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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)
Subjects
artists:
Lusitano, Vasco Pereira / Pavona, Francesco
buildings:
Church of Menino Deus, Lisbon, Portugal
dates:
1730-1739
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
Portuguese architecture / Portuguese painting / Portuguese School / Drawings / Studies (visual works)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
2. Church of Menino Deus, Lisbon. (Wikimedia Commons).
Attributed works:
3. St Francis stripped of his secular clothes, by Vieira Lusitano. c.1730–37. Oil on canvas. (Church of Menino Deus, Lisbon).
Attributed works:
4. Painting here identified as the Ecstasy of St Francis, by Francesco Pavona. c.1730–37. Oil on canvas. (Church of Menino Deus, Lisbon).
Book Review
Louis XV: passions d’un roi
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 508–510
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1759 / 1750-1779
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
subjects:
French art / French decorative art / Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 / Palaces / Taste (aesthetics) / Biographies / Libraries / Science / Theatre (discipline) / Architectural history / Furniture
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subjects:
Louis XV: passions d’un roi Edited by Yves Carlier and Hélène Delalex. 496 pp. incl. 458 col. + b. & w. ills. (In Fine Éditions d’Art, Paris, 2022), €49. ISBN 978–2–38203–076–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Floorplan of the telescope pavilion, château de la Muette. 1756. Pen, ink and red wash on paper. (Archives nationales, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Louis XV, by Arnaud Vincent de Montpetit. 1774. Oil on canvas, 74 by 61.2 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
Attributed works:
3. Project for the throne of Louis XV, by Sébastien- Antoine Slodtz and Paul-Ambroise Slodtz. 1752. Pen, ink and wash highlights over black pencil, 67.1 by 47.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini’s drawings for ‘Il Ricciardetto’
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 264–277
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Author:
Vicentini, Cecilia (Vicentini, Cecilia)
Subjects
artists:
Ghedini, Giuseppe Antonio / Cignani, Carlo / Crespi, Giuseppe Maria, lo Spagnolo
dates:
1730-1739
museums and institutions:
Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara, Italy
places:
Ferrara / Venice / Bologna
subjects:
Drawings / Engravings / Etchings / Published illustrations / Printmakers
works:
Il Ricciardetto (poem by Niccolò Forteguerri)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Illustration for Canto 10 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
10. Illustration for Canto 11 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
11. Joseph and Potiphar’s wife, by Carlo Cignani. Oil on canvas, 262 by 192 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).
Attributed works:
12. Joseph and Potiphar’s wife, by Carlo Cignani. 1670–75. Oil on canvas, 99 by 99 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden).
Attributed works:
13. Prophecy of Haggai, by Jacopo Zucchi after Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. Etching, 21 by 32 cm. (Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea, Ferrara, iconographical collection, vol.3, no.24).
Attributed works:
14. Illustration for Canto 21 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
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15. Illustration for Canto 27 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
16. Harpies at the Trojan banquet, by Annibale Carracci. 1585–93. Fresco. (Sala dell’Eneide, Palazzo Fava, Bologna).
Attributed works:
17. Illustration for Canto 19 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
18. Illustration for Canto 16 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara)..
Attributed works:
19. St Gaetano and his followers founding the Theatine Order, by Clemente Majoli. 1671. Fresco. (S. Maria della Pietà dei Teatini, Ferrara; courtesy of the Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio).
Attributed works:
2. Illustration for Canto 29 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
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20. Illustration for Canto 20 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
3. Niccolò Forteguerri (‘Niccolò Carteromaco’), after Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Etching, 20.4 by 14.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Illustration for Canto 20 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Jacopo Zucchi after Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1738. Etching, 11 by 5 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden).
Attributed works:
5. Illustration for Canto 27 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giovanni Cattini after Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1738. Etching, 11 by 5 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden).
Attributed works:
6. Thalia, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini, 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 7.9 by 8.5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
7. Illustration for Canto 15 of ‘Il Ricciardetto’, by Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini. 1737–38. Pen, ink and brown wash on paper, 11 by 5 cm. (Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
8. Martyrdom of St Paul, by Francesco Monti. c.1720. Oil on canvas, 219 by 150 cm. (Credem Collection, Reggio Emilia).
Attributed works:
9. The five senses, by Carlo Cignani. 1670–73. Oil on canvas, 133 by 190 cm. (Scatto di Gaia e Giuseppe Schiavinotto, Rome; courtesy Principessa Maria Camilla Pallavicini).
Book Review
All Walks of Life. A Journey with the Alan Shimmerman Collection: Meissen Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 98–99
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Reviewer:
Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
Subjects
artists:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
collectors and dealers:
Shimmerman, Alan
dates:
1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1759
subjects:
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory / Ceramics / Collectors / Collections, Private
Reviewed Items
subjects:
All Walks of Life. A Journey with the Alan Shimmerman Collection: Meissen Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century By Meredith Chilton and Vanessa Sigalas, with contributions by André van der Goes, Jennifer Mass and Aaron Shugar. 672 pp. incl. 713 col. ills. (Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2022), £75. ISBN 978–3–89790–641–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Dancing Mezzetin and L’Indifferent, modelled by J.J. Kändler. Meissen, c.1738–40, decorated after 1802. Hard-paste porcelain, heights 18.1 and 19 cm. (Shimmerman Collection; photograph Melissa Shimmerman).
Article
Portraits of the exiled Stuarts by Scottish painters
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 141-152
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Author:
Corp, Edward (Corp, Edward)
Subjects
artists:
Smibert, John / Erskine, Colin / Mosman, William / Alexander, Cosmo / Read, Katherine (1723–1778) / David, Antonio (1698–1750) / Trevisani, Francesco / Pesci, Girolamo / Blanchet, Louis Gabriel / Duprà, Domenico
artists:
Ramsay, Allan
dates:
1710-1719 / 1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1759
places:
Rome
subjects:
Stuart, James Francis Edward (1688–1766) / Sobieska, Maria Clementina / Stuart, Prince Charles Edward, Bonnie Prince Charlie / House of Stuart / Jacobites / Royalty / Courts (social groups) / Portraits / Copies / Scottish painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. James III, by Francesco Trevisani. 1719. Oil on canvas, 97.8 by 74.6 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023).
Attributed works:
10. Queen Clementina, by William Mosman after Francesco Trevisani. c.1733. Oil on canvas, 72.4 by 60.8 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
11. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by William Mosman. 1740. Oil on canvas, 76.2 by 63.8 cm. (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
12. James III, by Cosmo Alexander after Anton Raphael Mengs. 1752. Oil on canvas. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
13. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by Cosmo Alexander after Maurice Quentin de La Tour. 1752. Oil on canvas, 77.5 by 74.9 cm. (Drambuie Collection, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
14. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by Katherine Read after Maurice Quentin de La Tour. 1748. Oil on canvas, 62.5 by 49 cm. (Private collection; © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Queen Clementina and Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by Girolamo Pesci. 1721. Oil on canvas, 157.6 by 116.8 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. James III and Queen Clementina, by John Smibert after Girolamo Pesci. 1721. Oil on canvas. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
4. James III, by Antonio David after Martin van Meytens. 1730. Oil on canvas, 73.2 by 61 cm. (Pininski Foundation, Liechtenstein).
Attributed works:
5. James III, possibly by Colin Erskine. 1732 or 1733. Oil on canvas, 76 by 63.5 cm. (Drambuie Collection, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
6. James III, by William Mosman after Francesco Trevisani. 1733. Oil on canvas, 96 by 73 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Queen Clementina, by William Mosman after Francesco Trevisani. 1733. Oil on canvas, 96 by 73 cm. (Pininski Foundation, Liechtenstein).
Attributed works:
8. Queen Clementina, by Francesco Bertosi after Francesco Trevisani. 1735. Oil on canvas, 98 by 73 cm. (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
9. Queen Clementina, here attributed to Antonio David. 1719 or 1720. Oil on copper, 25.8 by 19.4 cm. (Private collection).
Article
Carle Van Loo at the 1737 Salon
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 473-477
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Author:
Dmitrieva, Sofya (Dmitrieva, Sofya)
Subjects
artists:
Loo, Carle van
dates:
1730-1739
subjects:
French painting / Salon des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris / Turqueries / Portraits / Self-portraits / Somis, Anne Antonia Christina / Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 / Orientalism / Allegories / Music / and / Paintings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. A pasha having his mistress’s portrait painted, by Carle Van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 66 by 76 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).
Attributed works:
2. The Grand Turk giving a concert to his mistress, by Carle Van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 72.5 by 91 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
3. Allegories of the Arts: Painting, by Carle Van Loo. 1753. Oil on canvas, 87.5 by 84.5 cm. (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Attributed works:
4. Allegories of the Arts: Music, by Carle Van Loo. 1753. Oil on canvas, 87.5 by 84.5 cm. (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the painter.
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the musician.
Attributed works:
7. Apelles painting Campaspe, by Nicolas Vleughels. 1716. Oil on canvas, 126 by 97 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala Archives).
Book Review
Intagli rococo : Professionalita  ed elaborazione del gusto negli interni del Palazzo Reale di Torino
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 318-320
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Reviewer:
Zanuso, Susanna (Zanuso, Susanna)
Subjects
buildings:
Palazzo Reale, Turin, Italy
dates:
1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1759
subjects:
Carving (processes) / Carvings / Wooden / Gilding / Interiors / Marquetry / Italian architecture / Rococo
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Intagli rococò: Professionalità ed elaborazione del gusto negli interni del Palazzo Reale di Torino By Aurora Laurenti. 284 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Accademia University Press, Turin, 2020), €24. ISBN 978–88–319–7856–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the Summer Apartment, Gabinetto del Pregadio, Palazzo Reale, Turin, showing carved and pastiglia decorations on the wall panelling and pier table, by Giovanni Luigi Bosso. 1738–40. (Royal Palace, Royal Museums, Turin; photograph Aurora Laurenti).
Article
Henry Cheere’s statue of Christopher Codrington: conventions and setting
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1038-1045
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Author:
Baker, Malcolm (Baker, Malcolm)
Subjects
artists:
Cheere, Henry / Hawksmoor, Nicholas
dates:
1730-1739
museums and institutions:
All Souls' College, Oxford, Great Britain
patrons:
Codrington (1668-1710), Christopher
subjects:
British sculpture / Statues / Slave trade / Libraries / British architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The library, All Souls College, Oxford. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
2. Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster, by Henry Cheere and Henry Scheemakers. 1728. Marble. (St Michael, Edenham, Lincolnshire; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. William III, by Henry Cheere. 1733–34. Marble, height 175 cm. (Bank of England, London; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Christopher Codrington, by James Thornhill. 1702. Oil on canvas, 237.5 by 151.1 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford; photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
5. Christopher Codrington, by Henry Cheere. 1732–34. Marble. (Library, All Souls College, Oxford; photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
6. The library of All Souls College, by Thomas Malton. 1802. Etching and aquatint, 42 by 32 cm. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
7. The North Quadrangle, All Souls College, Oxford, looking north to the original main door of the library. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
8. Plan of the North Quadrangle, All Souls College, Oxford, based on Nicholas Hawksmoor’s 1715 plan. (From H. Colvin and J.S.G. Simmons: All Souls: An Oxford College and its Buildings, Oxford 1989).
Book Review
Francesco Solimena (1657–1747) e le Arti a Napoli. Edited by Nicola Spinosa
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 264-266
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Reviewer:
Loire, Stéphane (Loire, Stéphane)
Subjects
artists:
Solimena, Francesco
dates:
1660-1719 / 1660-1719 / 1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Architecture
places:
Naples / Rome
subjects:
Italian art / Neapolitan art / Commissions / Dating
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Francesco Solimena (1657–1747) e le Arti a Napoli Edited by Nicola Spinosa. 1100 pp. incl. 400 col. + 600 b. & w. ills. (Ugo Bozzi, Rome, 2018),  365. ISBN 978–88–7003–060–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. The fall of Simon Magus, by Francesco Solimena. 1690. Fresco. (Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore, Naples).
Letter
Was Lord Burlington a Jacobite?
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 802-803
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Author:
Clark, Jane (Clark, Jane)
Subjects
buildings:
Chiswick House, London, Great Britain
dates:
1710-1719 / 1720-1729 / 1730-1739
patrons:
Boyle, Richard, Third Earl of Burlington, 1694-1753
subjects:
Jacobites / Royalty / Grand tours
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, with his wife Dorothy Savile and their daughters, by Jean-Baptiste van Loo. 1739. Oil on canvas, 264.2 by 190.5 cm. (Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; Bridgeman Images).
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