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Eighteenth-century English silver for King João V of Portugal
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 826–833
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Author:
Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
Subjects
artists:
Crespin, Paul / Lamerie, Paul de
dates:
1720-1729
patrons:
João V, King of Portugal (reg.1706–50)
places:
London / Lisbon
subjects:
Decorative arts / Silverwork / English / Silversmiths / Huguenot / Silver-gilt / Diplomacy / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Portrait of Secretary of State Diogo Mendonça Corte Real, by Guillaume François Laurent Debrie. 1730. Engraving. (From Retratos de Cardeaes, Bispos, e Varoens Portuguezes Illustres em Nobreza, Armas, Letras, e Santidade Coordenados nos Mezes de Abril e Maio do Anno do Senhor, Lisbon 1791, fol.40A; Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Secção de Iconografia, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
3. Portrait of King D. João V, by Pompeo Batoni. 18th century. Oil on canvas, 90 by 70 cm. (Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
4. Model of the sculptural group for the funerary monument of Manuel Pereira de Sampaio, by Filippo della Valle. c.1753. Terracotta and paint, height 56.5 cm. (Museu de Lisboa, Lisbon.)
Attributed works:
5. Centrepiece with Neptune, by Paul Crespin and Nicholas Sprimont. 1741–42. Embossed and chiselled gilded silver, 49 by 66 by 47 cm. (© 2024 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
6. Wine cooler made for Louis Henri de Bourbon, by Gabriel Huquier after Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. 1748. Engraving, 17.9 by 25.9 cm. (Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
7. Basin, by Paul Crespin. 1722–23. Silver, height 14.7 cm., diameter 49.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
1. Paul Crespin. British. c.1726. Oil on canvas, 114 by 90 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The ‘Pangolin Fan’: An Imperial Ivory Fan from Ceylon
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1036-1038
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Reviewer:
Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
Subjects
places:
Sri Lanka / Lisbon
subjects:
Ivory / Fans (costume accessories)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The ‘Pangolin Fan’: An Imperial Ivory Fan from Ceylon By Hugo Miguel Crespo and Annemarie Jordan Gschwend. 231 pp. incl. over 100 col. ills. (Jaime Eguiguren Art and Antiques, Buenos Aires, 2022). ISBN 978–84–09–41680–6. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
4. The ‘Pangolin Fan’. Sri Lanka, c.1540–51. Carved ivory, silver and carnelian. (Private collection).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Detail of Fig.4.
Book Review
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 547
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Reviewer:
Purcell, Mark (Purcell, Mark)
Subjects
places:
Lisbon
subjects:
Libraries / Royalty / Portuguese (people) / Books / Manuscripts / Prints / Medals / Coins / Drawings
subjects:
Earthquakes
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal By Angela Delaforce. 330 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2019),  45. ISBN 978–1– 912168–15–6. | :
Book Review
Die Stadt von der Neuzeit bis zum 19. Jahrhundert: Urbane Entwürfe in Europa und Nordamerika. By Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 92-93
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Alberti, Leon Battista / Francesco di Giorgio Martini / Wren, Christopher / Le Nôtre, André / Montgomery, Robert / Owen, Robert / Fourier, Charles / Haussmann, Georges Eugène, Baron / Monet, Claude / Pissarro, Camille
dates:
1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Gardens
patrons:
Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464 / Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590 / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
places:
Italy / Florence / Siena / Pienza / Rome / France / Paris / Germany / Berlin / Austria / Vienna / Portugal / Lisbon / United States
subjects:
Urban planning / Urban history / Urban management / Cities / Ideal cities / Architectural history / Architectural theory / Design / Facades / Social history / Historical context / Cultural history / Surveys
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Covent Garden Piazza and Market, London, by John Collet. 1771–80. Canvas, 133.7 by 189.5 cm. (Museum of London).
Article
Art and festivities in eighteenth-century Rome: letters from a Portuguese priest, 1721–22
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 387-393
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Author:
Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
Subjects
artists:
Fuga, Ferdinando / Rainaldi, Carlo / Michelangelo / Maratti, Carlo / Rosa, Salvator / Cornacchini, Agostino / Legros, Pierre, II, 1666-1719 / Rusconi, Camillo / Domenichino / Raphael / Reni, Guido
buildings:
Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy
dates:
1700-1749
media:
Architecture / Bronzes / Drawings / Interiors / Paintings / Sculpture / Reliefs / Reliquaries / Textiles / Silks / Silverwork
patrons:
John V, King of Portugal, 1689-1750 / Clement XI, Pope, 1649-1721 / Gregory XV, Pope, 1554-1623
places:
Italy / Rome / Portugal / Lisbon
subjects:
Italian painting / Italian sculpture / Italian architecture / Churches / Chapels / Apparati (Italian pageants) / Pageants / Religious ceremonies / Collections, Private / Patronage / Papacy / Diplomacy / Travel / Catholicism / Jesuits / Correspondence
works:
Apollo Belvedere / Belvedere Torso / Laocoön (Vatican Museums, Rome)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. and 2. A mechanism to raise and lower lamps in churches, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.395r and 396v of Jesuitas, Armário Jesuítico, Livro 27; Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, hereafter ANTT).
Attributed works:
11. The instruments for the making of the Agnus Dei, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fol.385r of Jesuitas, Livro 27; ANTT).
Attributed works:
12, 13 and 14. Decorations for the Corpus Domini procession, Rome, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.403r, 403v and 404r of Jesuitas, Livro 27, ANTT).
Attributed works:
3. Piazza del Esquilino and S. Maria Maggiore, Rome, by Alessandro Specchi. 1702. Engraving, 44.5 by 68.1 cm. (Photograph Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. The altar of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Gesù, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona. 1669. (Fondo Edifici di Culto, Ministero dell’Interno, Florence; photograph Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. The gallery in Palazzo Colonna, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fol.378v of Jesuitas, Livro 27; ANTT).
Attributed works:
6. Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga in glory, by Pierre Legros. 1697–99. Marble. (S. Ignazio, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. Charlemagne, by Agostino Cornacchini. 1725. Marble. (St Peter’s Basilica, Rome).
Attributed works:
8 and 9. The decoration of the interior of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli on the occasion of the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.421v and 422r of Jesuitas, Livro 27 ANTT).
Western art unattributed:
10. The decoration of the interior of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli for the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal, July 1722. Black ink on paper, 45 by 60 cm. (Gabinetto Comunale delle Stampe, Rome, GS 3673).
Exhibition Review
Portuguese painting and sculpture. Lisbon
07/2017 | 1372 | 159
Pages: 579-580
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Reviewer:
van Kessel, Elsje (van Kessel, Elsje)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal
places:
Portugal / Lisbon
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Portuguese painting / Portuguese sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. The Panel of the Archbishop, from the Panels of St Vincent, by Nuno Gonçalves. c.1470 (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon)
Exhibition Review
The patronage of King João V of Portugal
12/2013 | 1329 | 155
Pages: 855-856
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Reviewer:
Delaforce, Angela (Delaforce, Angela)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museu de São Roque - Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Lisbon, Portugal / Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal
patrons:
John V, King of Portugal, 1689-1750
places:
Lisbon / Portugal
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
62. Detail showing St Jerome, on the base of a candlestand, made by Giuseppe Gagliardi and completed by Leandro Gagliardi from models by Giovanni Battista Maini (Museu de São Roque, Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Lisbon)
Attributed works:
63. Baptism of Christ, by Mattia Moretti after the painting by Agostino Masucci (after restoration) (Main altar of the Chapel of St John the Baptist, Church of São Roque, Lisbon)
Article
Roman Baroque silver for the Patriarchate of Lisbon
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 384-389
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Author:
Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
Subjects
artists:
Arrighi, Antonio / Giardoni, Francesco / Piroli, Matteo, 1701-1777 / Valadier, Andrea / Valadier, Luigi / Gagliardi, Giuseppe / Gagliardi, Leandro / Maini, Giovanni Battista, sculptor, 1690-1752
artists:
Tofani, Filippo / Zappati, Giovanni Paolo
dates:
1700-1749
museums and institutions:
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal / Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
patrons:
John V, King of Portugal, 1689-1750
places:
Portugal / Lisbon
subjects:
Commissions / Silverwork / Baroque / Italian / Roman (post-Classical) / Architectural components / Churches / Lost works / Visual sources / Collections, Public / Albums / Religious architecture / Religious art / Drawings
subjects:
Metalworkers / Roman (post-Classical)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
32. Immaculate Conception, by Giovanni Battista Maini (Private collection)
Attributed works:
33. The Virgin and Child, by Giovanni Battista Maini (Private collection, Malta)
Attributed works:
34. Monstrance made by Antonio Arrighi after designs by Giovanni Battista Maini (Treasury, Lisbon Cathedral)
Western art unattributed:
28. Drawing of the grilles for the chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Patriarchate, Lisbon, to be made by Matteo Piroli (Weale Album, MS 497, fol.295, no.94, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)
Western art unattributed:
29. Drawing of the grilles for the chapel of the Baptistery of the Patriarchate, Lisbon, to be made by Andrea Valadier and Luigi Valadier (Weale Album, MS 497, fol.269, no.87, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)
Western art unattributed:
30. Drawing of the grilles for one of the chapels of the Patriarchate, Lisbon, to be made by Antonio Montauti (Weale Album, MS 497, fol.303, no.96, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)
Western art unattributed:
31. Design for a baptismal font for the Baptistery of the Patriarchate, Lisbon, to be made by Francesco Giardoni (Weale Album, MS 497, fol.273, no.88, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)
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Eighteenth-century Roman silver for the chapel of St John the Baptist in the church of S. Roque, Lisbon
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 528-535
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Author:
Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
Subjects
artists:
Corsini, Agostino / Ludovisi, Bernardino / Maini, Giovanni Battista, sculptor, 1690-1752 / Arrighi, Antonio
artists:
Verschaffelt, Pieter Antonie von
buildings:
Chapel of Saint John the Baptist, Saint Roque Church, Lisbon, Portugal
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Lisbon
places:
Portugal
places:
Rome
print:
Silverwork
subjects:
Silverwork / Italian / Candlesticks / Crucifixes / Altars / Chalices / Reliquaries
subjects:
Baroque
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Baldachin, by Felice Sciffone, Agostino Ancidoni and Lucino Celladini; altar frontal, by Antonio Arrighi; and altar set (six candlesticks and cross), by Angelo Spinazzi, Giovanni Felice Sanini, Tommaso Politi and Francesco Antonio Salci. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
21. Detail of altar frontal in Fig.20. c.1744–50. Silver and lapis lazuli, 112 by 230 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
22. Candlestick, by Giuseppe and Leandro Gagliardi. c.1744–49. Gilt silver, 285 by 105 by 105 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
23. Chalice, by Antonio Gigli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 29 cm. high. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
24. Set of three altar canons, by Antonio Vendetti. c.1744–50. White and gilt silver, 49 by 53 by 9.5 cm.; 42 by 33 by 6 cm.; 42 by 33 by 6 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
25. Pair of cruets and salver, by Antonio Gigli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 17.8 by 12 by 6.3 cm. (cruets); 21.2 by 27.5 cm. (salver). (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
26. Basin and ewer, by Vincenzo Belli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 28.5 by 14 by 13.5 cm. (ewer); 42.5 by 54 by 4 cm. (basin). (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
27. Host box, by Francesco Smitti. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 8 by 9 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
28. St Prosper reliquary, by Carlo Guarnieri. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 89 by 43 by 35 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
29. St Felix reliquary, by Carlo Guarnieri. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 81 by 30 by 34 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Exhibition Review
Le Corbusier. Rotterdam, Weil-am-Rhein, Lisbon, Liverpool and London
05/2009 | 1274 | 151
Pages: 329-330
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Reviewer:
Amery, Colin (Amery, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Le Corbusier
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain / Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany / Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands / Museu Berado, Lisbon, Portugal / Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, Great Britain
places:
Rotterdam / Liverpool / London / Lisbon / England / Portugal / Netherlands / Germany
places:
Weil-am-Rhein
print:
Corbusier, Le
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture | institution: Barbican Art Gallery , institution: Cathedral of Christ the King , institution: Museu Berado , institution: Netherlands Architecture Institute , institution: Vitra Design Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, by Le Corbusier. 1950–52. Photograph. (Exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
52. Fitted kitchen from Unité d’Habitation de Marseille, by Le Corbusier. 1945. Photograph. (Photographie industriele du Sud Ouest; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
53. Palais de l’Assemblée, Chandigarh, by Le Corbusier. 1955. Photograph. (Exh. Barbican Art Gallery).
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