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Book Review
Contact: Art and the Pull of Print
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1286
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Reviewer:
Salsbury, Britany (Salsbury, Britany)
Subjects
subjects:
Printmakers / Prints / Techniques / American art / Contemporary art
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subjects:
Contact: Art and the Pull of Print By Jennifer L. Roberts. 232 pp. incl. 117 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, 2024), £35. ISBN 978–0–691–25585–9. | :
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).
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).
Attributed works:
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
Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s fifteenth-century print workshop
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 185–188
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Reviewer:
Kunz, Armin (Kunz, Armin)
Subjects
artists:
Meckenem, Israhel van, the younger, 1440/1445-1503
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Prints / Engravings
museums and institutions:
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, United States
subjects:
German art / Printmakers
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s fifteenth-century print workshop Chazen Museum of Art, Madison 18th December 2023–24th March 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Ornamental panel with the engraver’s name, by Israhel van Meckenem. c.1490s. Engraving, 18.6 by 25.9 cm. (Albertina Museum, Vienna; exh. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison).
Attributed works:
8. Four nude women, by Israhel van Meckenem. c.1498. Copper-plate, 20.5 by 13.5 cm. (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts; exh. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison).
Attributed works:
9. Marriage of the Virgin, by Israhel van Meckenem. c. 1493. Engraving, 26.5 by 18.2 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison).
Book Review
A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish engravers, 1714–1820
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 724-725
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Reviewer:
Griffiths, Antony Vaughan (Griffiths, Antony Vaughan)
Subjects
art literature:
Biographical dictionaries
subjects:
British art / Irish art / Printmakers
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish engravers, 1714–1820 By David Alexander. 1120 pp. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2021), £75. ISBN 978–1–913107–21–5. | :
Exhibition Review
Engraving the Renaissance: Etienne Delaune and the Decorative Arts. Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d’Ecouen
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 141-143
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Reviewer:
Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
Subjects
artists:
Delaune, Etienne / Pellerin, Baptiste / Masnago, Alessandro
artists:
Lussault, Mathurin
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Musée National de la Renaissance, Ecouen, France
subjects:
French art / Renaissance art / Printmakers / Goldsmiths
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Engraving the Renaissance: Etienne Delaune and the Decorative Arts Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d’Ecouen 16th October 2019–3rd February | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Neptune and Amphitrite, by Alessandro Masnago. First quarter of the 17th century. Agate and silver, 7.5 by 8.6 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d’Écouen).
Attributed works:
8. Reliquary of the Holy Cross (originally a handmirror), attributed to Mathurin Lussault. 1561–62 with later additions. Chased and gilded silver set with pietre dure, height 75 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; exh. Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d’ Écouen).
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9. The goldsmith’s workshop, by Etienne Delaune. 1576. Engraving, 8.5 by 12 cm. (Petit Palais, Paris; exh. Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d’Écouen).
Article
Identifying Hans Baldung Grien’s colour printer, c.1511–12
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 830-839
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Author:
Savage, Elizabeth (Savage, Elizabeth)
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artists:
Baldung, Hans / Wechtlin, Hans
dates:
1500-1519
media:
Woodcuts / Colour woodcuts
places:
Strasbourg
subjects:
German art / Printing presses / Printmakers / Publishers / Schott (1477-c.1550), Johann / Beck, Reinhard / Knobloch (the elder), Johann / Grüninger (1482-c.1532), Johann (Reinhard) / Workshops (Organisations)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Preparation for the witches’ sabbath, by Hans Baldung Grien. 1510. Woodcut (two blocks: grey, black), 38.9 by 27 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
10. Tabula prima Europae, by Martin Waldseemüller, from Ptolemy: Geography, transl. by M. Ringmann and ed. by J. Aesler and G. Übelin. Woodcut (two blocks: green, black), sheet approx. 45 by 31 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).
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11. Border with Fates and Judgment of Paris, from Ptolemy: Geography, transl. by M. Ringmann and ed. by J. Aesler and G. Übelin, with maps by Martin Waldseemüller, printed by Johann Schott. Strasbourg 1520. Woodcut (two blocks: yellow-brown, black), red letterpress, borders 33.7 by 25.5 cm. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Attributed works:
12. Border with wild men and the imperial eagle, from Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XV, printed by Johann Schott. Strasbourg 1515. Woodcut (two blocks: red, black), 15.1 by 21.1 cm. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Attributed works:
2. Fall of man, by Hans Baldung Grien. 1511. Woodcut (two blocks: greybrown, black), 38 by 25.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
3. Border with animals behind a fence, from Walter of Châtillon: Alexandreis, printed by Reinhard Beck, Strasbourg 1513. Woodcut (two blocks: pink, black), 14 by 11.3 cm. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Attributed works:
4. Border with garlands, from J. Geiler von Kaisersberg: Evangelia mit Auslegung, ed. J. Pauli, printed by Johann Grüninger, Strasbourg 1517. Woodcut (one block: red, black), binding 21.3 by 31.5 cm. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
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5. Border with wild family, signed E.F., G.W. and V.A., from L. Fries: Spiegel der Arznei, printed by Johann Grüninger, Strasbourg 1518. Woodcut (eight blocks: red, black), sheet 19.3 by 28.2 cm. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Attributed works:
6. Border with wild men and the imperial eagle, from J. Cochlaeus: Grammatices rudimenta, printed by Johann Knobloch, Strasbourg 1519. Woodcut (two blocks: red, black). (Zentralbibliothek, Zürich).
Attributed works:
7. Border with vines and imperial eagle, from N. de Tudeschis (Panormitanus): Lectura aurea, printed by Johann Schott for Georgius Maxillus (Georg Übelin). Strasbourg, 5th November 1510. Woodcut (two blocks: brown, black), sheet 9.2 by 20.5 cm. (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel).
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8. Border with wrestling putti, from J. López: De libertate ecclesiastica tractatus, printed by Johann Schott. Strasbourg 1511. Woodcut (two blocks: red, black), sheet 21.5 by 14.8 cm. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
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9. Chorographia Lotharingie, from Ptolemy: Geography, transl. by M. Ringmann and ed. by J. Aesler and G. Übelin, with maps by Martin Waldseemüller, printed by Johann Schott. Strasbourg 12th or 15th March 1513. Woodcut (three formes, including woodblocks and moveable type: red, green, black), borders 36.3 by 26.2 cm. (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel).
Book Review
Interactive and Sculptural Printmaking in the Renaissance (Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History 270/21). By Suzanne Karr Schmidt
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 980-981
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Reviewer:
Savage, Elizabeth (Savage, Elizabeth)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Books / Book illustrations / Prints / Ivories / Furniture
places:
Europe / Germany
subjects:
Printmaking / Printmakers / Cultural history / Social history / Iconography / Religious ceremonies / Reformation / Counter Reformation / Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 / Propaganda / Cabinets of curiosities / Science / Art market / Electronic publishing
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. Diser Bapst Alexander der Sechst. German, after 1555. Hand-coloured woodcut and letter- press, shown both closed, 33.5 by 17 cm., and open. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Einbl. VII,23 a; photograph Creative Commons).
Exhibition Review
Rembrandt: Britain’s Discovery of the Master. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 856-857
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Reviewer:
White, Christopher (White, Christopher; White, Christopher John; White; W., C. J.; White, Christoper)
Subjects
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn / Reynolds, Joshua / Richardson, Jonathan, the Elder, 1665-1745 / Houston, Richard / Worlidge, Thomas / Baillie, William, 1723-1818 / Gilbert, John / Auerbach, Frank / Gotlib, Henryk / Brown, Glenn
collectors and dealers:
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 / Cavendish, William, Second Duke of Devonshire, 1627-1729 / Flinck, Nicolaes
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Prints / Mezzotints
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Edinburgh
subjects:
Dutch painting / British painting / Influence / Critical Reception / Collecting / Collections, Public / Collections, Private / Copying / Damage to works of art / Caricatures / Portraits / Self-portraits / Landscapes (visual works) / Printmakers
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. An old woman reading, by Rembrandt. 1655. Canvas, 78.7 by 66 cm. (Buccleuch Collection; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
11. Unknown pleasures, by Glenn Brown. 2016. Panel, 164 by 105.5 cm. (Courtesy the artist; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
12. Copies from Rembrandt, by Eduardo Paolozzi. 1945. Pen and ink on paper, 26.9 by 36.8 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; © Paolozzi Foundation, London, and DACS 2017).
Book Review
The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770–1850. Edited by John Ittmann
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 881-882
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Reviewer:
Godfrey, Daniel (Godfrey, Daniel)
Subjects
artists:
Quaglio, Domenico II, 1787-1837 / Raphael / Klein, Johann Adam, / Amsler, Samuel / Tischbein, Wilhelm, 1751-1829 / Lips, Johann Heinrich / Olivier, Ferdinand, 1785-1841 / Koch, Joseph Anton / Kolbe, Carl Wilhelm / Neureuther, Eugen Napoleon / Ramboux, Johann Anton
artists:
Hübner, Julius / Kirchner, Johann Jakob / Müller, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm / Schulze, Christian Gottfried / Reinhart, Johann Christian / Kölbl, Anton / Grimm, Ludwig Emil / Sonderland, Johann Baptist / Müller, Johann Gotthard / Klengel, Johann Christian
dates:
1750-1799 / 1800-1849
media:
Prints / Etchings / Engravings / Aquatints
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States
places:
United States / Philadelphia / Germany
subjects:
Romanticism / Collecting / Collections / Landscapes (visual works) / Portraits / Self-portraits / Visual sources / Animals / Children / Christian iconography / Printmaking / Printmakers / Nazarene (style) / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Fallen Germania, by Julius Hübner. 1850. Etching in black and gold with white heightening over lithograph in olive green, 21 by 30 cm. (The Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Book Review
François Ier et l’art des Pays-Bas. Edited by Cécile Scailliérez.
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 602-603
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Reviewer:
Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
Subjects
artists:
Master of Saint Giles / Master of Amiens / Clouet, François / Cleve, Joos van, d. ca. 1540 / Corneille de Lyon
artists:
Bellemare, Noël / Batave, Godefroy le / Guérard, Grégoire
dates:
1500-1549
media:
Paintings / Illuminated manuscripts / Stained glass / Books / Prints / Tapestries
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
patrons:
Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
French painting / Dutch painting / Flemish painting / Netherlandish painting / Ecole de Fontainebleau / Patronage / Mannerism / Panel paintings / Portraits / Altarpieces / Illuminators / Printmakers / Exhibition catalogues / Dating / Attribution / Taste (aesthetics)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Hours of the Use of Rome, known as the Rosenwald Hours, by Noël Bellemare. 1524. Parchment, 24 by 17 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington, MS 52, fols.43v–44r).
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