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A portrait of an unknown woman by Titian
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 212–17
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Author:
Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
Author:
Joannides, Paul (Joannides, Paul; J., P.; Joannides, P. E. A.)
Subjects
artists:
Titian / Veronese, Paolo
dates:
1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Hamilton Kerr Institute, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
subjects:
Attributions / Attributions, former / Portraits / Dating / Costume / Conservation / Pentimenti / Venetian art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a woman in a green dress, by Titian. c.1550–55(?). Oil on canvas, 86 by 70.4 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of the back of the canvas of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
3. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of a woman. Venice. c.1555(?). Oil on canvas, 101 by 77 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Béziers).
Short Notice
A newly discovered Anguissola portrait
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 937-41
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Shorter Notice by:
Lugli, Emanuele (Lugli, Emanuele)
Subjects
artists:
Anguissola, Sofonisba
artists:
Anguissola, Lucia
dates:
1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Museo d'Arte della Città di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy
subjects:
Italian art / Portraits / Sitters / Roundels
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a man, here attributed to Sofonisba or Lucia Anguissola, 1550s. Oil on panel, diameter 16 cm. (Museo d’arte, Ravenna).
Attributed works:
10. Portrait of the artist’s sister, Minerva Anguissola, by Sofonisba Anguissola. c.1564. Oil on canvas, 85 by 66 cm. (Milwaukee Art Museum).
Attributed works:
11. Portrait of Pietro Manna, by Lucia Anguissola. 1557. Oil on canvas, 96 by 76 cm. (© Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
12. St John the Evangelist, by Monogrammist FVB. c.1480–1500. Tempera on panel, 9.5 by 18 cm. (Courtesy Musei Civici, Pavia).
Attributed works:
2. Reverse of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
3. Self-portrait, by Sofonisba Anguissola. 1556 or 1558. Oil on panel, diameter 13 cm. (Frits Lugt Collection, Paris).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of Europa Anguissola, by Lucia Anguissola. c.1558. Oil on panel, diameter 14.6 cm. (Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of a lady, by Sofonisba Anguissola. Oil on walnut panel, diameter 10.2 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; © Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo).
Attributed works:
6. Reverse of Fig.5.
Attributed works:
7. Reverse of Fig.4. (© Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Civici di Brescia – Fotostudio Rapuzzi).
Attributed works:
8. Sestertius of Maximinus. Roman, c.236–37 CE. Brass, diameter 2 cm. (CCØ Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris).
Attributed works:
9. Reverse of Fig.8.
Book Review
Eleonora di Toledo e l’invenzione della corte dei Medici a Firenze
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 510–512
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Reviewer:
Sterpetti, Lunarita (Sterpetti, Lunarita)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
1520-1549 / 1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562
places:
Florence
subjects:
Italian art / Patronage / Commissions / Taste (aesthetics)
subjects:
Collecting / Collections
subjects:
Medici family
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Eleonora di Toledo e l’invenzione della corte dei Medici a Firenze Edited by Bruce Edelstein and Valentina Conticelli. 432 pp. incl. 390 col. + b. & w. ills. (Sillabe, Livorno, 2023), €35. ISBN 978–88–3340–347–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Deposition, by Gérard David. 1515–20. Oil on panel, 20 by 14 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. Deity mask. Mexico, late 15th–early 16th century. Wood, resin, turquoise and motherof- pearl, 24 by 14.5 by 1.35 cm. (Museo delle Civiltà, Rome).
Letter
A Classical source for Michelangelo’s Florence ‘Pietà’
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 112–113
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Author:
Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo / Piranesi, Giovanni Battista / and workshop
dates:
1550-1559
subjects:
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Mary, Virgin: Pietà / Italian sculpture / Classical / Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Studies from the Antique with rams’ heads, barbarian trophies and figures of Victory, by the workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. c.1755–65. Red and black chalk on paper, 46.7 by 37.4 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Pietà, by Michelangelo. 1553. Marble, height 277 cm. (Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing a fallen Amazon supported by a companion in a Phrygian cap.
Attributed works:
4. Mould-made pottery lamp decorated with an Amazon assisting a fallen comrade, here reproduced in reverse. Roman (Italy), c.40–75. Terracotta, 10.4 by 8.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Article
A 1550 ‘double Jubilee’ medal by Alessandro Cesati
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1190-1195
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Author:
Daniele, Giulia (Daniele, Giulia)
Subjects
artists:
Cesati, Alessandro
dates:
1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Julius III, Pope, 1487-1555
sources:
Vasari, Giorgio
subjects:
Medals / Lead / Bronzes / Iconography / Medallists
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Jubilee medal of Pope Julius III (reverse), by Alessandro Cesati. 1550. Silver plated thin uniface lead striking, diameter 47.1 mm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; inv. no.6275).
Attributed works:
11. Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist, by the circle of Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–60. Oil on panel, 62.5 by 37 cm. (Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2 and 3. Jubilee medal of Pope Julius III, by Alessandro Cesati. 1550. Gilded thin uniface lead strikings, diameter 47.7 mm. (obverse) and 46.9 mm. (reverse). (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; inv. no.6269).
Attributed works:
4 and 5. Jubilee medal of Pope Julius III, by Alessandro Cesati. 1550. Gilded thin uniface lead strikings, diameter with frame 60.2 mm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; inv. no.6270).
Attributed works:
6. Enlargement of Fig.1, showing three standing male figures.
Attributed works:
7 and 8. Jubilee medal of Pope Julius III, by Alessandro Cesati. 1550. Silver-plated thin uniface lead strikings, diameter with frame 63 mm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
9 and 10. Stater from Metaponto, Italy. 510–480 BC. Silver. (British Museum, London; inv. no.1924,1110.2)
Article
Painting on stone in Rome in the sixteenth century
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 738–753
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Author:
Donati, Andrea Gianluca (Donati, Andrea Gianluca)
Subjects
artists:
Sebastiano del Piombo / Grazia, Leonardo / Venusti, Marcello / Salviati, Francesco / Becerra, Gaspar / Titian / Michelangelo
artists:
Penni, Luca
artists:
Daniele da Volterra
buildings:
Cappella Chigi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy / Palazzo della Cancelleria, Rome, Italy / San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome, Italy / Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
buildings:
Palazzo Senatorio, Rome, Italy / Santa Caterina de' Funari, Rome, Italy / Sant' Agostino, Rome, Italy
dates:
1520-1549 / 1550-1559 / 1550-1599
media:
Stone / Marble / Slate / Supports / Peperino / Porphyry / Frescoes / Murals
places:
Rome
subjects:
Oil painting (technique) / Altarpieces / Portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Clement VII, by Sebastiano del Piombo. c.1530–34. Oil on slate, 105.4 by 87.6 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
10. Design for the retablo of the Descalzas Reales, Madrid, by Gaspar Becerra. 1563. Brown ink, chalk and wash on paper, 87 by 50.5 cm. (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid).
Attributed works:
11. Lucrezia, by Leonardo Grazia. c.1540–48. Oil on slate, 55 by 43 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Attributed works:
12. Portrait of a young man (of the Orsini family?), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1545–50. Oil on slate, 54.5 by 40.5 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
Attributed works:
13. Conversion of St Paul, by Taddeo Zuccaro. 1566. Oil on slate. (Cappella Frangipane, S. Marcello al Corso, Rome).
Attributed works:
14. Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria, by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta. 1565–66. Oil on slate, 305 by 188 cm. (Cappella Cesi, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome).
Attributed works:
15. Christ on the Mount of the Olives, by Marcello Venusti. After 1550. Oil on slate, 57 by 75 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
16. St James the Elder, by Marcello Venusti. 1569–70. Oil on slate, 230 by 160 cm. (Cappella Salviati, Arciconfraternitata SS. Annunziata, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome).
Attributed works:
17. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Marcello Venusti. After 1566. Oil on slate, 164 by 82 cm. (Cappella Mutini, S. Agostino, Rome).
Attributed works:
18. Cardinal Alessandro Crivelli, by Marcello Venusti. c.1570–74. Oil on oval slate, height 46 cm. (S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome).
Attributed works:
19. Cappella De Torres, S. Caterina de’ Funari, Rome. (Photograph Paolo Coen).
Attributed works:
2. Deposition, by Luca Penni. After 1542. Oil on slate, 73 by 153 cm. (Auxerre Cathedral).
Attributed works:
20. St John the Baptist, by Marcello Venusti. c.1575. Oil on slate, 260 by 165 cm. (Cappella De Torres, S. Caterina de’ Funari, Rome).
Attributed works:
21. Madonna in glory with the infant Christ, St Peter and St Paul, by Marcello Venusti. 1577. Oil on slate, 243 by 144 cm. (Chapel of Palazzo Senatorio, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. Nativity, by Francesco Salviati. c.1550. Oil on peperino, 176 by 172 cm. (Chapel of the Pallium, Palazzo della Cancellaria, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of Roberto Strozzi, by Francesco Salviati. c.1556–57. Oil on Africano marble, diameter 13 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of a man with a gold coin, by Francesco Salviati. c.1556–57. Oil on slate, 82 by 53.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
6. David and Goliath (obverse), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–56. Oil on slate, 133 by 172 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
7. David and Goliath (reverse), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–56. Oil on slate, 133 by 172 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
8. David and Goliath, possibly by Daniele da Volterra. After 1556. Oil on slate, 33.3 by 43.7 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
9. Baptism of Christ, by Daniele da Volterra and Michele Alberti. c.1556–74. Oil on slate, 360 by 230 cm. (Cardinal Ricci chapel, S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome).
Article
Titian’s ‘Allegory of Prudence’ and Philip II
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 258-268
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Author:
Markou, Georgios E. (Markou, Georgios E.)
Subjects
artists:
Titian
dates:
1550-1559
patrons:
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
subjects:
Iconography / Prudence / Ages of man / Allegory / Geryon (legendary king of Spain) / Visual sources / Ruscelli, Girolamo / de' Farri press, Venice, Italy / Hesiod / Technical analysis / Venetian art
works:
Allegory of Prudence (Titian)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Allegory of Prudence, by Titian. 1555–60. Oil on canvas, 75.5 by 68.4 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
10. Prudentia, a tapestry from the series Los Honores, by Pieter van Aelst. 1520–25. Gold, silver, silk and wool, 490 by 820 cm. (Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
11. The death of Actaeon, by Titian. 1559–75. Oil on canvas, 178.4 by 198.1 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
12. Proposed frontispiece for Antonio Herrera y Tordesillas, General history of the world in the age of Philip II, the Prudent. 1599. Engraving. (Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid, Consejos 4416/101).
Attributed works:
2. X-radiograph of Fig.1, digitally adjusted to remove the effect of the stretcher.
Attributed works:
3. Impresa of the de’ Farri press. 1544. Woodcut. (From H. Barbarosa: Il comento di Marsilio Ficino sopra il Conuito di Platone, Venice 1544).
Attributed works:
4. Impresa of the de’ Farri press. 1555. Woodcut. (From A. Appiano: Historia Delle Guerre Esterne de’ Romani Di Appiano, Venice 1555).
Attributed works:
5. Sol. 1556. Woodcut. (From G.P. Valeriano: Hieroglyphica, sive de sacris Aegyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis, commentariorum libri LVIII, Basel 1556, Liber XXXII, fol.229r).
Attributed works:
6. Hispania. 1556. Woodcut. (From G.P. Valeriano: Hieroglyphica sive De sacris aegyptiorvm centivm literis, Basel 1556, Liber XXXII, fol.228v).
Attributed works:
7. Impresa of Philip II, by Nicolò Nelli. 1566. Engraving. (From G. Ruscelli: Le imprese illustri, Venice 1566, p.232).
Attributed works:
8. Impresa of Elisabeth of Valois, by Nicolò Nelli. 1566. Engraving. (From G. Ruscelli: Le imprese illustri, Venice 1566, p.312).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of the Nobilitas tapestry from the series Los Honores, showing (left) Apollo (‘Phoebus’), by Pieter van Aelst. 1520–25. Gold, silver, silk and wool, 500 by 860 cm. (Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso; Bridgeman Images).
Article
An ‘Adoration of the shepherds’ by Taddeo Zuccari at Palazzo Pitti, Florence
03/2016 | 1356 | 158
Pages: 178-181
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Author:
Chiarini, Marco (Chiarini, Marco)
Subjects
artists:
Zuccaro, Taddeo
dates:
1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Jesus Christ: Adoration of the Shepherds / Collections, Public / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Attribution / Identification
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Adoration of the shepherds, by Taddeo Zuccari. c.1550 (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
11. Adoration of the shepherds, by Taddeo Zuccari. c.1553 (The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth)
Attributed works:
12. Detail of the Study for the Cappella Mattei by Taddeo Zuccari. c.1553 (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
13. Adoration of the shepherds, by Taddeo Zuccari. c.1553 (Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
Attributed works:
7. Fig.9 before restoration
Attributed works:
8. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.9
Attributed works:
9. Adoration of the shepherds, after restoration, here attributed to Taddeo Zuccari. c.1553? (Palazzo Pitti, Florence, depository)
Article
Titian’s ‘Danaë’ for Philip II of Spain: a clarification
10/2015 | 1351 | 157
Pages: 672-677
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Author:
Hope, Charles (Hope, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Titian
artists:
Velázquez, Diego
dates:
1500-1549 / 1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain / Apsley House, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
subjects:
Inventories / Copies / Italian painting / Danaë / Provenance / Patronage / Collections, Public
subjects:
Identification
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Danaë, by Titian (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid)
Attributed works:
2. Danaë, partly after Titian (Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London)
Attributed works:
3. Danaë, attributed to Friedrich Sustris partly after Titian. Possibly 1580s (Private collection)
Attributed works:
5. Danaë, by Melchior Meier after Titian. c.1575 (British Museum, London)
Western art unattributed:
4. Danaë, by an anonymous Flemish(?) printmaker possibly after Gillis Coignet. c.1580 (British Museum, London)
Article
An unknown Vasari drawing in Braunschweig
03/2015 | 1344 | 157
Pages: 158-160
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Author:
Damm, Heiko (Damm, Heiko)
Subjects
artists:
Vasari, Giorgio / Key, Willem
dates:
1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick, Germany
subjects:
Attributions, former / Drawings / Collections, Public / Jupiter / Neptune / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Iconography / Cartoons (working drawings) / Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Jupiter orders Neptune to calm the stormy sea, here attributed to Giorgio Vasari (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig)
Attributed works:
7. Annunciation, by Giorgio Vasari (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
Attributed works:
8. The abduction of Ganymede, by Giorgio Vasari (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Attributed works:
9. Symbolon LXXVI, illustration in A. Bocchi: Symbolaricum quaestionum de universo genere quas serio ludebat libri quinque, by Giulio Bonasone (British Museum, London)
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