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Exhibition Review
Asian Bronze: 4,000 Years of Beauty
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 35-7
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Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi (Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi)
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Wong, Lori (Wong, Lori)
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Asian Bronze: 4,000 Years of Beauty Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 27th September 2024–12th January 2025 | :
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Non-western art unattributed:
4. Anthropomorphic figure. Ganges Valley, India, c.1500–1000 BCE. Copper, 45 by 38 by 2 cm. (Musée départmental des Arts Asiatiques, Nice; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Shiva Nataraja. Tamil Nadu, India, c.12th century. Bronze, 153 by 114.5 cm. (Royal Asian Art Society in the Netherlands; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Buddha seated under the hood of a seven-headed Nāga. Thailand, 12th or 13th century. Bronze, 160 by 78.5 cm. (National Museum, Bangkok; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Book Review
Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656–1740): Representationsstrategien des europäischen Adels um 1700
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1195
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Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
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Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656–1740): Representationsstrategien des europäischen Adels um 1700 By Carina A.E. Weißmann. 501 pp. incl. 313 col. + b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin and Boston, 2022), €95. ISBN 978–31–1069–365–2. | :
Book Review
Gli dei ritornano: I bronzi di San Casciano
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1162–1163
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Gli dei ritornano: I bronzi di San Casciano Edited by Massimo Ossana and Jacopo Tabolli. 200 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Treccani Emporium, Rome, 2024), €49. ISBN 978–88–12–01165–0. | :
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5. Polyvisceral plaque. Etruscan or Roman, 2nd or 1st century BCE. Bronze, height 20.8 cm. (Bagno Grande, San Casciano dei Bagni).
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6. Detail of the ‘putto of San Cascaino dei Bagni’, showing the inscription on the right leg. Etruscan, 2nd century BCE. Bronze. (Bagno Grande, San Casciano dei Bagni; photograph the author).
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7. Apollo / Aplu. Etruscan, 2nd century BCE. Bronze, height 63 cm. (Bagno Grande, San Casciano dei Bagni).
Article
Renaissance exhibitions in Paris
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 612–619
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Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
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The Invention of the Renaissance: the Humanist, the Prince and the Artist, Bibliothèque national de France, 20 February16 June 2024. Les arts en France sous Charles VII, Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge, 12 March–16 June 2024. | :
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1. Jacopo Antonio Marcello, attributed to Jacopo Bellini. 1453. Tempera on parchment, 18.7 by 13 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS 940, fol.38v).
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2. Frontispiece. (From Giovanni Michele Nagonio: De laudibus Galliae, Rome c.1500.) Ink and tempera on parchment, 27 by 16 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 8132, fols.8v–9r).
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3. St John on Patmos from the Hours of Frederick III, by Jean Bourdichon, Giovanni Todeschino and the Master of Claude de France. 1501–02. Tempera on parchment, 24.5 by 15.5 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 10532, p.62).
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4. Manuscript binding, by Étienne Roffet. c.1542–43. Gilt-tooled leather, 33.5 by 23 cm. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris, MS latin 6866, upper cover).
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5. So-called dais of Charles VII, perhaps after a design by Jacob de Littemont. c.1430–40. Wool and silk, 292 by 285 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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6. Supplicant in prayer, excised leaf of the Collins Hours, by the Master of the Collins Hours. c.1445–50. Tempera and ink on parchment, 18.5 by 12.5 cm. (Musée de Cluny–Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris, MS Cl.23945).
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7. Detail of the central panel of the Aix Triptych showing the books on the Virgin’s lectern, by Barthélemy d’Eyck. 1443–44. Oil on panel. (Sainte-Madeleine, Aix-en-Provence; photograph the author).
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Reaching the Buddhist paradise: early images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas in Koguryŏ
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 554–569
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Perrin, Ariane (Perrin, Ariane)
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1. Inscribed Buddhist triad, provenance unknown, attributed to Koguryŏ. 563 CE. Gilded bronze, height 17.5 cm. (Kansong Art Museum).
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2. Plan of the under-structure of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn yujŏk yumul togam / The Illustrated Book of Ruins and Relics of Korea, Pyongyang 1990 (hereafter Chosŏn), VI, p.73, fig.93; redrawn by the author).
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3. Layout of murals of the north wall of the front chamber of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing four bodhisattvas, the Green Dragon and apsaras. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn, VI, p.72, fig.91).
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4. East ceiling of the front chamber of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing an enthroned Buddha, tomb occupants and apsaras. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn, VI, p.74, fig.97).
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5. Restored image of the west wall of the main chamber of the Susanni tomb near Namp’o, North Korea, showing a Yaksha–Atlas figure. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Ch’ŏnsang-ŭi munyang yesul: Koguryŏ kobun pyŏkhwa / Celestial motifs: Ancient Tomb Murals of the Koguryŏ Dynasty, Taejŏn 2020, p.282).
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6. Ceiling corners of the front chamber of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing Yaksha–Atlas figures, and newborn male and female figures in lotus flowers. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn, VI, p.82, fig.105).
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7. Right wall of the second chamber of the Sanshi (Three Chambers) tomb, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing a Yaksha–Atlas figure and two Black Warriors. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (From Chosŏn, VI, p.68, fig.85).
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Buddha and bodhisattvas on the south wall of Yungang cave no.10, Datong, Shanxi province, China. Northern Wei period, 470–94 CE. (From Li Zhiguo: Yungang shiku (Yungang caves), Beijing 1995, p.92, fig.73).
Non-western art unattributed:
11a and b. Seated Buddha (mandorla missing), found at Ttuksŏm, Seoul area. First half of the 5th century CE. Gilded bronze, height 4.9 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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12. Seated Buddha, found at the Wŏno-ri temple site, P’yŏngwŏn county, north of Pyongyang area, South P’yŏngan province, North Korea. Koguryŏ period, sixth century CE. Clay, height 17 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
13a and b. Standing bodhisattva, found at Wŏno-ri temple site, P’yŏngwŏn county, South P’yŏngan province, North Korea. Koguryŏ period, sixth century. Clay, height 19.5 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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14. Seated Buddha, found near Hwangju, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. soapstone (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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15. Buddhist stele. Chinese, Late Northern Wei period. (Zhucheng Museum, Shandong).
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16. Fragment of mould, found south of Pyongyang at T’osong-ni, Taedong county, South P’yongan province, North Korea. Koguryo period, sixth century. Clay. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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17. Seated Buddha. Korea, Three Kingdoms period. Gilded bronze, height 8.8 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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18. Inscribed mandorla, found at Ch’ungju, North Ch’ungch’ong province, South Korea. 536 or 596 CE. Gilded bronze, height 12.4 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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19. Inscribed standing Buddha, found at Uiryong, South Kyongsang province (Silla territory), South Korea. 539 CE. Gilded bronze, height 16.2 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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20. Inscribed mandorla, found in P’yongch’on area, Pyongyang, North Korea. 551 CE, Gilded bronze, height. 22 cm. (Korean Central History Museum of Pyongyang).
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21. Inscribed Buddhist triad (pedestal missing), found at Koksan, in Hwanghae province, North Korea. 571. Gilded bronze, height 15.5 cm. (Ho am Art Museum, Leeum).
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22. Buddhist triad with three bodhisattvas, found in Kangwŏn province, South Korea. Three Kingdoms period, presumably sixth century CE. Gilded bronze, height 8.7 cm, pedestal diameter 3.3 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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23. Buddhist triad (bodhisattva and two arhats), found at Ch’unch’on, Kangwon province, South Korea. Koguryo or Silla, presumably second half of sixth century. Gilded bronze, height 8.8 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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24. Inscribed plaque, found in Omae-ri, Sinp’o city, South Hamgyong province, North Korea. Gilded bronze, 41.5 by 18.5 cm. (Korean Central History Museum of Pyongyang).
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25a and b. Inscribed Buddhist triad, found on Mount Puso, near Puyo, in South Ch’ungch’ong province, South Korea. Gilded bronze, height 8.5 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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26a and b. Inscribed standing bodhisattva, found in Hongsong county, South Ch’ungch’ong province, central western Korea. Gilded bronze, height 16.4 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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27. Inscribed standing bodhisattva. Northern Wei period, 525 CE. Gilded bronze. (© Minku Kim; Linshu Museum, Shandong).
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28. Standing bodhisattva. Gilded bronze, height 22.8 cm. (Gyeongju National Museum).
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29. Buddhist triad. Korea, Three Kingdoms period. Gilded bronze, height 15.5 cm. (Donation of Lee Kun-hee). (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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30a and b. Inscribed standing Buddha. Korea, Three Kingdoms period. Gilded bronze, height. 7.7 cm. (Donation of Lee Kun-hee). (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
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8. North wall of the front chamber of Changchuan tomb no.1, Ji’an, Jilin province, China, showing bodhisattvas turned towards the Buddha. Koguryŏ period, mid-5th century CE. (© Icomos Korea).
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9. West niche of the front chamber of the Kamsin tomb, near Namp’o city, North Korea, showing a seated figure. Koguryŏ period, late 5th century CE. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Exhibition Review
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 62–65
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Liu, Lihong (Liu, Lihong)
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China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta Cleveland Museum of Art 10th September 2023– 7th January 2024 | :
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1. Detail from Spring in Jiangnan, by Wen Zhengming. 1530. Handscroll, ink and colour on paper. (Shanghai Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
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4. Raft cup, attributed to Zhu Bishan. China, Yuan or early Ming dynasty. Silver with chased decoration, length 16 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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2. Lamp in the form of a bull. China, Eastern Han dynasty. Bronze with silver inlay, height 46 cm. (Nanjing Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Installation view of China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
Article
A 1550 ‘double Jubilee’ medal by Alessandro Cesati
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1190-1195
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Daniele, Giulia (Daniele, Giulia)
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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6. Enlargement of Fig.1, showing three standing male figures.
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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).
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9 and 10. Stater from Metaponto, Italy. 510–480 BC. Silver. (British Museum, London; inv. no.1924,1110.2)
Article
Rediscovered drawings by Bartolomeo Spani for sculpture and goldsmithery
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1082–1093
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Calogero, Marcello (Calogero, Marcello)
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1. Detail of Fig.3, showing the angels and God the Father. (Photograph Archivio Franco Cosimo Panini Editore S.p.a. – Arcidiocesi di Modena-Nonantola).
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing a prophet.
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11. Reliquary bust of St Daria, by Bartolomeo Spani. 1533–38. Cast, chiselled and gilded silver, approximately 70 by 60 cm. (Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta, Reggio Emilia; photograph Diocesi di Reggio Emilia e Guastalla).
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12. Reliquary bust of St Crisanto, by Bartolomeo Spani. 1533–38. Cast, chiselled and gilded silver, approximately 70 by 60 cm. (Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta, Reggio Emilia; photograph Diocesi di Reggio Emilia e Guastalla).
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13. Design for a funerary monument, here attributed to Bartolomeo Spani. c.1510–20. Pen and grey-brown ink, grey-brown wash over stylus indentations, on paper, 28.3 by 19.3 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
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14. Grotesque ornament from the Domus Aurea, by the Master of the Codex Escurialensis (fol.14r). c.1490. Pen and brown ink on paper, 33 by 23.5 cm. (Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid).
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15. Funerary monument of Bishop Bonfrancesco Arlotti, by Bartolomeo Spani. c.1509. White, pink and polychromed marble, approximately 520 by 230 cm. (Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta, Reggio Emilia; photograph Diocesi di Reggio Emilia e Guastalla).
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16. Design for a funerary monument, here attributed to Bartolomeo Spani. c.1510–20. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, on paper, 19.9 by 15.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais; Thierry Le Mage).
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17. Design for a tabernacle, here attributed to Bartolomeo Spani. c.1510–20. Pen and brown ink and wash, over stylus indentations, on paper, 25.5 by 16.5 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
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18. Funerary monument of Lucia Rusca, by Antonio da Morbegno and ‘Maestro Anzelini’, after a drawing here attributed to Bartolomeo Spani. c.1515. White, pink and black marble, approx. 500 by 250 cm. (Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta, Reggio Emilia; photograph Archivio Franco Cosimo Panini Editore S.p.a. – Arcidiocesi di Modena-Nonantola).
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19. Baptism of Christ, by Francesco Caprioli (?). 1497. Fresco, approx. 400 cm. (Baptistry, Reggio Emilia; photograph Diocesi di Reggio Emilia e Guastalla).
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2. Design for a funerary monument, here attributed to Bartolomeo Spani. c.1510–20. Pen and brown ink and wash, with light pink wash over stylus indentations, on paper, 39 by 27.4 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
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20. Monstrance (now forming a reliquary of St Concordia), by the workshop of Bartolomeo Spani. 1517. Cast, chiselled and gilded silver, 44 by 17 cm. (SS. Donnino and Biagio, Rubiera; photograph Diocesi di Reggio Emilia e Guastalla).
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21. Design for a pax, here attributed to Bartolomeo Spani. c.1510–20. Pen and brown ink on paper, 20.2 by 14.3 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
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3. Funerary monument of Francesco Molza, by Bartolomeo Spani. 1516. White, pink and polychrome marble, approximately 540 by 270 cm. (Cathedral of SS. Maria Assunta and Geminiano, Modena; photograph Archivio Franco Cosimo Panini Editore S.p.a. – Arcidiocesi di Modena-Nonantola).
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4. Processional cross, by Bartolomeo Spani. 1508–09. Cast, chiselled and gilded silver, 76 by 63 cm. (Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta, Reggio Emilia; photograph Diocesi di Reggio Emilia e Guastalla).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing the figure of God the Father on the reverse.
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6. St Simeon of Polirone in Jerusalem, exorcising demons from men possessed, by Bartolomeo Spani. c.1516 (model, later cast, perhaps nineteenth century). Bronze, 6.14 by 18.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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7. Detail of Fig.6, showing a soldier.
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing a prophet.
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9. Detail of Fig.6, showing a monk.
Book Review
Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1156–1158
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Edited by Denise Allen, Linda Borsch, James David Draper, Jeffrey Fraiman and Richard E. Stone. 568 pp. incl. 590 col. + 34 b. & w. ills. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2022). ISBN 978–1–58839–710–2. | :
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4. Mars, Venus and Cupid with Vulcan at his forge (the Mantuan Roundel), attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli. c.1500. Parcel-gilt bronze with silver inlay, cast gilt frame, diameter 42 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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Roubiliac and Sprimont: a friendship revisited
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 601–611
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Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
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1. Louis-François Roubiliac, attributed to François Xavier Vispré. c.1760. Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 62.2 by 54.6 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT).
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10. Head of a laughing child, after a model attributed to Louis-François Roubiliac. 1746–49. Chelsea porcelain, 19.7 by 16.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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11. Persia and Macedonia (Greece) from the Temple of the Four Monarchies clock, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1738. Bronze, height 30 cm. each. Wet collodion negative by John Wesley Livingston. 1875. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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12. Chaldea (Assyria) and Rome from the Temple of the Four Monarchies clock, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1738. Bronze, height 30 cm. each. Wet collodion negative by John Wesley Livingston. 1875. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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13. Floor-standing clock, by Charles Clay, with paintings by Jacopo Amigoni and sculptures by Louis-François Roubiliac and John Michael Rysbrack. 1740–43. Wood with gilded metal, silver and paint, height 85 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © HM King Charles III 2023).
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14. Britannia, after a model here attributed to Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1746–48. Chelsea porcelain, 25.7 by 16.2 cm. (Errol Manners, London).
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2. Nicholas Sprimont with his wife, Ann, and sister-in-law Susannah Protin. 1759–62. Oil on canvas, 76.5 by 53.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. Retrieving hound, after a model attributed to Nicholas Sprimont. 1749. Chelsea porcelain, 19.8 by 19.8 by 8.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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4. Paul Crespin. c.1726. Oil on canvas, 114 by 90 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Centrepiece. English, by Paul Crespin possibly in association with Nicholas Sprimont. 1740. Silver, 36 by 54.5 cm. (Toledo Museum of Art).
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6. Sauceboats with figures of Venus and Adonis, by Nicholas Sprimont. 1743–45. Gilded silver, 22.7 by 23.2 by 13 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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7. Design for a soup tureen for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, by Nicholas Sprimont. c.1744. Pen and black ink with brown ink wash on paper, 26 by 43.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Girl in a swing, Charles Gouyn Factory, St James’s, London. 1749–59. Porcelain, 15.9 by 16.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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9. Trump, William Hogarth’s pug, after a model by Louis-François Roubiliac. 1747–50. Chelsea porcelain, 13.2 by 26.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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