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Observing the artist at work: a drawing by Verrocchio in Palermo
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 204-215
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Nathan, Johannes (Nathan, Johannes)
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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.
Book Review
Giacomo Amato. I Disegni di Palazzo Abatellis: Architettura, arredi e decorazione nella Sicilia Barocca. Edited by Sabina de Cavi
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 170-171
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Piazza, Stefano (Piazza, Stefano)
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Giacomo Amato. I Disegni di Palazzo Abatellis: Architettura, arredi e decorazione nella Sicilia Barocca Edited by Sabina de Cavi. 632. pp. incl. 750 col. + 76 b. & w. ills. (De Luca Editori d’Arte, Rome, 2017), £285. ISBN 978–88–6557–338–9. | :
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5. Design for an alter, by Giacomo Amato and Antonino Grano. 1687. (Galleria Regionale della Sicilia di Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo; photographer Gero Cordaro).
Exhibition Review
Maestri del Disegno nelle collezioni di Palazzo Abatellis. Palermo and Rome
10/1996 | 1123 | 138
Pages: 712-713
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Nathan, Johannes (Nathan, Johannes)
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98. Male Figure, by Jacopo Carucci, Called Il Pontormo. Red Pencil, 23 by 17.6 cm. (Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palermo).
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99. Annunciate Virgin in Prayer, Possibly by Andrea del Verrocchio. Black Pencil with Traces of Brown Ink White Heightening, 20.6 by 17.3 cm. (Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palermo).
Short Notice
The Palermo Triumph of Death
07/1975 | 868 | 117
Pages: 478+480-484
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Bridgeman, Jane (Bridgeman, Jane)
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71. Detail from Altar-Piece of Saints Abdon and Senen, by Jaime Huguet. 1460.
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72. Detail from The Birth of the Virgin, by Leonardo da Besozzo. (S. Giovanni a Carbonara, Naples).
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75. Detail from Masolino's Frescces at Castiglione d'Olona.
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77. Detail from Altar-Piece of St. Clara, by Luis Borassa. 1416.
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78. Detail from The Birth of the Virgin, by Luis Borassa.
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79. Detail from Altar-Piece of Saints Clara and Catalina by the St Quirse Master. (Museu d'Arte de Catalunya, Barcelona).
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80. Detail from The Triumph of Death (Fig. 69). [Fresco. (Galleria Nazionale della Sicilia, Palermo).]
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81. Detail from The Triumph of Death (Fig. 69). [Fresco. (Galleria Nazionale della Sicilia, Palermo).]
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69. The Triumph of Death. Fresco. (Galleria Nazionale della Sicilia, Palermo).
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70. Detail from The Triumph of Death (Fig. 69). [Fresco. (Galleria Nazionale della Sicilia, Palermo).]
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73. Psalter of Alfonso V. (British Museum, Add. MSS. 28962, fol. 381v).
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74. Madonna and Angels, by Unknown Master. 1439. (Lazaro Collection, Madrid).
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76. Detail from The Triumph of Death (Fig. 69). [Fresco. (Galleria Nazionale della Sicilia, Palermo).]
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82. Consuetudine et statua nobilis civitatis messane. (Biblioteca Comunale, Palermo, 2 Qq. E. I. 40. cIr).