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Book Review
Gli affreschi del Settecento nei palazzi veneziani
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 984-5
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Reviewer:
Loire, Stéphane (Loire, Stéphane)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
places:
Venice
subjects:
Venetian art / Fresco painting / Palaces / Eighteenth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gli affreschi del Settecento nei palazzi veneziani By Giuseppe Pavanello. Three vols, 919 pp. incl. 1479 col. + 425 b. & w. ills. (Antiga Edizioni, Crocetta del Montello, 2022), €490. ISBN 978–88–8435–291–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Ballroom of Palazzo Labia, Venice. Frescos by Giambattista Tiepolo with ornamentation by Girolamo Mengozzi Colonna. c.1746–47. (Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
I Fiorentini e il vetro Veneziano (c.1450–1550): Fonti
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 977-8
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Reviewer:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
places:
Venice / Florence
sources:
Inventories / Account books
subjects:
Venetian glass
Reviewed Items
subjects:
I Fiorentini e il vetro Veneziano (c.1450–1550): Fonti By Marco Spallanzani. 137 pp. incl. no ills. (Leo S. Olschki Editore, Florence, 2023), €22. ISBN 978–88–222–6864–8. | :
Exhibition Review
Venice Biennale
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 724–27
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Kathryn (Lloyd, Kathryn)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
places:
Venice
subjects:
Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy / Contemporary art / Modern art / Immigration / Exiled artists / Homosexuality / Decolonisation
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Venice Biennale Various locations, Venice 20th April–24th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Kissing my foot, by Louis Fratino. 2024. Oil on canvas, 144.8 by 198.1 cm. (Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia; photograph Matteo de Mayda; exh. Central Pavilion, Giardini, Venice).
Attributed works:
2. Installation view of Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere at the Central Pavilion, Giardini, Venice, showing 25 works from the series Bambus, by Ione Saldanha. 1960–70s. Acrylic on bamboo, dimensions variable. (Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia; photograph Matteo de Mayda).
Attributed works:
3. Installation view of Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere at the Arsenale, Venice. (Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia; photograph Marco Zorzanello).
Editorial
La Serenissima
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 543
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Subjects
museums and institutions:
Venice in Peril, London, Great Britain
places:
Venice
subjects:
Cultural tourism / Conservation
Book Review
Venice: City of Pictures
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 653
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Reviewer:
Barcham, William L. (Barcham, William L.)
Subjects
places:
Venice
subjects:
Venetian art / Architecture / Culture
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subjects:
Venice: City of Pictures By Martin Gayford. 464 pp. incl. 186 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames & Hudson, London, 2023), £30. ISBN 978–0–500–02266–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Bombardment of Marghera on the night of 24th May 1849, by Ippolito Caffi. 1849. Oil on canvas, 25 by 43 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
Article
Expanding the oeuvre of the master metalsmith Orazio Fortezza
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 570–579
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Author:
Turner-Vučetić, Flora (Turner-Vučetić, Flora)
Subjects
artists:
Fortezza, Orazio / Schiavone, Andrea / Veronese, Paolo
dates:
1550-1599
media:
Brass
patrons:
Foscari, Alvise (1521–1600)
places:
Dalmatia / Venice
subjects:
Plates / Displays / Iconography / Goldsmiths / Commissions / Venetian art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Display plate with Michiel coat of arms, here attributed to Orazio Fortezza. (From sale, Sotheby’s, London, Valuable Renaissance Works of Art, p.12).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Orazio Fortezza.
Attributed works:
11. Abduction of Helen, by Andrea Meldolla (also known as Schiavone). 1547. Etching, 40 by 51.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.2, showing the central battle scene.
Attributed works:
13. Basin, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Oracio Fortezza). c.1560. Brass, height 11.5 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of a ewer, by Orazio Fortezza, showing a portrait with initials in the medallion. c.1557. Brass. (Museo Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Fig.4, showing the Roman commander Horatius Cocllite defending Rome at the Tiber Bridge.
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.4, showing Torquatus fighting against the Gauls.
Attributed works:
17. Detail of Fig.2, showing the Roman commander Horatius Cocllite defending Rome at the Tiber Bridge.
Attributed works:
18. Detail of Fig.6, showing the battle between Publicola and Tarquin the Proud.
Attributed works:
2. Display plate with Foscari arms, here attributed to Orazio Fortezza. c.1560. Brass, engraved and inlaid with pitch, diameter 47.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Display plate, by Orazio Fortezza. 1555. Brass, engraved and partially inlaid with silver, diameter 48.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Salver, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Horacio Fortezza). 1562. Brass, diameter 46.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Ewer, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Horativs Sibenici). c.1560. Brass, height 30 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. Display plate, by Orazio Foretzza (signed Oratio Fortezza). c.1572–75. Brass, diameter 47.5 cm. (City Museum, Šibenik).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of a ewer, by Orazio Fortezza, showing Suetonius in the bottomleft corner. c.1557. Brass. (Museo Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Girolamo Contarini.
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Andrea Meldola (also known as Meldolla or Schiavone).
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).
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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).
Attributed works:
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
La chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi e la comunità veneziana dei Servi di Maria (secoli XIV–XIX)
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1374–1375
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Reviewer:
Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
Subjects
buildings:
Santa Maria dei Servi, Venice, Italy
subjects:
Venice
subjects:
Churches / Italian architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi e la comunità veneziana dei Servi di Maria (secoli XIV–XIX) Edited by Eveline Baseggio, Tiziana Franco and Luca Molà. 562 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Viella, Rome, 2023), €50. ISBN 979–12–5469–355–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. The remains of the west façade of S. Maria dei Servi, Venice. (Photograph Francesco Turio Böhm).
Article
Silvio and Vincenzo Cosini in Venice and the altar of Girolamo Priuli in S. Salvatore
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1182-1189
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Author:
Schulz, Anne Markham (Schulz, Anne Markham)
Subjects
artists:
Cosini, Silvio / Cosini, Vincenzo / Grigi, Guglielmo di Jacopo / Sansovino, Jacopo
buildings:
San Salvatore, Venice, Italy
dates:
1520-1539
patrons:
Priuli, Girolamo di Lorenzo (1476-1547)
places:
Venice
subjects:
Venetian art / Sculpture / Lunettes / Altars
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Altar of Girolamo di Lorenzo Priuli, S. Salvatore, Venice, by Guglielmo di Jacopo Grigi and Silvio and Vincenzo Cosini. 1524–37. White and coloured marbles, 6.25 by 2.14 m. (Photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
10–12. Details of Fig.1, showing the capitals on the right side of the altar. (Photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
13–14. Details of Fig.1, showing the capitals on the left side of the altar. (Photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
15. Trophy, by Silvio Cosini. Marble. (Corridor outside Cappella Medici, S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
2. God the Father, by Silvio and Vincenzo Cosini. (Altar of Girolomo Priuli, S. Salvatore, Venice; photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
3. St Jerome, by Tommaso Lombardo da Lugano. (Altar of Girolomo Priuli, S. Salvatore, Venice; photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
4 and 5. Details of Fig.2, showing the face of God the Father. (Photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.3, showing the face of St Jerome. (Photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.1, showing the capitals on the right side of the altar. (Photograph Magliani, Padua)
Attributed works:
8. Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, by Silvio Cosini. Marble. (Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta, Savona; photograph Magliani, Padua).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of God the Father, by an assistant of Silvio Cosini. Marble. (Crowning of the reliquary altar, S. Lorenzo, Portovenere; photograph Magliani, Padua).
Book Review
In Italien Karriere machen: Der flämische Maler Michele Desubleo zwischen Rom, Bologna und Venedig (ca.1624–1664)
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 806–807
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Reviewer:
Osnabrugge, Marije (Osnabrugge, Marije)
Subjects
artists:
Desubleo, Michele
dates:
1630-1639 / 1630-1669 / 1620-1629
places:
Rome / Bologna / Venice
subjects:
Flemish painting / Technical analysis / Provenance / Patronage / Style
Reviewed Items
subjects:
In Italien Karriere machen: Der flämische Maler Michele Desubleo zwischen Rom, Bologna und Venedig (ca.1624–1664) By Stefania Girometti. 466 pp. incl. 63 col.+ 53 b. & w. ills. (arthistoricum.net, Heidelberg, 2022), €64.90 ISBN 978–3–98501–045–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Martyrdom of St Lawrence, by Michele Desubleo. Early 1640s. Oil on canvas, 250 by 140 cm. (Private collection).
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