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Book Review
René-Antoine Houasse: Peindre pour Louis XIV
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 186
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Reviewer:
Marandet, François (Marandet, François)
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René-Antoine Houasse: Peindre pour Louis XIV By Matthieu Lett. 304 pp. incl. 268 col. + 154 b. & w. ills. (Arthena, Paris, 2020), €99. ISBN 978–2–903239–65–7. | :
Article
Avatars of Antiquity III: Reading the Passions
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 40-51
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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Illustrations
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1. Dead Christ mourned (‘The three Maries’), by Annibale Carracci. c.1603 or c.1606. Oil on canvas, 92.8 by 103.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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10. An experiment with an air pump, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1768. Oil on canvas, 183 by 244 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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11. Virgin Mary with the infant Christ, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. c.1472. Terracotta, height 49 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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12. Self-portrait, attributed to Nicolas Poussin. c.1630. Red chalk on paper, 25.6 by 19.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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13. Detail of The Lamentation, by Giotto, showing a grieving angel. c.1304. Fresco. (Arena Chapel, Padua).
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14. Detail of The School of Athens, by Raphael, showing Euclid with pupils. c.1510. Fresco. (Vatican Museums).
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15. Preparatory study for head of St John the Evangelist, by Domenichino. c.1622–25. (Royal Library, Windsor; Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
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16. The dying Alexander, Roman copy of c.AD 100 of a Hellenistic sculpture of c.200 BC. Marble, height 72 cm, including modern bust. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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17. Niobe and her daughter, Roman, c.AD 100, after a Hellenistic sculpture of c.300 BC. Pentelic marble, height 228 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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18. Marsyas by Balthasar Permoser. c.1680–85. Marble, height 68.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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19. Massacre of the Innocents, by Guido Reni. 1611–12. Oil on canvas, 268 by 170 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna).
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20. Bust of Caracalla. c.AD 212. Marble, height 65 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples).
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22. Death of Cleopatra, by Henri-Joseph-François Baron de Triqueti. 1859. Ivory with bronze, height including base 38 cm. (Private collection, London).
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3. Drawing illustrating Horror, by Charles Le Brun. c.1667. Black chalk on paper, 20.5 by 18.4 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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4. Detail of Moses defending the daughters of Jethro, by Charles Le Brun. 1686. Oil on canvas, 113 by 122 cm. (Galleria Estense, Modena).
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5. Detail of The penitent Magdalen, by Charles Le Brun. c.1656–57. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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6. Chelsea Pensioners receiving the London Gazette Extraordinary of Thursday, 22nd June 1815, announcing the Battle of Waterloo, by David Wilkie. 1816–22. Oil on panel, 97.2 by 158.1 cm. (Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London).
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7. Detail of Fig.6, showing the face of the woman reading the list of the dead.
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8. Woman with a mania for gambling, by Théodore Géricault. c.1822. Oil on canvas, 77 by 65 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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9. Marriage à-la-Mode: 2, The tête à tête, by William Hogarth. c.1743. Oil on canvas, 69.9 by 90.8 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of the Laocoön group, showing the face of Laocoön. (Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican; Scala Archive).
Western art unattributed:
21. Fragmentary metope relief from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, showing Athena receiving slain monster birds. c.460–50 BC. Marble, height 157 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
Benavides’s ‘Scipio’ ensemble and collaborative entrepreneurial action in Brussels tapestry around 1660
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 112-119
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Brosens, Koenraad (Brosens, Koenraad)
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Slegten, Astrid (Slegten, Astrid)
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1. Detail of Fig.3.
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2. A table showing all the known extant tapestries of the Benavides Deeds and triumph of Scipio series.
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3. Conference between Scipio and Hannibal before the Battle of Zama, from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 471 by 842 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
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4. Sol from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1662. Wool and silk, 180 by 147 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
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5. The continence of Scipio from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 471 by 557 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
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6. Capture of the camp and mercy for the vanquished from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 481 by 794 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
Book Review
Painting and Narrative in France, from Poussin to Gauguin. Edited by Peter Cooke and Nina Lübbren
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 801
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Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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3. The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero, by Eugène Delacroix. 1825–26. Canvas, 145.6 by 113.8 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Book Review
François Girardon (1628–1715): Le sculpteur de Louis XIV. By Alexandre Maral
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 519
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Maës, Antoine (Maës, Antoine)
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4. Detail of the funeral monument to Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, by François Girardon. 1694. Marble, 205 by 460 by 170 cm. (Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris; photograph Bridgeman Images).
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The kingdom of a mistress to the Sun King: Madame de Montespan’s apartment at Saint-Germain-en-Laye
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 299-304
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Faisant, Étienne (Faisant, Étienne)
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1. Elevation of Madame de Montespan’s alcove bedchamber and grand cabinet at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, here attributed to François d’Orbay and Nicolas Loir. 1673. Ink, wash and watercolour on paper, 25 by 61.5 cm. (Archives nationales, Paris).
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3. Plan of Madame de Montespan’s alcove bedchamber, cabinets and small bedroom at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, with added sketches for ceiling paintings, here attributed to François d’Orbay and Nicolas Loir. 1673. Ink, wash and watercolour on paper, 54 by 59.5 cm. (Archives nationales, Paris).
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4. Detail of Fig.1.
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6. Madame de Montespan’s apartment at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. A: antechamber; B: bedchamber; C: Grand Cabinet; D: Petit Cabinet; E: small bedroom; F: secondary areas; 1: courtyard. Plan by the author.
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2. Plan of the first floor of the Château-Vieux, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, by an anonymous artist. c.1681. Ink and wash on paper, 48 by 75 cm. (Archives départementales des Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 7 Q 1.14). Madame de Montespan’s apartment is in the southern range, at the top centre of this plan; see Fig.6.
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5. A bed, probably from the Trianon de Porcelaine, by an anonymous artist. c.1687. Grey ink with grey and red wash, heightened with gold, on paper, 41 by 28 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, THC 1063).
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7. Portrait miniature of a lady, probably Madame de Montespan, in a rich interior. France, 1690. Gouache on vellum heightened with gold and silver, 27.5 by 47.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The Sovereign Artist: Charles Le Brun and the Image of Louis XIV. By Wolf Burchard & Charles Le Brun décorateur de fêtes. By Gaëlle Lafage
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 349-350
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Marchesano, Louis (Marchesano, Louis)
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5. Carpet with personifications of music made at the Savonnerie Manufactory. c.1685–97. Wool, 482.6 by 904.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Art Royal: Meisterzeichnungen aus dem Louvre. By Regina Kaltenbrunner, Peter Laub and Eva Léchelle
02/2018 | 1379 | 160
Pages: 164-165
Exhibition Review
Charles Le Brun. Lens
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 660-662
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Mulherron, Jamie (Mulherron, Jamie)
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57. God the Father and two cherubs, by Charles Le Brun. c.1674 (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. [Louvre-Lens])
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58. Terpsichore, Gobelins, workshop of Jean de La Croix. c.1670 (Mobilier national, Paris; exh. Louvre-Lens)
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59. Adoration of the shepherds, by Charles Le Brun. 1698 (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Louvre-Lens)
Article
Some identifications of paintings in the collection of ‘le grand Colbert’
04/2014 | 1333 | 156
Pages: 212-218
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Author:
Boyer, Jean-Claude (Boyer, Jean-Claude; Boyer, Jean)
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1. Portrait of Colbert, by Claude Lefebvre (Present whereabouts unknown)
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2. The education of the Virgin, by Guido Reni (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)
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3. Dinocrates before Alexander, from the circle of Jean-Baptiste Corneille (Pierre Mosnier?) (Galerie Jean-Pierre Gros, Paris)
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4. Tobias healing his father's blindness, by Simon François Ravenet after Agostino Carracci (Département des estampes et de la photographie, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris)
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5. The adoration of the shepherds, by François Aliamet after Annibale Carracci (Département des estampes et de la photographie, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris)
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6. Alexander refusing to drink, by Jean-Baptiste Corneille (Galerie Jean-Pierre Gros, Paris)
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7. Study for Alexander refusing to drink, by Jean-Baptiste Corneille (Present whereabouts unknown)
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8. Study of a head for Alexander refusing to drink, by Jean-Baptiste Corneille (Département des arts graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv. no.RF 28245)
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9. Christ in the garden of olives, by Charles Le Brun (Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvits, Boston MA)
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