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Raphael in 1503: new findings on the ‘Virgin and Child with a book’ and other contemporaneous drawings
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 16-25
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Author:
Aceto, Angelamaria (Aceto, Angelamaria)
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Attributed works:
1. Virgin and Child, by Benedetto da Maiano. c.1485–90. Marble with polychromy, 71.1 by 54.6 by 15.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing the cushion and the drapery.
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11. Detail of Fig.1, showing the cushion and the drapery.
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12. Studies of ornamental details, by Raphael. c.1503. Pen and brown ink with black chalk and leadpoint on paper, 37.7 by 21.9 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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13. Detail of the ceiling in Piccolomini Library, Siena, by Pintoricchio and workshop. c.1503–07. Fresco. (Bridgeman Images).
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14. Detail of Fig.12, showing the Virgin and Child with St Anne.
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15. The Virgin and Child with St Anne (reversed left to right), by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1510. Oil on panel, 168 by 113 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Holy Family with a lamb, by Raphael. 1507. Oil on panel, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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2. Virgin and Child with a book, by Raphael. c.1503. Oil on panel, 55.2 by 40 cm. (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Studies for Virgin and Child with a book, by Raphael. Mounted in the 20th century. Pen and brown ink over blind stylus on paper, 11.4 by 13 cm. (top: Parker 508a recto, felt side) and 11.5 by 13.2 cm. (bottom: Parker 508b recto, mould side). (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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4. Parker 508a verso, mould side, shown in raking light.
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5. Parker 508b verso, felt side, shown in raking light.
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6. Facsimile of Figs.3–5. 1841. Lithograph, 26.6 by 27.9 cm. (From A series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino Selected from the Matchless Collection formed by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Published by S. and A. Woodburn, London 1841).
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7. The mould side of the drawings shown in Fig.3 superimposed onto Fig.6 to highlight the extent of the loss and the continuity in the landscape. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).
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8. The felt side of the drawings shown in Fig.3 superimposed on Fig.6 to highlight the extent of the loss. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).
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9. The drawings shown in Fig.3 seen in transmitted light. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).
Short Notice
A project for the church of Menino Deus, Lisbon, by Vieira Lusitano
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 26-29
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Author:
Diez del Corral Corredoira, Pilar (Diez del Corral Corredoira, Pilar)
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1. Compositional study identified as the Ecstasy of St John of God, here attributed to Vieira Lusitano. c.1730–37. Red chalk on paper, 24 by 37.2 cm. (Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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2. Church of Menino Deus, Lisbon. (Wikimedia Commons).
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3. St Francis stripped of his secular clothes, by Vieira Lusitano. c.1730–37. Oil on canvas. (Church of Menino Deus, Lisbon).
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4. Painting here identified as the Ecstasy of St Francis, by Francesco Pavona. c.1730–37. Oil on canvas. (Church of Menino Deus, Lisbon).
Article
Fragments of a Ferrarese sketch by Donatello
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 11401151
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Author:
Scansani, Marco (Scansani, Marco)
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1. Funeral of the Virgin, by Donatello. Photograph taken before 1921. (Formerly Museo Schifanoia, Ferrara).
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10. Feast of Herod, by Donatello. c.1435. Marble, 50 by 71.3 by 5 cm. (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille).
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11. Detail of the Descent from the Cross scene on the Passion Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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12. Detail of the Ascension scene on the Resurrection Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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13. Detail of Fig.14. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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14. St Stephen and St Lawrence, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Polychromed terracotta, 215 by 180 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence)
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14. St Stephen and St Lawrence, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Polychromed terracotta, 215 by 180 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence)
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15. Detail of Dancing and festive putti from the Holy Girdle Pulpit, by Donatello. 1434–38. Marble. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato).
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16. Side view of Fig.3.
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17. Detail of a putto from the Cavalcanti Annunciation, by Donatello. c.1433–35. Terracotta. (S. Croce, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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18. Feast of St George, Allegory of the month of April, by Francesco del Cossa. c.1470. Fresco. (Salone dei Mesi, Museo Schifanoia, Ferrara).
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19. Madonna with Child and five angels, by Donatello. c.1455–60. Terracotta with traces of paint, 21.5 by 15.5 by 4.2 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin).
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2. Funeral of the Virgin, here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 33 by 24.5 by 2 cm. (Private collection).
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20. David with the head of Goliath, from a model by Donatello. Cast c.1460–65 after a wax model by Donatello c.1455. Bronze, height 37 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin).
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3. Evangelist, here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 33 by 33 by 9 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Acephalous figure (perhaps an Evangelist?), here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 25 by 20 by 4 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Fig.1 and Fig.2 placed side by side.
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6. Detail of the Pentecost scene on the Resurrection Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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7. Resurrection of Drusiana, by Donatello. 1435–40. Polychrome stucco, diameter approx. 215 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence).
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8. Detail of Fig.7. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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9. Pietà, by Donatello. c.1450–53. Marble, 36.5 by 30.5 by 4.5 cm. (S. Gaetano, Padua).
Exhibition Review
Late Michelangelo
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 716–23
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Reviewer:
Elam, Caroline (Elam, Caroline; E., C.; E., C. M.)
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Michelangelo: the last decades, British Museum, (2nd May–28th July). | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Christ on the Cross, by Michelangelo. c.1543. Black chalk on paper, 36.8 by 26.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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10. Crucifixion with two figures, by Michelangelo. c.1558–63. Black chalk and lead white on paper, 27.8 by 23.4 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; exh. British Museum, London).
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2. Crucifixion, by Marcello Venusti. c.1545–60. Oil on panel, 88.9 by 28.8 cm. incl. frame, not shown here. (Campion Hall, Oxford; exh. British Museum, London).
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3. Annunciation, attributed to Michelangelo. c.1545–60. Black chalk on paper, 38.3 by 29.7 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York; exh. British Museum, London).
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4. Annunciation, by Marcello Venusti. c.1545–60. Oil on wood, 45 by 30 cm. (Galleria Corsini, Rome; exh. British Museum, London).
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5. Study for the Porta Pia, by Michelangelo. 1561. Stylus, black chalk and brown wash, with lead white, on several conjoined pieces of paper, 44.2 by 28.2 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence; exh. British Museum, London).
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6. Epifania, by Michelangelo. c.1550–53. Black chalk on 26 conjoined sheets, 234.6 by 173.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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7. Epifania, by Ascanio Condivi. c.1550–53. Oil on panel, 240 by 187 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence; exh. British Museum, London).
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8. Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Evangelist, by Michelangelo. c.1558–63. Black chalk and lead white on paper, 41.2 by 28.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Evangelist, by Michelangelo. c.1555–63. Black chalk and lead white on paper, 41 by 27.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Jean-Baptiste Greuze et ses têtes d’expression: La fortune d’une genre
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 569-571
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Reviewer:
Laing, Alastair (Laing, Alastair)
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subjects:
Jean-Baptiste Greuze et ses têtes d’expression: La fortune d’une genre By Yuriko Jackall. 320 pp. incl. 29 col. + 45 b. & w. ills. (CTHS and INHA, Paris, 2022), €38. ISBN 978–2–7355–0939–3. | :
Illustrations
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3. A woman (Madame Greuze) with a furtrimmed hood drawn over her head, detail from La Dame de Charité, by Jean Baptiste Greuze, above a sketch of the painting, by Jean Massard. 1772. Etching and engraving, 23.7 by 15.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
Article
Newly attributed drawings by Botticelli
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 358-365
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Author:
Rinaldi, Furio (Rinaldi, Furio)
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Illustrations
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1. Study for a standing man (St Sebastian), by Sandro Botticelli. c.1473–74. Metalpoint (silver?) and white gouache on ochre prepared paper, 18.4 by 9.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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10. Detail of Fig.12, showing the face of the third onlooker on the right.
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11. Head of a man in near profile looking left, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. c.1468–70. Traces of black chalk, metalpoint (lead?) heightened with white and grey wash, on yellow-ochre prepared paper, 13.2 by 11 cm. (Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford).
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12. Adoration of the Magi, by Sandro Botticelli, showing the face of an onlooker. c.1470–75. Tempera and oil on poplar panel, 68 by 102 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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13. Head of a veiled woman, by Fra Filippo Lippi. c.1452. Silverpoint and white gouache, retouched with pen and brown ink and red chalk, on ochre-prepared paper, 30 by 20.5 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence).
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2. Study of two standing figures and a right hand, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1475. Silverpoint and white gouache on mauve-lilac prepared paper, 16.5 by 10 cm. (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille).
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3. Two partial studies of a profile, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. c.1475. Metalpoint (lead?) and white gouache on yellowochre prepared paper, 18.9 by 7.1 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe delle Uffizi, Florence).
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4. Detail of the Cestello Annunciation, by Sandro Botticelli, showing the face of the Archangel Gabriel. 1489. Tempera on panel, 150 by 156 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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5. Standing man turned to the right, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. c.1475. Metalpoint (lead?) and white gouache on yellow-ochre prepared paper, 18.9 by 7.1 cm. (recto of Fig.3). (Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe delle Uffizi, Florence).
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6. Study for a standing draped figure turned to the left, by Sandro Botticelli. Metalpoint (lead?) and white gouache on ochre prepared paper, 18.3 by 8.3 cm. (© RMN-Grand Palais; Musée du Louvre; Stéphane Maréchalle).
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7. Virgin and Child with the young St John the Baptist, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1468–70. Tempera and gold on poplar panel, 90.7 by 67 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Tarker; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Head of a woman looking down to the left, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. c.1468–70. Metalpoint (lead?) heightened with white and light grey wash on yellow-ochre prepared paper, 13.4 by 10.7 cm. (Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford).
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9. Detail of Fig.7, showing the face of the Virgin.
Short Notice
Giulio Cesare Procaccini’s earliest known drawing and his contacts with Aurelio Luini
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 413-417
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Author:
Tantardini, Lucia (Tantardini, Lucia)
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10. Lamentation over the dead Christ with St Francis and Mary Magdalene, by Camillo Procaccini. c.1587. Red chalk on white paper, 53.6 by 35.5 cm. (Museo Diocesano, Milan).
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2. Studies of heads, figures, animals and figure compositions, by Aurelio Luini. 1560–70. Pen and brown ink on light tan paper, partly squared in black chalk, 30.9 by 19.5 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).
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3. Studies of heads and a seated figure, by Giulio Cesare Procaccini. 1600–05. Red and black chalk, with framing lines, 16.7 by 18.3 cm. (Location unknown; formerly private collection).
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4. Miscellaneous studies, here attributed to Giulio Cesare Procaccini. c.1590. Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, 27.6 by 18.4 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Studies of the head of a woman, by Aurelio Luini. c.1591. Pen and brown ink on white paper turned yellow, with traces of blue pigment, 13.4 by 9.7 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence).
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6. A satyr and two men pulling two women (verso of Fig.5), by Giulio Cesare Procaccini. c.1591–95. Pen and brown ink and black chalk on white paper turned yellow. 13.4 by 9.7 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence).
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7. Detail of St Thecla Altarpiece, by Aurelio Luini. 1591–92. Oil on canvas, approx. 370 by 180 cm. (Milan Cathedral).
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8. Susannah and the Elders, by Giulio Cesare Procaccini. 1600–10. Pen and brown ink, 20.5 by 13.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
Attributed works:
9. Study for the dead Christ, by Aurelio Luini. c.1587–90. Pen and brown ink on cream paper, 21 by 30 cm. (Location unknown).
Book Review
Study Heads (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 20.2)
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 476-477
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Reviewer:
Sancho Lobis, Victoria (Sancho Lobis, Victoria)
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art literature:
Reviewed Items
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Study Heads (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 20.2) By Nico Van Hout. 2 vols, 680 pp. incl. 150 col. + 340 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2021), £212.50. ISBN 978–1–912554–65–2. | :
Illustrations
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4. Reconstruction of the original support of Head study of a young man, looking down to the left (private collection); and Head study of a young man, looking up (Musée du Louvre, Paris), both by Peter Paul Rubens, with indication of the horizontal joint and the saw lines.
Article
Delacroix in Morocco and Andalusia: rediscovered notebooks and drawings
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 226-257
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Author:
Hannoosh, Michèle (Hannoosh, Michèle)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Scenes in Meknes, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Ink and watercolour on paper, 19.3 by 12.7 cm. (Meknes notebook, fol.26v; Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michel Urtado).
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10. Woman of Tangier hanging laundry, by Eugène Delacroix. 1833. Lithograph, 19.3 by 25.7 cm. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
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11. Mule-drivers of Tetuan, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Watercolour on paper, 25.2 by 32.5 cm. (Musée archéologique municipal, Laon).
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12. Mule-drivers of Tetuan, by Eugène Delacroix. 1833. Lithograph, 28.7 by 38.9 cm. (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; Bridgeman Images).
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13. Study of muledrivers, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper, 16.4 by 10.3 cm. (Aubry sketchbook, fol.20v; private collection).
Attributed works:
14. Study for ‘Mule-drivers of Tetuan’, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite and pen on paper, 19.5 by 30.9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Agence Bulloz).
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15. Study of Arab men, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Watercolour and graphite on laid paper, 21.1 by 28.9 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
16. Studies of Arab men, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper, each page 16.4 by 10.3 cm. (Aubry sketchbook, fols.16v and 17r; private collection).
Attributed works:
17. Study of doors, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 16.4 by 10.3 cm. (Aubry sketchbook, fol.15r; private collection).
Attributed works:
18. Woman in a mantilla, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Watercolour over graphite on cream wove paper, 22 by 17 cm. (Location unknown, formerly in a private collection; from L’Art expressif au XIXe siècle français, Paris 1960).
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19. Interior of a building in Seville, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 20.6 by 16.4 cm. (Aubry sketchbook, fols.29v–30r; private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Front cover of Eugène Delacroix’s ‘English sketchbook’. 1825. 12 by 19.5 cm. (Musée national Eugène Delacroix, Paris).
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20. Le picador, by Eugène Delacroix. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 28.8 by 21.9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michel Urtado).
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21. Bullfighters, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832(?). Graphite on paper, 18.1 by 22.4 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Gérard Blot).
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22. Picador, by Antonio Carnicero. 1787–90. Hand-coloured etching, 17.7 by 28 cm. (From Colección de las principales suertes de una corrida de toros, pl.III; British Museum, London).
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23. Detail of a sketch of Sidi Kasem (fol.15r), by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper. (Meknes notebook, fols.14v–15r; Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michel Urtado).
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24. Sketch of a horse slipping, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper, 19.3 by 12.7 cm. (Meknes notebook, fol.13v; Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michèle Bellot).
Attributed works:
25. View of Sidi Kasem, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper, 6.1 by 17.6 cm. (Roux sketchbook, fols.11v–12r; Orientalist Museum, Doha).
Attributed works:
26. View of Sidi Kasem, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper, 6.1 by 17.6 cm. (Roux sketchbook, fols.12v–13r; Orientalist Museum, Doha).
Attributed works:
27. View en route to Zerhoun?, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 9.5 by 16 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michel Urtado).
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28. Study of figures in Morocco, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite and brush on paper, 18.3 by 18.3 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
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29. Study of horsemen, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 15.8 by 21.2 cm. (Louvre sketchbook 1757, fol.22r; Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michel Urtado).
Attributed works:
3. Dominican convent, Cadiz, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 9.5 by 15.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michel Urtado).
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30. Study of horsemen, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 15.8 by 21.2 cm. (Louvre sketchbook 1757, fol.23r; Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michel Urtado).
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31. Arab cavalry practicing a charge, by Eugène Delacroix. 1833. Oil on canvas, 60.5 by 74.5 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
Attributed works:
32. Botzaris attacks the Turkish camp, by Eugène Delacroix. 1862. Oil on canvas, 65 by 73 cm. (Toledo Museum of Art).
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33. Scenes in Meknes, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Ink and watercolour on paper, each page 19.3 by 12.7 cm. (Meknes notebook, fols.24v–25r; Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Michèle Bellot).
Attributed works:
34. Scenes in Meknes, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Ink and watercolour on paper, each page 19.3 by 12.7 cm. (Meknes notebook, fols.25v and 26r; Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Gérard Blot).
Attributed works:
35. Sheet of studies from Meknes, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Ink and watercolour on paper, 20.4 by 25.7 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).
Attributed works:
4. Christopher Columbus and his son at La Rábida, by Eugène Delacroix. 1838. Oil on canvas, 90.3 by 118 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Study of a monk, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper, 16.4 by 10.3 cm. (Aubry sketchbook, fol.34r; private collection).
Attributed works:
6. Study of a monk, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper, 16.4 by 10.3 cm. (Aubry sketchbook, fol.31r; private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Woman of Tangier hanging laundry, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite on paper, 18 by 23.1 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMNGrand Palais; Michel Urtado).
Attributed works:
8. Study of a doorway and Study of a woman hanging laundry, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Graphite and ink on paper, each page 16.4 by 10.3 cm. (Aubry sketchbook, fols.8v and 9r; private collection).
Attributed works:
9. A woman bathing and her Moorish servant, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Watercolour and graphite on white wove paper, 16 by 18.3 cm. (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA).
Article
A pastel ‘Study for a head’ by Boltraffio in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 266-269
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Author:
Allegri, Agostino (Allegri, Agostino)
Author:
Mazzotta, Antonio (Mazzotta, Antonio)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Study for the portrait of a poet, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1500–02. Coloured chalk and pastel on prepared paper, 51.5 by 39.5 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of St Barbara, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1502. Oil on panel, 172 by 113.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
3. Study for a head, here attributed to Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1500–02. Coloured chalk and pastel on prepared paper, 25.7 by 25.8 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan).
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4. Study for a female head, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1500–02. Coloured chalk and pastel on prepared paper, 26.4 by 29.5 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan).
Attributed works:
5. Studies for a portrait of a woman, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1500–02. Coloured chalk and pastel on prepared paper, 57.3 by 40.7 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
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