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Exhibition Review
Rinascimento in bianco e nero: L’arte dell’incisione a Venezia (1494–1615)
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 631–634
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Reviewer:
Dalla Costa, Thomas (Dalla Costa, Thomas)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy / Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, Italy
subjects:
Italian art / Printmaking / Engravings
subjects:
Venetian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Rinascimento in bianco e nero. L’arte dell’incisione a Venezia (1495–1615). Edited by Giovanni Maria Fara and David Landau. 347 pp. incl. 342 col. + b. & w. ills. (Scripta Edizioni, Verona, 2024), €38. ISBN 979–12–80581–86–0. | :
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Rinascimento in bianco e nero: L’arte dell’incisione a Venezia (1494–1615) Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa 2nd March–23rd June Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice 8th March–3rd June | :
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Attributed works:
12. Judith with the head of Holofernes, by Jacopo de’ Barbari. 1496–97. Engraving, 18.7 by 12 cm. (Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa).
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13. The martyrdom of St Giustina of Padua, by Agostino Carracci, after Paolo Veronese. 1582. Engraving on two sheets, 89.5 by 59 cm. (Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa).
Attributed works:
14. The abduction of Proserpina, by Giuseppe Scolari. c.1592–1607. Woodcut, 45 by 35 cm. (Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa).
Exhibition Review
Io, Canova: Genio europeo
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 191-193
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Reviewer:
Leone, Francesco (Leone, Francesco)
Subjects
artists:
Canova, Antonio
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Patronage / Sculptors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Io, Canova: Genio europeo Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa 15th October 2022– 26th February 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Funerary stele for Giovanni Falier, by Antonio Canova. 1806–08. Marble, height 174 cm. (S. Stefano, Venice; exh. Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa).
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25. Male nude holding a sword and shield, by Antonio Canova. 1794. Pencil, pen and brown ink on paper, 45.7 by 32 cm. (Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa).
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26. Leopoldine Esterházy Liechtenstein, by Antonio Canova. 1805–18. Marble, height 146 cm. (Esterhazy Privatstiftung, Eisenstadt; exh. Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa).
Article
Canova’s copper head of Medusa
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 916-923
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Author:
Gustin, Melissa L. (Gustin, Melissa L.)
Subjects
art literature:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim / Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
artists:
Canova, Antonio
buildings:
Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum, Italy
dates:
1790-1799
media:
Marbles / Copper / Bronzes
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy / Musei Vaticani, Rome, Italy
styles:
Italian sculpture
subjects:
Medusa / Perseus / Antiquity / Roman art / Conservation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Triumphant Perseus, by Antonio Canova. Second version, 1804–06. Marble, 242.6 by 191.8 by 102.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. Head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1797–1800. Embossed copper with bronze additions, 31 by 40.5 by 29.8 cm. (Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the head of Medusa.
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4. Head of Medusa, cast after Antonio Canova. 1806–07. Plaster, height 31.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Detail of Perseus and Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1798–99. Oil on canvas, 24 by 73 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
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7. Fig.2 during restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
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8. Five dancers with garlands of flowers, by Antonio Canova. 1799. Mixed media on canvas, 72 by 178 cm. (© Museo e Gipsoteca Antonio Canova, Possagno).
Attributed works:
9. Fig.2 prior to restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
Western art unattributed:
10. Archaising bust of a youth (bust of Apollo). Roman. Bronze, height 25 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples).
Western art unattributed:
10. Ptolemy Apion. Roman. Bronze, height 29 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples; photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
5. The Rondanini Medusa. Roman copy after a bronze original of c.170 BC. Marble, height 29 cm. (Glypthotek, Munich; photograph © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro).
Western art unattributed:
9. Ptolemy Apion, from De’ bronzi di Ercolano e contorni incisi con qualche spiegazione: Tomo Primi: Busti, Naples 1767. Table LIX, p.203.
Exhibition Review
Jacopo Bassano. Bassano del Grappa and Fort Worth
04/1993 | 1081 | 135
Pages: 300-301
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Reviewer:
Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
Subjects
artists:
Bassano, Jacopo, il vecchio, 1510-1592
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
places:
United States / Italy / Fort Worth / Bassano del Grappa
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
63. Pentecost, by Jacopo Bassano. 1551. 161 by 68 cm. (S. Giacomo, Lusiana).
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64. Detail of Samson and the Philistines, by Jacopo Bassano. 1537-39. Fresco. (Duomo, Cittadella).
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65. St Justina with Sts Sebastian, Anthony Abbot and Roch, by Jacopo Bassano. c. 1555(?). 170 by 112 cm. (Parish Church, Enego).
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66. Miraculous Draught of Fishes, by Jacopo Bassano. 1545. 143 by 243 cm. (Art Market, London; Exh. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
Short Notice
A new Bassano 'Flight into Egypt'
11/1961 | 704 | 103
Pages: 444+465-466+468
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Author:
Herrmann, Luke (Herrmann, Luke; H., L.)
Subjects
artists:
Bassano, Jacopo, il vecchio, 1510-1592
dates:
1500-1549
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
places:
Italy / Bassano del Grappa
subjects:
Italian painting / Attributions / Flight into Egypt
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Flight into Egypt, by Jacopo Bassano. Canvas, 158 by 203 cm. (Collection Lt-Col. A. D. Taylor.)
Attributed works:
38. La Trinità, by Jacopo Bassano. Detail. (Chiesa della Trinità, Angarano.)
Attributed works:
39. Detail from The Flight into Egypt, Illustrated in Fig.1. [by Jacopo Bassano. Canvas, 158 by 203 cm. (Collection Lt-Col. A. D. Taylor.)]
Book Review
Il Museo Civico di Bassano: I Disegni di Antonio Canova
09/1960 | 690 | 102
Pages: 416
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Reviewer:
Clark, Anthony M. (Clark, Anthony M.; Clark, Anthony Morris)
Subjects
artists:
Canova, Antonio
dates:
1750-1849
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
places:
Italy / Bassano del Grappa
subjects:
Art museums / Collections / Catalogues / Drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Il Museo Civico di Bassano: I Disegni di Antonio Canova | author: Bassi, Elena
Book Review
Mostra dei Disegni di Antonio Canova nel secondo centenario della nascita
09/1958 | 666 | 100
Pages: 326-327
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Reviewer:
Clark, Anthony M. (Clark, Anthony M.; Clark, Anthony Morris)
Subjects
artists:
Canova, Antonio
dates:
1750-1799
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
places:
Italy
places:
Bassano del Grappa
subjects:
Exhibitions / Sculpture / Drawings / Italian
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mostra dei Disegni di Antonio Canova nel secondo centenario della nascita | author: Barioli, Gino , author: Bassi, Elena , author: Canova, Antonio , author: Coletti, Luigi , author: Ragghianti, Carlo Ludovico
Short Notice
Drawings from the Museo Civico, Bassano
10/1956 | 643 | 98
Pages: 372-374
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Author:
Pignatti, Terisio (Pignatti, Terisio)
Subjects
dates:
1950-1959
dates:
1400-1899
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
places:
Italy / Bassano del Grappa / Venice
subjects:
Exhibitions / Italian painting / Drawings
subjects:
Art museums / Collections
Illustrations
Attributed works:
34. Martyrdom of St John the Baptist. Venetian, c. 1545. Pen on Blue Paper, 21.5 by 18.6 cm. (Museum, Bassano.)
Attributed works:
35. Two Angels, Here Attributed to G. A. Pellegrini. Pen and Pencil on White Paper, 20.8 by 15 cm. (Museum, Bassano.)
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36. Pietà, Here Attributed to Giambattista Tiepolo. Pen and Pencil on White Paper, 13.5 by 19.5 cm. (Museum, Bassano.)