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Exhibition Review
Careers by Design: Hendrick Goltzius and Peter Paul Rubens
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 953-56
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Reviewer:
Meier, Hans Jakob (Meier, Hans Jakob)
Subjects
artists:
Goltzius, Hendrick / Rubens, Peter Paul
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich, Germany
subjects:
Dutch art / Engravings / Etchings / Woodcuts / Drawings / Baroque / Mannerism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Careers by Design: Hendrick Goltzius and Peter Paul Rubens Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich 13th June–15th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Wedding of Cupid and Psyche, by Hendrick Goltzius after Bartholomeus Spranger. 1587. Engraving, 43 by 84.5 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
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12. Judith beheading Holofernes, by Cornelis Galle I after Rubens. c.1616. Engraving, 54 by 38 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
Attributed works:
13. Fall of the damned, Pieter Soutman after Rubens. 1642. Etching, 56.9 by 41.7 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
Article
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).
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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)..
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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).
Exhibition Review
Baroque Brilliance: Drawings and Prints by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 288-290
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Reviewer:
Bätschmann, Oskar (Bätschmann, Oskar)
Subjects
artists:
Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto
dates:
2020-2030
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1639 / 1630-1669
media:
Prints / Etchings / Monotypes / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Genoa
styles:
Baroque
subjects:
Italian art / Italian drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Baroque Brilliance: Drawings and Prints by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Kunsthaus Zurich 10th December 2021– 6th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Sacred and profane love, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. c.1635. Brush drawing, brown and red-brown oil paint with red and blue-grey touches, 21.6 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Collection / HM Queen Elizabeth II; exh. Kunsthaus Zurich).
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6. The genius of Castiglione, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Before 1648. Etching, 37 by 24.9 cm. (Cabinet cantonal des estampes, collection de l’Etat de Vaud – Musée Jenisch Vevey; exh. Kunsthaus Zurich).
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7. Annunciation to the shepherds, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. 1650– 55. Monotype, 37.2 by 24.6 cm. (Albertina, Vienna; exh. Kunsthaus Zurich).
Attributed works:
8. Presumed self-portrait, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Late 1640s. Etching, 18.8 by 13.8 cm. (Cabinet cantonal des estampes, collection de l’Etat de Vaud – Musée Jenisch Vevey; exh. Kunsthaus Zurich).
Article
Valentín Carderera and the dissemination of Goya’s graphic work in France
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1048-1055
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Author:
Fayos-Perez, Paula (Fayos-Perez, Paula)
Subjects
art literature:
Gazette des beaux-arts
artists:
Carderera, Valentín / Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
collectors and dealers:
Ceán Bermúdez, Juan Agustín / Mérimée, Prosper / Brunet, Pierre Gustave
media:
Prints / Etchings / Drawings / Lithographs
places:
France
subjects:
Collecting / Art dealers / Correspondence / French (people) / Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Witches disguised as normal people, from the Sueños (Dreams) series, by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. 1796–97. Pencil, ink and black chalk on paper, 24.6 by 18.4 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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2. Sketch of man with the head of a snake, by Prosper Mérimée. Pen and ink on paper, 18.7 by 11 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Woman / Serpent, by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. 1797–98. Pen, ink and wash over pencil, 21.1 by 14.7 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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4. They make use of them (Se aprovechan), preliminary drawing for the Disasters of war, no.16, by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. c.1810–14. Red chalk over pencil on paper, 16.5 by 23 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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5. They don’t like it (No quieren), from the Disasters of war, by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. c.1810–13. Etching and drypoint with aquatint on paper, 15.5 by 20.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Don Quixote, by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. c.1812–20. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 20.7 by 14.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. Don Quixote after Goya, by Félix Braquemond. Etching and wash, 23.8 by 17.8 cm. (Repr. V. Carderera: ‘François Goya: sa vie, ses dessins, ses eaux-fortes’, Gazette des Beaux-Arts 7 (1860), opposite p.216).
Book Review
Rembrandt: The Complete Paintings, and Rembrandt: The Complete Drawings and Etchings
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 630-631
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Reviewer:
Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn
subjects:
Dutch art / Catalogues / Paintings / Drawings / Etchings / Attributions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Rembrandt: The Complete Drawings and Etchings By Peter Schatborn and Erik Hinterding. 756 pp. incl. 708 col. + 314 b. & w. ills. (Taschen, Cologne, 2019), £150. ISBN 978–3–8365–7544–7. | :
subjects:
Rembrandt: The Complete Paintings By Volker Manuth, Marieke de Winkel and Rudie van Leeuwen. 744 pp. incl. 330 col. ills. (Taschen, Cologne, 2019), £150. ISBN 978–3–8365–2632–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. The Polish rider, by Rembrandt. c.1655. Oil on canvas, 116.8 by 134.9 cm. (Frick Collection, New York; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Piranesi, the Stowe Vase and the silver Buckingham Vases
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 502-511
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Author:
Chambers Mills, Rosie (Chambers Mills, Rosie)
Subjects
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista / Storr, Paul,
collectors and dealers:
Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
dates:
1810-1819
media:
Silverwork / Marbles / Etchings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Stowe House, Buckingham, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
styles:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Vases / Sculpture / Antiquities / Antiquarianism / Workshops (Organisations) / Copies / Influence / Art market / Designers
subjects:
British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Buckingham Vase, marked by Paul Storr, London. 1811–12. Silver, 40 by 35.6 by 26.7 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the family of Sir Arthur Gilbert, and Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross. (Photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA).
Attributed works:
10. Study of an altar, by Bernardino Ciferri. c.1710–30. Red chalk on paper, 30.3 by 28 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
11. Her Majesty’s departure from Stowe House, from the Illustrated London News, 25th January 1845. Engraving. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
12. Marble vase from Hadrian’s Villa, by Henry Moses. Engraving. (Repr. Vorbilder für Fabrikanten und Handwerker, Berlin 1830, part 1, section 2, pl.23; Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
Attributed works:
13. Detail of the Innovo Vase, by Michael Eden. 2016. Coated nylon. 50.2 by 40.6 by 29.2 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Shannon and Peter Loughrey, and Heidi Wettenhall and Said Saffari through the 2016 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA ). (  Michael Eden; photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA.
Attributed works:
2. The Stowe Vase (front), from Vasi, candelabri [. . .], by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome 1778. Etching on paper, plate 57 by 37.5 cm.
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3. The Stowe Vase (side), from Vasi, candelabri [. . .], by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome 1778. Etching on paper, plate 57 by 37 cm.
Attributed works:
4. The Stowe Vase. Rome, 2nd century BC. Marble, 119.4 by 101.6 by 76.2 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection. (Photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA).
Attributed works:
5. Doncaster Race Cup, marked by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard. 1828. Silver with gilding, height 39.4 cm. (Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of a design for a sauce tureen, from an album, ‘Designs for plate etc. by John Flaxman’, by Edward Hodges Baily, fol.16r. c.1820. Pencil and ink on paper, 51 by 31.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. Pair of wine coolers, marked by Benjamin Smith, London. 1814–15. Silver with gilding, each 36.7 by 34.3 by 24.8 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, gift of Rita R. Gans; photograph Katherine Wetzel).
Attributed works:
8. Wine cooler (one of four), marked by Barnard & Sons, London. 1828–29. Silver with gilding, 36.2 by 30.5 by 22.2 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis).
Attributed works:
9. Wine cooler (one of a pair), marked by Barnard & Sons, London. torted the profile of the Stowe Vase to match the other vase, 1831–32. Silver with gilding, height 37 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Raffinesse im Akkord: Meissener Porzellanmalerei und ihre Grafischen Vorlagen. By Claudia Bodinek, with contributions by Peter Braun, Tobias Pfeifer-Helke und Claudia Schnitzer
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 266-268
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Reviewer:
Dawson, Aileen (Dawson, Aileen)
Subjects
dates:
1740-1749 / 1750-1759 / 1750-1779 / 1750-1799 / 1800-1819
sources:
Engravings / Etchings / Drawings
subjects:
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory / Porcelain
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Raffinesse im Akkord: Meissener Porzellanmalerei und ihre Grafischen Vorlagen By Claudia Bodinek, with contributions by Peter Braun, Tobias Pfeifer-Helke und Claudia Schnitzer. 2 vols, 768 pp. incl. 1,394 col. + 34 b. & w. ills. (Michel Imhof Verlag, Munich, 2018),  135. ISBN 978–3–7319–0472–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. ‘Philis lors qu’a nos yeux le lapin tu caresse.’, by Marie-Jeanne Renard Dubos after Madeleine Fran oise Basseporte. c.1700. Engraving and etching, 20.9 by 15.2 cm. (Meissen Archive). Snuffbox, Meissen. c.1740. Gold and porcelain, diameter 7.6 cm. (Private collection).
Article
All the Rembrandts – and more
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 846-851
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Author:
Seifert, Tico (Seifert, Tico )
Subjects
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Etchings
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands / Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands / British Museum, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Amsterdam City Archives, Amsterdam, Netherlands
subjects:
Exhibitions / Anniversaries / Displays / Research / Catalogues / Biographies / Attributions
subjects:
Dutch art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
All the Rembrandts (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; 15th February–10th June), | :
subjects:
Rembrandt and the Mauritshuis (31st January–15th September) | :
subjects:
Rembrandt: Thinking on Paper (British Museum, London, 7th February–4th August). | :
subjects:
Rembrandt’s Social Network: Family, Friends and Acquaintances (Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam,1st February–19th May). | :
subjects:
The Private World of Rembrandt, (Amsterdam City Archives, 7th December 2018–7th April 2019). | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of Titus van Rijn, by Rembrandt. c.1660. Oil on canvas, 81.3 by 68.7 cm. (Baltimore Museum of Art; exh. Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
2. African woman, by Rembrandt. c.1630. Etching, 11.2 by 8.4 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
3. Installation view of All the Rembrandts at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2019.
Attributed works:
4. David hearing the news of Uriah’s death, by Rembrandt. c.1650. Pen and brown ink, with brown wash and opaque white on paper, 19.5 by 29.3 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
5. Amsterdam Town Hall after the fire, by Rembrandt. 1652. Pen, brown ink and red chalk on paper, 14.9 by 20 cm. (Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam; exh. Amsterdam City Archives).
Attributed works:
6. Saul and David, by Rembrandt. c.1651–54 and c.1655–58. Oil on canvas, 130 by 164.5 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
Attributed works:
7. Young woman sleeping, by Rembrandt. c.1654. Brown wash on paper, 24.6 by 20.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Edvard Munch: Love and Angst. British Museum, London
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 578-581
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Jill (J. L.) (Lloyd, Jill (J. L.); L., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Munch, Edvard
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Lithographs / Etchings / Woodcuts
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Prints / Versions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The sick child I, by Edvard Munch. 1896. Lithograph, 43.2 by 57.3 cm. (Munch Museum, Oslo; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Vampire II, by Edvard Munch. 1895/1902. Colour lithograph, 38.6 by 55.3 cm. (Private collection; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Two human beings. The lonely ones, by Edvard Munch. 1899. Woodcut print, 39.4 by 55.5 cm. (Munch Museum, Oslo; exh. British Museum, London).
Book Review
The Life of Romeyn de Hooghe 1645–1708. By Henk van Nierop
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 523-524
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Reviewer:
Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Hooghe, Romeyn de
dates:
1650-1749
media:
Etchings / Stained glass / Medals / Pamphlets
places:
Amsterdam
subjects:
Dutch art
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