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Book Review
Discover Degas and Miss La La
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 195–196
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Degas, Edgar
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
French art / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Discover Degas and Miss La La By Anne Robbins, Chiara Di Stefano, Laurie Fierstein, Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby, Denise Murrell, Sterre Overmars, Isolde Pludermacher and Christopher Riopelle. 136 pp. incl. 106 col. ills. (National Gallery Global, London, 2024), £16.95. ISBN 978–1–85709–714–6. | :
Exhibition Review
Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1255–9
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Reviewer:
Thompson, Jennifer A. (Thompson, Jennifer A.)
Subjects
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
French art / Dutch art / Post-Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers National Gallery, London 14th September 2024–19th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. The poet’s garden (public garden in Arles), by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 73 by 92 cm. (Private collection; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
23. Undergrowth, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 73 by 92.3 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
24. L’Arlesienne, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 60 by 50 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; exh. National Gallery, London).
Short Notice
Leonardo da Vinci’s Burlington House Cartoon: a new hypothesis
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 928-31
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Shorter Notice by:
Rumberg, Per (Rumberg, Per)
Subjects
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci / Lippi, Filippino / Bartolommeo, Fra
buildings:
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy
dates:
1500-1509
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Florence / Milan
sources:
Vasari, Giorgio
subjects:
Patronage / Dating
subjects:
Italian art / Renaissance art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Virgin and Child with St Anne and the infant St John the Baptist (the Burlington House Cartoon), by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1506–08. Charcoal with white chalk on paper, mounted on canvas, 141.5 by 104.6 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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2. Virgin and Child with St Anne and the infant St John the Baptist, surrounded by ten saints (the Pala del Gran Consiglio), by Fra Bartolommeo. 1510–13. Oil on panel, 444 by 308 cm. (Museo Nazionale di San Marco, Florence).
Article
The ‘Balbi’ children identified: a proposal
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 670–674
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Author:
Martin, Gregory (Martin, Gregory)
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Orlando, Anna (Orlando, Anna )
Subjects
artists:
Dyck, Anthony van
artists:
Roos, Jan
collectors and dealers:
Balbi, Costantino
dates:
1620-1629
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Giustiniani Longo family
subjects:
Flemish art / Family portraits / Children / Sitters / Birds / Allegories / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Balbi children, here identified as Alessandro, Vincenzo and Francesco Maria Giustiniani Longo, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1627. Oil on canvas, 219 by 151 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Fig.1, showing two choughs on the portico steps.
Attributed works:
3. Portrait of Alessandro Giustiniani Longo, by Anthony van Dyck. 1626–27. Oil on canvas, 203 by 117.3 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of a noble Genoese lady, here identified as Lelia De Franchi Toso Giustiniani Longo, by Anthony van Dyck. 1626–27. Oil on canvas, 203 by 118.3 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the bird held by Francesco Maria Giustiniani Longo.
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia 1556–1633, Governess of the Netherlands 1621–1633. Southern Netherlandish School. Early 17th century. Oil on canvas, 123 by 100 cm. (Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels; Atelier de l’imagier).
Obituary
Jacob Rothschild (1936–2024)
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 538–540
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Great Britain / Spencer House, London, Great Britain / National Gallery, London, Great Britain / National Heritage Memorial Fund / Heritage Lottery Fund
patrons:
Rothschild, Jacob
subjects:
Patronage / Commissions / Country houses / Collecting / Collectors / French art / French decorative art / Restoration (process)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (‘Man in a Chair’), by Lucian Freud. 1989. Oil on canvas, 114.3 by 79.7 cm. (Private collection, on loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Louis XVI, by Antoine-François Callet, in a frame attributed to François-Charles Buteux. 1781–82. Oil on canvas in gilded oak frame, 280 by 180 cm. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).
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3. Boy building a house of cards, by Jean-Siméon Chardin. 1735. Oil on canvas, 81 by 101 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; Bridgeman Images).
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05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: OBC
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Subjects
advertisements:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
Book Review
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 434–435
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Reviewer:
Clarke, Michael (Clarke, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Impressionism / Post-Impressionism / Modern art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art By MaryAnne Stevens, with contributions by Maria Alambritis, Julien Domercq, Charlotte de Mille, John Milner, Daniel Sobrino Ralston, Christopher Riopelle, Camilla Smith and Sabine Wieber. 272 pp. incl. 150 col. ills. (National Gallery Global, London, 2023) £20. ISBN 978–1–85709–695–8. | :
Book Review
Lucian Freud: New Perspectives Friends and Relations: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 316–319
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Reviewer:
Farey, Luke (Farey, Luke)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Freud, Lucian / Auerbach, Frank / Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 / Andrews, Michael
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Gagosian Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Friends and Relations: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews By Richard Calvocoressi et al. 128 pp. incl. 83 col. + 16 b. & w. ills. (Gagosian, London, 2023), $100. ISBN 978–1–951449–47–6. | :
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Lucian Freud: New Perspectives By Daniel F. Herrmann et al. 224 pp. incl. 142 col. ills. (National Gallery Global, London, and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–85709–686–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Frank Auerbach, by Lucian Freud. 1975–76. Oil on canvas, 40 by 26.5 cm. (© Lucian Freud Archive and Bridgeman Images; private collection).
Attributed works:
13. Lorenza Mazzetti in Italy, by Michael Andrews. 1954. Oil on canvas, 196.3 by 145.3 cm. (© Estate of Michael Andrews and Tate; private collection).
Attributed works:
14. Large interior, W9, by Lucian Freud. 1973. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 91 cm. (© Lucian Freud Archive and Bridgeman Images; Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth).
Editorial
The National Gallery
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 223
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Subjects
art literature:
The Burlington Magazine
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Angerstein, John Julius
subjects:
Anniversaries
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