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Article
Michelangelo’s Bruges Madonna: its patron, material and meaning
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1123–1139
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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).
Book Review
Mittelalterliche Retabel in Hessen. Volume 1: Bildsprache, Bildgestalt, Bildgebrauch; and Volume 2: Werke, Kontexte, Ensembles (Denkmäler Deutscher Kunst: Studien zur internationalen Architekturund Kunstgeschichte, 166)
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 899-901
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Richter, Jan Friedrich (Richter, Jan Friedrich)
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Mittelalterliche Retabel in Hessen. Volume 1: Bildsprache, Bildgestalt, Bildgebrauch; and Volume 2: Werke, Kontexte, Ensembles (Denkmäler Deutscher Kunst: Studien zur internationalen Architekturund Kunstgeschichte, 166) Edited by Ulrich Schütte, Hubert Locher, Klaus Niehr, Jochen Sander and Xenia Stolzenburg with Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft. 2 vols, 520 pp. incl. 216 col. + 52 b. & w. ills. (Michael Imhoff, Petersberg, 2019), £98. ISBN 978–3–7319–0197–6. | :
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2. Passion retable, by Conrad von Soest. 1403. Tempera on wood, 188.5 by 611 cm. (open). (Parish church, Bad Wildungen; © Bildarchiv Foto Marburg; photograph Thomas Scheidt).
Book Review
The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan Vos
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 815-817
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Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
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The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan Vos Edited by Emma Capron. 160 pp. incl. 85 col. ills. (Giles, London, and the Frick Collection, New York, 2018), £34.95. ISBN 978–191–128219–8. | :
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3.The Virgin and Child with St Barbara, St Elizabeth and Jan Vos, by Jan van Eyck and his workshop. c.1441–43. Oil on masonite, transferred from panel, 47.3 by 61.3 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
Article
Global mission iconography in the Jesuit Church in Innsbruck (1636–66)
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 658-672
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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1. St Francis Xavier and the miracle of the crab. Second half of the seventeenth century. Oil on canvas. (Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck).
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10. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Bistre, graphite, wash and reddish and ochre pigments on paper, 16.2 by 21 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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11. Detail of Fig.5.
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12. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Black ink and reddish pigment on paper, 43.4 by 29.8 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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13. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Black ink, reddish pigment and wash on paper, 42.2 by 24.1 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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15. This illustration shows us the people and island which have been discovered by the Christian King of Portugal, by Johann Froschauer. 1505. Woodcut. (From A. Vespucci: Mundus Novus, Augsburg; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Detail of Fig.5.
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2. Vault of the Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck, by Georg Braun and others. 1636. Stucco and gilding.
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4. Martyrdom of the Japanese saints Paul Miki, James Kisai and John de Goto, by Paul Pock. 1644. Oil on canvas, height 400 cm. (Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck).
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5. Altar of the Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck, by Bartholomäus von Opstal. 1666–68. Marble and gilded bronze, 690 by 400 cm. The altarpiece is Francis Xavier baptising an Indian nobleman, attributed to Heinrich Schönfeld. 1670. Oil on canvas, 250 by 175 cm.
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6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the map of India.
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7. A figure of the East Indies and adjacent islands. Hand-coloured engraving, 36 by 48.5 cm. From A. Ortelius: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp 1570. (Boston Public Library).
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8. A depiction of the islands of Japan. Hand-coloured engraving, 36 by 48.5 cm. From A. Ortelius: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp 1595. (Sanderus Antiquariaat, Ghent).
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the map of Japan.
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Xavierius’s dream of bringing help to the Indies, by Abraham van Diepenbeek. Engraving, 10.5 by 13.5 cm. (From Imago Primi Saeculi Societatis Iesu, Antwerp 1640).
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14. Design for the Francis Xavier altar. c.1666. Bistre, graphite and wash on paper. 44.9 by 30.9 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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16. Design for a sculpture of St Francis Xavier for the Francis Xavier Altar. c.1666. Graphite, black ink and wash on paper, 42 by 24 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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3. Plan of the Jesuit (now the University) Church, Innsbruck. 1781. Ink and watercolour on paper, 73.5 by 52 cm. (Tiroler Landesarchiv).
Short Notice
A miniature Netherlandish portable altarpiece rediscovered
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 592-594
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3. Portable altarpiece with the Adoration of the Magi. c.1520. Oak, lead, glass, tin, paint and gilding, 23.5 by 29.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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2. Portable altarpiece with Christ as the Man of Sorrows. c.1525–40. Oak, lead, glass, copper, paint and gilding, 23.3 by 29.5 by 6.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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Portable altarpiece with the Coronation of the Virgin. c.1520. Oak, lead, glass, tin, paint and gilding, 23.6 by 29.7 cm. (Caramoor Center for Music and Arts, Katonah NY).
Exhibition Review
The Birth of Gothic Sculpture: Saint-Denis, Paris, Chartres 1135–1150. Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1042-1044
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Stratford, Neil (Stratford, Neil)
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5. Initial T to St Jerome’s prologue to the Book of Joshua, c.1145–50. Parchment, 53 by 36.5 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris; MS Lat. 55, fol.78; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris; photograph Philippe Plagnieux).
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6. Detail of colonnette from the south door, right jamb of the west façade of Saint-Denis. c.1135–40, Limestone, (Musée de Cluny, Paris; photograph Philippe Plagnieux).
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7. Voussoir with two headless figures from the portal of Saint-Pierre, Lagny-sur-Marne. Midtwelfth century. Limestone, 50 by 47 by 30 cm. (Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-des-Ardents-et-Saint-Pierre, Lagny-sur-Marne; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris; photograph Philippe Plagnieux).
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8. Signum Tau, medallion from stained-glass window with scenes of the Passion in the ambulatory of Saint-Denis. 1140–1144. Diameter 57 cm. (Dépôt de Champs-sur-Marne, basilique-cathédrale, Saint-Denis; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris; photograph Philippe Plagnieux).
Article
The Art of Conservation XV. The conservation history of the Ghent Altarpiece
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 754-765
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Dubois, Hélène (Dubois, Hélène)
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1. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown open, 375 by 514 cm. Before restora- tion. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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2. Diagram showing the extent of mid-sixteenth century overpaint on the outside wings of the polyptych. (©KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
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3. Detail of Fig.4, showing Joos Vijd’s right eye after varnish removal. The pink scumbles around the eyes, which cover the original eyelashes, are typical of the mid-sixteenth-century overpainting campaign. (©KIKIRPA, Brussels).
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4. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown closed, 375 by 257 cm. Photographed after restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing Elisabeth Borluut’s drapery before the removal of varnish and overpaint. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent).
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6. Fig.5 after the removal of overpaint and restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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7. The Virgin Annunciate and Angel musicians (recto and verso of the same panel), by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Photographs taken in Berlin before the restoration of 1894. Original hinges are present on the left side of the frame of the Virgin’s panel. Metal reinforcements were added to the extremities of the crossbar. Later, wrought metal hinged braces were attached by large screws fitted through the frame and visible on the front of the Angels panel. (Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg).
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8. The prophet Micah, detail of Fig.4, shown in the frame designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel with a hatch covering the inscription beneath the prophet. Photograph, before 1878. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, M.J. Friedländer Archive, The Hague).
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9. The Ghent Altarpiece as installed in the Vijd chapel between 1865 and 1920. It comprises Eyckian central panels, Lagye’s fur-clothed Adam and Eve and Coxcie’s copies of the other shutters. Photograph, c.1910–13. (© Stadsarchief, Ghent).
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10. Jef Van der Veken in his studio in Brussels. Photograph, before 1929. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, Jef Van der Veken Archive, The Hague).
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11. Albert Philipott applies wax to the surface of Eve in order to consolidate the paint layers. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
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12. Albert Philipott removes the overpainted clouds around the dove in The Adoration of the Lamb. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Exhibition Review
The Altenberg altar. Frankfurt
09/2016 | 1362 | 158
Pages: 761-762
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Gaskell, Ivan (Gaskell, Ivan; G., I.)
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61. Altenberg winged retable, c.1330 (Installation view of Schaufenster des Himmels: Der Altenberger Altar und seine Bildausstattung, Städel Museum, Frankfurt)
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62. Arm reliquary of St Elizabeth, by an unknown master. Central Germany, second half of the thirteenth century (Collection of Alexander, Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Schloss Sayn, Bendorf-Sayn; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt)
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The Ghent Altarpiece: new thoughts on its original display
02/2015 | 1343 | 157
Pages: 74-84
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Steyaert, Griet (Steyaert, Griet)
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1. Ghent altarpiece, current presentation (closed position), by Hubert and Jan van Eyck (St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent)
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15. Sacramental tower, by Matthijs de Layens (Church of St Peter, Louvain)
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16. Steps in the original frames of the Ghent Altarpiece illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2
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17. Deësis, by Jan Gossaert (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
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18. Reliquary shrine (open position), attributed to Jean de Touyl (The Cloisters, New York)
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19. Detail of Fig. 2 showing the paintedrepresentation of strips of gold metal, attached by rows of nails covering the edges of the step
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2. Fig. 1 in open position
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3. Ghent altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, by Pierre François De Noter (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
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6. Detail of the Seven Sacraments, attributed to Rogier van der Weyden (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp)
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10. (Right). Fig. 9 in closed position
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11. Detail of the reverse of Fig. 9 in open position
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12. Tower retable of St John the Evangelist (open position). Southern Netherlands, c. 1480-90 (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona)
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13. Tower retable with Joachim and Joseph from the Society of Rhetoricians 'Leliekens uyten Dale' (open position). Anonymous, c.1500-25 (Formerly Church of St Leonard, Zoutleeuw; now untraced)
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14. Fig. 13 in closed position
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20. Transverse section through the Vijd chapel (published by Dhanens, see note 12), with a diagram of the proposed reconstruction (open position)
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21. Plan of the two eastern piers of the Vijd chapel, one free standing and the other joined to the wall (published by Dhanens, see note 12), with a diagram of the proposed reconstruction (open position)
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22. Scale model (1:10) illustrated in Fig. 4
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4. Bird's eye view of the scale model (1:10) of the proposed reconstruction of the Ghent Altarpiece with the upper tier being a hexagonal tower retable (open position). Included are the plinth and the lower part of the baldachin from the tower retable, an altar, a space allowing for a possible predella and the two eastern piers of the Vijd chapel (one free standing and the other joined to the wall)
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5. Kleiner Dom (open position). Cologne school, c.1355-70 (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich)
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7. (Left). Scale model (1:10) illustrated in Fig. 4 in closed position
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8. (Right). Scale model (1:10) illustrated in Fig. 4
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9. (Left). Tower retable with scenes from the life of Christ (open position). Southern Netherlands of Paris, c. 1395 (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp)
Article
The Rococo altarpiece of St Ignatius: Chile’s grandest colonial retable rediscovered
12/2013 | 1329 | 155
Pages: 815-820
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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Guzmán, Fernando (Guzmán, Fernando)
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10. High altar, by Johann Joachim Dietrich (Abbey Church, Diessen)
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11. Detail of Fig. 8
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12. Detail of Fig. 8
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13. Detail of the altarpiece from the Colegio de San Borja, by the Jesuit atelier at the Colegio Máximo, Santiago (Museo de San Francisco, Santiago)
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14. St Ignatius of Loyola, by the Jesuit atelier at the Colegio Máximo, Santiago (Museo del Carmen de Maipú)
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15. Altar of the church of St-Jean-en-Grève, Paris, by Jacques-François Blondel. Designed 1720-21. Engraving from J. Barozzio de Vignole: Livre Nouveau ou Regles des cinq ordres d'Architecture, Paris 1767. (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris)
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16. Model altarpiece from series 80, by Franz Xaver Habermann, published by Georg Hertel (Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg)
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17. Altar of the Virgin Immaculate, by the Jesuit atelier at the Colegio Máximo, Santiago. (From the oratory of the Larraín Rojas family of Santiago; altarpiece destroyed 2010)
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18. Detail of Fig. 8
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19. Rocaille, from series 111, by Franz Xaver Habermann, published by Georg Hertel. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich)
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8. Former altar of St Ignatius, by the Jesuit atelier at the Colegio Máximo, Santiago (Church of San Juan Evangelista, Santago; photograph by Nicolás Aguayo)
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9. Former side altarpiece from the church of San Miguel, Santiago, by the Jesuit atelier at the Colegio Máximo, Santiago (Cathedral Museum, Santiago)
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