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Book Review
I disegni di Antonio e Piero del Pollaiolo (Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen 1300–1550, I, Toscana, 16)
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 322–324
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Wright, Alison (Wright, Alison)
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I disegni di Antonio e Piero del Pollaiolo (Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen 1300–1550, I, Toscana, 16) By Lorenza Melli. 455 pp. incl. 728 col. ills. (Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2023), €99. ISBN 978–3–7319–1237–8. | :
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1. Studies of horsemen and foot soldiers for the ‘Martyrdom of St. Sebastian’, by Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo. c.1470–75. Pen and brown ink and wash with traces of black chalk on brown tinted paper, 16.4 by 28.6 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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2. Blind Cupid, detail of central fragment from a larger sheet, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. c.1460–65. Pen and brown ink with wash and traces of black chalk on paper, 14.8 by 4.2 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence)
Book Review
Art and Violence in Early Renaissance Florence
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 468-469
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Dempsey, Charles (Dempsey, Charles)
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Art and Violence in Early Renaissance Florence By Scott Nethersole. 320 pp. incl. 233 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018),  65. ISBN 978–0–300–23351–3. | :
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2. Battle of the naked men, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. c.1470–90. Engraving, 38.4 by 58.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Body and Soul: Italian Renaissance Sculpture from Donatello to Michelangelo
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 61-64
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Lepoittevin, Anne (Lepoittevin, Anne)
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Body and Soul: Italian Renaissance Sculpture from Donatello to Michelangelo Musée du Louvre, Paris 22nd October 2020– 18th January 2021 | :
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7. Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist, by Giovanni Angelo del Maino. Before 1515. Polychromed wood, height 135 and 177 cm. respectively. (Como Cathedral; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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8. Rape of Europa, by Bellano. 1490–95. Bronze with green patina, 18 by 16.5 by 7.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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9. Cupid, by Michelangelo Buonarotti. 1497. Marble, 94 by 33.7 by 35.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence and Washington
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 4-13
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Röstel, Alexander (Röstel, Alexander )
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Palazzo Strozzi, Verrocchio: Master of Leonardo (8th March– 14th July 2019) | :
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Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence at the National Gallery of Art, Washington (15th September 2019–12th January 2020) | :
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1. Putto with a dolphin, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1465–80. Bronze, 70.3 by 50.5 by 35 cm. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, and National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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10. Ginevra de’ Benci, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1474–78. Oil on panel, 38.1 by 37 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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11. Bust of a young woman, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1465–70. Marble, 47.3 by 48.7 by 23.8 cm. (Frick Collection, New York; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, and National Gallery of Art, Washington; photograph by Clarence Kennedy. 1930. Gelatin silver print. The National Gallery of Art Library, Washington; exh. Study Center, National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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12. Installation view of Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019–20, showing in the foreground (left) Putto with a dolphin, by Verrocchio and (right) Putto posed on globe, attributed to Verrocchio. (Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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13. Lorenzo de’ Medici, probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi. Possibly 1513–20. Polychrome terracotta, 65.8 by 59.1 by 32.7 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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2. Installation view of Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo, at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 2019, showing (left to right) Bust of a young woman, by Desiderio da Settignano and Verrocchio’s Lady with flowers and Bust of a young woman. (Courtesy Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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3. An ancient heroine, possibly Olympias, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1460–65. Marble, 46 by 31 by 6.5 cm. (Castello Sforzesco, Milan; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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4. Diagram of the incised lines evident on the painted surface and in the X-radiograph of the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child (The Ruskin Madonna), by Andrea del Verrocchio, possibly with Domenico Ghirlandaio. c.1470–80. Tempera and oil on panel transferred to canvas, 106.7 by 76.3 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; diagram © Elizabeth Walmsley, 2019).
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5. Giuliano de’ Medici, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1475/78. Terracotta with traces of polychromy, 61 by 66 by 28.3 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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6. Death of Francesca Pitti Tornabuoni, by Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. c.1480. Marble, 45 by 170.5 by 13 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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7. Young woman, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1470–75. Black chalk with pen and brown ink and brush with brown ink and grey ash on paper, outlines pricked for transfer, 40.8 by 32.7 cm. (Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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8. St Jerome, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1465–70. Tempera on paper applied to panel, 40 by 26 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, and National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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9. Virgin with the laughing Child, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. c.1472. Terracotta, 49 by 27 by 24.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
Book Review
Seen from Behind: Perspectives on the Male Body and Renaissance Art. By Patricia Lee Rubin
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 783-785
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Betzer, Sarah (Betzer, Sarah )
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2. Bathers at San Niccolò, by Domenico Cresti, called Passignano. 1600. Oil on canvas, 142.2 by 180.3 cm. (Private collection).
Article
‘The big Italian’: Giambologna and his model Bartolommeo di Lionardo Ginori
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 912-919
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Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
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1. Rape of the Sabines, by Giambologna. 1582. Marble, height (excluding the base) c.410 cm. (Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Prometheus, cast from a model by Giambologna. c.1590. Gilt bronze, height 23 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, UK).
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2. Crucified Christ, by Giambologna. 1580s. Bronze, 33.5 by 21.5 cm (Cleveland Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Portrait of Giambologna, with his model for ‘Samson and a Philistine’, by Federigo Zuccaro. 1575. Black and red chalk, 26.1 by 188 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
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4. Rape of the Sabines, by Giambologna. c.1581. Clay with traces of whitewash, height c.410 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
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5. Mars, by Giambologna. c.1581–87. Gilt bronze, height 39.4 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden; photograph Arrigo Coppitz).
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6. Portrait of Bartolommeo di Lionardo Ginori, by Santi di Tito. c.1583. Canvas, height c.250 cm. (Private collection, Florence; photo Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
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7. Portrait of Pietro di Cosimo de’ Medici, by Santi di Tito. c.1583. Canvas, 208 by 113 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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8. Mars and Prometheus, cast from models by Giambologna. c.1587 and c.1590 respectively. Bronze, heights 39.4 cm. and 23 cm. (Both private collection; photograph courtesy Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, UK).
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9. Man seen from three angles, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. Fifteenth century. Stylus, pen and ink and wash on paper, 26.5 by 36 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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 Art of Conservation: IX, The history of painting conservation at the Yale University Gallery
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 122-131
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Aronson, Mark (Aronson, Mark)
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McClure, Ian (McClure, Ian)
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Passeri, Irma (Passeri, Irma)
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45. The lamentation over the dead Christ, by Taddeo Gaddi. c.1335-40 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
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46. Fig.45 after cleaning in 1954
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47. Hypothetical reconstruction of Fig.45 after the 1954 cleaning
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48. Detail of Fig.45 showing the cross-hatched visible inpainting technique used by Andrew Petryn in 1954
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49. The Virgin and Child enthroned with four saints, by Ugolino di Nerio. c.1305-10. Photographed in 1912 after Icilio Federico Ioni's restoration (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
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50. Fig.49, c.1953
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51. Fig.49 after Andrew Petryn's restoration in 1954-55 where he used a neutral colour for the large losses and a cross-hatched technique in areas of loss that were reconstructed
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52. Fig.49 after restoration in 1968
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53. Fig.49 after restoration in 2006-07
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54. The Virgin and Child with Sts Vincent Ferrer and Jerome, by Piero di Cosimo. c.1510-15. Conservation state of the altarpiece in 1928 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
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55. Fig.54 after restoration in 1957-59
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56. Detail of Fig.54, showing the original paint layer in remarkably good condition on the stone base of the throne after removal of multiple layers of oil-based overpaint. The foreground was cleaned by Petryn in 1957-59
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57. Fig.54 during current restoration with the nineteenth-century top additions removed
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58. Fig.59 after filling, before restoration. Photographed in 2014
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59. Education of the Virgin, attributed to Diego Velázquez. c.1617. After cleaning, varnishing, filling and inpainting of losses in 2014 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
Exhibition Review
The Pollaiuolo
04/2015 | 1345 | 157
Pages: 291-293
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Wright, Alison (Wright, Alison)
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73. Profile portrait of a woman, here attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan)
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74. Profile portrait of a woman, attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; not exhibited)
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75. Crucifixion, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo (S. Lorenzo, Florence; exh. Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan)
Short Notice
The donation of Antonio del Pollaiuolo’s workshop to Salvestro del Pollaiuolo
07/2007 | 1252 | 149
Pages: 471-472
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Waldman, Louis Alexander (Waldman, Louis Alexander; Waldman, Louis; Waldman, Louis A.)
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14. Study for an incense boat, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. ?1460s–70s. Pen, brown ink and wash, 27 by 18.5 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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