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‘The abduction of Europa’ by Paulus Potter: a mythological painting rediscovered
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 680–88
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Lydon, Muirne (Lydon, Muirne)
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Macro, Natalia (Macro, Natalia)
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Marx, Lizzie (Marx, Lizzie)
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Schilder, Jolijn (Schilder, Jolijn)
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Vandivere, Abbie (Vandivere, Abbie)
Subjects
artists:
Potter, Paulus
dates:
1600-1649
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland / Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch painting / Mythology / Mythical animals / Europa / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Fragments / Conservation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Head of a white bull, by Paulus Potter. c.1647–50. Oil on canvas, 79.4 by 62 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
Attributed works:
10. Infrared reflectogram of Fig.1, revealing the fragmentary Europa figure.
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11. X-radiograph of Fig.1, revealing the fragmentary Europa figure.
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12. Abduction of Europa, attributed to Jan de Visscher, after Nicolaes Berchem. 1643–92. Etching and engraving, 45.7 by 30.5 cm, shown mirrored horizontally. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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2. Portrait of Paulus Potter (1625–1654), by Bartholomeus van der Helst. 1654. Oil on canvas, 99 by 80 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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3. The bull (De stier), by Paulus Potter. 1647. Oil on canvas, 236.5 by 341 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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4. Proposed location of Fig.1 within the Abduction of Europa, determined from thread angle mapping (Fig.5c).
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5. Computer-assisted thread counting from X-radiographs of Fig.1, showing: a) thread density in the vertical and horizontal directions; b) horizontal thread density of the upper and lower pieces of canvas; c) thread angle deviations in the vertical and horizontal directions. The horizontal join is indicated with an arrow.
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6. Display of Fig.1 in the Grand Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Photograph, after 1889. (RSAI, Dublin).
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7. Display of Fig.1 in Room 12, Dargan Wing, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Photograph, c.1930–39. (National Gallery of Ireland Archive, Dublin).
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8. MA-XRF map of Fig.1, showing the distribution of mercury (Hg) from vermilion.
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9. MA-XRF map overlaid onto Fig.1, showing the distribution of copper (Cu) in white.
Exhibition Review
Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 900–903
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Reviewer:
Barker, Sheila (Barker, Sheila)
Subjects
artists:
Fontana, Lavinia
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
Italian art / Women artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 6th May–27th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Judith with the head of Holofernes, by Lavinia Fontana. c.1595–1600. Oil on canvas, 123 by 97 cm. (Musei Civici d’Arte Antica, Bologna; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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14. Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, by Lavinia Fontana. 1599. Oil on canvas, 251.7 by 326.5 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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15. Galatea and cherubs riding the stormy waves on a sea monster, by Lavinia Fontana. c.1590. Oil on copper, 48 by 36.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. National Gallery |of Ireland, Dublin).
Book Review
Thomas MacGreevy and the Rise of the Irish Avant-Garde
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 563
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Reviewer:
Kennedy, Roísín (Kennedy, Roísín)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
MacGreevy, Thomas / Irish art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Thomas MacGreevy and the Rise of the Irish Avant-Garde By Francis Hutton-Williams. 160 pp. incl. 10 col. + 1 b. & w. ills. (Cork University Press, Cork, 2019), €39. ISBN 978–1–78205–356–9. | :
Exhibition Review
Emil Nolde: Colour is Life. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 684-686
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Jill (J. L.) (Lloyd, Jill (J. L.); L., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Nolde, Emil
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain / National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
museums and institutions:
Nolde Foundation Seebüll, Neukirchen, Germany
places:
Great Britain / Edinburgh / Ireland / Dublin
subjects:
German painting / Expressionism / Figurative art / Brücke / Portraits / Colour / Nazism / Politics / Entartete Kunst / Nationalism / Race / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Class / Ethnology / Anthropology / Iconography / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Slowenians, by Emil Nolde. 1911. Canvas, 80 by 69.5 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
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26. Frisians, man and woman, by Emil Nolde. 1910. Canvas, 69.5 by 89.5 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
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27. Skater, by Emil Nolde. Watercolour on paper, 25.8 by 18 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Frederic William Burton. Dublin
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 44-46
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Reviewer:
Avery-Quash, Susanna (Avery-Quash, Susanna; Quash, Susanna Avery-)
Subjects
artists:
Burton, Frederic William
dates:
1830-1909
media:
Watercolours / Drawings
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
styles:
Pre-Raphaelite art
subjects:
Irish art / Museum directors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Frederic William Burton: For the Love of Art at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The Aran fisherman’s drowned child, by Frederic William Burton. 1841. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
Attributed works:
11. Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs, by Frederic William Burton. 1864. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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12. Mrs George Smith, by Frederic William Burton. 1873. (Private collection; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
Attributed works:
13. Copy of the head of the Virgin from Leonardo’s ‘Virgin of the rocks’, by Frederic William Burton. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
Exhibition Review
Vermeer and the masters of genre painting. Paris, Dublin and Washington
11/2017 | 1376 | 159
Pages: 931-932
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Reviewer:
Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Vermeer, Johannes / Borch, Gerhard ter, the younger, 1617-1681 / Dou, Gerrit / Mieris, Frans van, the Elder, 1635-1681 / Metsu, Gabriel / Steen, Jan
dates:
1650-1699
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland / National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
subjects:
Genre paintings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Vermeer and Dutch Genre Painting at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, and National Gallery of Art, Washington. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Girl with a pearl necklace by Johannes Vermeer. c. 1662-65 (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. national Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
62. Woman writing a letter, by Gerard ter Borch. c.1655-56 (Mauritshuis, The Hague; exh. National Gallery of Art, washington).
Exhibition Review
The National Gallery of Ireland. Dublin
09/2017 | 1374 | 159
Pages: 743-745
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
Irish architecture
subjects:
Historic buildings
subjects:
Galleries (display spaces) / Collections, Public
subjects:
Museum history / Museum policy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. The Grand Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (Photograph © Marie Louise Halfpenny)
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68. The Shaw Room, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (Photograph © Marie Louise Halfpenny)
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69. Detail of The marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, by Daniel Maclise. c. 1854 (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; photograph © National Gallery of Ireland)
Exhibition Review
Caravaggism. Madrid, London, Dublin and Edinburgh
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 162-165
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Reviewer:
Gash, John (Gash, John)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain / National Gallery, London, Great Britain / National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland / National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Spain / Scotland / Madrid / London / Ireland / Edinburgh / Dublin
places:
England
private galleries:
Robilant and Voena, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Caravaggism / Caravaggesque
Illustrations
Attributed works:
100. The head of St John the Baptist, attributed to Bartolomeo Manfredi. c.1618 (Robilant & Voena, London)
Attributed works:
101. The card players, attributed to Antiveduto Gramatica. 1615-18 (The Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
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102. The calling of St Matthew, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. c.1617-19 (Musée d'art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre; exh. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid)
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98. The chicken vendor, by the Pensionante del Saraceni. c.1615-22 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid)
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99. The taking of Christ, by Caravaggio. 1602-03 (On permanent loan to the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
Exhibition Review
Creating History. Dublin
01/2017 | 1366 | 159
Pages: 73
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Reviewer:
McEvansoneya, Philip (McEvansoneya, Philip)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
places:
Dublin / Ireland
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Irish painting / History paintings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. An Irish peasant family discovering the blight of their store, by Daniel Macdonald. 1847 (National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
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77. High Treason, Court of Appeal: the trial of Sir Roger Casement, by John Lavery. 1916 (Government Art Collection, London; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
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78. Irish troops in the Judaean Hills surprised by a Turkish bombardment, by Henry Lamb. 1919 (Imperial War Museum, London; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
Article
A painting ‘without a history’: new light on a hitherto ‘Unidentified miracle’ in the National Gallery of Ireland
05/2016 | 1358 | 158
Pages: 336-344
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Author:
O'Donnell, Jessica (O'Donnell, Jessica)
Subjects
artists:
Novelli, Pietro, 1603-1647
artists:
Ribalta, Francisco
collectors and dealers:
Whatman, James, the Younger, 1741-1798
dates:
1630-1639
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
Collections, Public / Identification / Provenance / Religious art / Christian iconography / Collections, Private / Attributions, tentative / Attributions, former
subjects:
Italian painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The fountain of life, from the circle of Giovan Bernardo Lama. Late sixteenth century (Chiesa di S. Giovanni Evangelista a Porta S. Gennaro, Naples)
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12. Drawing of Fig.5 when in the collection of James Whatman at 6 Carlton Gardens, London, in a sketchbook by George Scharf. 1857 (Heinz Archive and Library, National Portrait Gallery, London)
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13. The arrangement of the paintings by 'Ancient Masters' in the Manchester Art Treasures exhibition, in a sketchbook by George Scharf. 1857 (Heinz Archive and Library, National Portrait Gallery, London)
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14. S. Francesco di Paola, by Pietro Novelli. c.1635 (Museo Diocesano, Palermo)
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15. A miracle of St Francis Xavier, by Pietro Novelli. c.1631-32 (Gesù Nuovo, Casa Professa, Naples)
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5. A miracle of S. Francesco di Paola, here attributed to Pietro Novelli. c.1630-35? (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
Attributed works:
6. St Francis of Paola, by Luca Giordano. c.1692 (Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, Hospital Tavera, Toledo)
Attributed works:
7. The vision of St Francis of Paola, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. c.1670 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Attributed works:
8. Plate 14/1 from A. Baratta: La vita e miracoli del gloriosissimo Padre Santo Francesco di Paola fondatore dell'ordine dei Minimi. Con le Rimi di Don Orazio Nardino Cosentino, Naples 1622 (Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli 'Vittorio Emanuele III')
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9. Plate 49/1 from A. Baratta: La vita e miracoli del gloriosissimo Padre Santo Francesco di Paola fondatore dell'ordine dei Minimi. Con le Rimi di Don Orazio Nardino Cosentino, Naples 1622 (Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli 'Vittorio Emanuele III')
Western art unattributed:
11. Plans of walls showing positions of paintings at the Whatman house, Vinters, Kent. c.1845 (Kent History & Library Centre, Maidstone, Whatman MSS, U289/F29)
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