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Book Review
British Portrait Miniatures from the Thomson Collection
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 418-419
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Stephen (Lloyd, Stephen)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Thomson Collection / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
subjects:
Portrait miniatures / British art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
British Portrait Miniatures from the Thomson Collection By Susan Sloman. 311 pp. incl. 225 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2024), £80. ISBN 978–1– 915401–12–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Henry Stuart, Earl of Ross and 1st Duke of Albany, styled Lord Darnley. c.1560. Watercolour on vellum, 3.5 by 3 cm. (Thomson Collection). 1915. Opaque watercolour over graphite, 45.7 by 55.9 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
2. Michael Topping, by John Smart. c.1795. Graphite on paper, 29.3 by 24.7 cm. (Thomson Collection).
Book Review
Cassatt–McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 518–521
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Reviewer:
MacDuffee, Allison (MacDuffee, Allison)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Cassatt, Mary / McNicoll, Helen
dates:
1860-1929
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
subjects:
American art / Canadian painting / Women artists / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cassatt–McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds Edited by Caroline Shields. 151 pp. incl. 122 col. + 8 b. & w. ills. (Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2023), $45. ISBN 978–1–77310–317–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Madame J (young woman in black), by Mary Cassatt. 1883. Oil on canvas, 80 by 63.5 cm. (Maryland State Archives).
Attributed works:
13. Farmyard, by Helen McNicoll. c.1908. Oil on canvas, 71 by 85.5 cm. (New Brunswick Museum, Saint John).
Attributed works:
14. The Chintz sofa, by Helen McNicoll. 1913. Oil on canvas, 81.3 by 99.1 cm. (Private collection).
Publication Received
Mystical Landscapes: From Vincent van Gogh to Emily Carr. Edited by Katharine Lochnan with Roald Nasgaard and Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov
12/2017 | 1377 | 159
Pages: 1002
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Reviewer:
Sloan, Rachel (Sloan, Rachel)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada / Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
styles:
Symbolist movement
Exhibition Review
Florine Stettheimer. New York and Toronto
09/2017 | 1374 | 159
Pages: 758-759
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Reviewer:
Abrams, Matthew J. (Abrams, Matthew J.)
Subjects
artists:
Stettheimer, Florine / Twentieth-century art
museums and institutions:
Jewish Museum, New York, United States / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Reviewed Items
museums and institutions:
Florine Stettheimer: Painting Poetry | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
89. Asbury Park South, by Florine Stettheimer. 1920 (Collection of Halley K. Harrisburg and Michael Rosenfeld, New York; exh. Jewish Museum, New York)
Attributed works:
90. Family Portrait II, by Florine Stettheimer. 1933 (Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
91. Faun Maquette for Orpheus of the Quat-z Arts, by Florine Stettheimer. 1912 (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Jewish Museum, New York).
Exhibition Review
Gothic boxwood miniatures. Toronto, New York and Amsterdam
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 663-664
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Reviewer:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada / The Cloisters, New York, United States
places:
United States / Toronto / New York / Netherlands / Canada / Amsterdam
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Wood sculpture / Carvings / Boxwood / Gothic (Medieval)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. Prayer nut, by Adam Dircksz. c.1500-30 (Kunstkammer, Copenhagen; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Western art unattributed:
74. Initial P with the Legend of St Philip, by an anonymous sculptor. c.1500-before 1506 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Western art unattributed:
75. St George and the dragon, by an anonymous sculptor. c.1520 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Publication Received
Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross. Edited by Maia-Mari Sutnik.
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 146
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Reviewer:
Appleby, Haydn (Appleby, Haydn)
Subjects
artists:
Ross, Henryk, 1910-1991
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
places:
Poland
subjects:
Photographs / Collections, Public
subjects:
World War (1939-1945)
Exhibition Review
Georgia O'Keeffe. London, Vienna and Toronto
10/2016 | 1363 | 158
Pages: 834-835
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
O'Keeffe, Georgia
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Austria / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
places:
Vienna / Toronto / London / England / Canada / Austria
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
65. My Front Yard, Summer, by Georgia O'Keeffe. 1941 (Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Attributed works:
66. New York Street with Moon, by Georgia O'Keeffe. 1925 (Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Attributed works:
67. White Iris, by Georgia O'Keeffe. 1930 (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Exhibition Review
Florentine art of the Early Renaissance. Los Angeles and Toronto
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 441-442
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Reviewer:
Osborne, John (Osborne, John)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1300-1349
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / Toronto / Los Angeles / Canada
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Italian painting / Illuminated manuscripts / Florentine / Renaissance / Primitives (Late Medieval and Early Renaissance)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
104. Detached leaf of Pentecost, from the Laudario di S. Agnese, by the Master of the Dominican Effigies (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
Attributed works:
105. The Crucifixion, with Sts Nicholas, Bartholomew, Florentius and Luke, by Pacino di Bonaguida (Galleria dell'Academia, Florence; exh. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
Attributed works:
106. The Peruzzi altarpiece, by Giotto di Bondone and workshop (North Caroline Museum of Art, Raleigh; exh. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
Article
A prayer-nut for François Du Puy
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 447-451
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Author:
Scholten, Frits (Scholten, Frits)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1529
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
print:
Prayer-nut
subjects:
Woodwork / Carvings
subjects:
Prayer nut
subjects:
Netherlandish / Devotional images / Christian iconography / Inscriptions / Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Virgin and Child enthroned with Sts John the Baptist and Jerome and a Carthusian monk, by Jan Provoost. 1505. Panel, 75.5 by 65 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
15. St Bruno, by Anton Woensam. Woodcut, approx. 11 by 8 cm. From P. Blommeveen: Sermo de Sancto Brunone, Cologne c.1516.
Western art unattributed:
10. Upper segment of Fig.7.
Western art unattributed:
11. Lower inner segment of Fig.7.
Western art unattributed:
12. Upper inner segment of Fig.7.
Western art unattributed:
13. Miniature altar. Netherlands, c.1516–21. Boxwood and ivory, 10.9 cm. high. (Private collection).
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail of Fig.12.
Western art unattributed:
7. Exterior of a prayer-nut. Netherlands, c.1517–21. Boxwood, diameter 4.7 cm. (Thomson collection, Toronto).
Western art unattributed:
8. Interior view of Fig.7.
Western art unattributed:
9. Lower segment of Fig.7.
Publication Received
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
06/2011 | 1299 | 153
Pages: 416
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Reviewer:
Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
print:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
subjects:
Collections, Public / Donations / Collectors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario | author: Jaffé, David
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