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Exhibition Review
The Legacy of Vesuvius: Bourbon Discoveries on the Bay of Naples
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1251–3
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Baxter, Denise Amy (Baxter, Denise Amy)
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The Legacy of Vesuvius: Bourbon Discoveries on the Bay of Naples Meadows Museum, Dallas 15th September 2024–5th January 2025 | :
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16. Plate with dancing maenad, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea di Napoli. 1780–82. Polychromed porcelain, diameter 24.5 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Meadows Museum, Dallas).
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17. Fan design with views of Mount Vesuvius and the Tomb of Virgil, probably from the workshop of Giorgio Glass. c.1790–1800. Opaque watercolour on vellum, 30.5 by 50.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exh; Meadows Museum, Dallas).
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18. Wall painting fragments with dancing maenads from the Villa of Cicero, Pompeii. 1st quarter of the 1st century CE. Pigment on plaster, 27 by 71.2 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli; exh. Meadows Museum, Dallas).
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From storeroom to stardom: the revelations of two Sèvres porcelain trays
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 834–847
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Savill, Rosalind (Savill, Rosalind)
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1. Worktable mounted with two trays, attributed to Bernard II van Risenburgh. Table c.1761–63; trays c.1761. Table: wood, green varnish and gilt-bronze mounts, 68.6 by 36.8 by 30.5 cm.; trays: Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, green ground, enamel colours and gilding, 32 by 26 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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10. Top row: details of Figs.8, 2 and 7, comparing the images of Mademoiselle Madeleine de Courteille aged twelve (left) and eighteen (right), with her probable portrait aged fourteen (centre).
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11. Centre row: details of Figs.2 and 7, showing the face of Madame de Courteille aged thirty-four and thirty-eight respectively.
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12. Bottom row: details of Figs.2 and 7, showing the green ringneck parakeet.
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13. Plateau ‘Courteille’ from a déjeuner ‘Courteille’, by André-Vincent Vielliard. 1758 (date letter E). Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, rose ground, enamel colours and gilding, 23.2 by 32.7 cm. (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, Hartford).
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14. Detail of Fig.13, showing the central scene of a child painter and sitter.
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15. Snuff box design, probably Henry-Joseph Mongenot. Second quarter 18th century. Pen and ink, watercolour and wash on paper, 5 by 7.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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16. Bottom panel of a snuff box, by Noël Hardivilliers. 1757–58. Gold and enamel, 3.5 by 7 by 5.1 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
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17. Painting from the series Les Arts, by Carle van Loo. 1752–53. Oil on canvas, 87.5 by 84 cm. (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
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18. Details of Figs.14 and 2, showing the young girls.
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19. Cuvette à fleurs ‘Verdun’ painted with a Teniers scene, by André-Vincent Vielliard. 1760 (date letter G). Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, turquoise ground, enamel colours and gilding, 11.8 by 23.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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2. Top tray of Fig.1.
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20. Blue Drawing Room at Camelford House, London. Photograph, 1891. (From Christie’s: Catalogue of the Furniture, Porcelain, Pictures, &c. at Camelford House, Park Lane, The town residence of Lord Hillingdon, London 1891, p.34).
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21. Charles Mills and his family at Hillingdon Court. Photograph, late 1850s. (Hillingdon Council, Museums and Archives Services, Uxbridge Library).
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22. Plateau ‘carré painted in the manner of André-Vincent Vielliard from déjeuner ‘carré (matching cup and saucer missing). 1760 (date letter G). Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, rose and green ground, enamel colours and gilding, 10.8 by 10.8 cm. (Private collection; photograph Millon).
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23. Minton drawing of the border and gilded patterns on Fig.4. 1763. Watercolour, paint, pen, ink and pencil on paper, 47 by 34.5 cm. (sheet). (Minton Archives, ‘Old Sevres Copies’).
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3. Detail of the bottom tray of Fig.1.
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4. Worktable mounted with two trays, attributed to Bernard II van Risenburgh. Table c.1761–63; top tray 1763 (date letter K), bottom tray c.1850. Table: wood, green varnish and gilt-bronze mounts, 67.6 by 35.9 by 30.5 cm.; top tray: Sèvres soft-paste porcelain; bottom tray: Minton bone china, green ground, enamel colours and gilding, 32 by 26 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Reverse of Fig.7, showing inscription and factory mark (upside down).
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6. Fig.7 shown framed as hung by the marquis de Courteille in his study in his Parisian hôtel from 1765–67. 1765. Gilded wood (frame), 35 by 38 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Picture plaque, by Charles-Nicolas Dodin. 1765 (date letter M). Sèvres soft-paste porcelain and enamel colours, 23.5 by 26 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Portrait of Madeleine-Mélanie Henriette de Courteille, by Jean- Baptiste Greuze. 1759. Oil on canvas, 79 by 64 cm. (Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig).
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9. Cuvette à fleurs ‘Courteille’, probably by Charles-Nicolas Dodin. 1759 (date letter F). Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, blue and green ground, enamel colours and gilding, 19.7 by 32.5 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1339–1343
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Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid From 28th June 2023 | :
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5. Votive cross. Spain, c.650– 700. Gold and sapphires, 21.7 by 11.8 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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6. Installation view of the Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, 2023, showing four columns from the altar of the chapel of the Hospital of the Virgin of Monserrat, Madrid (1674–78). (Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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7. St Michael, by Luisa Ignacia Roldán (La Roldana). 1692. Polychrome walnut with estofado, height 264 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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8. Installation view of the gallery for the Trastámara and Habsburg dynasties, Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, 2023. (Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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9. Isabel Farnese, by Louis-Michel van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 341 by 263.5 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
Book Review
Luxury after the Terror
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1254-1256
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Coquery, Natacha (Coquery, Natacha)
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Luxury after the Terror By Iris Moon. 272 pp. incl. 30 col. + 65 b. & w. ills. (Penn State University Press, University Park PA, 2022), $104.95. ISBN 978–0–271–09161–7. | :
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2. Advertisement for Nouvelle Cartes de la République Française, by Jean- Démosthène Dugourc and Urbaine Jaume. 1793–94. Wood engraving with hand colouring on paper, 38.5 by 24.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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Roubiliac and Sprimont: a friendship revisited
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 601–611
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Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
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1. Louis-François Roubiliac, attributed to François Xavier Vispré. c.1760. Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 62.2 by 54.6 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT).
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10. Head of a laughing child, after a model attributed to Louis-François Roubiliac. 1746–49. Chelsea porcelain, 19.7 by 16.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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11. Persia and Macedonia (Greece) from the Temple of the Four Monarchies clock, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1738. Bronze, height 30 cm. each. Wet collodion negative by John Wesley Livingston. 1875. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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12. Chaldea (Assyria) and Rome from the Temple of the Four Monarchies clock, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1738. Bronze, height 30 cm. each. Wet collodion negative by John Wesley Livingston. 1875. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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13. Floor-standing clock, by Charles Clay, with paintings by Jacopo Amigoni and sculptures by Louis-François Roubiliac and John Michael Rysbrack. 1740–43. Wood with gilded metal, silver and paint, height 85 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © HM King Charles III 2023).
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14. Britannia, after a model here attributed to Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1746–48. Chelsea porcelain, 25.7 by 16.2 cm. (Errol Manners, London).
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2. Nicholas Sprimont with his wife, Ann, and sister-in-law Susannah Protin. 1759–62. Oil on canvas, 76.5 by 53.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. Retrieving hound, after a model attributed to Nicholas Sprimont. 1749. Chelsea porcelain, 19.8 by 19.8 by 8.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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4. Paul Crespin. c.1726. Oil on canvas, 114 by 90 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Centrepiece. English, by Paul Crespin possibly in association with Nicholas Sprimont. 1740. Silver, 36 by 54.5 cm. (Toledo Museum of Art).
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6. Sauceboats with figures of Venus and Adonis, by Nicholas Sprimont. 1743–45. Gilded silver, 22.7 by 23.2 by 13 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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7. Design for a soup tureen for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, by Nicholas Sprimont. c.1744. Pen and black ink with brown ink wash on paper, 26 by 43.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Girl in a swing, Charles Gouyn Factory, St James’s, London. 1749–59. Porcelain, 15.9 by 16.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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9. Trump, William Hogarth’s pug, after a model by Louis-François Roubiliac. 1747–50. Chelsea porcelain, 13.2 by 26.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 723-724
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Glaister, Helen (Glaister, Helen)
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Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain By Teresa Canepa and Katharine Butler. 576 pp. incl. 850 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2021), £175. ISBN 978–1–912168–16–3. | :
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4. Saucer-dish showing a romantic scene from the play Mudan ting (The Peony Pavilion) in which Du Liniang (‘bridal Du’) dreams of the handsome scholar Liu Mengmei. Qing dynasty, Shunzhi reign, 1644–61. Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue, diameter 16 cm. (Butler Collection).
Book Review
Everyday Rococo: Madame de Pompadour and Sèvres Porcelain
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 620-621
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Dawson, Aileen (Dawson, Aileen; D., A.)
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Everyday Rococo: Madame de Pompadour and Sèvres Porcelain By Rosalind Savill. 2 vols, 1,232 pp. incl. 660 col. ills. (Unicorn Press, Norwich, 2021), £200. ISBN 978–1–916495–71–5. | :
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1. Pot-pourri vase ‘Hébert’. 1759. Sèvres porcelain, 27.6 by 23.6 cm. (Musée de Sèvres).
Exhibition Review
François Boucher: A Rococo Artist
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 742-745
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Rimaud, Yohan (Rimaud, Yohan)
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François Boucher: A Rococo Artist Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe 14th November 2020–30th May 2021 | :
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10. Sylvia cures Phyllis of a bee sting, by François Boucher. 1755. Oil on canvas, 103 by 138 cm. (Banque de France, Paris; exh. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe).
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11. Adoration of the Magi, by François Boucher. c.1755–60. Oil and black crayon on paper, 48.7 by 40 cm. (Museum Heylshof, Worms; exh. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe).
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9. Violin player, by François Boucher. c.1736. Red and white crayon and pencil, 24.7 by 17.9 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt; exh. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe).
Exhibition Review
Napoli Napoli: Di lava, porcellana e musica
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 452-456
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Bodinek, Claudia (Bodinek, Claudia)
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Napoli Napoli: Di lava, porcellana e musica Edited by Sylvain Bellenger. 228 pp. incl. 128 col. ills. (Electa, Milan, 2019), €30.40. ISBN 978–88–918–2820–0. | :
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5. Charles III of Spain, attributed to Francesco Liani. 1760. Oil on canvas, 337 by 286.5 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
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7. The Salottino di Porcellana (Hall of Porcelain) in the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, designed for Villa Reale, Portici, by S. Fischer, Giuseppe Gricci and Luigi Restile. 1757–59. (Photograph Raffaello Bencini; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Large amphora with dancing maenads. Real Fabbrica della porcellana di Napoli. 1790–95. Porcelain, height 42 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
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from the Servizio dell’oca. Real Fabbrica della porcellana di Napoli. 1792–94. Porcelain, height approx. 40 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
Exhibition Review
George IV: Art and Spectacle. Queen's Gallery, London; King George IV: Royalty, Racing and Reputation. Palace House, Newmarket
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 338-341
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Jacobsen, Helen (Jacobsen, Helen)
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George IV: Art and Spectacle Queen’s Gallery, London 5th November 2019–4th May King George IV: Royalty, Racing and Reputation Palace House, Newmarket 28th November 2019–19th April | :
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13. The Blue Velvet Room, Carlton House, by Charles Wild. c.1816. Watercolour with bodycolour and gum arabic over pencil on paper, 20.1 by 25.2 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. the Queen’s Gallery, London).
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14. The third and last challenge by the champion during King George IV’s coronation banquet at Westminster Hall, by Denis Dighton. 1821. Watercolour on paper, 42.5 by 54.8 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. Palace House, Newmarket).
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14. The third and last challenge by the champion during King George IV’s coronation banquet at Westminster Hall, by Denis Dighton. 1821. Watercolour on paper, 42.5 by 54.8 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. Palace House, Newmarket).
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15. Bottle cooler (one of pair), design attributed to John Flaxman, made by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. 1827–28. Silver gilt, height 58 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. the Queen’s Gallery, London).
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