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Paul Sandby and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn revisited
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 258–61
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Author:
Fairclough, Oliver (Fairclough, Oliver)
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1. Bala in the county of Merioneth: A rejoicing scene when Sir W.W. Wynn visited that place August 22 1771, by Paul Sandby. Bodycolour over pencil on linen, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
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2. The iron forge (incorrectly titled Aber Glaslyn in the county of Merioneth), by Paul Sandby. 1771. Bodycolour over pencil on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
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3. The iron forge between Dolgelli and Barmouth in Merioneth Shire, from XII Views in North Wales, by Paul Sandby. 1776. Aquatint on paper, 29 by 38 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
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4. Waterfall at Tanberis North Wales, by Paul Sandby. 1771. Bodycolour over pencil on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing Sir William- Wynn and his party arriving in Bala.
Article
Michelangelo’s Bruges Madonna: its patron, material and meaning
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1123–1139
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Author:
Nuttall, Paula (Nuttall, Paula)
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1. The Bruges Madonna in situ in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Church of Our Lady, Bruges. (Photograph the author).
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10. Virgin and Child, by Benedetto da Maiano. Before 1497, completed 1575. Marble, height 140 cm. (Oratorio della Misericordia, Florence).
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11. Detail of the Barbadori Altarpiece, by Filippo Lippi. 1438. Tempera on panel. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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12. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph the author).
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13. Virgin and Child, by Gentile da Fabriano. 1425. Fresco. (Orvieto Cathedral; photograph Jeff Cotton).
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14. Detail of Fig.13, showing left hands of the Virgin and Child. (Photograph Jeff Cotton).
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15. Detail of Fig.2, showing the hands of the Virgin and Child. (Photograph the author).
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16. Virgin and Child, by Tino da Camaino. 1320–21. Marble, height 78 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Studies for the Apostles, Battle of Cascina, the Bruges Madonna and an architectural element, by Michelangelo. c.1503–04. Black chalk, dark brown ink, pen and lead point on paper, 27.3 by 26.2 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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19. Detail of Fig.18 (top right of sheet), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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2. Madonna and Child (the Bruges Madonna), by Michelangelo. 1504–05. Marble, height 128 cm. (Church of Our Lady, Bruges; Bridgeman Images).
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20. Detail of Fig.18 (centre of sheet), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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21. Detail of Fig.18 (top of left-hand edge), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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22. Detail of Fig.18 (centre and bottom of left-hand edge), showing studies for the Bruges Madonna.
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23. Three studies of nude men and the Virgin and Child, by Michelangelo. c.1504–05. Black chalk, dark and light brown ink, pen and lead point on paper, 31.5 by 27.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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24. Tomb of Pieter Moscron. 1829, with original sixteenth-century brass coats-of-arms. (Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Church of Our Lady, Bruges; photograph Brit Vanraepenbusch).
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25. Detail of Fig.23, showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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26. Detail of Fig.1, showing the Moscron coat-of-arms, here attributed to Joost Aerts and Jan de Smet. c.1558–65. (Photograph the author).
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27. Detail of Fig.1, showing the 17th-century swag above the central niche. (Photograph the author).
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3. Margaret of York and Mary of Burgundy kneeling before a white statue of St Anne, fol.2v of the Register of the Guild of St Anne, by Circle of Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy. c.1476. Gold and bodycolour on vellum, height 33 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited, 2024; Bridgeman Images).
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4. White Virgin of Jean de Berry. French, c.1400. Marble, height 146 cm. (Bourges Cathedral; Alamy Stock Photo).
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5. Detail of a cast of the Bruges Madonna, showing the different treatment of the front and back of the base. 1871. Plaster. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph the author).
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6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the chisel marks on the base. (Photograph the author).
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7. Detail of Fig.2, seen from the left. (Photograph the author).
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8. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph the author).
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9. Detail of Judith and Holofernes, by Donatello. c.1456. Bronze. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Photo Scala, Florence).
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17. Our Lady of Leuven. Netherlandish, 13th century (reworked 1442). Polychromed and gilded wood and rock crystal, height 160 cm. (Church of St Peter, Leuven).
Article
Two music theory manuscripts reunited: book illumination in the circle of Matteo Giovannetti
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 16–29
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Author:
Manzari, Francesca (Manzari, Francesca)
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Stoessel, Jason (Stoessel, Jason)
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13. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.52r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
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18. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
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20. Detail of Sacrifice of Zacharias, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon).
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21. Angel of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
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Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.49r).
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1. Leaves from the Naples manuscript, showing Lady Music and God in Majesty. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fols.46v–47r).
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10. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.21v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
11. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.31r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
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12. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.88r).
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14. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
15. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
16. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.110v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
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17. Leaf from the Liber Regulae. (Archivio di Stato, Rome, MS 3193, fol.202v; MIC).
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19. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
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2. Leaf from the Naples manuscript, showing a seated lion holding in its paws the head of an ox. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.48r).
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22. Our Lady of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing one of the lions supporting the throne of Lady Music. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.47r).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lion as a symbol for the Evangelist Mark. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.46v).
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5. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.1r).
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7. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
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8. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
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9. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.18v).
Book Review
Women Artists in Expressionism: From Empire to Emancipation
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 671-672
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Weikop, Christian (Weikop, Christian)
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Women Artists in Expressionism: From Empire to Emancipation By Shulamith Behr. 304 pp. incl. 170 col. + 42 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, 2022), £50. ISBN 978–0–691–04462–0. | :
Book Review
Professione pittore: Il caso Bologna tra Cinque e Seicento
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 672-673
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Cavazzini, Patrizia (Cavazzini, Patrizia)
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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
Two Women Patrons of the Russian Avant-Garde: Nadezhda Dobychina and Klavdia Mikhailova
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1170-1170
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Lodder, Christina (Lodder, Christina; L., C.; Lodder, Christina A.)
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Two Women Patrons of the Russian Avant-Garde: Nadezhda Dobychina and Klavdia Mikhailova By Natalia Budanova and Natalia Murray. 240 pp. incl. 64 col. + 86 b. & w. ills. (Unicorn, London, 2021), £30. ISBN 978–1–913491–27–7. | :
Article
Piranesi’s ‘Catalogo delle Opere’
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 230-245
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Author:
Robison, Andrew (Robison, Andrew)
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1. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State I, with manuscript additions, 1761. Etching, 40 by 29.5 cm. (Private collection).
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10. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State XVII, 1769. Etching, 40 by 29.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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11. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State XVIII, 1772. Etching, 48 by 30 cm. (Biblioteca Comunale dell’Archiginnasio, Bologna).
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12. Opere del Signor Piranesi, by G.B. Piranesi. 1762. Typeset text, 31.4 by 21.9 cm. (Private collection).
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13. Prospectus for Della Magnificenza, by G.B. Piranesi. 1762. Typeset verso of Fig.12, 31.4 by 21.9 cm. (Private collection).
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14. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State X, with manuscript additions, 1766. Etching, 40 by 29.5 cm. (Private collection).
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15. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State XXIII, 1774. Etching, 48 by 30 cm. (National Gallery Art, Washington).
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16. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State XXXV, early 1780s. Etching, 48 by 30 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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17. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State XXXVI, late 1780s or 1790s. Etching, 40 by 29.5 cm. (Private collection).
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2. ‘Opere finora date in luce’, by G.B. Piranesi. 1756. Typeset text, approx. 12 by 25 cm. (From Le Antichità Romane I; John Work Garrett Library of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore).
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3. Advertisement for Nicolas de Fer, by Nicolas Guérard. 1695/1705. Etching, 13.5 by 18.3 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Piazza di San Pietro, by G.B. Piranesi. c.1760. Pen and brown ink with brown wash over red chalk, 8 by 12.7 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
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5. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State II, with manuscript addition, 1761. Etching, 40 by 29.5 cm. (Accademia di San Luca, Rome; Coll.1694).
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6. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State III, with manuscript additions, 1761. Etching, 40 by 29.5 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Catalogo delle Opere, by G.B. Piranesi. State VI, with manuscript additions, 1762. Etching, 40 by 29.5 cm. (Istituto centrale per la grafica, Rome).
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8. Detail of Fig.14, showing Piranesi’s handwriting.
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9. Veduta del Tempio d’Iside a Pompei, by G.B. Piranesi. 1776. Pen and ink with wash over graphite, sheet 23.7 by 17.7 cm. (From the Album Amicorum of Aernout Vosmaer; private collection).
Book Review
Figuring Faith and Female Power in the Art of Rubens
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1214-5
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Reviewer:
Whaley, Susannah (Whaley, Susannah; Lyon-whaley, Susannah)
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Figuring Faith and Female Power in the Art of Rubens By J. Vanessa Lyon. 256 pp. incl. 9 col. + 58 b. & w. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, 2020), £99. ISBN 978–94–6298–551–3. | :
Exhibition Review
Fragmented Illuminations: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Cuttings at the V&A
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1058-1060
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Reviewer:
Kidd, Peter (Kidd, Peter)
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Fragmented Illuminations: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Cuttings at the V&A Victoria and Albert Museum, London 8th September 2021–8th May 2022 | :
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4. Initial ‘M’ showing St Giustina, by Girolamo da Cremona, from an antiphonary, Padua. Before 1462. Water based pigments, gilding and ink on parchment, 21 by 19 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; MS 817-1894).
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5. Manuscript cuttings from a Sistine Chapel missal, by Vincent Raimond. c.1523–34. Collage and frame, 19th century. Water based pigments, gilding and ink on parchment, 51 by 37.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; MS E.4577-1910).
Article
Sano di Pietro, Vecchietta and two Jachomo d’Andreuccios
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 652-667
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Dalvit, Giulio (Dalvit, Giulio)
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1. Birth of the Virgin, by Sano di Pietro. 1448–52. Tempera and gold on panel, 31.8 by 47.2 cm. (University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor).
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10. St Luke, by Simone Martini, originally part of the Pala dei Signori. c.1326. Tempera and gold on panel, 67.5 by 48.3 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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10. St Luke, by Simone Martini, originally part of the Pala dei Signori. c.1326. Tempera and gold on panel, 67.5 by 48.3 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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11. Madonna and Child, by Simone Martini, originally part of the Pala dei Signori. c.1326. Tempera and gold on panel, 58.7 by 39.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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12. Reconstruction of the altarpiece for the Compagnia della Vergine by Sano di Pietro. (Michael Mallory and Gaudenz Freuler).
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13. Reconstruction of the Pala dei Signori by Simone Martini with the predella of the Life of the Virgin by Sano di Pietro. (Keith Christiansen).
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14. Virgin and Child with angels, St Dominic, St Jerome, St Augustine, St Francis and the Blessed Giovanni Colombini (the Gesuati Polyptych), by Sano di Pietro. 1444. Tempera and gold on panel, 320 by 282 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena).
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15. Stories of the Passion, by Michele di Matteo da Bologna. 1447. Fresco. (Baptistery, Siena).
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16. Angel of the Annunciation, by Sano di Pietro. 1450s. From the Bichi altarpiece in S. Pietro, Castelvecchio, Siena. Tempera and gold on panel, diameter 41.5 cm. (Museo Diocesano d’Arte Sacra, Oratorio di S. Bernardino, Siena).
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17. Virgin Annunciate, here attributed to Sano di Pietro, from the Bichi altarpiece in S. Pietro, Castelvecchio, Siena. The outline indicates its original shape. 1450s. Tempera and gold on panel, 35.5 by 17.6 cm. (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown).
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18. Detail of Virgin and Child, attributed to Francesco di Vannuccio. c.1370–80. Tempera and gold on panel, 95 by 52 cm. (S. Domenico, Siena).
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19. The Andreucci coat of arms. Late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. (From G. Macchi: Memorie, Archivo di Stato, Siena, MS D106, c.3).
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2. Presentation of the Virgin at the temple, by Sano di Pietro. 1448–52. Tempera and gold on panel, 31.5 by 47.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Vatican, Rome).
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20. Detail of Fig.3, showing the bowl of coins.
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21. Annunciation with St Ansanus and St Margaret, by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi. 1333. Tempera and gold on panel, 184 by 168 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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22. Detail of Fig.3, showing one of the colonettes added in the nineteenth century.
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23. Detail of Fig.21, showing one of the colonettes added in the nineteenth century.
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24. Virgin and Child with St Peter, St John the Baptist, St Paul and St Francis (Pala della Neve), by Stefano di Giovanni, known as Sassetta. 1432. Tempera and gold on panel, 240 by 256 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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25. Madonna of the girdle with St Catherine of Alexandria and St Francis, by Andrea di Giusto Manzini. 1437. Tempera and gold on panel, 210 by 220 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Florence).
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26. Assumption of the Virgin with St Pius, St Agatha, St Callistus and St Catherine of Siena, by Lorenzo di Pietro, known as Vecchietta. c.1462. Tempera and gold on panel, 280 by 225 cm. (S. Maria Assunta, Pienza).
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3. Virgin and Child with a magus, St Bartholomew, St James, St Dominic, St Andrew and St Lawrence, by Lorenzo di Pietro, known as Vecchietta. 1457. Tempera and gold on panel, 235 by 198 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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4. Marriage of the Virgin, by Sano di Pietro. 1448–52. Tempera and gold on panel, 31.5 by 47.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome).
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5. Assumption of the Virgin, by Sano di Pietro. 1448–52. Tempera and gold on panel, 31.5 by 47.2 cm. (Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg).
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6. Return of the Virgin to the house of her parents, by Sano di Pietro. 1448–52. Tempera and gold on panel, 31.7 by 47.4 cm. (Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg).
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7. St Peter, by Simone Martini, originally part of the Pala dei Signori. c.1326. Tempera and gold on panel, 58 by 38.5 cm. including frame not shown (Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
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8. St Ansanus, by Simone Martini, originally part of the Pala dei Signori. c.1326. Tempera and gold on panel, 57.5 by 38.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. St Andrew, by Simone Martini, originally part of the Pala dei Signori. c.1326. Tempera and gold on panel, 57.2 by 37.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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