) Self Portrait, 1821 (Private Collection) [Philip Mould].
Attributed works:
SIR FRANCIS LEGATT CHANTREY, R.A. (1781–1841) Bust of Princess Louise of Saxe-Weimar Commissioned by Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom in 1833 Delivered to Windsor Castle on 10 April 1834 white marble 66 cm. [Erik Bijzet]
Attributed works:
Still life with fruits and flowers, by Bernardo Strozzi (1581–1644). Oil on canvas, 39 by 45.5 cm. [ENRICO FRASCIONE, FLORENCE, Fine Arts Paris].
Attributed works:
The couple, by Germaine Richier (1902–59). 1956. Edition 3 of 6. Bronze, height 139 cm. [GALERIE DE LA BÉRAUDIÈRE, BRUSSELS, Fine Arts Paris]
Attributed works:
Timothy Behrens, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, and Michael Andrews (left to right) at Wheeler’s restaurant in Soho, London, 1963. Photo: © John Deakin/John Deakin Archive/Bridgeman Images. [Gagosian]
Non-western art unattributed:
Floral arabesque tile. Iznik, Turkey, c.1565–75. Siliceous ceramic and polychrome, 29 by 29 cm. [GALERIE KEVORKIAN, PARIS. Fine Arts Paris]
Non-western art unattributed:
Standing Buddha, Gandhara, 3rd– 4th century. Shale, height 90 cm. [GALERIE HIOCO, PARIS. Fine Arts Paris]
Non-western art unattributed:
Writing box. Gujarat, India, c.1550–1600. Teak wood, mother-of- pearl and tortoiseshell, 11 by 24 by 18 cm. [SÃO ROQUE, LISBON. Fine Arts Paris]
Western art unattributed:
FRENCH SCHOOL (Avignon), early fifteenth century Head of an apostle Alabaster with traces of gilding and paint, 13 x 10.8 x 7.6 cm [Charles Ratton and Guy Ladriere, Fine Arts Paris]
Western art unattributed:
Head of an African King, Southern France, c.1120-1150. [Sam Fogg]
Book Review
Bernini and His World: Sculpture and Sculptors in Early Modern Rome
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1160-1162
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Reviewer:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Baroque sculpture / Sculptors
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subjects:
Bernini and His World: Sculpture and Sculptors in Early Modern Rome By Livio Pestilli. 288 pp. incl. 140 col. + 27 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2022), £60. ISBN 978–1–84822–549–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1632. Marble, height 78 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
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03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: OBC
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Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, Leeds, Great Britain
artists:
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WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY second half of the 18th century Etruria, Staffordshire, 1770–1776 Triton After Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) Black Basalt (stoneware) 62 cm (24½ in.) high 26 cm (10¼ in.) wide 29 cm (11½ in.) deep PROVENANCE Private collection, France [Tomasso Brothers].
Book Review
An Elephant in Rome
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 484
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Kämpf, Tobias (Kämpf, Tobias)
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artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
places:
Rome
subjects:
Urban history / Cities / Obelisks
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subjects:
An Elephant in Rome By Loyd Grossman. 320 pp. incl. over 130 col. ills. (Pallas Athene, London, 2020),  19.99. ISBN 978–1–84368–193–9. | :
Article
Avatars of Antiquity II: Drapery as metaphor
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1056-1071
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Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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art literature:
Lectures / University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain
artists:
Reni, Guido / Canova, Antonio / Thorvaldsen, Bertel / Poussin, Nicolas / Raphael / Poynter, Edward John / Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton / Degas, Edgar / Tischbein, Wilhelm, 1751-1829 / Verrocchio, Andrea del / Moore, Henry Spencer, 1898-1986 / Delacroix, Eugène / Flaxman, John / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Watts, George Frederic / Saint-Gaudens, Augustus / Solimena, Francesco
buildings:
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
places:
Herculaneum / Pompeii
styles:
Antiquity
subjects:
Drapery / Antiquity / Sculpture / Roman art / Greek (ancient) art / Dancers / Statues / Statuettes / Paintings
subjects:
Hamilton, Emma
subjects:
Veils
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Drapery study for the high priest in the Trial and martyrdom of St Stephen, by Edward Poynter. 1872. Black chalk on buff paper, 41 by 27.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
10. Draped female torso, from the Acropolis, Xanthos. 470–460 BC. Marble, height 123.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
11. Rebecca at the well, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118 by 199 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
12. Detail from Paul preaching at Athens, by Raphael. c.1516. Body colour on paper mounted on canvas, whole canvas 320 by 390 cm. (Royal Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
13. Drapery study for the high priest in the Trial and martyrdom of St Stephen, by Edward Poynter. 1872. Black chalk on buff paper, 27.6 by 27.1 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
14. Drapery study for the kneeling handmaiden in Semiramis founding Babylon, by Edgar Degas. 1860–62. Graphite with lead-white body colour and blue wash on paper, 24.4 by 31.1 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
15. Cymon and Iphigenia by Frederic Leighton. c.1884. Oil on canvas, 162.6 by 327.7 cm. (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney).
Attributed works:
16. Drapery study by Leonardo. c.1475–82. Brown-grey wash and lead white on linen prepared with a pale grey ground, 220 by 139 cm. (Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of Virgin and Child, by Masaccio. 1426. Egg tempera on wood, whole panel 134.8 by 73.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
18. The penitence of Mary Magdalene, by Charles Le Brun. 1655. Oil on canvas, 252 by 171 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
19. Heliodorus driven from the Temple, by Eugène Delacroix. 1855–61. Mural, 751 by 485 cm. (Chapelle des Anges, Saint-Sulpice, Paris)
Attributed works:
2. Detail of an Antique mural painting of a dancer, by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni. Engraving, 38 by 48 cm. (page). (From Le pitture antiche d’Ercolano e contorni, I, Naples 1757).
Attributed works:
20. Ariadne on Naxos, by G.F. Watts. 1867–75. Oil on canvas, 75 by 94 cm. (Guildhall Museum, London).
Attributed works:
21. Divine figures from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Athens, believed to represent Venus reclining on the lap of her mother, Dione, by Phidias or associate. 438–432 BC. Marble, length 233 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
22. Captive Andromache, by Frederic Leighton. c.1888. Oil on canvas, 195.6 by 406.4 cm. (City Art Gallery, Manchester).
Attributed works:
23. Detail of the figure of Amor in the chimneypiece made for the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, Manhattan, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. c.1881–83. Limestone, height of chimneypiece 468.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Dido receiving Aeneas and Cupid disguised as Ascanius, by Francesco Solimena. 1710. Oil on canvas, 207.2 by 310.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. One of the ‘attitudes’ of Lady Hamilton, by Tommaso Piroli after Friedrich Rehberg. Engraving, 26.9 by 20.8 cm. (From F. Rehberg: Drawings Faithfully Copied from Nature at Naples, n.p. 1794, fig.7).
Attributed works:
4. Veiled and masked dancer. Alexandria(?), c.100 BC. Bronze, height 20.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Two dancers, after Antonio Canova. 1799. Tempera on paper. (Casa Canova, Possagno).
Attributed works:
6. Hebe, by Antonio Canova. 1816–17. Marble with gilt metal, height 158 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì).
Attributed works:
7. Veiled woman (Allegory of Purity), by Antonio Corradini. 1717–25. Carrara marble. (Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca Rezzonico, Venice).
Attributed works:
8. Hebe, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1819–23. Marble, height 152.2 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
9. Kore, from the Temple of Hera, Samos. 570–60 BC. Marble, height 192 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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