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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.)
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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).
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9. Fig.2 prior to restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
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10. Archaising bust of a youth (bust of Apollo). Roman. Bronze, height 25 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples).
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10. Ptolemy Apion. Roman. Bronze, height 29 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples; photograph the author).
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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.
Letter
Bronzes from the collection of the bailli de Breteuil in the Musée du Louvre
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 100-101
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Compiler:
Malgouyres, Philippe (Malgouyres, Philippe)
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2. A dog, by Jean-Robert Ango after Fig.1. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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3. Minerva, also called Livia or Agrippina as Pallas, by Jean-Robert Ango after Fig.4. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil)
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4. Minerva, also called Livia or Agrippina as Pallas, by Luigi Valadier. Bronze, marble and gilt bronze, 27.3 by 9 by 9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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5. Modesty, also called Agrippina, by Luigi Valadier. Bronze, marble and gilt bronze, 27 by 9 by 9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
1. A dog. Possibly Roman. Bronze, 7.8 by 12.2 by 10 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
La Cappella Paolina. Edited by Maurizio De Luca, Arnold Nesselrath, Antonio Paolucci and Ulderico Santamaria; Michelangelo e la Cappella Paolina: Riflessioni e contributi sull’ultimo restauro. Edited by Antonio Paolucci and Silvia Danesi Squarzina
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 696-697
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Reviewer:
Bonsanti, Giorgio (Bonsanti, Giorgio)
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1. Soldiers, preparatory cartoon for the fresco Crucifixion of St Peter in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace, by Michelangelo Buonarroti. 1546–50. Charcoal, black chalk and wash, 263 by 156 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Raphael’s ‘Acts of the Apostles’: Italians in the service of the Habsburg monarchy and the Leyniers tapestry workshop, 1725–55
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 376-381
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Author:
Brosens, Koenraad (Brosens, Koenraad)
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Delmarcel, Guy (Delmarcel, Guy)
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33. The miraculous draught of fishes, by the Leyniers workshop after Jan van Orley (after Raphael) (Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung/Historisches Archiv Krupp, Essen)
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34. The healing of the lame man, by the Leyniers workshop after Jan van Orley (after Raphael) (Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung/Historisches Archiv Krupp, Essen)
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35. Christ's charge to Peter, by the Leyniers workshop after Jan van Orley (after Raphael) (Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung/Historisches Archiv Krupp, Essen)
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36. The death of Ananias, by the Leyniers workshop after Jan van Orley (after Raphael) (Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung/Historisches Archiv Krupp, Essen)
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37. The conversion of the proconsul, by the Leyniers workshop after Jan van Orley (after Raphael) (Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung/Historisches Archiv Krupp, Essen)
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38. Paul preaching at Athens, by the Leyniers workshop after Jan van Orley (after Raphael) (Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung/Historisches Archiv Krupp, Essen)
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39. The sacrifice at Lystra, by the Leyniers workshop after Jan van Orley (after Raphael) (Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung/Historisches Archiv Krupp, Essen)
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40. The sacrifice at Lystra, by the Van Tieghem workshop after Raphael (Vatican Museums)
Article
‘Begun by Master Raphael’: the Monteluce ‘Coronation of the Virgin’
06/2011 | 1299 | 153
Pages: 387-391
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Author:
Sartore, Alberto Maria (Sartore, Alberto Maria)
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27. Coronation of the Virgin (the Monteluce altarpiece), by Raphael, Giulio Romano and Gianfrancesco Penni. 1520–25. Panel, 354 by 230 cm. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome).
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28. Coronation of the Virgin, by Domenico Ghirlandaio. 1484–86. Tempera on panel, 330 by 230 cm. (main panel); 36 by 73 cm. each (predella panels). (Museo della città, Palazzo Eroli, Narni).
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29. Coronation of the Virgin (the Degli Oddi altarpiece), by Raphael. 1504–05. Panel, transferred to canvas, 267 by 163 cm. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome).
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New documents for Raphael’s ‘Coronation of the Virgin’ and Perugino’s Corciano ‘Assumption of the Virgin’
10/2008 | 1267 | 50
Pages: 669-672
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Author:
Sartore, Alberto Maria (Sartore, Alberto Maria)
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19. The adoration of the Magi, part of the predella of the Coronation of the Virgin, by Raphael, showing its wooden support. c.1503–04. Panel, 27 by 50 cm. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome).
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20. Assumption of the Virgin, by Perugino. 1513. Panel, 226 by 149 cm. (S. Maria, Corciano).
Short Notice
Raphael’s ‘Annunciation’ predella panel and a perspective drawing
08/2006 | 1241 | 148
Pages: 545-548
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Author:
Kang, Eun-Sung (Kang, Eun-Sung)
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31. The Annunciation, by Raphael. c.1503. Panel, 27 by 42 cm. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome).
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32. Cartoon for The Annunciation, by Raphael. c.1503. Brush and brown wash, pen and ink, black chalk, stylus and compass, pricked for transfer, 28.3 by 42,2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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33. Reconstruction of the stylus lines and compass marks in Fig.32.
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34. Diagram on the verso of Fig.35, by Raphael. c.1503. Stylus with compass marks, 19.1 by 27.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
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35. Studies for the head and hand of an angel in the ‘Coronation of the Virgin’, by Raphael. c.1503. Silverpoint on white ground, 19.1 by 27.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
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37. Fig.34 with measurements.
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38. Author’s reconstruction of Raphael’s method.
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39. The construction of a vaulted space from Piero della Francesca: De prospectiva pingendi, 1474. MS D 200 inf., 35 by 35 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan).
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41. Perspective drawing, by Baldassare Peruzzi. Pen and ink, 62.2 by 83.8 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, 269 A (v)).
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36. Diagram of perspective construction according to Alberti’s method (from M. Kemp: The science of art, New Haven and London 1990).
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40. Method for the ‘tiers points’. Woodcut from Jean Pélerin: De artificiali perspective, 1505.
Short Notice
Raffaellino da Reggio in the Vatican
03/2006 | 1236 | 148
Pages: 187–191
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Author:
Marciari, John (Marciari, John)
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34. Christ's entry into Jerusalem, here attributed to Raffaellino da Reggio. c.1575–77. Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk with indented outlines, 23.2 by 30.8 cm. (Private collection).
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35. Christ's entry into Jerusalem, by Raffaelino da Reggio. c.1575–77. Fresco. (Loggia of Gregory XIII, Vatican Palace).
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36. Ordination of the deacons, by Raffaellino da Reggio. c.1577. Pen and brown ink and wash, 24.6 by 38.3 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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37. Sts Andrew and Peter before Christ, by Raffaellino da Reggio. 1574–75. Pen and brown ink and wash with white heightening, 31 by 42 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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38. Sts Andrew and Peter before Christ, by Raffaellino da Reggio. c.1577. Pen and brown ink and wash heightened with white over black chalk, 26.4 by 41.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
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39. Study for Sts Andrew and Peter before Christ, by Raffaellino da Reggio. c.1577. Pen and brown ink and wash, 20 by 18 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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40. Entombment, by Raffaellino da Reggio. Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, 18.2 by 15.4 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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41. Entombment, by Raffaellino da Reggio. Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white over black chalk, 18 by 16 cm. (The Chatsworth Settlement Trustees).
Article
Leonardo da Vinci's use of underdrawing in the 'Virgin of the Rocks' in the National Gallery and 'St Jerome' in the Vatican
07/2005 | 1228 | 147
Pages: 450-463
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Author:
Billinge, Rachel (Billinge, Rachel)
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Syson, Luke (Syson, Luke)
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1. The Virgin of the rocks, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1483-91. Canvas transferred from panel, 198 by 123 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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10. Head of St Philip in the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci in Milan with a diagram of the underdrawing for the Virgin's head in Composition A reversed and overlaid.
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11. Study for the head of St Philip, by Leonardo da Vinci. 1493. Black chalk, 19 by 15 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor, no.12551).
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12. St Jerome praying in the wilderness, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c.1491-93. Panel, 102.8 by 73.5 cm. (Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie, Vatican City).
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13. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.12 showing St Jerome's head and part of landscape.
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14. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.12, showing St Jerome's feet and part of lion.
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15. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2, showing the angel (Composition B).
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16. Head of a child in three-quarter view, cartoon for the head of St John in Fig.1, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1483. Metalpoint largely reworked with pen, brush and brown ink and highlighted with white gouache on prepared grey-beige paper, pricked for transfer, irregularly cut, max. 13.4 by 11.9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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17. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2, showing the head of the Christ Child (Composition B).
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2. The Virgin of the rocks, by Leonardo da Vinci and collaborators. Here dated c.1491-1508. Panel, 189.5 by 120 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. Infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2.
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4. Outline diagram of the first underdrawing of Fig.2 (Composition A).
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5. Outline diagram of the second underdrawing of Fig.2 (Composition B), laid over the painting.
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6. Detail of infra-red reflectography scan (Fig.3), showing right arm and hand in Composition A.
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7. Detail infra-red reflectogram mosaic of Fig.2, showing the head in Composition A above the painted Virgin.
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8. Detail from an ultraviolet photograph of Studies of architecture and machinery, male head in profile and of a Virgin adoring the Christ Child, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c.1491-93. Silverpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink on light blue prepared surface, 18.3 by 13.7 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor, no.12560).
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9. Design for a Nativity or an Adoration of the Christ Child; perspectival projection, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c. 1485-90. Metalpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink on pink prepared paper, and lines ruled with metalpoint, 19.4 by 16.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1917 17.142.1).
Short Notice
Remarks on the Patronage of Caravaggio's 'Entombment of Christ'
07/2001 | 1180 | 143
Pages: 426-429
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Author:
Sickel, Lothar (Sickel, Lothar)
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21. The Entombment of Christ, by Caravaggio. 300 by 203 cm. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City).
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23. The Fortune-Teller, by Caravaggio. 99 by 131 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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