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Editorial
A Frick renaissance
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 203–4
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1. The Frick Collection from East 70th Street, New York. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
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2. The Frick Collection’s grand staircase, prior to renovation. (Photograph MichaelBodycomb).
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3. The Frick Collection’s new entrance hall. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
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4. Mistress and maid, by Johannes Vermeer. 1666–67. Oil on canvas, 90.2 by 78.7 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
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5. Portrait of Mr Frick in West Gallery, by Gerald Kelly. 1925. Oil on canvas, 122 by 102 cm. (The Frick Pittsburgh).
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6. The Frick Collection’s new objects conservation studio. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
Book Review
Mapping Art Collecting in Europe, 1860–1940: Eastern and Western Sociocultural Perspectives
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 304
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Reviewer:
Legé, Alice S. (Legé, Alice S.)
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Mapping Art Collecting in Europe, 1860–1940: Eastern and Western Sociocultural Perspectives Edited by Milena Woźniak-Koch. 328 pp. incl. 22 col. + 54 b. & w. ills. (Brill, Leiden, 2023), €120.56. ISBN 978–3–506–79543–4. | :
Article
Two paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi in the Potsdam collection of Frederick the Great
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 115–125
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Author:
Windt, Franziska (Windt, Franziska)
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Illustrations
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1. Lucretia and Tarquinius, by Artemisia Gentileschi. Second half of the 1620s/1630. Oil on canvas, 261 by 222.5 cm. (© Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam (SPSG); photograph W. Pfauder).
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10. X-ray photograph of Fig.1. (© SPSG; photograph A. Steuerlein; processing W. Pfauder).
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing the head of Tarquinius. (© SPSG; photograph A. Steuerlein; processing W. Pfauder).
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12. Detail of Fig.1, showing the head of Tarquinius.
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13. Detail of Fig.10, showing Tarquinius’ stocking. (© SPSG; photograph A. Steuerlein; processing W. Pfauder).
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14. Madonna and Child, by Artemisia Gentileschi. ?1616–19. Oil on canvas, 116.5 by 86.5 cm. (Galleria Spada, Rome; MiC, Direzione Musei Statali della Città di Roma, Photographic Archive).
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15. X-ray photograph of Fig.14. (MiC, Direzione Musei Statali della Città di Roma, Photographic Archive).
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16. Madonna with cherries, by Artemisia Gentileschi. ?1610–12. Oil on canvas, 118 by 86 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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17. Suffer the little children to come unto me, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1625–26. Oil on canvas, 134.6 by 97.7 cm. (Basilica di S. Carlo Borromeo al Corso, La Venerabile Arciconfraternita dei Santi Ambrogio e Carlo, Rome).
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18. Detail of Fig.17, showing the faces of the children.
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19. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Lucretia.
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2. Gallery of the New Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam. Photograph, 1995. (© SPSG; photograph R. Handrick).
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3. Bathsheba in the bath, by Artemisia Gentileschi. Second half of the 1630s. Oil on canvas, 261 by 223 cm. (© SPSG; photograph W. Pfauder).
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4. Display of the paintings in the New Palace, Potsdam, since 1768. From left to right: Suicide of Lucretia, by Guido Reni; Fig.1; Judgment of Paris, by Luca Giordano; Rape of the Sabine Women, by Luca Giordano; Fig.3; and Diogenes in the barrel, attributed to Guido Reni.
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5. Detail of Fig.3, showing Artemisia Gentileschi’s technique with no overlaps of painted features.
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6. Bathsheba in the bath, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 286 by 219 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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7. Composition of Fig.6, shown in white lines and superimposed over Fig.3. (Drawing by B. Jackisch).
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8. Bathsheba in the bath, by Artemisia Gentileschi. ?.c.1640–45. Oil on canvas, 288 by 228 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Suicide of Lucretia, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1620s. Oil on canvas, 92.9 by 72.7 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Exhibition Review
The Northern Renaissance Galleries
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1243–5
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Reviewer:
Nuttall, Paula (Nuttall, Paula)
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The Northern Renaissance Galleries Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence From 31st July | :
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7. Installation view of the third room of the Northern Renaissance Galleries of the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence.
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8. Man with a letter, by Hans Memling. c.1480. Oil on panel, 25 by 35 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Triptych of the raising of Lazarus, by Nicolas Froment. 1461. Oil on panel, 134 by 350 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Article
‘Une pièce fort singulière’: the rediscovery of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s ‘Andromeda and the sea monster’
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1101–1122
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Author:
Clemente, Maichol (Clemente, Maichol)
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1. Andromeda and the sea monster, here attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 53 by 34 by 24 cm. (Private collection; photograph Tony Fisher).
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10. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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11. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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12. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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13. Detail of the Bust of Antonio Coppola, by Pietro Bernini with Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1612. Marble. (Museo di Arte Sacra di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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14. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph the author).
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15. Detail of Fig.26. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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16. Detail of a putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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17. Detail of the Virgin Mary from the relief of the Assumption, by Pietro Bernini. 1607–10. Marble. (Baptistery, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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18. Anima Beata, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1619. Marble, 41.5 by 29 by 24 cm. (Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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19. Bacchanal: faun teased by children, by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1615–16. Marble, 132.4 by 73.7 by 47.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. View of the back of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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20. Detail of Fig.19.
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21. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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22. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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23. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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24. Detail of Fig.25.
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25. Boy with a dragon, by Gian Lorenzo (and Pietro?) Bernini. c.1616. Marble, 55.9 by 52 by 41.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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26. St Lawrence on the gridiron, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 66 by 108 cm. (MiC – Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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27. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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28. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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29. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV, by Claude Lefebvre. 1666. Oil on canvas, 130 by 96 cm. (Musée et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon; Bridgeman Images).
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30. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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31. St Sebastian, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1617. Marble, 98 by 42 by 49 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Museum Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid).
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32. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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33. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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34. Detail of Fig.31.
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35. Detail of Fig.31.
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36. Detail of Fig.31.
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37. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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38. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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39. Detail of the back of Fig.31, rotated 180 degrees.
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4. Letter from Elpidio Benedetti to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 19th March 1682. (Archives Nationales, Paris, Contrôle général des finances, G/7/551, fol.9).
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40. Detail of Fig.31.
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41. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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42. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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43. Detail of a Putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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44. Detail of Fig.47.
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45. Detail of Fig.46.
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46. Neptune and Triton, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1622–23. Marble, height 182.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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47. Rear view of Rape of Proserpina, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1621–22. Marble, height without base 255 cm. (MiC – Galleria Borghese, Rome).
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5. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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6. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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7. Side view of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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8. Andromeda, by Pietro Bernini. c.1615. Marble, 105 by 52.5 by 40 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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9. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
Book Review
Galleria Borghese. Catalogo generale I: Scultura moderna
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1192–1193
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Reviewer:
Dalvit, Giulio (Dalvit, Giulio)
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Galleria Borghese. Catalogo generale I: Scultura moderna Edited by Anna Coliva with Vittoria Brunetti. 456 pp. incl. 287 col. ills. (Officina Libraria, Rome, 2022), €85. ISBN 978–88–336–7179–6. | :
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4. Herm of Bacchus, by Luigi Valadier. 1775. Alabaster and bronze, 178.5 by 30.5 by 22 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Obituary
Alastair David Laing (1944–2024)
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1094–6
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Author:
Rowell, Christopher (Rowell, Christopher)
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1. La vie champêtre, by François Boucher. c.1728. Oil on canvas, 61 by 48 cm. (Belton House, Lincolnshire).
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2. Alastair Laing in in the Long Gallery at Osterley Park, where he was responsible for the hang, July 2001. (© Lucy Dickens; National Portrait Gallery, London).
Editorial
Restoring the ‘belle époque’
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 995–6
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museums and institutions:
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1. Façade of the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, facing the courtyard, designed by Henri Parent. (© Culturespaces; Sophie Lloyd).
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2. Library of the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, looking towards Rembrandt’s Supper at Emmaus. (© Culturespaces; Sophie Lloyd).
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3. Half of the double-flight staircase in the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris; at the upper left is Giambattista Tiepolo’s Henry III being welcomed by the Doge Contarini. (© Culturespaces; Nicolas Héron).
Book Review
John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1087–8
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Reviewer:
Baker, Christopher (Baker, Christopher)
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John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection By Bruce Boucher. 224 pp. incl. 155 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2024), £35. ISBN 978–0–300–27569–8. | :
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5. Soane office, section through museum and breakfast room, by Frank Copland. 1817. Pen and watercolour on paper, 54.5 by 64 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1062–4
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Reviewer:
Falino, Jeannine (Falino, Jeannine)
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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | :
Illustrations
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7. Vase, by Tiffany & Co. 1879. Silver, copper, gold and silver-copperzinc alloy, 29.2 by 16.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Swan centrepiece, by Tiffany & Co. 1874. Silver with gilding, 36.8 by 34.3 by 61 cm. (Rough Point Collection/Doris Duke, Newport Restoration Fund, Newport, Rhode Island; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Footed bowl with an eagle emblem. Probably Syria, mid-thirteenth century. Dipmoulded, blown, enamelled and gilded glass, 18.3 by 20.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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