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Raphael in 1503: new findings on the ‘Virgin and Child with a book’ and other contemporaneous drawings

01/2025 | 1462 | 167

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Author:

Aceto, Angelamaria (Aceto, Angelamaria)

Subjects

artists:

Raphael / Pinturicchio, Bernardino / Leonardo da Vinci

artists:

Benedetto da Maiano

dates:

1500-1509

museums and institutions:

Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, United States / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain / Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France / British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Florentine art / Italian art / Renaissance art / Drawings / Studies (visual works)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Virgin and Child, by Benedetto da Maiano. c.1485–90. Marble with polychromy, 71.1 by 54.6 by 15.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing the cushion and the drapery.

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11. Detail of Fig.1, showing the cushion and the drapery.

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12. Studies of ornamental details, by Raphael. c.1503. Pen and brown ink with black chalk and leadpoint on paper, 37.7 by 21.9 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).

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13. Detail of the ceiling in Piccolomini Library, Siena, by Pintoricchio and workshop. c.1503–07. Fresco. (Bridgeman Images).

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14. Detail of Fig.12, showing the Virgin and Child with St Anne.

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15. The Virgin and Child with St Anne (reversed left to right), by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1510. Oil on panel, 168 by 113 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).

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16. Holy Family with a lamb, by Raphael. 1507. Oil on panel, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Museo del Prado, Madrid).

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2. Virgin and Child with a book, by Raphael. c.1503. Oil on panel, 55.2 by 40 cm. (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena; Bridgeman Images).

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3. Studies for Virgin and Child with a book, by Raphael. Mounted in the 20th century. Pen and brown ink over blind stylus on paper, 11.4 by 13 cm. (top: Parker 508a recto, felt side) and 11.5 by 13.2 cm. (bottom: Parker 508b recto, mould side). (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).

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4. Parker 508a verso, mould side, shown in raking light.

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5. Parker 508b verso, felt side, shown in raking light.

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6. Facsimile of Figs.3–5. 1841. Lithograph, 26.6 by 27.9 cm. (From A series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino Selected from the Matchless Collection formed by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Published by S. and A. Woodburn, London 1841).

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7. The mould side of the drawings shown in Fig.3 superimposed onto Fig.6 to highlight the extent of the loss and the continuity in the landscape. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).

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8. The felt side of the drawings shown in Fig.3 superimposed on Fig.6 to highlight the extent of the loss. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).

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9. The drawings shown in Fig.3 seen in transmitted light. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).

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Stacey's Auctioneers, Rayleigh, Great Britain / Briscadieu - Maison de vente aux enchères, Bordeaux, France / Åmells Konsthandel, Stockholm, Sweden

artists:

Gainsborough, Thomas / Hochmann, Michel / Hockney, David / Corvi, Domenico / Canaletto / Bonnard, Pierre / Dyck, Anthony van / Fabre, François-Xavier / Hepworth, Barbara / Hulsdonck, Jacob van / Maurin, Charles / Marieschi, Michele Giovanni / Master of Philippe of Guelders / Sargent, John Singer / Géricault, Théodore / Carriera, Rosalba / Mor, Antonis / Schjerfbeck, Helena / Rubens, Peter Paul / Vaughan, Keith

artists:

Klossowska de Rola, Harumi / Santosh, Ghulam Rasool / Shayk, Zayn Al-Din / Watanabe, Hiroteru / Pugh, Emilie / Xiangzhou, Tai

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. ( 1717-1788) Going to Market, Early Morning, c. 1773 [Dickinson]

Attributed works:

A lesser coucal on a frangipani branch, a folio from the Impey Album, signed Shaykh Zayn Al-Din (active 1777–82). 1777. Translucent pigments on English paper, 53.3 by 75.2 cm. [CHRISTIE’S, KING STREET, SW1Y/Asian Art London]

Attributed works:

Attributed to Anthonis Mor (Utrecht 1516/1521 – Antwerp 1576) Portrait of a humanist Oil on panel, 62.5 x 42.5 cm PROVENANCE: Probably in the collection of Archduke Léopold Wilhelm, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands 1647–1656 [Jacques Leegenhoek]

Attributed works:

Attributed to SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577 - 1640) Philosophers Studying the Motion of the Spheres at Midnight or, Ptolemaic Exercise in Planispheric Projection Circa 1625. Oil on panel 22.5 in. (H) x 30 in. (W) [Sloane Street Auctions]

Attributed works:

Ceramic cat, by David Hockney (b.1937). c.1956–57. 34.5 x 40 x 15.5 cm [Stacey's]

Attributed works:

Detail of a hanging scroll depicting the Utsusemi Chapter of The Tale of Genji. by Watanabe Hiroteru (1778–1838). Edo period (19th century). Ink, colour and gold pigment on silk, one of a pair, each unrolled including mounts, 248 by 68 cm. ANASTASIA VON SEIBOLD JAPANESE ART, CROMWELL PLACE, SW7/Asian Art London]

Attributed works:

Domenico Corvi (Viterbo 1721–Rome 1803) The Liberation of the Apostle Peter c. 1770, oil on canvas (detail) 24¾ × 19¼ inches | 63 × 49 cm [Nicholas Hall]

Attributed works:

Helene Schjerfbeck, The Lace Shawl, Metropolitan Museum of Art [Amells Konsthandel]

Attributed works:

JOHN SINGER SARGENT RA (1856-1925) A Young Venetian Boy Lying on a Cushion Watercolour on buff paper. Signed and dedicated a mon ami Subercaseaux / John S. Sargent. at the upper centre and upper left. 246 x 330 mm. (9¾ x 13 in.) [sheet] Stephen Ongpin/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Keith Vaughan, Assembly of Figures II (1965). Wash, gouache, pen and ink and wax crayon, 52.5 x 44.8 cm [Chiswick Auctions]

Attributed works:

Miniature from Vies de Romulus et de Caton d’Utique, by the Master of Philippa of Guelders, Jean Coene IV and an artist from the Pichore circle. 1508. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, 35 by 22 cm. [STÉPHANE CLAVREUIL RARE BOOKS LTD, LONDON/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Mount Taibai covered in snow, by Tai Xiangzhou (b.1968). 2022. Ink on silk, 136.5 by 116 cm. [MO HAI LOU, CROMWELL PLACE SW7/Asian Art London]

Attributed works:

Portrait of a young girl in a white apron, by Anthony Van Dyck (1599–1641). c.1630. Oil on canvas, 99 by 83 cm. [PHILIP MOULD & COMPANY, LONDON/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Portrait of Pierre- Edouard Lefebvre de Béhaine, with Florence in the background, by Francois-Xavier Fabre (1766–1837). 1802. Oil on canvas, 96 cm by 74 cm. [GALERIE ERIC COATALEM, PARIS/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Rao Jagat Singh of Kota in his garden, attributed to the Hada Master, India, Rajasthan, Kota. c.1660. Gouache and gold on paper, 27 by 17.7 cm. [SOTHEBY’S, NEW BOND STREET, W1A/Asian Art London]

Attributed works:

Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757) Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1730 Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas 61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in) Charles H. Schwartz Endowment Fund, 2023.33.1 Recently acquired by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut [Ben Elwes]

Attributed works:

Seaside, by Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947). Gouache, 25 by 32.5 cm. [WILDENSTEIN & CO, INC., NEW YORK/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Still life with a herring, cheese and other comestibles on a table, by Jacob van Hulsdonck (1582–1647). Oil on panel, 46.5 by 69.9 cm. [JOHNNY VAN HAEFTEN, RICHMOND/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Stringed figure (Curlew) (Version 1), by Barbara Hepworth (1903– 75). 1956. Brass and cotton string, 46 by 51 by 35 cm. [HAZLITT HOLLAND HIBBERT, LONDON/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

The sisters, by Charles Maurin (1856–1914). 1896. Black chalk and pastel on paper, 52.4 by 44.4 cm. [STEPHEN ONGPIN FINE ART, LONDON/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Théodore GERICAULT (Rouen 1791-Paris 1824) and a collaborator Ving-et-une croupes de chevaux à l'écurie (Twenty-one stabled horse's rumps) Oil on canvas 74 x 92 cm (29,13 x 36,22 in) Provenance: Old collection Frédéric de Meuron (1786-1864) [Briscadieu Bordeaux]

Attributed works:

Untitled, by Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929–97). 1969. Oil on canvas, 170.7 by 203.2 cm. [DAG, NEW DELHI, MUMBAI AND NEW YORK/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Venice: The Grand Canal with a View of the Church of San Stae, by Michele Marieschi (1710–43). 1730s. Oil on canvas, 83.4 by 114 cm. [ROBILANT+VOENA, LONDON, MILAN, PARIS AND NEW YORK/Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Westminster Bridge from the north with the Lord Mayor’s Procession, by Canaletto (1697–1768). 1750. Oil on canvas, 47 by 77 cm. [CHARLES BEDDINGTON LTD, LONDON/Frieze Masters]

Non-western art unattributed:

A blue and white ‘sage’ bottle vase with imperial poem. Yongzheng fourcharacter mark and period, 1723–35. Porcelain, height 19.5 cm. [LITTLETON & HENNESSY, 1 PRINCE’S ARCADE, DUKE STREET ST JAMES’S, SW1Y/Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

A large hardstone embellished ‘Elephant and tribute bearers’ double-sided tablescreen, Mid-Qing Dynasty. [BONHAMS KNIGHTSBRIDGE, MONTPELLIER STREET, SW7/Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Anthropic system II, by Emilie Pugh (b.1988). 2021. 6 layers of burnt kozuke paper 150 by 120 by 20 cm. [MICHAEL GOEDHUIS, CROMWELL PLACE, SW7/Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Four keris daggers. 19th century, Bali and Lombok. Steel, wood, gilt metals and precious/ semi-precious stones, length each 50–60 cm. [RUNJEET SINGH, CROMWELL PLACE, SW7/Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Glazed slipdecorated ‘cat and butterfl y’ stoneware pillow. Northern Song- Jin dynasty, 12th–13th century, Cizhou, probably Guantai kilns, Hebei province. 18.4 by 31 cm. ESKENAZI, 10 CLIFFORD STREET, W1S/Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Nanosaurus. Late Jurassic, c.150 million years old. Fossilised bone, 182 by 25 by 62 cm. [DAVID AARON, LONDON/Frieze Masters]

Western art unattributed:

A chessboard. Andalusia, possibly Granada, Nasrid Spain, 14th–15th century. Ebony, ivory and stained wood inlaid. 41.5 by 41.5 cm. [CHISWICK AUCTIONS, BARLEY MOW CENTRE, W4, Asian Art London]

Western art unattributed:

AMERICAN SCHOOL PORTRAI T OF TWO GIRLS c. 1825–30 Oil on canvas 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm) [Philip Mould]

Western art unattributed:

Master of the Corsi Crucifix Florence, first quarter of the XIV century Recently acquired by Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze Florence, Italy [Moretti]

Western art unattributed:

The Baird Casket [Sam Fogg]

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Gillray, James / Fontana, Lucio / Braque, Georges / Saint Phalle, Niki de / Schedoni, Bartolomeo / Picasso, Pablo / Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique / Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger / Riza Abbasi / Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858 / Christo / Alsloot, Denys van / Clerck , Hendrik de / Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon / Pedrini, Filippo / Baschenis, Evaristo

artists:

Drozdik, Orshi / Oerder, Frans David / Durvasula, Nicola / Koda, Katei

Illustrations

Attributed works:

A document box (bunko), by Koda Katei (1886–1961). Showa period, 1930s–1950s. Gold makie and coloured lacquers, 41 by 33 by 14 cm. [SIMON PILLING, 8 DUKE STREET, SW1. Asian Art London]

Attributed works:

A white-eared Bulbul, by Reza Abbasi. Safavid Isfahan, Iran, c.1630. Pigments highlighted with gold on paper, 35.2 by 23 cm. CHRISTIE’S, 8 KING STREET SW1[Asian Art LOndon]

Attributed works:

Adventure in technos dystopium – dystopium infi nite triptych, by Orshi Drozdik (b.1946). 1984–95. Gelatin silver photographic print, 250 by 123 cm. [EINSPACH FINE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, BUDAPEST. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

An exceptionally fi ne saddle. Eastern Tibet or China, 15th–17th century. Iron, silver, gilding, wood and leather, 30 by 56 cm. PETER FINER, 38–39 DUKE STREET, SW1. [Asian Art London]

Attributed works:

Bartolomeo Schedoni The Beheading of St John the Baptist (detail) Oil on panel, 58 x 35 cm, 227/8 x 13¾ in. [TRINITY FINE ART]

Attributed works:

Black jug and lemon sole, by Georges Braque (1882–1963). 1942. Oil on canvas, 50 by 61 cm. [BERNARD JACOBSON GALLERY, LONDON. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Buddha Amoghasiddhi. Tibet, 13th century. Distemper on cloth, 94.9 by 71.6 cm. [CARLTON ROCHELL ASIAN ART, NEW YORK. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

CHRISTO (AMERICAN/BULGARIAN 1935-2020) PACKAGE Est. £30,000-50,000 (+ fees). [Dreweatts]

Attributed works:

Denijs van Alsloot (before 1570 – before 1628) and Hendrick de Clerck (c. 1570–1629/30) The Judgement of Midas (detail), oil on canvas, 158.3 x 238.6 cm, Auction: 9 November 2022 [Dorotheum]

Attributed works:

Evaristo Baschenis. Still Life with Musical Instruments. [Galerie Canesso]

Attributed works:

Filippo Pedrini San Pelegrino Laziosi 70*48,5 cm. [Arte-Fact]

Attributed works:

Jean-Siméon CHARDIN Copper pot, cauliflower and mortar with its pestle on an entablature Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 13 × 15,9 in. Provenance: Private collection, Paris Literature: Pierre Rosenberg, L’opera completa di Chardin, Milan, 1983, n. p., n° 77, repr. Estimate: €600 000 - 800 000 [Artcurial]

Attributed works:

John Bull taking a luncheon or British cooks cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne-Chère, by James Gillray (1756–1815). 1798. Hand-coloured etching, 25.5 by 36.2 cm. [ANDREW EDMUNDS, LONDON. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Lucio Fontana Madonna and Child, 1954–57 Inscribed ‘fontana’ (lower centre-right) Registered at the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, no. 73/1 Glazed ceramic 42 x 29 x 10 cm (16 1/2 x 11 3/8 x 4 in.) [Robilant and Voena]

Attributed works:

Mitsumata Wakarenofuchi, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858). 1857. Woodblock print, 36.5 by 24.6 cm. [ANASTASIA VON SEIBOLD JAPANESE ART, 4 CROMWELL PLACE, SW7. Asian Art London]

Attributed works:

Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. 1632. Paper and calf leather, 32.4 by 21.9 cm. [PETER HARRINGTON RARE BOOKS, LONDON. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Partition, guitare, compotier, by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973). 1924. Oil on canvas, 97.1 by 130.1 cm. [HELLY NAHMAD GALLERY, LONDON. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Portrait of a Zulu, by Frans David Oerder (1867–1944). 1897. Oil on canvas, 53 by 42.9 cm. ELLIOTT FINE ART, LONDON. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Sphynx, by Nikki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002). 1975. Painted polyester, 30 by 28 by 48 cm. [GALERIE MITTERAND, PARIS. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Spring: peasants making merry outside a tavern; Summer: Peasants dance; and Winter: view of a village in the snow, by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638). After 1616. Oil on wood, diameter 24.5 cm. [GALERIE DE JONCKHEERE, GENEVA. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Study of the hands of the Virgin, by Jean-Auguste- Dominique Ingres (1780– 1867). c.1836. Pencil on paper, 23.3 by 14.4 cm. [STEPHEN ONGPIN, LONDON. Frieze Masters]

Attributed works:

Untitled (P.C. III), by Nicola Durvasula. 2021. Watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper. 20.5 by 30.5 cm.[ JOOST VAN DEN BERGH, 1 PRINCES PLACE, SW1. Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

A lion-shaped incense burner. Khorasan, Eastern Iran, 12th century. Cast and open-work bronze, copper alloy, 22.5 by 22.1 by 6 cm. [CHISWICK AUCTIONS, BARLEY MOW CENTRE, W4. Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Cintimani tile. Ottoman, 16th century. Ceramic, height 29 cm. ROSEBERY’S, 12 HAY HILL, W1 (BY APPOINTMENT) [Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Head of a man. South Arabia, 3rd century BC–1st century AD. Alabaster, height 13 cm. [ARIADNE GALLERIES, LONDON. Frieze Masters]

Non-western art unattributed:

Hexalobed box and cover. China, 18th century. Cinnabar lacquer, 17.5 by 7 cm. [J.A.N. FINE ART, 132–134 KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET, W8. Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Phoenix head ewer (fengshouhu). China, Tang Dynasty, Gongxian kilns, Henan Province, 7th–8th century. Ceramic, height 33 cm. [MARCHANT, 120 KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET, W8. Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Snuff bottle. China, Jingdezhen kilns, 1820–50. Porcelain, height 5.3 cm. [SUSAN PAGE, 15 STRATTON STREET, W1. Asian Art London]

Non-western art unattributed:

Tapir-form vessels (Xizun). Song/Ming Dynasty and 17th/18th century. Archaistic gold and silver-inlaid bronze, largest length 35.5 cm. [BONHAMS, 101 NEW BOND ST, W1. Asian Art London]

Western art unattributed:

Head of an African King, Southern France, c.1120-1150. [Sam Fogg]

Western art unattributed:

Lot 565 A fine miniature lantern clock by Fromanteel of London, 17th cent. Lot 623 A museumquality chalice, Augsburg, Johann David Saler, circa 1705. Lot 3244 A significant Franconian sword with inscription, circa 900 A.D.Lot 47 A lateantique silver casket with Christogram, incised decoration and gilding, 4th century A.D.Lot 372 A Gothic Madonna with apple, Salzburg, circa 1420. [Hermann Historica]

Book Review

Jacopo Bellini’s ‘Book of Drawings’ in the Louvre and the Paduan Academy of Francesco Squarcione

05/2022 | 1430 | 164

Pages: 518-520

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Reviewer:

Brown, Beverly Louise (Brown, Beverly Louise)

Subjects

artists:

Bellini, Jacopo / Squarcione, Francesco / Mantegna, Andrea

museums and institutions:

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Albums / Drawings / Attributions

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Jacopo Bellini’s ‘Book of Drawings’ in the Louvre and the Paduan Academy of Francesco Squarcione By Norberto Gramaccini. 248 pp. incl. 102 col. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin, 2021), £52. ISBN 978–3–11–075059–1. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Battle of the sea gods, by Andrea Mantegna. Before 1481. Engraving and drypoint, 28.3 by 82.6 cm. (Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth).

Attributed works:

2. Triumph of Bacchus, by Jacopo Bellini. 1450s. Pen and ink over metalpoint on parchment, 26 by 38 cm. (Départment des arts graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris; RF 1540, 41, fol.36r).

Book Review

Early Colour Printing: German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum

05/2022 | 1430 | 164

Pages: 521-522

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Reviewer:

Meier, Hans Jakob (Meier, Hans Jakob)

Subjects

museums and institutions:

British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain

subjects:

German art / Prints / Woodcuts / Renaissance art / Renaissance printmaking

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Early Colour Printing: German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum By Elizabeth Savage. 256 pp. incl. over 150 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Holberton, London, 2021), £50. ISBN 978–1–911300–75–5. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

4. Arms of Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg as Cardinal of Salzburg, attributed to Hans Weiditz, from the Liber selectarum cantionum, ed. Ludwig Senfl. Augsburg 1520. Seven-block colour woodcut, 27.4 by 20.6 cm. (British Museum, London).

Exhibition Review

Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything

01/2022 | 1426 | 164

Pages: 67-69

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Reviewer:

Tinios, Ellis (Tinios, Ellis)

Subjects

artists:

Hokusai, Katsushika

dates:

2020-2030

museums and institutions:

British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Japanese art / Drawings / Japanese prints

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything British Museum, London 30th September 2021– 30th January 2022 | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

14. Phoenix and peacock, from the series Banmotsu ehon daizen zu (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything), by Hokusai. 1820s–1840s. Ink on paper mounted on card, 10.5 by 15.2 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

15. Frontispiece: ‘India, China’, from the series Banmotsu ehon daizen zu (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything), by Hokusai. 1820s–1840s. Ink on paper mounted on card, 10.5 by 15.2 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

16. Inhabitants of the Land of Tall People, Land of Short People and Land of Longarmed People, from the series Banmotsu ehon daizen zu (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything), by Hokusai. 1820s–1840s. Ink on paper mounted on card, 10.5 by 15.2 cm. (British Museum, London).

Article

Reminiscences of the British Museum Print Room, 1954–65

06/2021 | 1419 | 163

Pages: 524-529

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Author:

White, Christopher (White, Christopher; White, Christopher John; White; W., C. J.; White, Christoper)

Subjects

artists:

Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder / Dürer, Albrecht / Rembrandt van Rijn

collectors and dealers:

Byam Shaw, James (J. B. S), 1903-1992

museums and institutions:

British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Museums / Collections, Public / Acquisitions / scholars / Catalogues / Pouncey, Philip / Croft-Murray, Edward / Gere, John / Griffiths, Antony Vaughan, London, Great Britain / White, Christopher, London, Great Britain

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. ‘Solicitudo rustica’: Alpine landscape with a winding river, attributed to the Master of the Mountain Landscapes. c.1575–1600. Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on paper, 24.4 by 35.1 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

2. The Calumny of Apelles, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. c.1565–69. Pen and brown ink with brown wash on brown prepared paper, 20.2 by 30.6 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

3. Absalom kneeling before David (?), by Rembrandt. c.1652–55. Reed pen and brown ink, touched with white, with later brown wash on paper, 16.4 by 21.6 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

4. Studies of three caricature heads, drapery and a dog, by Albrecht Dürer. 1513. Pen and brown ink on paper, 18.1 by 20.9 cm. (British Museum, London).

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).

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)

Subjects

artists:

Verrocchio, Andrea del / Leonardo da Vinci / Ferrucci, Francesco di Simone

dates:

1460-1469

media:

Drawings

museums and institutions:

Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo, Italy / British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Musée Condé, Chantilly, France / National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain

subjects:

Florentine art / Mary, Virgin: and Child / Versions / Copies / Drawings / Scientific analysis / Ultraviolet photographs / Tracings / Attributions / Provenance

Illustrations

Attributed works:

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.

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