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‘Victory at San Pietro in Casale’ in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 154–157
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Author:
C. Leone, Stephanie (C. Leone, Stephanie)
Author:
Serrani, Alessandro (Serrani, Alessandro)
Subjects
artists:
Sirani, Giovanni Andrea / Courtois, Jacques / Maratti, Carlo
dates:
1640-1649 / 1650-1699
museums and institutions:
Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Santacroce, Marcello (Monsignor) / Innocent X, Pope, 1574-1655
places:
Bologna
subjects:
Italian art / Provenance / Attributions / Attributions, former / Dating
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Victory at San Pietro in Casale, here attributed to Giovanni Andrea Sirani and others. 1649–51. Oil on canvas, 188 by 275 cm. (© ADP s.r.l.; Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. Supper at the house of Simon the Pharisee, by Giovanni Andrea Sirani. 1652. Oil on canvas, 380 by 490 cm. (S. Girolamo alla Certosa, Bologna; su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Nazionali di Bologna).
Western art unattributed:
2. View of the siege of Castro. 1641 or later. Engraving, 34.6 by 48.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
Book Review
Guido Reni Guido Reni alla Galleria Borghese: Dopo la mostra gli studi
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1172–1176
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Reviewer:
Oy-Marra, Elisabeth (Oy-Marra, Elisabeth)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Reni, Guido
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo e Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy / Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain / Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
places:
Bologna
styles:
Bolognese
subjects:
Italian art / Spanish art / Commissions / Copies / Assistants
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Guido Reni Edited by David García Cueto. 440 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2023), €37. ISBN 978–84–8480–590–8. | :
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Guido Reni alla Galleria Borghese: Dopo la mostra gli studi Edited by Francesca Cappelletti and Raffaella Morselli. 192 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Sagep Editori, Genoa, 2022), €40. ISBN 978–88–6373–928–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Massacre of the Innocents, by Guido Reni. 1611. Oil on canvas, 268 by 170 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna).
Attributed works:
18. Landscape with a country dance, by Guido Reni. 1603–06. Oil on canvas, 81 by 99 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Attributed works:
19. Abduction of Helen, by Guido Reni. 1631. Oil on canvas, 253 by 265 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
The ‘Madonna del Baraccano’: Francesco del Cossa’s reworking of a miraculous fresco
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 900-911
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Author:
Hartkamp, Julie (Hartkamp, Julie)
Subjects
artists:
Cossa, Francesco del
artists:
Pseudo Jacopino di Francesco
artists:
Lippo di Dalmasio Scannabecchi
dates:
1470-1479
places:
Bologna
subjects:
Italian art / Frescoes / Mary, Virgin: and Child / Miracles / Devotional images / Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint / Reconstructions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Madonna del Baraccano, by Pseudo Jacopino di Francesco (or circle of) and Francesco del Cossa. c.1326–27 and 1472. Detached fresco, 250 by 450 cm. (S. Maria del Barracano, Bologna; by concession of the Ministero della Cultura – Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Nazionali di Bologna).
Attributed works:
10. Proposed reconstruction of Pseudo Jacopino di Francesco’s entire fresco with the Virgin and Child, St Nicholas of Tolentino and the empty space occupied by a second saint. (Illustration the author and Robert Esser).
Attributed works:
10. Proposed reconstruction of Pseudo Jacopino di Francesco’s entire fresco with the Virgin and Child, St Nicholas of Tolentino and the empty space occupied by a second saint. (Illustration the author and Robert Esser).
Attributed works:
11. Detail of Madonna and Child and the Man of Sorrows between saints, by Lippo di Dalmasio. Late 14th century. Detached fresco. (S. Maria dei Servi, Bologna; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
12. Recovery of a fragment of St Nicholas during the restoration of the Madonna del Baraccano by Ottorino Nonfarmale, 1969. Photograph. (Photograph by concession of the Ministero della Cultura – Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Nazionali di Bologna).
Attributed works:
13. Left: Frontispice of Statutes of the Compagnia del Baraccano, by the Master of the Statutes of the Compagnia del Baraccano. 1446. Illuminated miniature. (ASB, Statuti della Compagnia detta di S. Maria del Baraccano, Cartone Statuti n.1, book 1; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
14. Right: Detail of St Monaca, by Giulio Bonasone. 1572. Oil on canvas. (Conservatorio del Baraccano, Bologna; photograph by concession of the Ministero della Cultura – Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Nazionali di Bologna).
Attributed works:
15. Photograph of Fig.1, by Villani e Figli. c.1967–69. Gelatin silver print, 23.5 by 18 cm. (Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
Attributed works:
16. Drawing of the Madonna del Baraccano, by Francesco Cavazzioni. 1608. Ink and watercolour on paper, 21 by 15 cm. (From Corona di gratie, MS B298, fol.155; photograph courtesy Biblioteca comunale dell’Archiginnasio).
Attributed works:
3. Map of Bologna, by Franz Hogenberg, showing Santa Maria del Baraccano in the top-left corner. 1588. Ink on paper. (Biblioteca communale dell’Archiginnasio, Raccolta piante e vedute della città di Bologna, Bononia Alma Studiorum Mater, Cartella 1, n.2.).
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Map of Bologna in 1600, by Jean Blaeu, showing the Baroque church of the Madonna del Baraccano. 1663. Ink and watercolour on paper. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Madonna and Child, by Pseudo Jacopino di Francesco. 1320s. Detached fresco. (S. Giovanni in Monte, Bologna; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
7. Third strappo of Fig.1. (Photograph by concession of the Ministero della Cultura – Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Nazionali di Bologna).
Attributed works:
9. Fourth strappo of Fig.1. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
2. S. Maria del Baraccano, Bologna, seen from Viale Giovanni Gozzadini, showing the original fourteenth-century city wall with the protruding baraccano. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
6. Second strappo of Fig.1. (Photograph by concession of the Ministero della Cultura – Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Nazionali di Bologna).
Western art unattributed:
8. Detail of Fig.9, showing St Nicholas and the hands of a donor figure. (Photograph the author).
Article
Two unpublished portraits by Lavinia Fontana
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 893-99
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Author:
Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto (Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto)
Subjects
artists:
Fontana, Lavinia / Fontana, Prospero
dates:
1550-1599
patrons:
Sigonio, Carlo / Pendasio, Federico
places:
Bologna / Naples
subjects:
Italian art / Portraits / scholars / Sitters / discoveries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Self-portrait in the studio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1579. Oil on canvas, diameter 15.7 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photo Scala, Florence; courtesy Ministero della Cultura).
Attributed works:
2. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
Attributed works:
3. Federico Pendasio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
Attributed works:
4. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1578. Oil on canvas, 122 by 95 cm. (Museo Civico, Modena).
Attributed works:
5. Federico Pendasio, copy after Lavinia Fontana. First quarter of the 17th century. Oil on canvas, 65 by 51cm. (Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of a scholar, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 72 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna).
Exhibition Review
Conoscenza e Libertà: arte islamica al Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 951-3
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Reviewer:
Gigante, Federica (Gigante, Federica)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Cospi, Ferdinando / Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinando
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna, Italy
places:
Bologna
subjects:
Islamic art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Conoscenza e Libertà: arte islamica al Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna 20th April–15th September | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Flask. Syria, 13th century. Blue glass with gold and coloured enamels, 17.5 by 7.8 cm. (base). (Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Ewer. Syria or Egypt, late 13th century. Brass with silver inlay, 34.5 by 17.5 cm. (Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna).
Western art unattributed:
9. Flask painted with flowers. Central Italy, 17th century. Maiolica, 28 by 8.5 cm (base). (Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna).
Article
Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini’s drawings for ‘Il Ricciardetto’
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 264–277
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Author:
Vicentini, Cecilia (Vicentini, Cecilia)
Subjects
artists:
Ghedini, Giuseppe Antonio / Cignani, Carlo / Crespi, Giuseppe Maria, lo Spagnolo
dates:
1730-1739
museums and institutions:
Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara, Italy
places:
Ferrara / Venice / Bologna
subjects:
Drawings / Engravings / Etchings / Published illustrations / Printmakers
works:
Il Ricciardetto (poem by Niccolò Forteguerri)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Illustration for Canto 10 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
10. Illustration for Canto 11 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
11. Joseph and Potiphar’s wife, by Carlo Cignani. Oil on canvas, 262 by 192 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).
Attributed works:
12. Joseph and Potiphar’s wife, by Carlo Cignani. 1670–75. Oil on canvas, 99 by 99 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden).
Attributed works:
13. Prophecy of Haggai, by Jacopo Zucchi after Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. Etching, 21 by 32 cm. (Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea, Ferrara, iconographical collection, vol.3, no.24).
Attributed works:
14. Illustration for Canto 21 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
15. Illustration for Canto 27 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
16. Harpies at the Trojan banquet, by Annibale Carracci. 1585–93. Fresco. (Sala dell’Eneide, Palazzo Fava, Bologna).
Attributed works:
17. Illustration for Canto 19 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
18. Illustration for Canto 16 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara)..
Attributed works:
19. St Gaetano and his followers founding the Theatine Order, by Clemente Majoli. 1671. Fresco. (S. Maria della Pietà dei Teatini, Ferrara; courtesy of the Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio).
Attributed works:
2. Illustration for Canto 29 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
20. Illustration for Canto 20 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
3. Niccolò Forteguerri (‘Niccolò Carteromaco’), after Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Etching, 20.4 by 14.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Illustration for Canto 20 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Jacopo Zucchi after Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1738. Etching, 11 by 5 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden).
Attributed works:
5. Illustration for Canto 27 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giovanni Cattini after Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1738. Etching, 11 by 5 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden).
Attributed works:
6. Thalia, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini, 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 7.9 by 8.5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
7. Illustration for Canto 15 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
8. Martyrdom of St Paul, by Francesco Monti. c.1720. Oil on canvas, 219 by 150 cm. (Credem Collection, Reggio Emilia).
Attributed works:
9. The five senses, by Carlo Cignani. 1670–73. Oil on canvas, 133 by 190 cm. (Scatto di Gaia e Giuseppe Schiavinotto, Rome; courtesy Principessa Maria Camilla Pallavicini).
Book Review
The Bologna Cope: Patronage, Iconography, History and Conservation
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 325–326
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Reviewer:
Edwards, Emma (Edwards, Emma)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Bologna
subjects:
Copes / Opus Anglicanum (English Medieval Needlework) / Iconography / Patronage / Conservation
Reviewed Items
subjects:
3. Bologna Cope. England, before 1304. Silver-gilt and silver thread and coloured silks on two layers of linen. (Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna) | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
3. Bologna Cope. England, before 1304. Silver-gilt and silver thread and coloured silks on two layers of linen. (Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna)
Book Review
In Italien Karriere machen: Der flämische Maler Michele Desubleo zwischen Rom, Bologna und Venedig (ca.1624–1664)
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 806–807
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Reviewer:
Osnabrugge, Marije (Osnabrugge, Marije)
Subjects
artists:
Desubleo, Michele
dates:
1630-1639 / 1630-1669 / 1620-1629
places:
Rome / Bologna / Venice
subjects:
Flemish painting / Technical analysis / Provenance / Patronage / Style
Reviewed Items
subjects:
In Italien Karriere machen: Der flämische Maler Michele Desubleo zwischen Rom, Bologna und Venedig (ca.1624–1664) By Stefania Girometti. 466 pp. incl. 63 col.+ 53 b. & w. ills. (arthistoricum.net, Heidelberg, 2022), €64.90 ISBN 978–3–98501–045–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Martyrdom of St Lawrence, by Michele Desubleo. Early 1640s. Oil on canvas, 250 by 140 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Professione pittore: Il caso Bologna tra Cinque e Seicento
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 672-673
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Reviewer:
Cavazzini, Patrizia (Cavazzini, Patrizia)
Subjects
places:
Bologna
subjects:
Painters / Patrons / Guilds
subjects:
Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Professione pittore: Il caso Bologna tra Cinque e Seicento By Raffaella Morselli. 384 pp. incl. 29 col. + 71 b. & w. ills. (Marsilio, Venice, 2022), €35. ISBN 978–88–297–1600–5. | :
Book Review
La nascita di una collezione: Gli Hercolani di Bologna (1718–1773)
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 97
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Reviewer:
Borean, Linda (Borean, Linda)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Hercolani family
places:
Bologna
subjects:
Collecting / Collections, Private / Art market / Inventories / Archives
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La nascita di una collezione: Gli Hercolani di Bologna (1718–1773) By Barbara Ghelfi. 304 pp. incl. 28 b. & w. ills. (Bologna University Press, 2021), €35. ISBN 978–88–6923–772–0. | :
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