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Prince Eugene of Savoy’s Rembrandt drawings: a newly discovered provenance
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 450-461
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Author:
Friedenthal, Antoinette (Friedenthal, Antoinette)
Subjects
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn / Dürer, Albrecht / Bartsch, Johann Adam, Ritter von, 1757-1821 / Laurentz, Johann Daniel
collectors and dealers:
Mariette, Jean, painter and printmaker, 1660-1742 / Mariette, Pierre-Jean, collector and art critic, 1694-1774 / Sachsen-Techsen (1738–1822), Albert, Duke of / Zomer, Jan Pietersz / Lefèbvre, François-Joseph
museums and institutions:
Imperial Court Library, Vienna, Austria / Albertina, Vienna, Austria
subjects:
Dutch art / Dutch prints / Drawings / Provenance / Collections / Collectors
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Young woman at her toilet, by Rembrandt. Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash on paper, 23.4 by 18 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
10. Lot and his family leaving Sodom guided by an angel, attributed to Rembrandt or his school. Pen and brown ink with brown wash on paper, 22.6 by 23.5 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
11. Prince Eugene of Savoy in the gallery of the art dealer Jan Pietersz Zomer, by Pieter van den Berge. 1709–10. Pen and ink and watercolour on paper, 23.6 by 40.8 cm. (Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam).
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12. Seated woman with a child eating on her lap, by Rembrandt. c.1635. Black chalk on paper, 16.5 by 13.1 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
2. Christ among the doctors, by Adam Bartsch after Rembrandt. 1782. Etching, 22.2 by 27.3 cm. (plate). (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
3. Studies, by Adam Bartsch after Rembrandt. 1783. Etching, 29.2 by 32.3 cm. (plate). (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
4. Cottages before a stormy sky in sunlight, by Rembrandt. Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash, heightened with white, on paper, 18.2 by 24.5 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
5. Landscape with a drawbridge and a cottage at the right, by Johann Daniel Laurentz after Rembrandt. 1756. Etching, 16.2 by 28.9 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin).
Attributed works:
6. An elephant, by Rembrandt. 1637. Black chalk on paper, 23.3 by 35.4 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
7. The city hall in Amsterdam during its demolition, by Rembrandt. c.1647. Black chalk on paper, 11.3 by 16.1 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
8. View over Het IJ with sailing boats at anchor, by Rembrandt. Black chalk on paper, 10.4 by 18 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
9. Het Molentje, seen from the Amsteldijk, by Rembrandt. Pen and brown ink with brown wash heightened with white on paper, 9.6 by 21.3 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Book Review
Les dessins de la collection Mariette: Écoles italienne et espagnole
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 550-551
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Reviewer:
Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Simonetta (Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Simonetta)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
collectors and dealers:
Mariette, Pierre-Jean, collector and art critic, 1694-1774 / Crozat, Pierre, 1661–1740
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Albertina, Vienna, Austria / British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
museums and institutions:
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
subjects:
Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Collectors / Connoisseurs / Italian drawing / Spanish drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Les dessins de la collection Mariette: Écoles italienne et espagnole By Pierre Rosenberg et al. Four vols, 1,528 pp. incl. over 4,500 col. + b. & w. ills. (Somogy Éditions d’Art, Paris, 2019), €420. ISBN 978–2–7572–1433–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bust of a child, head turned three quarters to the left, by Annibale Carracci. c.1585–92. Black and white chalk on paper, 31.5 by 25.1 cm. The drawing retains the mount made for Pierre-Jean Mariette. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Albrecht Dürer. Albertina, Vienna
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 950-952
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Reviewer:
Kunz, Armin (Kunz, Armin)
Subjects
artists:
Dürer, Albrecht
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
subjects:
Drawings / Studies (visual works) / Watercolours / Albums / Provenance / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Head of an African, by Albrecht Dürer. 1508. Black chalk, 31.8 by 21.7 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
11. Praying hands and Head of an apostle, by Albrecht Dürer. 1508. Brush and black and gray ink, gray wash, heightened with white, on blue prepared paper, 29.1 by 23.6 cm. and 29.1 by 19.7 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
12. Muzzle of a bull, by Albrecht Dürer. c.1502. Watercolour and bodycolour, 19.7 by 15.8 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Albertina, Vienna).
Exhibition Review
Raphael in Oxford and Vienna
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 226-233
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Reviewer:
Henry, Tom (Henry, Tom)
Subjects
artists:
Raphael / Giulio Romano
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain / Albertina, Vienna, Austria
places:
Great Britain / Oxford / Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Old-master drawings / Old-master paintings / Italian painting / Cartoons (working drawings) / Rhetoric / Attributions / Infrared reflectography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Seated male nude, by Raphael. c.1511–14. Black chalk, 34.4 by 26.7 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of a boy, here attributed to Giulio Romano. c.1516–18. Canvas, 43.8 by 29 cm. (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of a woman, by Giulio Romano. c.1518–20. Panel, 59.5 by 44 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.6. Compare with the overlay in Fig.7.
Attributed works:
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).
Book Review
Michelangelo als Zeichner, C. Echinger-Maurach, A. Gnann and J. Poeschke, eds.
09/2014 | 1338 | 156
Pages: 603-604
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Reviewer:
Godfrey, Daniel (Godfrey, Daniel)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
subjects:
Drawings / Italian / Papers / Conferences / Attributions / Attribution
subjects:
Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Studies for a Virgin and Child, by Michelangelo and Antonio Mini. c.1522-26. Pen and brown ink (studies); black and red chalk (squaring and copies), 39.9 by 26.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Max Ernst: Retrospective. Vienna and Basel
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 430-431
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, David (Hopkins, David)
Subjects
artists:
Ernst, Max
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland / Albertina, Vienna, Austria
places:
Vienna / Switzerland / Riehen / Basel / Austria
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
85. Woman, old man and flower, by Max Ernst (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel)
Attributed works:
86. Monument to the birds, by Max Ernst (Musée Cantini, Marseille; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel)
Attributed works:
87. At the first limpid word, by Max Ernst (Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel)
Exhibition Review
Emperor Maximilian I. Vienna
12/2012 | 1317 | 154
Pages: 869-871
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
artists:
Dürer, Albrecht
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
places:
Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519
Illustrations
Attributed works:
52. Innsbruck from the north, by Albrecht Dürer. After 1500(?). Watercolour and traces of gouache, heightened with opaque white, 12.7 by 18.7 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
53. Triumphal procession of Emperor Maximilian I: the elected princes, by Albrecht Altdorfer and workshop. c.1512-15. Pen drawing with watercolour and gouache on parchment, 45 by 95 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
54. Emperor Maximilian I, by Albrecht Dürer. 1518. Black chalk, pastels and white chalk highlights, 38.1 by 31.9 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Article
Klimt 2012: the 150th anniversary exhibitions in Vienna
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 570-577
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Author:
Clegg, Elizabeth (Clegg, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Klimt, Gustav
dates:
2010-2019 / 1860-1929
museums and institutions:
Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria / Albertina, Vienna, Austria / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria / Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria / Secession Pavilion, Vienna, Austria / Österreichisches Theater­museum, Vienna, Austria / Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria / Museo Correr, Venice, Italy
museums and institutions:
MAK Vienna, Vienna, Austria / Gustav Klimt-Zentrum, Salzkammergut, Austria
places:
Vienna / Austria
places:
Italy / Venice / United States / Los Angeles
places:
Salzkammergut
print:
Klimt, Gustav
subjects:
Austrian painting / Exhibitions / Anniversaries
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Beethoven Frieze | institution: Secession Pavilion
subjects:
Erwartung und Erfüllung: Entwürfe zum Mosaikfries im Palais Stoclet | institution: Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst
subjects:
Gegen Klimt: Die ‘Nuda Veritas’ und ihr Verteidiger Hermann Bahr | institution: Österreichisches Theater­museum
subjects:
Gustav Klimt | institution: Kunsthistorisches Museum
subjects:
Gustav Klimt | institution: Künstlerhaus Wien
subjects:
Gustav Klimt / Josef Hoffmann: Pioniere der Moderne | institution: Museo Correr , institution: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
subjects:
Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen | institution: Albertina , institution: J. Paul Getty Museum
subjects:
Klimt persönlich: Bilder – Briefe – Einblicke | institution: Leopold Museum
subjects:
Klimt. Die Sammlung des Wien Museums | institution: Wien Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
41. The auditorium at the Altes Burgtheater, by Gustav Klimt. 1888/89. Watercolour and gouache with gold highlighting on paper, 91.2 by 103 cm. (Wien Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
42. Portrait of a lady in cape and hat, by Gustav Klimt. 1897/98. Black and red chalk on paper, 44.6 by 31.8 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
43. Standing dancer in profile with head turned to the left, by Gustav Klimt. 1916/17. Graphite on paper, 49.6 by 32.4 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
45. The park at Schönbrunn, by Gustav Klimt. 1916. Canvas, 110 by 110 cm. (Private collection, Graz; exh. Leopold Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
46. Hermann Bahr in his study with Klimt’s ‘Nuda Veritas’, by Aura Hert­wig. 1906. Silver gelatin print on cardboard, 16.5 by 10.5 cm. (Öster­reichisches Theatermuseum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
47. Rosebush and butterflies, by Gustav Klimt. One of seven segments of the cartoon for the mosaic frieze for the western wall of the dining room of the Palais Stoclet, Brussels. 1910–11. Black chalk, graphite, red crayon, gouache, platinum, gold, silver and bronze leaf, gold, silver and bronze powder and zinc white on tracing paper, 195 by 120 cm. (MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, Vienna).
Western art unattributed:
44. Postcard showing interior of the basilica of S. Vitale, Ravenna, with message in pencil, sent by Gustav Klimt to Emilie Flöge, 2nd December 1903. 14 by 9 cm. (Private collection; exh. Leopold Museum, Vienna).
Exhibition Review
René Magritte. Liverpool and Vienna
10/2011 | 1303 | 153
Pages: 686-687
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Reviewer:
Calvocoressi, Richard (Calvocoressi, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Magritte, René
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, Great Britain / Albertina, Vienna, Austria
places:
Austria / England / Liverpool / Vienna
print:
Magritte, René
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle | institution: Albertina , institution: Tate Liverpool
Illustrations
Attributed works:
52. The ellipsis, by René Magritte. 1948. Canvas, 50 by 73 cm. (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; exh. Tate Liverpool).
Attributed works:
53. The pleasure principle, by René Magritte. 1937. Canvas, 73 by 54 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Liverpool).
Attributed works:
54. The eternally obvious, by René Magritte. 1948. Canvas laid on board, five panels, framed and mounted on glass: 25.5 by 19.5; 19.3 by 32; 27 by 20.2; 20.5 by 26.6; and 26 by 18 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Tate Liverpool).
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