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Art and diplomacy: the embassy of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, to Spain and Portugal (1666–68)
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 535-551
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Delaforce, Angela (Delaforce, Angela)
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1. Charles II, by Pieter Thys. 1659–60. Oil on canvas, 221 by 135 cm. (Government Art Collection).
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10. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, by Feliciano de Almeida. 1668. Oil on canvas. (Destroyed by fire; Alamy Stock Photo).
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12. Christ falling on the way to Calvary, by Raphael. 1515–16. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 318 by 229 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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13. St Ildefonso receiving the Chasuble from the Virgin Mary, by Felipe Bigarny. Completed in 1527. Marble. (Toledo Cathedral, Castille la Mancha; Alamy Stock Photo).
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14. View of the Real Alcázar, Madrid, by Felix Castello. 1650. Oil on canvas. (Museo Municipal, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
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15. View of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Spanish School. 17th century. Oil on canvas, 189 by 241 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Philip IV, with the Panteón dos Reys built during his reign, frontispiece of F. de los Santos: Descripcion breve del Escorial [. . .], Madrid 1667, by Pedro de Villafranca. 1667. Engraving. (Alamy Stock Photo).
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17. Frontispiece and title page in quarto of F. de los Santos: Escurial, or, a Description of that Wonder of the world for Architecture and Magnificence of STRUCTURE [. . .], London 1671. (Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid).
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18. A vessel with the figures painted by Michaell Angelo, by William Ferrer. 1668. Pen and Indian ink on paper, 10.4 by 13.4 cm. (From Journal, SPM, VII, fol.288r; private collection).
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19. Cooling vessel, attributed to the workshop of Orazio Fontana. 1570– 75. Ceramic paste, height 42 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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2. A Sybil, by Jacopo Palma Vecchio. c.1522–24. Oil on panel, 74.3 by 55.1 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. High altar of the Basilica of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, designed by Juan de Herrera. 1579–86. Marble, jasper and gilded bronze. (Alamy Stock Photo).
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21. Charles II of Spain, by Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo. 1670. Oil on canvas, 161.3 by 109 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
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3. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, by Peter Lely. 1660–65. Oil on canvas, 223.2 by 130.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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4. Title page of A.A. Barba: The Art of Metals, transl. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, London 1674. (Wellcome Trust, London).
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5. Title page of G. Alonso de Herrera: Obra de Agricultura, Madrid 1645, one of two editions printed by Carlos Sanchez, inscribed by John Evelyn. (John Evelyn Collecion, British Library; Eve.b.35).
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6. Virgen de la Piedad or Sexta Angustia, by Gregorio Fernández. 1616–19. Carved and polychromed wood, 175 by 218 by 140 cm. (Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid).
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8. The River Tagus and Citty of Lisbona, by Dirk Stoop after the Earl of Sandwich. 1663. Etching printed on silk, 44 by 73.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Church of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, façade designed from 1582 by Juan de Herrera. (Bridgeman Images).
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11. Terrace of São Vicente de Fora, with the view of Lisbon and the Tagus described by the 1st Earl of Sandwich. (Photograph Dominic Delaforce).
Western art unattributed:
7. Roman amphitheatre at Mérida, Spain. c.8 BCE. (Alamy Stock Photo).
Book Review
Painting Flanders Abroad: Flemish Art and Artists in Seventeenth-Century Madrid
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 756–7
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Cherry, Peter (Cherry, Peter)
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Painting Flanders Abroad: Flemish Art and Artists in Seventeenth- Century Madrid By Abigail D. Newman. 325 pp. incl. 129 col. + 3 b. & w. ills. (Brill, Leiden and Boston, 2022), €79.95. ISBN 978–90–04–50967–2. | :
Article
The provenance of ‘Het Steen’ and ‘The rainbow landscape’ by Rubens
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 333-341
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Davis, Lucy (Davis, Lucy)
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Muñoz-Rojas, Natalia (Muñoz-Rojas, Natalia)
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1. A view of Het Steen in the early morning, by Peter Paul Rubens. Probably 1636. Oil on oak, 131.2 by 229.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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2. The rainbow landscape, by Peter Paul Rubens. Probably 1636. Oil on oak, 135.6 by 235 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
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3. Cardinal Bandinello Sauli, his secretary and two geographers, by Sebastiano del Piombo. 1516. Oil on panel, 121.8 by 150.4 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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4. Courtyard of Palazzo Balbi, by Jean Honoré Fragonard. 1761. Drawing, 20.2 by 29.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Las mujeres y las artes: Mecenas, artistas, emprendedoras y coleccionistas
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 316-317
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de Carlos Varona, María Cruz (de Carlos Varona, María Cruz)
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Las mujeres y las artes: Mecenas, artistas, emprendedoras y coleccionistas Edited by Beatriz Blasco Esquivias, Jonatan Jair López Muñoz and Sergio Ramiro Ramírez. 848 pp. incl. 138 b. & w. ills. (Abada Editores, Madrid, 2021), €33. ISBN 978–84–17301–64–4. | :
Exhibition Review
La otra Corte: Mujeres de la Casa de Austria en los Monasterios Reales de las Descalzas y la Encarnación
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 699-701
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de Carlos Varona, María Cruz (de Carlos Varona, María Cruz)
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La otra Corte: Mujeres de la Casa de Austria en los Monasterios Reales de las Descalzas y la Encarnación Edited by Fernando Checa Cremades. 400 pp. incl. 255 col. ills. (Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 2019), £58.50. ISBN 978–84–7120–538–4. | :
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7. Empress Maria of Austria, wife of Maximilian II, by Antonio Moro. 1551. Oil on canvas, 181 by 90 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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8. Virgin of the sorrows, by Pedro de Mena. 1673. 8. Virgin of the sorrows, by Pedro de Mena. 1673. Polychromed wood, height 93 cm. (Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid).
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9. Detail of the cenotaph of Joanna of Austria, by Pompeo Leoni. 1576–78. Marble, 130 by 160 by 90 cm. (Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid).
Exhibition Review
Luca Giordano: From Nature to Painting. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 440-443
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Volpi, Caterina (Volpi, Caterina)
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Luca Giordano: From Nature to Painting Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples 6th April–12th July | :
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10. Good Samaritan, by Luca Giordano. 1660. Oil on canvas, 136.5 by 167.5 cm (Musée des Beaux- Arts, Rouen; exh. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte Naples).
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11. Tavern scene, by Luca Giordano. c.1654. Oil on canvas, 163 by 139 cm. (Fondazione Giuseppe e Margaret de Vito, Vaglia; exh. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte Naples).
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12. Tarquin and Lucretia, by Luca Giordano. 1663. Oil on canvas, 138 by 187 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
Exhibition Review
Pure Rubens. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 955-958
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Jaffé, David (Jaffé, David)
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7. Sketch for the Rape of Europa, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1636. Panel, 18.9 by 13.7 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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8. The recognition of Phililpoemen, by Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders. c.1609. Canvas, 201 by 311 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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9. Sketch for The recognition of Phililpoemen, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1609. Panel, 50.5 by 66.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Exhibition Review
Lorenzo Lotto: Portraits. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 669-672
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Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
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5. Bishop Bernardo de’ Rossi, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1505. Panel, 54.7 by 43.5 cm. (Museo e Gallerie (Nazionali di Capodimonete, Naples. exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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6. Messer Marsilio Cassotti and his wife Faustina, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1523. Canvas, 71 by 84 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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7. Young man with a lamp, by Lorenzo Lotto. c.1506. Panel, 42.3 by 53.3 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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8. Bishop Tommaso Negri, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1527. Panel, 42 by 53.8 cm. (Franciscan monastery of St Anthony of Padua, Split, exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Book Review
Ceán Bermúdez: Historiador del arte y coleccionista ilustrado. Edited by Elena M. Santiago Páez.
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 521
Article
Art as diplomacy: John Closterman’s portraits of Carlos II of Spain and his wife Queen Maria Anna of Neuburg
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 380-386
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Martínez Leiva, Gloria (Martínez Leiva, Gloria)
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1. Detail of Fig.2.
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2. Carlos II, by John Closterman. 1698–99. Canvas, 207 by 107 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Maria Anna of Neuburg, by John Closterman. 1698–99. Canvas, 207 by 107 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Queen Mary II, by John Closterman. c.1691. Canvas, 224 by 139 cm. (The Vintners’ Company, London; courtesy Stephen Freeth).
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5. Alexander Stanhope, by John Closterman. 1698–99. Canvas, 231 by 140 cm. (The Administrative Trustees of the Chevening Estate, Kent).
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6. Philip IV as hunter, by Diego Velázquez. c.1632–34. Canvas, 189 by 124 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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7. Portrait of a dwarf, by John Closterman. 1698. Canvas, 166 by 110 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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8. Fille de qualité en habit de chasse (Society woman in hunting dress), by Robert Boonart. c.1693. Engraving, 36 by 25.5 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris).
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