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Book Review
Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art and Curiosity Cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 976-7
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Reviewer:
Sandbichler, Veronika (Sandbichler, Veronika)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1649
places:
Munich / Innsbruck / Dresden / Prague / Graz / Stuttgart / Kassel
subjects:
Kunstkammer / Cabinets of curiosities
subjects:
Collecting / Collectors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art and Curiosity Cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire By Jeffrey Chipps Smith. 319 pp. incl. 179 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion Books, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–78914–612–7. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
3. Cabinet of Archduke Ferdinand II. Nuremberg or Mantua, c.1582. Ebony, maple, walnut and silver, 75 by 62 by 45 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Book Review
A Rare Treatise on Interior Decoration and Architecture: Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s ‘Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations’
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 718-719
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Reviewer:
Koot, Geert-Jan (Koot, Geert-Jan)
Subjects
artists:
Racknitz, Joseph Friedrich zu
patrons:
Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony
places:
Dresden
subjects:
Interiors / German architecture / Taste (aesthetics)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Rare Treatise on Interior Decoration and Architecture: Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s ‘Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations’ Edited and translated by Simon Swynfen Jervis. 368 pp. incl. 59 col. + 58 b. & w. ills. (Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2020), £65. ISBN 978–1–60606–624–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Arabesque taste, from J.F. zu Racknitz: Darstellung und Geschichte des Geschmacks der vorzüglichsten Völker , Leipzig 1796–99. Coloured engraving, 34 by 45 cm.
Exhibition Review
Shadows of Time: Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel. The Sculpture Collection, Dresden
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 854-856
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Reviewer:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo / Giambologna / Zuccaro, Federico / Bisschop, Jan de / Rubens, Peter Paul / Broecke, Willem van der
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Sculpture / Alabaster carvings / Bronzes / Drawings / Sketches / Prints / Engravings / Reliefs
museums and institutions:
Albertinum, Dresden, Germany
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574 / Christian I, Elector of Saxony, 1560–1591
places:
Germany / Dresden
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Statues / Statuettes / Patronage / Gifts / Medici family / Sarcophagi / Unfinished works / Attribution / Iconography / Time / Mars / Nightmare / Copies / Casts (sculpture) / Carving (processes)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Day, attributed to Giambologna, after Michelangelo. Before 1574. Alabaster, 44.5 by 48.5 by 14.7 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden; photograph Hans-Peter Klut; exh. The Sculpture Collection, Dresden).
Attributed works:
8. Day, attributed to Giambologna, after Michelangelo. Before 1574. Alabaster, 44.5 by 48.5 by 14.7 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden; photograph Hans-Peter Klut; exh. The Sculpture Collection, Dresden).
Attributed works:
9. Allegory of Francesco I de’Medici, by Giambologna. c.1560–61. Alabaster, 32 by 45.8 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. The Sculpture Collection, Dresden).
Exhibition Review
Beneath Italian Skies. Dresden
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 421-422
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Reviewer:
van der Meij, Lorenz (van der Meij, Lorenz)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Albertinum, Dresden, Germany / Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
places:
Germany / Dresden
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / German painting / Italianate
Illustrations
Attributed works:
72. Temple of the Sybil at Tivoli, by Jakob Philipp Hackert. c.1770 (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; exh. Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden)
Attributed works:
73. A summer day, by Arnold Böcklin. 1881 (Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden)
Attributed works:
74. The Colosseum in Rome, by Max Klinger. 1888 (Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden)
Exhibition Review
The Sistine Madonna. Dresden
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 595-596
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Reviewer:
Ormond, Leonée (Ormond, Leonée; O., L.)
Subjects
artists:
Raphael
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, Germany
places:
Dresden / Germany
print:
Raphael
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Die Sixtinische Madonna: Raffaels Kultbild wird 500 | institution: Gemäldegalerie
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Make room for the great Raphael!, by Adolph von Menzel. 1855–59. Gouache and pastels on paper, mounted on board, 46 by 62 cm. (Germanisches National­museum, Nuremberg; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
Attributed works:
69. Virgin and Child with Sts Sixtus and Barbara (The Sistine Madonna), by Raphael. 1512. Canvas, 265 by 196 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
Attributed works:
70. St Luke painting the Virgin, from Raphael’s workshop. c.1525. Canvas, 216 by 160 cm. (Accademia di S. Luca, Rome; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
Exhibition Review
Raphael and Grünewald. Dresden
01/2012 | 1306 | 154
Pages: 58-60
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
artists:
Raphael / Grünewald, Matthias
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, Germany
places:
Dresden / Germany
print:
Raphael
print:
Grünewald, Matthias
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Himmlischer Glanz: Raffael, Dürer und Grünewald malen die Madonna | institution: Gemäldegalerie
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. The Madonna di Foligno, by Raphael. 1511–12. Canvas, transferred from panel, 301.5 by 198.5 cm. (Musei Vaticani, Vatican City; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
Attributed works:
77. The Stuppacher Madonna, by Grünewald. 1516. Panel, 185 by 150 cm. (Kirchgemeinde Maria Krönung, Bad-­Mergentheim-Stuppach; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
Attributed works:
78. The Sistine Madonna, by Raphael. 1512–13. Canvas, 269.5 by 201 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
Exhibition Review
Vermeer. The Hague, Dresden and Edinburgh
10/2010 | 1291 | 152
Pages: 697-699
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Reviewer:
Weber, Gregor (Weber, Gregor)
Subjects
artists:
Vermeer, Johannes
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands / Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, Germany / National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Hague / Dresden / Edinburgh / Germany / Netherlands / Scotland
print:
Vermeer, Johannes
subjects:
Reviews
subjects:
Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Young Vermeer | institution: Gemäldegalerie , institution: Mauritshuis , institution: National Gallery of Scotland
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Christ in the house of Martha and Mary, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1654–55. Canvas, 160 by 142 cm. (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh; exh. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
Attributed works:
48. The procuress, by Jan van Bijlert. c.1625–30. Canvas, 103.5 by 154.5 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon).
Attributed works:
49. The procuress, by Johannes Vermeer. 1656. Canvas, 143 by 130 cm. (Gemälde­galerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
Attributed works:
50. Cimon and Pero, by the workshop of Dirck van Baburen. Canvas, 120.5 by 93.5 cm. (Private collection).
Article
Two works by Chardin in the collection of Count Heinrich von Brühl
08/2008 | 1265 | 150
Pages: 529-533
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Author:
Burg, Tobias (Burg, Tobias)
Subjects
artists:
Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon
collectors and dealers:
Brühl, Heinrich von
collectors and dealers:
Rothschild family
dates:
1730-1739 / 1750-1779
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
places:
Dresden / Germany
print:
Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon
print:
Brühl, Heinrich von
subjects:
Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Collectors / Provenance / Auctions
subjects:
French painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Count Heinrich von Brühl, by Jean-Jacques Balechou after Louis de Silvestre. 1750. Engraving, 53.5 by 39 cm. (Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden).
Attributed works:
16. Jakob von Stählin, by Daniel Berger. Engraving, 16.7 by 10.4 cm. (Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden).
Attributed works:
17. Girl with shuttlecock, by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin. 1737. Canvas, 81 by 65 cm. (Rothschild collection, Paris).
Attributed works:
18. The house of cards, by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin. c.1735. Canvas, 82 by 66 cm. (Andrew W. Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Short Notice
A new drawing by the young Raphael and its source in Donatello
11/2007 | 1256 | 149
Pages: 772-778
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Author:
Bambach, Carmen C. (Bambach, Carmen C.)
Subjects
artists:
Donatello / Raphael
collectors and dealers:
Wagner, Gottfried
dates:
1500-1509
museums and institutions:
Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, Germany
places:
Dresden / Germany
print:
Raphael
print:
Donatello
subjects:
Drawings / Italian
subjects:
Albums
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Putti with offerings and an amphora, here attributed to Raphael. c.1504–08. Silverpoint and leadpoint on pale ochre prepared paper with later additions, 14.9 by 25.2 cm. (Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden).
Attributed works:
31. Detail of the ‘Madonna del Granduca’, by Raphael. 1504. Panel, 84.4 by 55.9 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Attributed works:
32. Charity, by Raphael. 1507. Pen and brown ink, 38 by 27.2 cm. (Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
33. Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist and a lamb, by Raphael. 1504–05. Pen and brown ink, 16.1 by 13.2 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
34. Detail of Fig.30.
Attributed works:
35. Detail of Fig.30.
Attributed works:
36. Detail of Fig.30.
Attributed works:
37. Photograph in ultraviolet light of Fig.30, the later additions by restorer(s) show as a dark blueish grey tone.
Attributed works:
38. Putti on a raft, detail of the frieze above the Crucifixion on pulpit A, by Donatello and his workshop. c.1485. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence).
Attributed works:
39. Putti on a raft, detail of the frieze above Christ in Limbo on pulpit B, by Donatello and his workshop. c.1485. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence).
Attributed works:
40. Watermark of two aligned circles with a cross in the paper of Fig.30.
Attributed works:
41. Sketch for a scene with putti, by Raphael. 1504–08. Pen and brown ink, 14.5 by 21.4 cm. (Christ Church, Oxford).
Attributed works:
42. Putti at play, a mother and child and floral ornament, by Raphael. 1504–08. Pen and brown ink, 27.3 by 19.4 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Publication Received
From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter
02/2007 | 1247 | 149
Pages: 115
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Reviewer:
Stonard, John-Paul (Stonard, John-Paul)
Subjects
artists:
Richter, Gerhard
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
print:
Friedrich, Caspar David
print:
Richter, Gerhard
print:
Collections, Public / Dresden / Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues / Collections, Public / Loan of works of art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter | author: Bischoff, Ulrich , author: Hipp, Elisabeth , author: Nugent, Jeanne Anne
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