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Book Review
Réinventer l’art sacré: Le Groupe de Saint-Luc (1919–1945)
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 522–24
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Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)
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Réinventer l’art sacré: Le Groupe de Saint-Luc (1919–1945) By Camille Noverraz. 502 pp. incl. 156 col. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin, and Vitrocentre, Romont, 2024), €82. ISBN 978–3–11–138370–5. | :
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5. Christ in Majesty, by Alexandre Cingria and Chiara workshop. 1941. Stained glass, diameter 225 cm. (Notre-Dame-del’Assomption, Lausanne).
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Hippolyte and Paul Flandrin at Saint-Séverin, Paris
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1178-1189
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Author:
Marchetti, Elena (Marchetti, Elena)
Author:
Paccoud, Stéphane (Paccoud, Stéphane)
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1. The chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris, after restoration, 2022. (© Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser)
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10. Composition study for the Baptism of Christ, by Paul Flandrin. c.1844. Graphite, black chalk and wash on paper, 63.3 by 30 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Paris).
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11. The Ollioules gorges, by Paul Flandrin. 1843. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 25.5 by 35 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Gérard Blot).
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12. The Ollioules gorges, by Paul Flandrin. 1843. Graphite and white chalk on brown paper, 31.3 by 23.4 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
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13. Christ and the little children, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1836–38. Oil on canvas, 313 by 441 cm. (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Lisieux; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
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14. The Gulf of Gaeta, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1838. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 6.9 by 18.6 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris).
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15. Archangel Raphael, cartoon for a stained-glass window for the Chapel Saint-Ferdinand, Neuilly-sur-Seine, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1842. Oil on canvas, 210 by 92 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photo © RMN-Grand Palais / René-Gabriel Ojeda).
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16. Head of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1842. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 21.9 by 17.6 cm. (Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes, Paris).
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2. Calling of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax. (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
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3. St John on the Isle of Patmos, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
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4. Last Supper, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
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5. Martyrdom of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax. (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
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6. Study of Hippolyte Flandrin’s arms for the Last Supper, by Paul Flandrin. 1840. Graphite on squared-up paper, 19.7 by 24.1 cm. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA).
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7. Cartoon for the Martyrdom of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Graphite and stump on squared-up paper, 99 by 90.8 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
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8. Preaching of St John the Baptist, by Paul Flandrin. 1844–46. Mural painting. (Baptismal Chapel, Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Emmanuel Michot).
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9. Baptism of Christ, by Paul Flandrin. 1844–46. Mural painting. (Baptismal Chapel, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC / Emmanuel Michot).
Article
Soldani’s ‘Lamentation’ in Córdoba
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1118-1122
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Loffredo, Fernando (Loffredo, Fernando)
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1. Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. Wax, 57 by 38 cm. (Museo Richard-Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia, Sesto Fiorentino; courtesy Ministero della Cultura – Direzione regionale Musei della Toscana – Firenze and Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut; photograph Luigi Artini).
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2. Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. c.1714. Bronze, 57 by 37 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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3. Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. 1690–92(?). Gilded bronze, 57 by 40 cm. (Córdoba Cathedral).
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4. Chapel of St Teresa of Ávila, also known as the Chapel of the Cardinal, Córdoba Cathedral. (Alamy Stock Photo).
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5. Cardinal Pedro Salazar, by Jacques Blondeau after Carlo Maratti. c.1686. Engraving, 21.1 by 15.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. The Agony in the Garden, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. c.1695 Terracotta, 60.3 by 40.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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7. The death of St Joseph, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. 1727. Bronze, 65 by 44 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Book Review
The Reredos of All Souls College Oxford
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 720-722
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Goodall, John A. (Goodall, John A.)
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The Reredos of All Souls College Oxford Edited by Peregrine Horden. 304 pp. incl. 140 col. + b. & w. ills. (Ad Illisvm, London, 2021), £80. ISBN 978–1–912168–18–7. | :
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2. The reredos in the chapel, All Souls College, Oxford. (Courtesy All Souls College, Oxford, the Warden and Fellows).
Book Review
Das Berner Münster. Das erste Jahrhundert: Von der Grundsteinlegung bis zur Chorvollendung und Reformation (1421–1517/1528)
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 552-554
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Reviewer:
Rüffer, Jens (Rüffer, Jens)
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Das Berner Münster. Das erste Jahrhundert: Von der Grundsteinlegung bis zur Chorvollendung und Reformation (1421–1517/1528) Edited by Bernd Nicolai and Jürg Schweizer. 648 pp. incl. 670 col. + 67 b. & w. ills. (Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg, 2019) €79. ISBN 978–3–7954–3428–1. | :
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2. View from the nave into the choir, Bern Minster. (Archiv BMS, Bern; photograph Beat Schweizer).
Article
The tomb of the marquis d’Ennery by Dominique Fossati in Port-au-Prince
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 416-427
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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1. The east face of the tomb of Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, comte de Saint-Empire and marquis d’Ennery, by Charles-François Hesse, Dominique Fossati, Claude Condamin and V. Marinelly. 1777–78. Carrara marble and Provençal stone, bronze and iron, 175 by 211 by 267 cm. (Churchyard of Saint-Anne du Morne- -Tuf, Port-au-Prince).
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10. Detail of the Fontaine Fossati (Fontaine Jacques-Necker), Place des Capucins, Marseille, by Dominique Fossati. Begun 1778. Carrara marble and Provençal stone.
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11. High altar in the Roman style, by Dominique Fossati and Christophe Fossati. 1767–71. Polychrome marble and gilt bronze. (Vannes Cathedral).
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12. High altar in the Roman style. Installed c.1776. Polychrome Italian marble and gilt bronze. (Church of Saint-Jacques, Le Carbet).
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13. ‘Mausolée de coeur’ for Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, comte de Saint- Empire and marquis d’Ennery, by Jean-Antoine Houdon. 1781. Marble, 225 by 232 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala Archives).
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14. Revenge taken by the Black army for the cruelties practised on them by the French, by J. Barlow. Engraving, 20.6 by 17.9 cm. (From M. Rainsford: An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, London 1805; courtesy J. Carter Brown Library, Providence RI).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the south face of the tomb and inscription panel.
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the death’s head from the tympanum.
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the arms of the marquis d’Ennery.
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5. Detail of Fig.6, showing the east face of the tomb.
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6. Design for the Tomb of Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, comte de Saint-Empire and marquis d’Ennery, by Charles-François Hesse. 1776. Ink and coloured wash on paper, 55 by 45 cm. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence).
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7. Detail of one of the two fountains on the façade of the Promenade Publique, Port-au-Prince, by Antoine-François Sorel des Rivières. 1787–88.
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8. Elevation of one of the two fountains attached to the wall of the Promenade Publique on the Place de l’Intendance of the City of Port-au-Prince, by Antoine-François Sorrel des Rivières. 1788. Ink and colours on paper, sheet 61 by 46.5 cm. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence).
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9. Plan and Profile to Serve for [. . .] the Construction of the General Reservoir (detail), by Charles-François Hesse and Mathias-Henri Demoulceau. 1774. Ink and colours on paper, sheet 38 by 65 cm. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence).
Article
Architecture and liturgy in the east end of Saint-Urbain, Troyes
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 332-343
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Olympios, Michalis (Olympios, Michalis)
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2. Plan of Saint-Urbain, Troyes, annotated with the major interior partitions and identification of spaces mentioned in the text. The red rectangles frame the walls and staircase turrets between the apses. Drawing by the author, after F. Salet: ‘Saint-Urbain de Troyes’, Congr s arch ologique de France 113 (1955), p.101; and M.T. Davis and L.E. Neagley: ‘Mechanics and meaning: plan design at Saint-Urbain, Troyes and Saint-Ouen, Rouen’, Gesta 39 (2000), p.163, fig.2.
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7 and 8. Plans of Regensburg Cathedral: (top) wall passage level; and (bottom) ground-floor level. (Repr. A. Hubel and M. Schuller, eds: Der Dom zu Regensburg, Regensburg 2010–16, V, pl.72).
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1. The central apse of Saint-Urbain, Troyes (photograph Pierre- Louis Laget).
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10. The south apse of Regensburg Cathedral, showing the wall passage between central and south apses (photograph the author).
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11. View of the choir of Regensburg Cathedral during the general synod of 1650, by Melchior Küssel. 1650. Engraving, 60.2 by 52.7 cm. (Bisch fliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg, Collectio imaginum).
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12. Detail of windows on the north side of the north apse at Saint- Urbain, Troyes (photograph the author).
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13. The clerestorey in the central apse of Saint-Urbain, Troyes, as seen from the south apse through the wall passage opening (photograph the author).
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3. The central apse of Saint-Urbain, Troyes, looking southeast (photograph the author).
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4. The chapel of the Virgin Mary in the south apse at Saint-Urbain, Troyes (photograph the author).
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5. The south side of the turning bays in the north apse at Saint-Urbain, Troyes. The ground floor doorway of the staircase turret and the access to the passage between the north and central apses are both visible (photograph the author).
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6. The central apse of Regensburg Cathedral (photograph the author).
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9. The access from the south apse of Regensburg Cathedral to the adjacent staircase turret, showing (a) the doorway leading to the turret from the central apse; and (b) the turret’s ground floor entrance (photograph the author).
Article
Spatial rhetoric: echoes of Madrid’s Alcázar in palaces overseas
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 236-243
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Author:
Luengo, Pedro (Luengo, Pedro)
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1. The proclamation of Philip V in front of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Filippo Palotta. 1700. Pen, ink and wash, 47.3 by 135 cm. (Museo de Historia de Madrid).
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2. Plan of the first floor of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. 1626. Pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 49 by 62 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).
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3. The tribune in the transept of the chapel, El Escorial, Spain. (Photograph © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).
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4. Plan of the chapel in the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. c.1660. Pen and ink on paper, 19.5 by 28.6 cm. (Madrid, Archivo General de Palacio, Sección Histórica, caja 51 (1), fol.186r; © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).
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5. Reconstruction of the plan of a proposed royal palace, Naples, by Domenico Fontana. c.1600. (From P.C. Verde: Domenico Fontana a Napoli. 1592–1607, Naples 2007, p.78).
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6 and 7. Plans of the ground and first floor of the viceregal palace, Mexico City. c.1771. Ink and red gouache on paper, 42.5 by 49 cm; and 40 by 48 cm. (Archivo General de Indias, Mexico City, MP-MEXICO,105).
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8. Detail of a map of Lima, showing the viceregal palace between the fountain and the river. Engraving, 38 by 53 cm. (From J. Mulder: Lima, Ciudad de los Reyes, 1688; photograph National Library of Spain, Madrid).
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9. Plan of the top floor of the viceregal palace, Bogotá, by Juan Jimenez Donoso. 1781. Coloured manuscript on paper, 54 by 54 cm. (Archivo General Militar, Madrid).
Article
A Bavarian pilgrimage shrine in seventeenth-century Paraguay
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 115-125
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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10. Likeness of the statue of the miraculous Blessed Virgin Mary at Oettingen, by Libia Loth. Frontispiece from the patronage book of the Munich Archconfraternity of Our Blessed Lady of Altötting. 1650. Watercolours and gold on parchment, 13 by 20 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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11. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting. Seventeenth century. Polychrome and gilded limewood, height 67cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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13. Mission church of San Miguel, Brazil (formerly Paraguay), by Giovanni Battista Primoli. 1735–45. (Photograph the author).
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14. Double chapel combining small-scale replicas of the Gnadenkapelle of Altötting with the Church of the Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Innichen, South Tyrol. 1653. (Photograph Wilfried Wirth / Alamy Stock Photo).
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2. Gnadenkapelle, Altötting, Bavaria. Begun c.770–77; nave and ambulatory begun c.1518–19. (Photograph the author).
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4. The Virgin of Altötting standing between the Gnadenkapelle and the original Jesuit residence, from J. Irsing: Historiae D. Virginis Oettinganae, Munich 1663. Engraving, 8.5 by 12.5 cm. (Private collection).
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5. The Gnadenkapelle at Altötting during the Hungarian invasion of AD 910, frontispiece to J. Irsing: Historiae D. Virginis Oettinganae, Munich 1663. Engraving, 8.5 by 12.5 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Alten Oetingen, by Matthäus Merian. 1644. Etching, 22.8 by 31.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. The Virgin of Altötting, by the Master of Mühldorf. 1518. Pen and black ink, heightened with white bodycolour on brown paper, 22.3 by 17.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. A true likeness of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the ancient shrine of Altötting, by Raphael Sadeler. 1601. Engraving, 25.2 by 18.2 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
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1. The village of San Juan [. . .] on the Uruguay [River]. c.1753. Ink and watercolours on paper, 118 by 105 cm. (Archivo General, Simancas).
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12. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting. German, fifteenth or sixteenth century. Limewood with traces of polychromy, height 42 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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15. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting (?). Seventeenth or eighteenth century. Cedar with traces of polychromy, height 50 cm. (Museu de São Miguel, Brazil).
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3. Bavarian infantry colour showing the Virgin of Altötting, the Gnadenkapelle and the holy linden tree. 1624–31. Silk, 233 by 290 cm. (Armémuseum, Stockholm).
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7. The Virgin of Altötting. Early fourteenth century. Limewood, height 64 cm. (Gnadenkapelle, Altötting).
Article
The Nobili altarpiece from S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 14-25
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Gordon, Dillian (Gordon, Dillian)
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1. Hypothetical reconstruction of the Nobili altarpiece, S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence, by Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood. Reconstruction by the author with Rachel Billinge. Main tier: Virgin and Child enthroned with Sts John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, James and Bartholomew, each panel: 186 by 70 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin). Predella: left to right Bernardo di Cino Bartolini de’ Nobili and his sons (see Fig.6); Feast of Herod, Crucifixion and St James and the sorcerer Hermogenes, each panel 43 by 67 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris); Piera degli Albizzi and her daughters (see Fig.7). Pinnacles: Angel Gabriel; Blessing Redeemer; Annunciate Virgin, each panel 67.3 by 30.5 cm. (Collezione Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti, on permanent loan to Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino). Pilasters: Outer left side, top to bottom Deacon saint (see Fig.9); Mary Magdalene (see Fig.8); and Baptism of Christ (see Fig.3). Inner left side, top to bottom St Peter (see Fig.9); and St Benedict (see Fig.8). Inner right side St Paul (see Fig.9); and St Bernard (see Fig.8). Outer right side Bishop saint (see Fig.9); St Catherine (see Fig.8); and Hermogenes throwing books on sorcery into a river (see Fig.4).
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10. Virgin and Child with Sts Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels, by Agnolo Gaddi. c.1387. Tempera on poplar panel, left panel 197 by 80 cm.; middle panel 204 by 80 cm.; right panel 194.6 by 80 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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2. Nobili arms as granted to Bernardo di Cino by Charles V of France in 1379 (repr. R. Ciabani: Le famiglie di Firenze, Florence 1992, III, p.806).
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3. Baptism of Christ, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on panel, 38.4 by 28.7cm. (National Gallery, London).
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4. Hermogenes throwing books on sorcery into a river, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on panel, 30.00 by 21.6 cm. (Alana Collection, Newark DE).
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5. Detail of Fig.6.
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6. Bernardo di Cino Bartolini de’ Nobili and his sons, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood, 38.1 by 28.9 cm. (Richard L. Feigen Collection, New York).
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7. Piera degli Albizzi and her daughters, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood, 27.4 by 21.7 cm. (Alana Collection, Newark DE).
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8. St Mary Magdalene (73.5 by 19cm.); St Benedict (73.7 by 19.4 cm.); St Bernard of Clairvaux (73.7 by 20 cm.), by Agnolo Gaddi. St Catherine of Alexandria (73.6 by 19.4 cm.), by Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco. 1387. Tempera on wood; all now framed together as a single unit. (Clowes Collection, Indianapolis/Newfields Museum of Art).
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9. Bishop saint, St Peter, St Paul and Deacon saint, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Now framed together as a single unit, 55.8 by 75 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; formerly in Göttingen Universitätsmuseum).
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11. Charles V of France and his sons, the future Charles VI, and Louis d’Orléans, with Sts John the Baptist, Charlemagne and Louis of Toulouse; Eighteenth-century watercolour copy of parts of an embroidery once belonging to the duc de Berry. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, Réserve, OA 13, fol.16, Gaignières 444).
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12. Queen Jeanne de Bourbon with two of her daughters and Sts Catherine and Louis of France. c.1374. Eighteenth-century watercolour copy of parts of an embroidery once belonging to the duc de Berry. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, Réserve, OA 13, fol.17, Gaignières 445).
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