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Article
Fragments of a Ferrarese sketch by Donatello
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 11401151
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Author:
Scansani, Marco (Scansani, Marco)
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Attributed works:
1. Funeral of the Virgin, by Donatello. Photograph taken before 1921. (Formerly Museo Schifanoia, Ferrara).
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10. Feast of Herod, by Donatello. c.1435. Marble, 50 by 71.3 by 5 cm. (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille).
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11. Detail of the Descent from the Cross scene on the Passion Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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12. Detail of the Ascension scene on the Resurrection Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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13. Detail of Fig.14. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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14. St Stephen and St Lawrence, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Polychromed terracotta, 215 by 180 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence)
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14. St Stephen and St Lawrence, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Polychromed terracotta, 215 by 180 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence)
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15. Detail of Dancing and festive putti from the Holy Girdle Pulpit, by Donatello. 1434–38. Marble. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato).
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16. Side view of Fig.3.
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17. Detail of a putto from the Cavalcanti Annunciation, by Donatello. c.1433–35. Terracotta. (S. Croce, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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18. Feast of St George, Allegory of the month of April, by Francesco del Cossa. c.1470. Fresco. (Salone dei Mesi, Museo Schifanoia, Ferrara).
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19. Madonna with Child and five angels, by Donatello. c.1455–60. Terracotta with traces of paint, 21.5 by 15.5 by 4.2 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin).
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2. Funeral of the Virgin, here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 33 by 24.5 by 2 cm. (Private collection).
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20. David with the head of Goliath, from a model by Donatello. Cast c.1460–65 after a wax model by Donatello c.1455. Bronze, height 37 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin).
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3. Evangelist, here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 33 by 33 by 9 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Acephalous figure (perhaps an Evangelist?), here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 25 by 20 by 4 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Fig.1 and Fig.2 placed side by side.
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6. Detail of the Pentecost scene on the Resurrection Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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7. Resurrection of Drusiana, by Donatello. 1435–40. Polychrome stucco, diameter approx. 215 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence).
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8. Detail of Fig.7. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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9. Pietà, by Donatello. c.1450–53. Marble, 36.5 by 30.5 by 4.5 cm. (S. Gaetano, Padua).
Article
‘The abduction of Europa’ by Paulus Potter: a mythological painting rediscovered
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 680–88
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Lydon, Muirne (Lydon, Muirne)
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Macro, Natalia (Macro, Natalia)
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Marx, Lizzie (Marx, Lizzie)
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Schilder, Jolijn (Schilder, Jolijn)
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Vandivere, Abbie (Vandivere, Abbie)
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1. Head of a white bull, by Paulus Potter. c.1647–50. Oil on canvas, 79.4 by 62 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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10. Infrared reflectogram of Fig.1, revealing the fragmentary Europa figure.
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11. X-radiograph of Fig.1, revealing the fragmentary Europa figure.
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12. Abduction of Europa, attributed to Jan de Visscher, after Nicolaes Berchem. 1643–92. Etching and engraving, 45.7 by 30.5 cm, shown mirrored horizontally. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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2. Portrait of Paulus Potter (1625–1654), by Bartholomeus van der Helst. 1654. Oil on canvas, 99 by 80 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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3. The bull (De stier), by Paulus Potter. 1647. Oil on canvas, 236.5 by 341 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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4. Proposed location of Fig.1 within the Abduction of Europa, determined from thread angle mapping (Fig.5c).
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5. Computer-assisted thread counting from X-radiographs of Fig.1, showing: a) thread density in the vertical and horizontal directions; b) horizontal thread density of the upper and lower pieces of canvas; c) thread angle deviations in the vertical and horizontal directions. The horizontal join is indicated with an arrow.
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6. Display of Fig.1 in the Grand Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Photograph, after 1889. (RSAI, Dublin).
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7. Display of Fig.1 in Room 12, Dargan Wing, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Photograph, c.1930–39. (National Gallery of Ireland Archive, Dublin).
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8. MA-XRF map of Fig.1, showing the distribution of mercury (Hg) from vermilion.
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9. MA-XRF map overlaid onto Fig.1, showing the distribution of copper (Cu) in white.
Article
Cut from the same cloth: a composite canvas by Paul Cezanne
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1224-1233
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Aebi, Kiko (Aebi, Kiko)
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Haddad, Abed (Haddad, Abed)
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1. Still life with apples, by Paul Cezanne. c.1878. Oil on canvas, 19 by 27 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, lent by the Provost and Fellows of King’s College, Cambridge, Keynes Collection).
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10. Study of heads, by Pierre-August Renoir. 1890s. Oil on canvas, 46 by 38 cm. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
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2. Glass and apples, by Paul Cezanne. 1879–80. Oil on canvas. 31.5 by 40 cm. (Rudolf Staechelin, Basel).
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3. Female nude (Leda), by Paul Cezanne. c.1887. Oil on canvas stretched on pasteboard, 44 by 62 cm. (Von der Heydt- Museum, Wuppertal).
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4. Reconstituted study sheet of drawings by Paul Cezanne, subsequently divided into three separate compositions: Sheet of studies, including a Skull (left), A historical or Biblical scene (The rape of Lucretia) (top right), and A historical or Biblical scene (bottom right). (From W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman and D. Nash: The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne, www.cezannecatalogue.com).
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5. Image of Glass with apples (right) and Still life with apples (left) unframed and in their original configuration, revealing contiguous brush strokes across both pictures. (© Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2022; photograph the authors).
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6. X-ray radiograph of Glass with apples (right) and Still life with apples (left). (Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, and Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
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7. MA-XRF maps of Glass with apples (right) and Still life with apples (left), showing the distribution of iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr) and mercury (Hg). (© Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2022; photograph the authors).
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8. Lead L-series (Pb-L) MA-XRF map of Glass with apples (right) and Still life with apples (left), with inset details magnifying holes along the edge of the original canvas. (© Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2022; photograph the authors).
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9. Five apples, by Paul Cezanne. 1877–78. Oil on canvas, 12.7 by 25.5 cm. (Private collection).
Article
An ‘Allegory of Prudence’ attributed to Nicola Pisano’s workshop
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1126-1129
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Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
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Vergani, Graziano A. (Vergani, Graziano A.)
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16. Detail of Fig.18, showing Maturity.
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17. Detail of a king in the panel of The Elect, from a pulpit in Siena Cathedral depicting the Last Judgment, by Nicola Pisano and workshop. 1265–68. Marble. (© Lensini Foto, Siena).
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18. Allegory of Prudence, here attributed to Nicola Pisano and workshop. c.1265–70. Marble, 23.5 cm. by 12.4 cm. by 9.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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19. Detail of Fig.18, showing Old Age.
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20. Detail of the Allegory of Prudence from the tomb of Peter of Verona in S. Eustorgio, Milan, by Giovanni di Balduccio Albonetti. 1339. Marble. (From La Cappella Portinari in Sant’Eustorgio a Milano, Milan 1963).
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21. Detail of Fig.18, showing Youth.
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22. Detail of Faith on a holy-water basin in S. Giovanni Fuorcivitas, Pistoia, by the Pisano workshop. c.1270. Marble. (From C. Gnudi: Nicola, Arnolfo, Lapo: l’arca di San Domenico in Bologna, Florence 1948).
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23. Detail of the Virgin from the panel Flight into Egypt, from a pulpit in Siena Cathedral, by Nicola Pisano and workshop. 1265–68. Carrara marble. (Photograph Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft).
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24. Detail of St Cecilia from the cyborium of S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, by Arnolfo di Cambio. 1293. Marble. (Archivio Fotografico Gallerie Vaticane, Rome).
Article
Sicilian salvage at Sharnbrook: the Magniac monuments by William Burges
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 768-773
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Author:
Knox, Tim (Knox, Tim)
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1. The Magniac Mausoleum, designed by William Burges. c.1867. (St Peter’s church, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire; photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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2. Detail of the mausoleum in Fig.1, showing one of the cartouches in the centre of each side. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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3. Detail of the mausoleum in Fig.1, showing one of the friezes inlaid with jasper and other stones. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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4. Detail of the monument in Fig.5, showing the marble inlay, scrolls and putti. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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5. The Magniac Monument, designed by William Burges. c.1867. (St Peter’s church, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire; photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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6. Chapel of the Holy Crucifix, Monreale Cathedral, by Giovanni di Monreale and Angelo Italia. Completed 1686. (Bridgeman Images).
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7. Detail of carving in the Church of the Gesù, Palermo. (Photograph Per-Erik Skramstad; Wondersofsicily.com).
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8. Detail of the monument in Fig.5, showing the central cartouche. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
Book Review
The McCarthy Collection Volume I: Italian and Byzantine Miniatures Volume II: Spanish, English, Flemish and Central European Miniatures Volume III: French Miniatures
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 529
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Reviewer:
Law-Turner, Frederica C.E. (Law-Turner, Frederica C.E.)
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The McCarthy Collection Volume I: Italian and Byzantine Miniatures. By Gaudenz Freuler with Georgi Parpulov. 304 pp. incl. 250 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2018), £90. ISBN 978–1–912168–07–1. Volume II: Spanish, English, Flemish and Central European Miniatures. By Peter Kidd. 248 pp. incl. over 150 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2019), £80. ISBN 978–1–912168–13–2. Volume III: French Miniatures. By Peter Kidd. 336 pp. incl. 350 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2021), £100. ISBN 978–1–912168–18–7. | :
Exhibition Review
Stories of Painted Pages: Manuscripts and Illuminations Recovered by the Florentine Cultural Heritage Protection Unit
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 881-883
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Reviewer:
Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
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Stories of Painted Pages: Manuscripts and Illuminations Recovered by the Florentine Cultural Heritage Protection Unit Palazzo Pitti, Florence 24th June–4th October | :
Illustrations
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6. Initial L with St Lucy, by Master of the Dominican Effigies, detail from an antiphonal from the Church of Sts Ippolito and Biagio, Castelfiorentino. c.1340. Ink, tempera and gold on parchment, 27 by 13.5 cm. (Museo di Santa Verdiana, Castelfiorentino; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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4. Initial E and the Prophet Isaiah, from an antiphonal from the abbey of Montemorcino, Perguia. c.1500– 10. Tempera on parchment, 61.4 by 43.5 cm. (Abbazia di Monte Olivetto Maggiore, Asciano; fol.1r; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
5. Page with a missing initial E, from a gradual made at S. Lucchese, Poggibonsi. c.1485– 90. Ink and tempera on parchment, 16 by 20 cm. (Colle di Val d’Elsa, Museo San Pietro; fol.95r; exh. Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Article
A tale of two fragments: a Sostratos cameo reconstructed
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 181-187
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Gennaioli, Riccardo (Gennaioli, Riccardo)
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Gradel, Ittai (Gradel, Ittai)
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1. Fragment of a cameo, by Sostratos. Hellenistic, mid- to late 1st century BC. Sardonyx, 3.1 by 2.1 cm. excluding the later setting. (Private collection, London).
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10. Dionysus (or Ariadne?) in a chariot pulled by two centaurs. Roman cameo in later, eighteenth-century setting. Sardonyx, 3.1 by 2.3 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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2. Fragment of a cameo, by Sostratos. Hellenistic, mid- to late 1st century BC. Sardonyx, width 5.5 cm maximum, excluding the later restoration. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence).
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3. The cameo shown in Fig.2, photographed with transmitted light.
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4. Reverse of the cameo shown in Fig.2.
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5. Reverse of the cameo shown in Fig.1.
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6. Scans of the fragments shown in Figs.1 and 2 combined, showing the outline of the original cameo, presuming an oval shape. The resulting original size would have been approx. 6.4 by 4.6 cm.
Western art unattributed:
11. Dionysus and Ariadne in a chariot pulled by two centaurs. Roman cameo in later setting. Sardonyx, 3 by 2.5 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
7. Fragment of a cameo, with the roughly original outline of the complete cameo restored, presuming a regular oval shape. Hellenistic, mid- to late 1st century BC. Sardonyx, 2.6 by 2 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples).
Western art unattributed:
8. Triumph of Dionysus and Ariadne. Roman cameo in later setting. Sardonyx, 6 by 5.5 cm. (Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
9. Dionysus (or Ariadne?) in a chariot pulled by two centaurs. Roman cameo in later, eighteenth-century setting. Sardonyx, 4.2 by 2.7 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Article
The Nobili altarpiece from S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 14-25
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Author:
Gordon, Dillian (Gordon, Dillian)
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1. Hypothetical reconstruction of the Nobili altarpiece, S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence, by Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood. Reconstruction by the author with Rachel Billinge. Main tier: Virgin and Child enthroned with Sts John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, James and Bartholomew, each panel: 186 by 70 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin). Predella: left to right Bernardo di Cino Bartolini de’ Nobili and his sons (see Fig.6); Feast of Herod, Crucifixion and St James and the sorcerer Hermogenes, each panel 43 by 67 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris); Piera degli Albizzi and her daughters (see Fig.7). Pinnacles: Angel Gabriel; Blessing Redeemer; Annunciate Virgin, each panel 67.3 by 30.5 cm. (Collezione Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti, on permanent loan to Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino). Pilasters: Outer left side, top to bottom Deacon saint (see Fig.9); Mary Magdalene (see Fig.8); and Baptism of Christ (see Fig.3). Inner left side, top to bottom St Peter (see Fig.9); and St Benedict (see Fig.8). Inner right side St Paul (see Fig.9); and St Bernard (see Fig.8). Outer right side Bishop saint (see Fig.9); St Catherine (see Fig.8); and Hermogenes throwing books on sorcery into a river (see Fig.4).
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10. Virgin and Child with Sts Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels, by Agnolo Gaddi. c.1387. Tempera on poplar panel, left panel 197 by 80 cm.; middle panel 204 by 80 cm.; right panel 194.6 by 80 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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2. Nobili arms as granted to Bernardo di Cino by Charles V of France in 1379 (repr. R. Ciabani: Le famiglie di Firenze, Florence 1992, III, p.806).
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3. Baptism of Christ, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on panel, 38.4 by 28.7cm. (National Gallery, London).
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4. Hermogenes throwing books on sorcery into a river, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on panel, 30.00 by 21.6 cm. (Alana Collection, Newark DE).
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5. Detail of Fig.6.
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6. Bernardo di Cino Bartolini de’ Nobili and his sons, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood, 38.1 by 28.9 cm. (Richard L. Feigen Collection, New York).
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7. Piera degli Albizzi and her daughters, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood, 27.4 by 21.7 cm. (Alana Collection, Newark DE).
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8. St Mary Magdalene (73.5 by 19cm.); St Benedict (73.7 by 19.4 cm.); St Bernard of Clairvaux (73.7 by 20 cm.), by Agnolo Gaddi. St Catherine of Alexandria (73.6 by 19.4 cm.), by Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco. 1387. Tempera on wood; all now framed together as a single unit. (Clowes Collection, Indianapolis/Newfields Museum of Art).
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9. Bishop saint, St Peter, St Paul and Deacon saint, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Now framed together as a single unit, 55.8 by 75 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; formerly in Göttingen Universitätsmuseum).
Western art unattributed:
11. Charles V of France and his sons, the future Charles VI, and Louis d’Orléans, with Sts John the Baptist, Charlemagne and Louis of Toulouse; Eighteenth-century watercolour copy of parts of an embroidery once belonging to the duc de Berry. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, Réserve, OA 13, fol.16, Gaignières 444).
Western art unattributed:
12. Queen Jeanne de Bourbon with two of her daughters and Sts Catherine and Louis of France. c.1374. Eighteenth-century watercolour copy of parts of an embroidery once belonging to the duc de Berry. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, Réserve, OA 13, fol.17, Gaignières 445).
Exhibition Review
Kings and Scribes: The Birth of a Nation. Winchester Cathedral
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 858-860
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Reviewer:
Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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dates:
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
10. Detail from the Winchester Bible, showing Noah’s Ark (photograph John Crook).
Western art unattributed:
11. The Morley Library, Winchester Cathedral (photograph Robin Jones).
Western art unattributed:
9. Installation view of Kings and Scribes: The Birth of a Nation at Winchester Cathedral, 2019, showing fifteen mounted sculptures from the Great Screen (1447–86).
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