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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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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).
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10. Draped female torso, from the Acropolis, Xanthos. 470–460 BC. Marble, height 123.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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11. Rebecca at the well, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118 by 199 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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17. Detail of Virgin and Child, by Masaccio. 1426. Egg tempera on wood, whole panel 134.8 by 73.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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18. The penitence of Mary Magdalene, by Charles Le Brun. 1655. Oil on canvas, 252 by 171 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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19. Heliodorus driven from the Temple, by Eugène Delacroix. 1855–61. Mural, 751 by 485 cm. (Chapelle des Anges, Saint-Sulpice, Paris)
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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).
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20. Ariadne on Naxos, by G.F. Watts. 1867–75. Oil on canvas, 75 by 94 cm. (Guildhall Museum, London).
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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).
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22. Captive Andromache, by Frederic Leighton. c.1888. Oil on canvas, 195.6 by 406.4 cm. (City Art Gallery, Manchester).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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4. Veiled and masked dancer. Alexandria(?), c.100 BC. Bronze, height 20.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Detail of Two dancers, after Antonio Canova. 1799. Tempera on paper. (Casa Canova, Possagno).
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6. Hebe, by Antonio Canova. 1816–17. Marble with gilt metal, height 158 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì).
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7. Veiled woman (Allegory of Purity), by Antonio Corradini. 1717–25. Carrara marble. (Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca Rezzonico, Venice).
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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).
Book Review
Practice and Theory in the Italian Renaissance Workshop: Verrocchio and the Epistemology of Making Art
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 543-546
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Wright, Alison (Wright, Alison)
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Practice and Theory in the Italian Renaissance Workshop: Verrocchio and the Epistemology of Making Art By Christina Neilson. 362 pp. incl. 146 b. + w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019),  90. ISBN 978–1–107–17285–2. | :
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2. Christ and St Thomas. 1467–83. Bronze, 240 by 140 by 105 cm. (The original bronze is now in the Museo di Orsanmichele, Florence; photograph Nicol  Orsi Battaglini; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Observing the artist at work: a drawing by Verrocchio in Palermo
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 204-215
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Author:
Nathan, Johannes (Nathan, Johannes)
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1. Kneeling Virgin and Child (Virgin adoring the Christ Child?), by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably later 1460s. Black chalk, white heightening, wash and pen and ink on paper, 20.5 by 17.4 cm (irregular). (Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo).
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10. Study for a Virgin with the Christ Child, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably 1470s. Black chalk on lightly prepared paper, 28.2 by 19.3 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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11. Detail of Fig.1, showing the drapery.
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12. Detail of The Baptism of Christ, by Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci and assistant(s). Probably mid-1470s. Oil on panel, 177 by 151 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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13. David, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Before 1476. Bronze, height 126 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Detail of Equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1485 onwards (completed posthumously, unveiled 1496). Bronze, height of detail approx. 50 cm. (Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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15. Study for an Adoration of the shepherds, by Leonardo da Vinci. Probably late 1470s or early 1480s. Leadpoint partly reworked with pen and ink and wash, 11.9 by 13.5 cm (irregular). (Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Drapery study of a kneeling woman, by Leonardo da Vinci. 1470s. Silverpoint and white heightening on red prepared paper, 25.7 by 19 cm. (Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Rome).
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17. Verso of Fig.1 in UV-light, revealing two studies of nude male youths and a study of the head of an old man.
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18. Copy after a study for Verrocchio’s ‘David’ and study of a Christ Child, from the workshop of Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. Later 1480s. Pen and brown ink and wash over metalpoint on rose-washed paper (page of a now dismembered sketchbook), 26 by 19 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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19. Study of a male nude, attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio or a member of his workshop. c.1470. Metalpoint with heightening and pen and ink on prepared paper, 27.8 by 10.9 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett).
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2. Kneeling Virgin and Child (Virgin adoring the Christ Child?), by a follower of Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably later 1460s or early 1470s. Black chalk and white heightening (oxidised) over indications in stylus or erased leadpoint on paper, 19.8 by 17 cm (irregular). (British Museum, London).
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20. St John the Baptist, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1480. Metalpoint and heightening on blue prepared paper, 17.8 by 22.2 cm. (The Royal Library, Windsor Castle; Royal Collection; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2020).
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3. Kneeling Virgin and other studies, from the workshop of Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. Later 1480s. Pen and brown ink over leadpoint or black chalk on rose washed-paper, 27.4 by 19.8 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. Kneeling Virgin adoring the Christ Child, attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio, probably 1470s. Tempera and oil on canvas (transferred from panel), 106.7 by 76.3 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Head of a woman, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably 1470s. Charcoal on paper, 32.5 by 27.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Detail of Study for a funerary monument to Doge Andrea Vendramin, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably early 1480s. Leadpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper, 27.3 by 17.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Studies of putti, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Perhaps 1470s. Pen and ink on paper, 15.8 by 21 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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8. Detail of Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477–78. Silver with blue smalt mounted on wood, height of detail approx. 15 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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9. UV-light photograph of the drawing shown in Fig.1, revealing the use of wash and a faded number ‘37’ in the lower right corner.
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).
Article
The problematic ‘Baptist’: Benedetto da Maiano’s Sala dei Gigli doorway
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 624-629
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Dillon, Sarah M. (Dillon, Sarah M. )
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1. Door of the Sala dei Gigli, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by Benedetto da Maiano. c.1475–78. Marble. (Photograph Raffaello Bencini; Alinari Archives, Florence)
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2. Door of the Sala dei Gigli, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by Benedetto da Maiano. Photograph by Fratelli Alinari c.1890, 16 by 21 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
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3. Door of the Sala dell’Udienza, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by Benedetto da Maiano. c.1475–78. Marble. (Photograph Raffaello Bencini; Alinari Archives, Florence).
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4. Above Detail of the door of the Sala dei Gigli, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, showing the base of the figure. (Photograph the author).
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5. Opposite St John the Baptist, by Benedetto da Maiano. Marble, height 125 cm. Photograph by Fratelli Alinari c.1900, 15 by 21 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
Book Review
Ghirlandaria: Un manoscritto di ricordi della famiglia Ghirlandaio. Edited by Lisa Venturini
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 604-605
Article
Rediscovered photographs of two terracotta modelli by Verrocchio
11/2012 | 1316 | 154
Pages: 762-767
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Author:
Neilson, Christina (Neilson, Christina)
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10. Photograph of the modelli for the Youth with the salver and the Captain with the mace, by Andrea del Verrocchio, with an unidentified Bust of a woman in the centre. From Collection d'objets d'art du Baron Adolphe de Rothschild. Pregny, Geneva c.1910.
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11. Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-78. Silver, 30.8 by 41.9 cm. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).
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12. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Youth with the salver.
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13. Photograph of the Youth with the salver, by Andrea del Verocchio. 1477-78. Terracotta, 17 cm high. From the same publication as Fig. 10.
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14. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Captain with the mace.
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15. Photograph of the Captain with the mace, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-78. Terracotta, 17 cm. high. From the same publication as Fig.10.
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16. Angel, by Andrea del Verrocchio or assistant. Terracotta, 37 by 34 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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17. Modello for the Executioner, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-83. Terracotta, 23.7 cm. high. (Private collection).
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18. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Executioner.
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19. The silver altar for the Florentine Baptistry. 1366-1483. Silver, 115 by 263 cm.; side panels, 115 by 53 cm. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).
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20. Detail of Fig.11, showing the head of the Captain with the mace.
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21. Modello for the Forteguerri cenotaph, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1476. Terracotta with repairs in stucco and wax, 39.4 by 26.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
Andrea del Verrocchio’s first surviving panel painting and other early works
06/2011 | 1299 | 153
Pages: 368-378
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Dunkerton, Jill (Dunkerton, Jill)
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Syson, Luke (Syson, Luke)
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1. Fig.2 before cleaning.
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10. Detail of David, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Mid-1460s. Bronze, with gilding, 126 cm. high. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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11. Detail of the left hand of David, by Andrea del Verrocchio.
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12. Detail of palm trees from the right of the Resurrection of Christ, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1460s. Polychromed terracotta, 135 by 150 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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13. Study for Faith, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1469. Metalpoint, black chalk, brown wash, white heightening and brown ink on pink tinted paper, 21.6 by 15 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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14. Study for a Virgin lactans, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1470. Charcoal and black chalk on paper, 28.3 by 19.3 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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16. Head of a man (Verrocchio’s self-portrait perhaps?), here attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1467–69. Metalpoint, brown ink and white heightening on paper (with added grey-brown background wash), 19.2 by 17.5 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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17. Detail of Fig.16.
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17. Detail of Fig.16.
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18. Detail of Fig.2.
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19. Virgin and Child, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1470. Tempera on panel, 67.3 by 49.4 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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2. The Virgin and Child with two angels, after cleaning and restoration, here attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1467–69. Tempera on wood, 69.2 by 49.8 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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20. Detail of the head of St John the Baptist, from the Baptism of Christ, by Andrea del Verrocchio and workshop, completed by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1468–76. Tempera and oil on panel, 180 by 152.5 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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21. Detail of the hand of St John the Baptist, from the Baptism of Christ, by Andrea del Verrocchio and others.
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3. The Virgin and Child with two angels, by Sandro Botticelli. 1469–70. Tempera on wood, 100 by 71 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples).
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4. ‘Choral dancers’ relief from the cantoria for Florence Cathedral, by Luca della Robbia. 1431–38. Marble, 99 by 95 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
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5. Virgin and Child with two angels, by Filippo Lippi. c.1460–65. Tempera on wood, 92 by 63 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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6. Detail of Fig.2.
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7. Detail of Fig.2.
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8. Digital infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2.
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9. X-radiograph of Fig.2.
Western art unattributed:
15. Frontispiece to the Life of Andrea del Verrocchio. Woodcut, 12.4 by 10.6 cm. From G. Vasari: Le vite de’ più eccellenti pittori scultori e architettori . . . , Florence 1568.
Short Notice
Bartolini and Verrocchio: a newly discovered portrait
12/2007 | 1257 | 149
Pages: 856-859
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Author:
Boomkamp, Margreet (Boomkamp, Margreet)
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61. Portrait of a woman, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1820s. Marble, 68 cm. high. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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62. Portrait of a woman, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1820s. Plaster, 75 cm. high. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
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63. Portrait of a girl, by Lorenzo Bartolini. c.1830. Marble, 48 cm. high. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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64. Princess Sophia Sherbatova, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1825–30. Marble, 84 cm. high. (Magnani-Rocca Foundation, Mamiano di Traversetolo, Parma).
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65. Juliette Récamier, by Joseph Chinard. 1801–06. Marble, 80 cm. high. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon).
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66. Vendemmiatore, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1816–20. Plaster, approx. 130 cm. high. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
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67. A woman with a bunch of flowers, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1475–80. Marble, 61 cm. high. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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68. Portrait of a woman, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1820s. Plaster, 77 cm. high. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence).
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69. A young woman with a rose, by Giovanni Bastianini. 1850–55. Plaster, 66 cm. high. (Galleria d’Arte moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Book Review
Andrea del Verrocchio. Life and Work.
01/2007 | 1246 | 149
Pages: 44
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Butterfield, Andrew (Butterfield, Andrew)
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Andrea del Verrocchio. Life and Work | author: Covi, Dario A.
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