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Book Review
Painting Flanders Abroad: Flemish Art and Artists in Seventeenth-Century Madrid
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 756–7
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Reviewer:
Cherry, Peter (Cherry, Peter)
Subjects
places:
Madrid
subjects:
Flemish art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
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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Author:
Davis, Lucy (Davis, Lucy)
Author:
Muñoz-Rojas, Natalia (Muñoz-Rojas, Natalia)
Subjects
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
collectors and dealers:
Saluzzo, Bartolomeo / Balbi, Costantino / Benavides Carrillo de Toledo, Don Luis de, Marquis of Caracena
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
places:
Madrid / Genoa
subjects:
Flemish painting
subjects:
Collections, Private / Provenance
works:
Het Steen by Rubens (National Gallery, London) / Rainbow Landscape by Rubens (Wallace Collection)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
2. The rainbow landscape, by Peter Paul Rubens. Probably 1636. Oil on oak, 135.6 by 235 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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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Reviewer:
de Carlos Varona, María Cruz (de Carlos Varona, María Cruz)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1899
places:
Madrid / Seville
subjects:
Women artists / Spanish art / Curators / Academies / Courts (social groups)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
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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Reviewer:
de Carlos Varona, María Cruz (de Carlos Varona, María Cruz)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Palacio Real de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
museums and institutions:
Monasterio y Iglesia de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid, Spain / La Encarnación (convent), Madrid, Spain
patrons:
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain / Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal
places:
Madrid
subjects:
Collections / Courts (social groups)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
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. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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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Reviewer:
Volpi, Caterina (Volpi, Caterina)
Subjects
artists:
Giordano, Luca / Rosa, Salvator / Ribera, Jusepe de / Preti, Mattia
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy / Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, France
places:
Naples / Venice / Florence / Madrid
styles:
Baroque
subjects:
Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Luca Giordano: From Nature to Painting Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples 6th April–12th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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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Reviewer:
Jaffé, David (Jaffé, David)
Subjects
art literature:
Ovid / McGrath, Elizabeth, London, Great Britain
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van / Snyders, Frans
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Oil sketches / Sketches / Drawings / Paintings / Prints / Engravings
museums and institutions:
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands / Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
patrons:
Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665
places:
Netherlands / Rotterdam / Spain / Madrid
subjects:
Flemish painting / Workshops (Organisations) / Landscapes (visual works) / Figure paintings / Classical mythology / Modelli / Altarpieces / Brushwork / Dating / Attribution
Illustrations
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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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Reviewer:
Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Sculpture / Jewellery / Carpets / Books / Costume / Weapons
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain / National Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Spain / Madrid / Great Britain / London
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Double portraits / Identification / Iconography / Allegories / Sitters
Illustrations
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
6. Messer Marsilio Cassotti and his wife Faustina, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1523. Canvas, 71 by 84 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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
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Reviewer:
Brown, Jonathan (Brown, Jonathan; Brown, Jonathan M.)
Subjects
art literature:
Ceán Bermúdez, Juan Agustín / Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de, 1744-1811
artists:
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de / Mengs, Anton Raphael / Rubens, Peter Paul / Cambiaso, Luca / Leoni, Pompeo
dates:
1750-1799 / 1800-1829
media:
Books / Documents / Prints / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain / Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain
places:
Spain / Madrid
subjects:
Spanish painting / Spanish sculpture / Art literature / Art history / Surveys / Histories / Exhibition catalogues / Collecting / Archives / Libraries
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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Author:
Martínez Leiva, Gloria (Martínez Leiva, Gloria)
Subjects
artists:
Closterman, John, 1660-1711 / Troy, François de, 1645/6-1730 / Riley, John / Velázquez, Diego
collectors and dealers:
Philip William of Neuberg, Elector Palatine, 1615–1690
dates:
1650-1699
media:
Paintings
patrons:
Charles II, King of Spain, 1661-1700 / Maria Anna of Neuberg, 1667–1740 / Stanhope, James, 1st Earl of Standhope, c.1673–1721
places:
Spain / Madrid
subjects:
German painting / Portraits / Diplomacy / Dress / Grand tours / Collections, Private / Identification / Style / Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.2.
Attributed works:
2. Carlos II, by John Closterman. 1698–99. Canvas, 207 by 107 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Maria Anna of Neuburg, by John Closterman. 1698–99. Canvas, 207 by 107 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
4. Queen Mary II, by John Closterman. c.1691. Canvas, 224 by 139 cm. (The Vintners’ Company, London; courtesy Stephen Freeth).
Attributed works:
5. Alexander Stanhope, by John Closterman. 1698–99. Canvas, 231 by 140 cm. (The Administrative Trustees of the Chevening Estate, Kent).
Attributed works:
6. Philip IV as hunter, by Diego Velázquez. c.1632–34. Canvas, 189 by 124 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of a dwarf, by John Closterman. 1698. Canvas, 166 by 110 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
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).
Book Review
Felipe III de Velázquez: Donación de William B. Jordan. With contributions by John Elliott, Jaime García-Máiquez, M. Dolores Gayo, William B. Jordan and Javier Portús
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 431
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Reviewer:
Delaforce, Angela (Delaforce, Angela)
Subjects
art literature:
Jordan, William B.
artists:
Velázquez, Diego / Titian
dates:
1600-1649
media:
Paintings / Oil sketches
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
patrons:
Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621 / Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665
places:
Spain / Madrid
subjects:
Spanish painting / Studies (visual works) / Patronage / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Radiographs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Portrait of Philip III, by Diego Velázquez. 1627. Canvas, 45.9 by 37 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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