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A portrait of an unknown woman by Titian
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 212–17
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Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
Author:
Joannides, Paul (Joannides, Paul; J., P.; Joannides, P. E. A.)
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1. Portrait of a woman in a green dress, by Titian. c.1550–55(?). Oil on canvas, 86 by 70.4 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Detail of the back of the canvas of Fig.1.
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3. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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4. Portrait of a woman, by Paolo Veronese. c.1555. Oil on canvas, 106 by 87 cm. (Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai; photograph Hugo Maertens).
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5. Portrait of a woman. Venice. c.1555(?). Oil on canvas, 101 by 77 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Béziers).
Article
Lucchese patronage in Papal Avignon: the chapel of Carlo Spiafame in Notre-Dame-des-Doms
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 96–114
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Nuttall, Geoffrey (Nuttall, Geoffrey)
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10. Vaults of the Spiafame Chapel, designed by Pierre Milhard and Guillaume de Lonay (?), Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon. c.1412–18. (Courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
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11. Interior of the Spiafame Chapel, designed by Pierre Milhard and Guillaume de Lonay (?), Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon. c.1418–23. (Courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
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12. Detail of a column and the Spiafame eagle, carved by Guillaume de Lonay(?). c.1418. (Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon; with the kind permission of the diocèse d’Avignon).
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14. Tomb of the Spiafame family, by Guillaume de Lonay (?), Notre-Damedes- Doms, Avignon. 1418–23. (Courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
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15. Baptism of Christ with saints and members of the Landi family, by a follower of Giovannino dei Grassi. c.1400–05. Fresco. (Museo del Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza; Photo Scala, Florence).
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17. Road to Calvary, from the Grandes Heures of Jean de Berry, attributed to Jacquemart de Hesdin. c.1400. Illumination on vellum, 37.9 by 28.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Detail of Baptism of Christ, by Thomas Patch after Spinello Aretino. 1772. Engraving. (British Museum, London).
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19. Detail of Baptism of Christ, from the Belles Heures of Jean de Berry, by the Limbourg Brothers. 1405–1408/1409. Illumination on vellum, 23.8 by 17 cm. (Met Cloisters, New York, object no.fol.211v).
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2. Detail of ground-plan of Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon, showing the Spiafame Chapel (A), the narthex (B) and the porch (C). (From Plan de la cathédrale d’Avignon et ses dépendances, by E. Danjoy, Paris 1890; Archives Nationales, Paris).
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20. Entombment (Sielern Triptych), attributed to Robert Campin. c.1425. Oil on panel, 60 by 48.9 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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23. Virgin and Child with St Stephen and St Lucy, by Jacques Yverni. c.1425. Tempera and gold on panel and canvas, 163 by 200 cm. (Galleria Sabauda, Musei Reali di Torino; courtesy the Italian Ministry of Culture; Bridgeman Images).
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24. Crucifixion with the Virgin, Mary Magdalene, St Michael and donor presented by St Anthony Abbot, by Robin Favier and Jacques Yverni(?). 1415–25. Fresco. S. Antoine de Vienne. (© Yann Forget; Wikimedia Commons).
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25. Virgin of mercy with saints and scenes from the resurrection of Christ, by Jean Mirailhet. 1425. Face of the Virgin and the figures of St Cosmos and St Damien repainted by Ludovico Brea(?). c.1515. Tempera on panel, 260 by 219 cm. (Chapel of the Confraternity of the Pénitents Noirs, Nice).
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3. Spiafame Chapel with the porch of the cathedral to the right, north side of Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon. 1412–23. (Photograph the author).
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7. Virgin and Child and standing saint, c.1360. Fresco. (Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon; courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
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9. Map of Avignon, showing Notre-Dame-des-Doms (top circle), Livreé Albano (centre circle) and le Petit Paradis (bottom circle). (From Atlas van Loon, Amsterdam 1663, X).
Western art unattributed:
1. Baptism (the Spiafame Baptism). c.1422–28. Fresco. (Notre-Damedes- Doms, Avignon; courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
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13. The blocked north window of the Spiafame Chapel, Notre-Dame-des- Doms, Avignon. (Courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail of the Spiafame Baptism, showing Margarita di Cacherano della Rocca with her daughters, Agnes and Catherine, Notre-Damedes- Doms, Avignon. (Courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
21. Detail of the Spiafame Baptism, showing the family at prayer, Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon. (Courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
22. Arms of the Caetani dell’ Aquila. c.1340. (Livrée Ceccano-Bibliothèque municipal, Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
4. Interior of Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon, with the Spiafame Chapel on the left, looking towards the nave. (Courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
5. Inscription above the entrance to the Spiafame Chapel flanked by the family’s coats of arms. (Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon; courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
6. Exterior wall of the Spiafame Chapel, looking towards the porch. (Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon; courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
7. Virgin and Child and standing saint, c.1360. Fresco. (Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon; courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
Western art unattributed:
8. Detail of the Spiafame Baptism, showing the family at prayer before the baptism of Christ. (Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon; courtesy the diocèse d’Avignon).
Short Notice
‘Victory at San Pietro in Casale’ in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 154–157
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C. Leone, Stephanie (C. Leone, Stephanie)
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Serrani, Alessandro (Serrani, Alessandro)
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1. Victory at San Pietro in Casale, here attributed to Giovanni Andrea Sirani and others. 1649–51. Oil on canvas, 188 by 275 cm. (© ADP s.r.l.; Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome).
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3. Supper at the house of Simon the Pharisee, by Giovanni Andrea Sirani. 1652. Oil on canvas, 380 by 490 cm. (S. Girolamo alla Certosa, Bologna; su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Nazionali di Bologna).
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2. View of the siege of Castro. 1641 or later. Engraving, 34.6 by 48.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
Book Review
Der Blick des Pan: Cornelis Floris und die ‘Heemskerck’-Skizzenbücher
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 66-7
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Reviewer:
Röll, Johannes (Röll, Johannes)
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Der Blick des Pan: Cornelis Floris und die ‘Heemskerck’-Skizzenbücher By Felix Thürlemann. 2 vols, 445 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Edition Imorde, Berlin, 2024), €320. ISBN 978–3–942810–62–3. | :
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3. Head of satyr, fol.68v of the Roman sketchbook (Inv.79D2), by Maarten van Heemskerck. 1532–1536/37. Red chalk, pencil and ink on paper, 20.8 by 13.4 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett).
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4. Grotesque head, from the series Pourtraicture ingenieuse de plusieurs facons de Masques, by Frans Huys after Cornelis Floris. 1555. Engraving, 15.9 by 14.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The Drawings of Peter Paul Rubens: A Critical Catalogue, Volume Two (1609–1620)
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1279–82
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Wood, Jeremy (Wood, Jeremy)
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The Drawings of Peter Paul Rubens: A Critical Catalogue, Volume Two (1609–1620) By Anne-Marie Logan and Kristin Lohse Belkin. 2 vols, 732 pp. incl. 291 col. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), €250. ISBN 978–2–503–59953–3. | :
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3. Elderly scholar in the guise of Atlas supporting a sphere, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1613. Pen and brown ink with wash, 9.2 by 14.2 cm. (Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp).
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4. Man with a sword, here attributed to Peter Paul Rubens. c.1609–10. Black chalk with white heightening, 34.5 by 21.3 cm. (Albertina Museum, Vienna).
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4. Man with a sword, here attributed to Peter Paul Rubens. c.1609–10. Black chalk with white heightening, 34.5 by 21.3 cm. (Albertina Museum, Vienna).
Book Review
Jan Massys (c.1510–1573): Renaissance Painter of Flemish Female Beauty
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1190–1192
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Campbell, Lorne (Campbell, Lorne; C., L.)
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Jan Massys (c.1510–1573): Renaissance Painter of Flemish Female Beauty By Maria Clelia Galassi. 244 pp. incl. 223 col. + 82 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), €150. ISBN 978–2–503–60720–7. | :
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3. St Jerome in his study, workshop of Jan Massys. 1530–40. Oil on panel, 75 by 101 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Article
‘Une pièce fort singulière’: the rediscovery of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s ‘Andromeda and the sea monster’
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1101–1122
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Clemente, Maichol (Clemente, Maichol)
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1. Andromeda and the sea monster, here attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 53 by 34 by 24 cm. (Private collection; photograph Tony Fisher).
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10. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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11. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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12. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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13. Detail of the Bust of Antonio Coppola, by Pietro Bernini with Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1612. Marble. (Museo di Arte Sacra di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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14. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph the author).
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15. Detail of Fig.26. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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16. Detail of a putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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17. Detail of the Virgin Mary from the relief of the Assumption, by Pietro Bernini. 1607–10. Marble. (Baptistery, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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18. Anima Beata, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1619. Marble, 41.5 by 29 by 24 cm. (Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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19. Bacchanal: faun teased by children, by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1615–16. Marble, 132.4 by 73.7 by 47.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. View of the back of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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20. Detail of Fig.19.
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21. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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22. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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23. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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24. Detail of Fig.25.
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25. Boy with a dragon, by Gian Lorenzo (and Pietro?) Bernini. c.1616. Marble, 55.9 by 52 by 41.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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26. St Lawrence on the gridiron, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 66 by 108 cm. (MiC – Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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27. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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28. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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29. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV, by Claude Lefebvre. 1666. Oil on canvas, 130 by 96 cm. (Musée et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon; Bridgeman Images).
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30. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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31. St Sebastian, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1617. Marble, 98 by 42 by 49 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Museum Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid).
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32. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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33. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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34. Detail of Fig.31.
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35. Detail of Fig.31.
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36. Detail of Fig.31.
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37. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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38. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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39. Detail of the back of Fig.31, rotated 180 degrees.
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4. Letter from Elpidio Benedetti to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 19th March 1682. (Archives Nationales, Paris, Contrôle général des finances, G/7/551, fol.9).
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40. Detail of Fig.31.
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41. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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42. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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43. Detail of a Putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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44. Detail of Fig.47.
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45. Detail of Fig.46.
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46. Neptune and Triton, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1622–23. Marble, height 182.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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47. Rear view of Rape of Proserpina, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1621–22. Marble, height without base 255 cm. (MiC – Galleria Borghese, Rome).
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5. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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6. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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7. Side view of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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8. Andromeda, by Pietro Bernini. c.1615. Marble, 105 by 52.5 by 40 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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9. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
Article
Authenticity issues with works by Vincent van Gogh
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1045–55
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Meedendorp, Teio (Meedendorp, Teio)
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Oudheusden, Saskia van (Oudheusden, Saskia van)
Author:
Tilborgh, Louis van (Tilborgh, Louis van)
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1. Self-portrait as a painter, by Vincent van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 61.5 by 50 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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10. Comparison of pink colours in the collars, left: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8), right: Head of a woman (Fig.6).
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11. Comparison of lips, top: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8), centre: Head of a woman (Fig.6).
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12. Detail of infra-red reflectogram of Head of a woman (Fig.6).
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14. Wood gatherers in the snow, by Vincent van Gogh. August/September 1884. Oil on canvas on panel, 67 by 126 cm. (Private collection).
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15. Reproduction of Fig.14 in Vincent van Gogh: 40 Photocollographies d’après ses tableaux et dessins, Amsterdam 1904, plate 19.
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17. Detail of Fig.14, showing the man in Van Gogh’s original painting.
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2. Interior of a restaurant, formerly attributed to Vincent van Gogh. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Interior of the Grand Bouillon-Restaurant le Chalet, Paris, by Vincent van Gogh. November, early December 1887. Oil on canvas, 54 by 64.5 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Photo of Fig.3 from J.-B. de la Faille: Vincent van Gogh, Paris 1939, p.388.
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5. Portrait of Etienne-Lucien Martin, by Vincent van Gogh. November 1887. Oil on canvas, 65.8 by 54.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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6. Head of a woman, by an unknown artist. Early 20th century, probably between 1902 and 1909. Oil on canvas on panel, 40 by 29.9 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Reproduction of ‘Frau mit grüner Haube’, from Kunst und Künstler 12 (1914), p.596.
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8. Head of a woman with a green bonnet, by Vincent van Gogh. Late 1884–early 1885. Oil on canvas on panel, 40.1 by 29.6 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Red: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8); green: Head of a woman (Fig.6). (Overlay Heleen van Driel, Van Gogh Museum).
Western art unattributed:
13. Wood gatherer, formerly attributed to Vincent van Gogh. Pencil and watercolour on laid paper, 32.5 by 25 cm. (Private collection).
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16. Detail of Fig.15, showing the highlights on the man’s clothing.
Article
Annibale Carracci and the forgotten Magdalene
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1028–35
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Author:
Willer, Jacob (Willer, Jacob)
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1. Penitent Mary Magdalene in a landscape, here attributed to Annibale Carracci. c.1601-03. Oil on copper, 37.4 by 29.2 cm. (National Trust; Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire).
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10. Detail of Fig.9.
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11. Detail of Fig.1.
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12. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of the Magdalen.
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13. Detail of Fig.14, showing the face of the Virgin.
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14. Pietà with two angels, by Annibale Carracci. c.1603. Oil on copper, 41.3 by 60.7 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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2. Penitent Mary Magdalene, by Carlo Faucci. c.1758. Engraving, 39 by 30 cm. (Wellcome Collection, London).
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3. Penitent Mary Magdalene, here attributed to the studio of Annibale Carracci. c.1603. Oil on copper, 32.4 by 43 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
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4. Penitent Mary Magdalene, here attributed to the studio of Annibale Carracci. c.1603. Oil on canvas, 51.5 by 67 cm. (Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome).
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5. Penitent Mary Magdalene, copy after Annibale Carracci. 18th century? Oil on canvas, 41.9 by 32 cm. (Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen).
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6. Detail of Fig.3, showing the pentimento around the Magdalene’s toes.
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7. Sleeping Ariadne. Roman, 1st century CE. Marble. (Vatican Museums, Vatican City; Photo Scala, Florence).
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8. The sleep of Venus, here attributed to the studio of Annibale (and Agostino?) Carracci. c.1600–02. Oil on canvas, 190 by 328 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Christ appearing to St Peter on the Appian Way, by Annibale Carracci. 1601–02. oil on wood, 77.4 by 56.3 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Letter
The histoire véridique of Frankfurt’s ‘The embarkation for Cythera’
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 544–545
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Author:
Eidelberg, Martin P. (Eidelberg, Martin P.; Eidelberg, Martin)
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The embarkation for Cythera, by Jean Antoine Watteau. c.1709–10. Oil on canvas, 45.5 by 56 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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