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Exhibition Review
L’Autoritratto di Leonardo: Storia e contemporaneità di un capolavoro
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 629–631
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Reviewer:
Mazzotta, Antonio (Mazzotta, Antonio)
Subjects
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Italy
subjects:
Italian art / Italian drawings / Self-portraits / Attribution / Dating
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’Autoritratto di Leonardo: Storia e contemporaneità di un capolavoro Biblioteca Reale, Turin 28th March–30th June Galleria Sabauda, Turin 28th March–28 July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Bearded old man, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1491–95. Red chalk on paper, 33.3 by 21.3 cm. (Biblioteca Reale, Turin).
Attributed works:
11. Leonardo da Vinci, attributed to Francesco Melzi. c.1515. Red chalk on paper, 27.5 by 19 cm. (© 2024 His Majesty King Charles III / Royal Collection Trust).
Article
Two music theory manuscripts reunited: book illumination in the circle of Matteo Giovannetti
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 16–29
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Author:
Manzari, Francesca (Manzari, Francesca)
Author:
Stoessel, Jason (Stoessel, Jason)
Subjects
artists:
Giovannetti, Matteo / circle of
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Avignon
sources:
Marchetto of Padua (fl. 1305 – 1319)
subjects:
Music / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Patrons / Dating / Attribution / Workshops (Organisations) / Franciscans / Cardinals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.52r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Attributed works:
18. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Sacrifice of Zacharias, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Attributed works:
21. Angel of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.49r).
Western art unattributed:
1. Leaves from the Naples manuscript, showing Lady Music and God in Majesty. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fols.46v–47r).
Western art unattributed:
10. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.21v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
11. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.31r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
12. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.88r).
Western art unattributed:
14. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
15. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.78v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
16. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.110v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
17. Leaf from the Liber Regulae. (Archivio di Stato, Rome, MS 3193, fol.202v; MIC).
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Miracle of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
2. Leaf from the Naples manuscript, showing a seated lion holding in its paws the head of an ox. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.48r).
Western art unattributed:
22. Our Lady of the Annunciation, by Matteo Giovannetti. c.1345. Oil on wood transferred to canvas. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing one of the lions supporting the throne of Lady Music. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.47r).
Western art unattributed:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lion as a symbol for the Evangelist Mark. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.46v).
Western art unattributed:
5. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.1r).
Western art unattributed:
7. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1r; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
8. Leaf from the Milan manuscript. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D 5 inf., fol.1v; Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana/Mondadori Portfolio Fotoriproduzione).
Western art unattributed:
9. Leaf from the Naples manuscript. (Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, Naples, MS V A 14, fol.18v).
Letter
‘Fountain’, Marcel Duchamp and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 312
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Ades, Dawn (Ades, Dawn)
Author:
Brotchie, Alastair (Brotchie, Alastair)
Author:
Spalding, Julian (Spalding, Julian)
Author:
Thompson, Glyn (Thompson, Glyn)
Subjects
artists:
Duchamp, Marcel / Freytag-Loringhoven, Elsa von, Elsa
subjects:
Attribution
works:
Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
Exhibition Review
Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 328-330
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Reviewer:
Pappi, Gianni (Pappi, Gianni)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Honthorst, Gerrit van / Brugghen, Hendrick ter / Baburen, Dirck van / Cecco del Caravaggio / Ribera, Jusepe de / Vouet, Simon / Rombouts, Theodoor / Seghers, Gerard / Manfredi, Bartolomeo / Borgianni, Orazio / Galli, Giovanni Antonio, called Spadarino / Boulogne, Valentin de / Serodine, Giovanni / Tournier, Nicolas / Régnier, Nicolas
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
places:
Utrecht / Rome
styles:
Caravaggesque
subjects:
Dutch art / Italian art / Attribution
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Christ before the High Priest, by Gerrit van Honthorst, c.1616–17. Canvas, 272 by 183 cm. (National Gallery, London; exh. Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
Attributed works:
12. Christ among the doctors, by Jusepe de Ribera. 1612–13. Canvas, 188 by 270 cm. (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Langres; exh. Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
Attributed works:
13. Christ displaying his wounds, by Giovanni Antonio Galli (Lo Spadarino). Canvas, 132.2 by 97.8 cm. (Perth Museum and Art Gallery; exh. Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
Article
An English artist at the Valois court: a portrait of Henri III by Nicholas Hilliard
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 102-111
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Author:
Aslet, William (Aslet, William)
Author:
BURGIO, Lucia (BURGIO, Lucia)
Author:
Cachaud, Céline (Cachaud, Céline)
Author:
Derbyshire, Alan (Derbyshire, Alan)
Author:
Rutherford, Emma (Rutherford, Emma)
Subjects
art literature:
Blaise de Vigenere
artists:
Hilliard, Nicholas / Pilon, Germain / Gaultier, Jacques / Foulon, Benjamin
dates:
1500-1599 / 1550-1599
media:
Paintings / Miniatures (paintings) / Frames / Inscriptions / Drawings / Prints / Engravings / Woodcuts / Medals / Documents / Calligraphy
patrons:
Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589 / Dudley, Robert, First Earl of Leicester, 1532?-1588 / Francis d'Anjou, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, 1555-1584
places:
Great Britain / France
subjects:
British painting / French painting / Portraits / Portrait miniatures / Sitters / Royalty / Monarchy / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 / Paulet, Amias, Sir, c.1533–88 / Ronsard, Pierre de / Patronage / Courts (social groups) / Politics / House of Valois / Wars of Religion (France: 1562-1598) / Travel / Dress / Academies / Poetry / Prayer books / Correspondence / Copies / Auctions / Iconography / Attribution / Attributions / Attributions, former / Identification / Dating
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Henri III of France, by Nicholas Hilliard. Here dated c.1576. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to playing card, 5 by 3.7 cm. (Djanogly Collection).
Attributed works:
11. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou. Here dated c.1578. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to pasteboard, 5.8 by 4.9 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
3. Reverse of Fig.2, showing the maker’s stamp ‘JP’ or ‘PJ’.
Attributed works:
4. Coronation medal of Henri III, attributed to Germain Pilon. 1575. Bronze, diameter 16.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1 showing the lace ruff.
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of a gentleman, here proposed as Pierre de Ronsard, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1577. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to playing card, height 5.1 by 4.4 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
8. Pierre de Ronsard, by Benjamin Foulon. 1580–85. Black and red chalk on paper, 33 by 23 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
9. and 10. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou and Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1579. From Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book, with Six Prayers Composed by Her Majesty and Written by Herself in English, French, Latin, Greek, and Italian, etc., Southwood 1893 (The British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
2. Fig.1 in a Renaissance-revival pierced frame. Nineteenth century. Cherry wood, 20.5 by 12.5 cm. (Djanogly Collection).
Western art unattributed:
6. Henri III. France, after 1576. Oil on paper, 13.5 by 9.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
Letter
Bronzes from the collection of the bailli de Breteuil in the Musée du Louvre
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 100-101
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Compiler:
Malgouyres, Philippe (Malgouyres, Philippe)
Subjects
artists:
Valadier, Luigi / Ango, Jean-Robert
collectors and dealers:
Tonnelier, Jacques-Laure le
dates:
1700-1799 / 1750-1799
media:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Marbles / Drawings / Documents / Inscriptions
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Musei Vaticani, Rome, Italy
places:
Italy / Rome / France / Paris
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Goldsmiths / Collections / Collecting / Acquisitions / Attribution / Identification / Sales catalogues / Statues / Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. A dog, by Jean-Robert Ango after Fig.1. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
3. Minerva, also called Livia or Agrippina as Pallas, by Jean-Robert Ango after Fig.4. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil)
Attributed works:
4. Minerva, also called Livia or Agrippina as Pallas, by Luigi Valadier. Bronze, marble and gilt bronze, 27.3 by 9 by 9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
5. Modesty, also called Agrippina, by Luigi Valadier. Bronze, marble and gilt bronze, 27 by 9 by 9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
1. A dog. Possibly Roman. Bronze, 7.8 by 12.2 by 10 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings. By Edgar Peters Bowron
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 164-166
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Reviewer:
Loire, Stéphane (Loire, Stéphane)
Subjects
art literature:
Clark, Anthony M. / Bowron, Edgar Peters
artists:
Batoni, Pompeo
dates:
1700-1799 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1759 / 1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Engravings
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Catalogues raisonnés / Attributions / Attribution / Identification / Dating / Provenance / Iconography / Portraits / Sitters / Copies / Religious art / Allegories / Travel / Grand tours
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Genius and the Arts, by the workshop of Pompeo Batoni. c.1744. Canvas, 98.5 by 74 cm. (Location unknown).
Attributed works:
2. Francis Basset, 1st Baron of Dunstanville, by Pompeo Batoni. 1778. Canvas, 221 by 157 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Article
The medieval glazing of Westminster Abbey: new discoveries
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 9-17
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Author:
Marks, Richard (Marks, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Burgh, William / Yeveley, Henry / Prudde, John / Sely, John
buildings:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain / Westminster Hall, London, Great Britain / York Minster, York, Great Britain / Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Great Britain
dates:
1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Stained glass / Architecture
patrons:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British architecture / Windows / Glazing (glass) / Cathedrals / Churches / Chapels / Galleries (display spaces) / Conservation / Restoration (process) / Style / Design / Ornament / Iconography / Poetry / Heraldry / Grisaille / Jesus Christ / Jesus Christ: Passion / Mary, Virgin / Saints / Identification / Attribution / Dating / Commissions / Gothic (Medieval)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Sorting the stained glass fragments in The Cathedral Studios, Canterbury. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
2. The fragments displayed in The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
10. Fragment of initial ‘I’. c.1246–90. Yellow stained glass, 9 by 5.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
11. Fragment of initial ‘I’. c.1246–90. Grisaille glass, 8.5 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
12. Fragment of grisaille glass, c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.2 by 9.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
13. Fragment of grisaille glass. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 9.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
14. Example of borderwork, leaf. c.1260–90. Stained glass, 10 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
15. Example of borderwork, leaf. c.1260–90. Stained glass, 8.5 by 4.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
16. Quarry with rosette design. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 11.2 by 6.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
17. Panel of grisaille glass. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 734 by 610 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
18. Fragment of background decoration. c.1330–50. Stained glass, 9.3 by 7 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
19. Fragment of garment and neck. c.1330–50. Stained glass, 8 by 8.3 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
20. Head of a prophet from the west window of Canterbury Cathedral. c.1396–1411. Stained glass, approx. 2.2 by 16 cm. (© The Cathedral Studios, Canterbury Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
21. Fragment of a male head. c.1400. Stained glass, 6.5 by 7.7 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
22. Head of the Virgin. c.1430–50. Stained glass, 9 by 11.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
23. Fragment from a Pentecost scene. Late fifteenth century. Stained glass, 5.8 by 9.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
24. Fragment of a scene depicting the Temptation of St Anthony of Egypt. Late fifteenth to early sixteenth century. Stained glass, 6 by 14.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
25. Fragments of a figure of an angel. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 13.8 by 10.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
26. Angel. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 48 by 23.6 cm. (St Mary the Virgin, Martham, Norfolk; © Chris Parkinson).
Western art unattributed:
27. Panel from a window depicting the Nine Orders of Angels. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 80 by 56 cm. (All Saints, North Street, York; © York Glaziers Trust).
Western art unattributed:
3. Tonsured head. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 4.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
4. Fragment of garment. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 7.7 by 7.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
5. Fragment of garment. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 6 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
6. Descent of the Holy Spirit. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 62.9 by 49.9 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
7. The head of a lion from a shield of the royal arms of England. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 9.8 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
8. Winged beast (with tail). c.1246–90. Stained glass, 8.8 by 11.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
9. Winged beast. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 9.3 by 8.3 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Exhibition Review
Luigi Valadier: Splendor in Eighteenth-Century Rome. The Frick Collection, New York
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 70-72
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Reviewer:
Baarsen, Reinier (Baarsen, Reinier)
Subjects
artists:
Valadier, Luigi / Valadier, Andrea / Valadier, Giuseppe
collectors and dealers:
Gustav III, King of Sweden, 1746-1792
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Silverwork / Gold / Bronzes / Enamels / Marbles / Stone / Woodwork / Sculpture / Furniture / Drawings / Art objects
museums and institutions:
Frick Collection, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Goldsmiths / Workshops (Organisations) / Rococo / Neo-classicism / Decorative arts / Design / Identification / Attribution / Patronage / Commissions / Lamps / Dinner services / Candelabras (candleholders) / Tables (support furniture) / Statues / Busts / Religious art / Monographs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Caddinet with the coat of arms of Henry, Cardinal Duke of York, by Luigi Valadier. c.1785. Silvergilt, 10 by 37.7 by 30.3 cm. (The Royal Collection, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; exh. The Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of a deser, by Luigi Valadier. c.1778. Marbles, hardstones, glass, enamel, gilt bronze and other materials, the stand: 12.5 by 280 by 83 cm. (Royal Palace and Archaeological Museum, Madrid; exh. The Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
18. Altar service for Cardinal Orsini, by Luigi Valadier. 1768. Silver-gilt. (Cathedral of San Nicola, Muro Lucano; exh. The Frick Collection, New York).
Exhibition Review
Theodoor van Loon: A Caravaggist Painter Between Rome and Brussels. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR)
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 65-67
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Reviewer:
Papi, Gianni (Papi, Gianni)
Subjects
artists:
Loon, Theodoor van / Vermiglio, Giuseppe / Finson, Louis / Tanzio da Varallo / Borgianni, Orazio / Bassetti, Marcantonio / Brugghen, Hendrick ter / Serodine, Giovanni / Tournier, Nicolas / Manfredi, Bartolomeo
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
places:
Belgium / Brussels
subjects:
Flemish painting / Naturalism / Caravaggism / Altarpieces / Dating / Attribution / Attributions / Attributions, former / Attributions, tentative / Restoration (process) / Style / Influence / Visual sources / Exhibition catalogues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. David triumphant, by Theodor van Loon. 1607–09. Canvas, 168.5 by 122 cm. (Private collection; exh. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels).
Attributed works:
11. Christ and the woman taken in adultery, here attributed to Bartolomeo Manfredi. 1619–20. Canvas, 120 by 184.5 cm. (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; exh. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels).
Attributed works:
12. St Elizabeth of Hungary, by Theodor van Loon. 1613–15. Canvas, 207 by 143 cm. (Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites, Brussels; exh. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels).
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