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Exhibition Review
Harriet Backer (1845–1932): Every Atom is Colour
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 963-5
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Reviewer:
Ljøgodt, Knut (Ljøgodt, Knut)
Subjects
artists:
Backer, Harriet
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Norwegian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Harriet Backer (1845–1932): Every Atom is Colour Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 22nd February–18th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Blått interiør, by Harriet Backer. 1883. Oil on canvas, 84 by 66 cm. (National Museum, Oslo; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
21. Chez moi, by Harriet Backer. 1887. Oil on canvas, 88.5 by 100 cm. (National Museum, Oslo; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
22. Kitty Kielland, by Harriet Backer. 1883. Oil on canvas, 84 by 67 cm. (National Museum, Oslo; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Exhibition Review
Trädgården: Konst och natur under sex sekler
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 903–905
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Reviewer:
Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd (Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd; Gowan, Todd Longstaffe-)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Ceramics / Paintings / Drawings / Sculpture
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Gardens / Landscape architects / Landscape gardening / Swedish
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Trädgården: Konst och natur under sex sekler Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 23rd February 2023–7th January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Plan of the Grand Trianon and its pleasure garden, by André le Nôtre. 1694. Pen and ink with wash and watercolour on paper, 96.5 by 66 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
17. Installation view of Trädgården: Konst och natur under sex sekler at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2023, showing ceramic sculptures by Emma Helle and The feast of Venus, by Peter Paul Rubens.
Western art unattributed:
18. Installation view of Trädgården: Konst och natur under sex sekler at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2023, showing lead sculptures made for Louis XIV’s labyrinth at Versailles.
Book Review
Miniature Painting in the Nationalmuseum: A World-Class Collection
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1168-1170
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Stephen (Lloyd, Stephen)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Miniatures (paintings) / Portrait miniatures / Collections, Public / Collectors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Miniature Painting in the Nationalmuseum: A World-Class Collection By Magnus Olausson. 400 pp. incl. 753 col. ills. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2021), £80.50. ISBN 978–91–7100–910–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Interior of Judge Carl Fredrik Dahlgren’s home, Malmskillnadsgatan 7, Stockholm, c.1894–95. (Photograph Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Exhibition Review
Giorgio Vasari: Le livre des dessins. Destinées d’une collection mythique
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 800-803
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Reviewer:
Gottardo, Ketty (Gottardo, Ketty)
Subjects
art literature:
Le vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architettori
collectors and dealers:
Vasari, Giorgio / Gaddi, Niccolò
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Collections / Drawings / Provenance / Frames
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Giorgio Vasari: Le livre des dessins. Destinées d’une collection mythique Musée du Louvre, Paris 31st March–18th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Adoration of the infant, attributed to an anonymous Florentine artist. c.1470. Pen and brown ink with white highlights on parchment. Ornamental frame, brown ink and wash, 29.6 by 22 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
15. Eight drawings on a sheet from Vasari’s libro, some after Leonardo da Vinci, retouched by Pierre- Jean Mariette. Ornamental frame, brown ink and wash, attributed to Jacopo Zucchi, 40.3 by 37.3 cm. (Albertina, Vienna; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
16. Dragon biting a snake, attributed to Andrea del Sarto. Red chalk. Portrait of Andrea del Sarto, attributed to Cristoforo Coriolano. Woodcut. Ornamental frame, brown ink and wash, 55.7 by 41.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
A newly discovered life study for Anthony van Dyck’s Rotterdam ‘St Jerome’
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 254-257
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Author:
Barnes, Susan J. (Barnes, Susan J.)
Subjects
artists:
Dyck, Anthony van / Rubens, Peter Paul
media:
Oil sketches / Studies (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Netherlandish School / Flemish painting / Saints / Jerome, Saint / Council of Trent (1545-1563)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Jerome, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1618–20. Oil on canvas, 165 by 130 cm. (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Attributed works:
2. Life study of an old man, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1618. Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 95 by 58.8 cm (maximum). (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the angel’s features roughed in.
Attributed works:
4. St Jerome, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1612. Oil on canvas, 236 by 163 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; bpk).
Attributed works:
5. St Jerome, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1615/16. Oil on canvas, 157.5 by 131 cm. (The Princely Collections, Liechtenstein Vaduz–Vienna).
Attributed works:
6. St Jerome in his study, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1610. Oil on canvas, 185.5 by 135.5 cm. (Schloss Sanssouci Bildegalerie, Potsdam).
Exhibition Review
The Danish Golden Age
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 422-424
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Reviewer:
Jackson, David (Jackson, David)
Subjects
artists:
Købke, Christen / Eckersberg, Christoffer Wilhelm / Exner, Johan Julius / Jerichau-Baumann, Elisabeth
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
styles:
Danish School
subjects:
Danish Golden Age
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. The landscape painter Frederik Sødring, by Christen Købke. 1832. Canvas, 42.2 by 37.9 cm. (Den Hirschsprungske Samling, Copenhagen; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
15. A wounded Danish soldier, by Elisabeth Jerichau- Baumann. 1865. Canvas, 107 by 142.5 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
16. A gondola, by Julius Exner. 1859. Canvas, 35 by 34 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Book Review
Dutch Drawings in Swedish Public Collections. By Börje Magnusson
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 256-258
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Reviewer:
Seifert, Tico (Seifert, Tico )
Subjects
art literature:
Royalton-Kisch, Martin
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn / school of / followers of
dates:
1600-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Drawings
museums and institutions:
Skokloster Castle, Sko, Sweden / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
patrons:
Tessin, Carl Gustaf
styles:
Dutch art
subjects:
Attributions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dutch Drawings in Swedish Public Collections. By Börje Magnusson | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of Titia van Uylenburch, by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. 1639. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, 17.4 by 14.6 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, NMH 2078/1863).
Book Review
Italian Paintings: Three Centuries of Collecting. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Vol. 1, edited by Sabrina Norlander Eliasson, Daniel Prytz, Johan Eriksson, Sofia Ekmanet al.
09/2016 | 1362 | 158
Pages: 742
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Reviewer:
Salomon, Xavier F. (Salomon, Xavier F.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Collections, Public / Catalogues / Italian painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
40. Dead Christ, by Giovanni Bellini. 1634 (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm)
Article
Jan Lievens’s ‘The Apostle Paul at his writing desk’
02/2013 | 1319 | 155
Pages: 77-81
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Author:
Fryklund, Carina (Fryklund, Carina)
Subjects
artists:
Lievens, Jan
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1639
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Dutch painting / Apostles / Paul, Saint / Collections, Public / Biographies / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig. 6
Attributed works:
5. X-radiograph of Fig. 6
Attributed works:
6. The Apostle Paul at his writing desk, by Jan Lievens (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm)
Attributed works:
7. A philosopher, by Jan Lievens (Private collection)
Attributed works:
8. A bearded elderly man wearing a velvet cap, by Jan Lievens (Private collection)
Publication Received
European Silver 1500–1850: Nationalmuseum
09/2012 | 1314 | 154
Pages: 647-648
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Reviewer:
Brett, Vanessa (Brett, Vanessa)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1899
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
print:
Silverwork
subjects:
Silverwork / European / Collections, Public / Catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
European Silver 1500–1850: Nationalmuseum | editor: Ernstell, Micael , editor: Skogh, Lisa
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