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Exhibition Review
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c.1504
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 175–177
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Lewis, Grant (Lewis, Grant)
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Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c.1504 Royal Academy of Arts, London 9th November 2024–16th February 2025 | :
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13. Virgin and Child with St Anne and the infant St John the Baptist (Burlington House cartoon), by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated to c.1506–08. Charcoal with black and white chalk on 8 sheets of paper, mounted on canvas, 141.5 by 104.6 cm. (National Gallery, London; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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14. Virgin and Child with the infant St John the Baptist (Taddei tondo), by Michelangelo Buonarroti. c.1504–05. Marble, diameter 106.8 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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15. Studies for the Virgin and Child, by Raphael. c.1506–07. Pen and brown ink over red chalk, 25.3 by 18.3 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Article
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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Aceto, Angelamaria (Aceto, Angelamaria)
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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).
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).
Short Notice
Leonardo da Vinci’s Burlington House Cartoon: a new hypothesis
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 928-31
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Shorter Notice by:
Rumberg, Per (Rumberg, Per)
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1. Virgin and Child with St Anne and the infant St John the Baptist (the Burlington House Cartoon), by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1506–08. Charcoal with white chalk on paper, mounted on canvas, 141.5 by 104.6 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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2. Virgin and Child with St Anne and the infant St John the Baptist, surrounded by ten saints (the Pala del Gran Consiglio), by Fra Bartolommeo. 1510–13. Oil on panel, 444 by 308 cm. (Museo Nazionale di San Marco, Florence).
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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Allegri, Agostino (Allegri, Agostino)
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Mazzotta, Antonio (Mazzotta, Antonio)
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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).
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2. Detail of St Barbara, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. c.1502. Oil on panel, 172 by 113.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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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).
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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).
Article
Giorgione’s ‘Tempest’: a riddle without a cause
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1046-1055
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Holberton, Paul (Holberton, Paul)
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1. The Tempest, by Giorgione. c.1508–10. Oil on canvas, 82 by 73 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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10. The bravo, by Titian. c.1510–15. Oil on canvas, 75 by 67 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Travelling figure in a landscape, by Giorgione. c.1505. Red chalk on paper, 20.3 by 29 cm. (Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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12. Soldier and Gypsy woman. c.1500–05. Two engravings printed on a single sheet; sheet 11.7 by 9.4 cm. (Bound into Sasso Panfilo: Epigrammata etc., Brescia 1479; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Sammlung Hartmann Schedel, 4o Incunabula c.a., fol.2v).
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2. Reliquary of Charles the Bold (St George and Charles the Bold), by Gerard Loyet. c.1467–71. Gold, silver and enamel, height including base 53 cm. (Liège Cathedral Treasury; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Rest on the flight into Egypt, by Lucas Cranach. 1504. Oil on panel, 70.7 by 53 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Young man, attributed to Giorgione. c.1500–02. Oil on canvas, 57.5 by 45.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Bridgeman Images).
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5. A man tricked by gypsies, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1493. Pen and ink, sheet 26 by 20.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021).
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6. A gypsy addressing a soldier, by Giorgione. c.1500. Oil on canvas, 72 by 56.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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7. A gypsy addressing a soldier, by Jan van Troyen after Giorgione. 1654–60. Engraving, 23.6 by 16.9 cm. (From David Teniers: Theatrum Pictorium, Antwerp 1673, plate 24).
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8. Three singers (alto, tenor and bass), by Giorgione. Oil on panel, 62 by 77 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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9. La vecchia (‘Giorgione’s mother’), by Giorgione. c.1508. Oil on canvas, 68 by 59 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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Revisiting Titian’s ‘Flight into Egypt’ at Ca’ Loredan, Venice
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 28-33
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Jewitt, James R. (Jewitt, James R.)
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1. Flight into Egypt, by Titian. c.1507. Oil on canvas, 204 by 324.5 cm. excluding eighteenth-century addition of ten centimetres to the righthand edge. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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2. Allegorical figure (Diligence?), by Antonio Zanetti, after Titian. 1760. Etching with watercolour, 28.7 by 20.5 cm. (Biblioteca Hertziana, Rome).
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3. Façade of the Ca’ Vendramin Calergi (formerly Ca’ Loredan), by Mauro Codussi (completed by Domenico Codussi?). c.1502–09. (San Marcuola, Cannaregio, Venice).
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4. Judgment of Solomon, by Sebastiano del Piombo. c.1505–10. Oil on canvas, 208 by 315 cm. (Bankes Collection, The National Trust, Kingston Lacy, Dorset).
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5. The portego on the first piano nobile, Ca’ Vendramin Calergi (formerly Ca’ Loredan), San Marcuola, Cannaregio, Venice, with eighteenthcentury fittings. (Photograph courtesy Ca’ Vendramin Calergi).
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6. Virgin and Child with four saints, by Titian and studio. c.1517–20. Oil on panel, 139 by 191 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
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A sculpture of the Virgin Annunciate by Jean Guillaumet, called Jehan de Chartres
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 922-927
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Ainsworth, Maryan W. (Ainsworth, Maryan W.; Ainsworth, Maryan)
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1. Madeleine of Burgundy presented by St Mary Magdalene, by Jean Hey. c.1490. Oil on panel, 56 by 40 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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10. Detail of Fig.6, showing the head of St Susanna.
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2. Virgin Annunciate, by Jean Guillaumet (Jehan de Chartres). c.1500–10. Limestone, 96.5 by 33 by 24 cm. (The Hearn Family Trust and Charles Hack; on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; © Sam Fogg Ltd.).
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3. Annunciation, by Jean Hey. c.1490–95. Oil on panel, 72 by 50.2 cm. (The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr and Mrs Martin A. Ryerson Collection).
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4. Detail of Fig.3, showing the Virgin.
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5. Detail of Fig.2, showing the upper torso.
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6. St Susanna, by Jean Guillaumet. c.1500–03. Limestone, 183 by 78 by 50 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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7. St Peter, by Jean Guillaumet. c.1500–03. Limestone, 184.5 by 66 by 43 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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8. St Anne, by Jean Guillaumet. c.1500–03. Limestone, 192 by 78 by 49 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the head of the Virgin.
Article
A print source for a painting by Gerard David
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 748-756
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Beltrami, Costanza (Beltrami, Costanza)
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1. Canon Bernardijn Salviati and three saints, by Gerard David. After 1501. Oil on panel, 103.4 by 94.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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10. Interior of a Gothic church, by Master W with the Key. c.1465–90. Engraving, 16.4 by 13.3 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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12. Pentecost, by Alexander or Simon Bening. c.1500–20. Black chalk, pen and black and brown ink on paper, with framing lines in black chalk, 25.6 by 17.2 cm. (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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2. The Virgin and Child with saints and donor, by Gerard David. Probably 1510. Oil on panel, 105.8 by 144.4 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. Mantle-clasp, by Reinecke vam Dressche. Before 1487. Gilded silver, diameter 14.6 cm. (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin).
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6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the mantle-clasp.
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7. A Gothic baldachin, by Master W with the Key. c.1465–90. Engraving, 13.2 by 6.9 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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8. Vista through the interior of a chapel, by Master W with the Key. c.1465–90. Engraving, 22.3 by 11.2 cm. (British Museum, London; © Trustees of the British Museum).
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9. Design for a Gothic niche, by Master W with the Key. c.1465–90. Engraving, 13.2 by 16.5 cm. (British Museum, London; © Trustees of the British Museum).
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11. Agnus Dei Ostensory. German, 1460–66. Gilded silver, enamel and gemstones, 60.2 by 18.2 cm. (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin).
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4. Mantle-clasp. Cologne?, c.1500. Gilded silver, diameter 15 cm. (Essen Cathedral; photograph Jens Nober; © Domschatzkammer Essen).
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5. A Gothic mantle-clasp and two ornaments at top, by Master W with the Key. c.1465–90. Engraving, 21.7 by 15.1 cm. (British Museum, London; © Trustees of the British Museum).
Article
The ‘Manchester Madonna’ and its influence on Granacci and Raphael
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 481-491
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Author:
Hall, James (Hall, James)
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1. The Manchester Madonna, by Michelangelo. c.1494. Tempera on panel, 104.5 by 77 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Detail of A male nude; studies of Apostles; the Virgin and Child; and a capital, showing the Virgin and Child, by Michelangelo. c.1504–05. Black chalk, pen and brown ink and pen and brown ink over leadpoint, 27.2 by 26.2 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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11. Bruges Madonna, by Michelangelo. 1504–06. Marble, height 128 cm. (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Bruges; Bridgeman Images).
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12. Sleeping hermaphrodite. Hellenistic (3rd–1st centuries BC), on a base by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1620. Marble, 169 by 89 cm. (Mus e du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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13. A group of four warriors, by Raphael. c.1504–05. Pen and ink over rubbed black chalk and pricking holes, 27.1 by 21.6 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Detail of a frieze, by Bertoldo di Giovanni and collaborators. c.1490. Glazed terracotta. (Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano; Scala, Florence; courtesy MiBAC).
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15. Study for the Virgin and Child, by Raphael. c.1505. Pen and ink, 19.7 by 25.1 cm. (Albertina, Vienna; Bridgeman Images).
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16. The Virgin and Child with the infant St John the Baptist, by Raphael. c.1505. Metalpoint and white heightening on pink-buff prepared paper, 13.9 by 12.1 cm. (The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle; Royal Collection Trust /   HM Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
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17. Virgin and Child with St John (La Belle Jardinière), by Raphael. 1507. Oil on panel, 122 by 80 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Rest on the flight into Egypt with the infant St John the Baptist, by Francesco Granacci. Here dated 1504–07. Tempera and oil on panel, 100 by 71 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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3. Bacchanal of putti, from the base of Judith and Holofernes, by Donatello. 1457–64. Bronze. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2.
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5. The Virgin and Child with St Anne, by Leonardo. c.1502–13. Oil on panel, 168 by 130 cm. (Mus e du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Virgin and Child with St Anne, by Andrea del Brescianino, after Leonardo. c.1515. Oil on panel, 129 by 94 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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7. Holy Family with the lamb, by Raphael. c.1507. Oil on panel, 32 by 22 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Scenes from the life of St John the Baptist, by Francesco Granacci. c.1507. Tempera, oil and gold on panel, 77.6 by 151.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. A group of three nude men; the Virgin and Child, by Michelangelo. c.1504–05. Black chalk and pen and brown ink over leadpoint, 31.5 by 27.8 cm. (British Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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