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Book Review
Orazio Gentileschi e l’immagine di san Francesco: La nascita del caravaggismo a Roma
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1234-1235
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Reviewer:
Gash, John (Gash, John)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Gentileschi, Orazio
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Francis of Assisi, Saint / Italian art / Attributions
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subjects:
Orazio Gentileschi e l’immagine di san Francesco: La nascita del caravaggismo a Roma Edited by Giuseppe Porzio and Yuri Primarosa. 168 pp. incl. 98 col. + 7 b. & w. ills. (Officina Libraria, Rome, 2023), €25. ISBN 978–88–336–7229–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Ecstasy of St Francis, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1613–15(?). Oil on canvas, 98 by 73 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Ecstasy of St Francis, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1601–05. Oil on canvas, 103 by 76.5 cm. (Private collection).
Article
Urban VIII and the Barberini
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 772–777
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Author:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Poussin, Nicolas / Sacchi, Andrea / Mochi, Francesco / Ottoni, Lorenzo / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Gagliardi, Filippo / Lauri, Filippo / Carracci, Lodovico / Mastelletta
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Barberini family / Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 / Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679 / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini, Taddeo
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian art / Patronage / Architecture / Popes / Cardinals / Social history / Art history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e i Barberini, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 18th May–30th July 2023. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Maffeo Barberini, by Caravaggio. c.1595. Oil on canvas, 124 by 90 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. Urban VIII visits the Gesù, Rome, to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Jesuit order, by Andrea Sacchi with Filippo Gagliardi and Jan Miel. 1642. Oil on canvas, 321 by 248 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali e del Turismo; Scala Archives).
Attributed works:
3. Carlo Barberini, by Francesco Mochi. c.1630. Bronze, height 58 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. St Sebastian thrown into the Cloaca Maxima, by Ludovico Carracci. 1612. Oil on canvas, 163.5 by 232.4 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
5. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 2023, showing the tapestries hung in the Salone. (Photograph Alberto Novelli).
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, showing Urban VIII, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1632–33. Marble, height 103 cm. with pedestal. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. Marc’Antonio Pasqualini crowned by Apollo, by Andrea Sacchi. 1642. Oil on canvas, 243.8 by 194.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Article
Carlo Maratti’s additions to the ‘Barberini Venus’
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 260-265
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Author:
Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)
Subjects
artists:
Maratti, Carlo / Mazzoni, Giulio / Calandrucci, Giacinto
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
1650-1699 / 1990-2009
patrons:
Barberini family / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671
subjects:
Italian art / Murals / Restoration (process) / Tempera / Venus / Putti
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Barberini Venus, attributed to Giulio Mazzoni, shortly after 1550 (?) with additions by Carlo Maratti, 1693. Mural in oil with tempera, 163 by 190 cm. Photographed before the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
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2. Fig.1, photographed after the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. Schematic reconstruction of the painting shown in Fig.1. From P. Iazurlo: ‘La Venere Barberini: un dipinto di Giulio Mazzoni da Palazzo Capodiferro’, Storia dell’arte 22–23 (2009), p.82.
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Venus.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.2, showing the face of Venus.
Attributed works:
6. Fig.1, photographed during the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
Exhibition Review
Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 192-195
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Reviewer:
Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Gentileschi, Artemisia / Gentileschi, Orazio / Foschi, Pier Francesco / Tintoretto, Jacopo / Boulogne, Valentin de / Bigot, Trophime / Liss, Johann / Cagnacci, Guido / Preti, Mattia
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Judith / Holofernes / Italian painting / Baroque
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento Palazzo Barberini, Rome 26th November 2021– 27th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1621–24. Oil on canvas, 136 by 159 cm. (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT; exh. Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
12. Judith beheading Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1612. Oil on canvas, 159 by 126 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
13. Installation view of Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 2021–22. (Photograph Alberto Novelli).
Exhibition Review
Orazio Borgianni: A Restless Genius in Caravaggio’s Rome
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 884-887
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Reviewer:
Gash, John (Gash, John)
Subjects
artists:
Borgianni, Orazio / and / followers of
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Italian art / follower of / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Attributions / Dating / Originality / Seventeenth-century / Rome
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Orazio Borgianni: A Restless Genius in Caravaggio’s Rome Galleria Nazionale, Palazzo Barberini, Rome 6th March–1st November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Orazio Borgianni. c.1615. Oil on canvas, 73.8 by 90.3 cm. (Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi, Florence; exh. Galleria Nazionale, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. The martyrdom of St Erasmus, by Orazio Borgianni. c.1611–12. Oil on canvas, 131 by 97 cm. (Luca Tagliapietra Collection, Milan; exh. Galleria Nazionale, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
8. Self-portrait, by Orazio Borgianni. c.1608–09. Oil on canvas, 63 by 47 cm. (Accademia Nazionale di San Luca; exh. Galleria Nazionale, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
9. Christ disputing with the doctors, by Orazio Borgianni. c.1607–09. Oil on canvas, 78.1 by 108 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; exh. Galleria Nazionale, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Article
Sacchi and Camassei: painters in the service of Taddeo Barberini
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 32-36
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Author:
Pierguidi, Stefano (Pierguidi, Stefano)
Subjects
artists:
Sacchi, Andrea / Camassei, Andrea / Cortona, Pietro da
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
1600-1649
patrons:
Barberini, Taddeo
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes / Payments / Dating
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Allegory of divine wisdom, by Andrea Sacchi. 1629–30. Fresco. (Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. Punishment of the children of Niobe, by Andrea Camassei. 1630. Oil on canvas, 30 by 41 cm. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. Repose of Diana, by Andrea Camassei. 1639. Oil on canvas, 30 by 41 cm. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Article
New evidence for the ‘Barberini Apostles’ by Andrea Sacchi and Carlo Maratti
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 653-659
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Author:
Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)
Subjects
artists:
Sacchi, Andrea / Maratti, Carlo
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
1650-1699
museums and institutions:
Archivio Barberini, Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini family
sources:
Bellori, Giovanni Pietro
subjects:
Commissions / Patronage / Payments / Italian art / Dating / Christian iconography / Apostles / Frames / Gilding
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Peter, by Andrea Sacchi. 1631/44. Canvas, 223 by 151 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. St Matthew, by Carlo Maratti. 1660/61. Canvas, 223 by 151 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. St Matthias, by Carlo Maratti. 1696. Canvas, 221 by 152 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).
Article
The provenance of Raphael’s ‘Madonna of the pinks’ – I
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 833-835
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Author:
Cavazzini, Patrizia (Cavazzini, Patrizia)
Subjects
art literature:
Penny, Nicholas, London, Great Britain / Vasari, Giorgio
artists:
Raphael / Farrugia, Giovanni / Couvay, Jean / Boulanger, Jean, printmaker; 1608 - c. 1680 / Ricci, Archita / Sacchi, Andrea / Maratti, Carlo
collectors and dealers:
Camuccini, Vincenzo / Camuccini, Giovanni-Battista / Percy, Algernon, Tenth Earl of Northumberland, 1602-1668 / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671
dates:
1600-1699 / 1700-1799
media:
Paintings / Engravings / Documents
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy / Alnwick Castle, nr. Alnwick, Great Britain
patrons:
Oddi, Alessandra degli / Oddi, Maddalena degli
places:
Great Britain / London / Italy / Rome / France / Paris
subjects:
Italian painting / Provenance / Patronage / Attributions / Collections / Collecting / Inventories / Archives / Catalogues / Barberini family / Oddi family / Colonna family
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Madonna of the pinks, by Jean Boulanger, after Raphael. c.1665–80? Engraving, 44.8 by 31.5 cm. (Wellcome Collection, London).
Attributed works:
2. Madonna of the pinks (‘Madonna dei garofani’), by Raphael. c.1506–07. Panel, 27.9 by 22.4 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Article
Caravaggio’s ‘Crucifixion of St Andrew’ and the problem of autograph replicas
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 454-461
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Reviewer:
Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Papi, Gianni, Florence, Italy / Bellori, Giovanni Pietro
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Finson, Louis
dates:
1590-1609 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Pimentel de Herrera, Juan Alfonso, 5th Duke of Benavente
places:
Italy / Naples / Rome / Spain
subjects:
Italian painting / Reviews / Exhibition reviews / Copies / Tracings / Attribution / Attributions / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Conservation / Radiographs / Ultraviolet photographs / Pigments / Connoisseurship / Christian iconography
subjects:
Andrew, Saint
subjects:
ArsRoma
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.3, showing the soldier’s armour.
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Fig.4, showing the soldier’s armour.
Attributed works:
3. Crucifixion of St Andrew, by Caravaggio. 1606–07. Canvas, 202.5 by 152.7 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1976.2).
Attributed works:
4. Crucifixion of St Andrew, here identified as a copy after Caravaggio. Canvas, 198 by 148.5 cm. (Spier Collection, London).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.3, showing St Andrew’s head.
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.4, showing St Andrew’s head.
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.3, showing St Andrew’s right foot (Photograph author).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.4, showing St Andrew’s right foot (Photograph author)
Attributed works:
9. Overlay of the contours of Flagellation, by Caravaggio (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples) in green, onto a copy of Flagellation in S. Domenico Maggiore, Naples, in red. From G.S. Ghia and C. Strinati, eds.: Caravaggio nel patrimonio del Fondo Edifici di Culto. Il Doppio e la Copia, Rome 2017.
Article
Interpreting Arcimboldo: grotesque parodies or serious jokes?
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 368-375
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Author:
Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta (Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta)
Subjects
art literature:
Gombrich, E. H.
artists:
Arcimboldi, Giuseppe / Mor, Antonis / Sánchez Coello, Alonso
dates:
1500-1599 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain / National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan / Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
patrons:
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612 / Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553-1595
patrons:
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1527-1576
subjects:
Italian painting / Allegory / Natural history / Satire / Iconography / Attribution / Patronage / Exhibition reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Spring, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. After 1563. Canvas, 66 by 50 cm. (Museo de Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
10. A reindeer, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1562. 25.8 by 22.2 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; BPK).
Attributed works:
2. Flora, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. c.1589. Panel, 74.5 by 57.5 cm. (Private collection, Madrid; courtesy Fundación March; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
3. Flora Meretrix, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. c.1590. Panel, 80.5 by 61 cm. (Private collection, Madrid; courtesy Fundación March; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
4. Winter, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1563. Canvas, 66.6 cm by 50.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
5. Winter, here attributed to an imitator of Arcimboldo. c.1590. Panel, 67.8 by 56.2 cm. (Bavarian State Collections, Munich; exh. Gallerie Nazionale di Arte Antica di Roma, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
6. Summer, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1563. Canvas, 67 by 50.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
7. Archduchess Magdalena, here attributed to a contemporary of Arcimboldo. c.1563. Canvas, 43.7 by 32.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, and Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
8. Tree of Jesse, by Giuseppe Meda and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1556. Fresco (Monza Cathedral).
Attributed works:
9. Nature studies, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo and others. Inscribed with dates 1553 and 1572. 36.1 by 48.7 cm. (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Handschriftensammlung, Vienna).
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