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Four wooden ceilings from the Torrijos Palace, Toledo
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1272–1289
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McSweeney, Anna (McSweeney, Anna)
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Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
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10. Tile panel possibly from the Torrijos Palace. Attributed to Hernando de Loaysa, Talavera de la Reina, c.1600. Tin-glazed earthenware. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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19. Groundplan of the Torrijos Palace. (From E. María Repullés y Vargas: ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Resumen de Arquitectura 1 [1894], p.104; Biblioteca Nacional de España , Madrid).
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2. Opening page of the 1902 article on the Torrijos Palace, showing a plaster lintel above a door in the palace. (From ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Por Esos Mundos (April 1902), p.342; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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20. Exterior façade of the Torrijos Palace, showing the portal and one of the windows with a balcony. (From E. María Repullés y Vargas: ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Resumen de Arquitectura 1 (1894), p.102; Biblioteca Nacional de España , Madrid).
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22. Staircase in the Torrijos Palace. (From E. María Repullés y Vargas: ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Resumen de Arquitectura 1 (1894), p.103; Biblioteca Nacional de España , Madrid).
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23. The groundplan shown in Fig.19, overlaid to show the location of the four ceilings, the main portal and the patio. (© Mariam Rosser-Owen). A. Ceiling from a room on the south-west side of Torrijos Palace, now in château de Villandry, Loire (Fig.12) B. Ceiling from a room on the north-west side of Torrijos Palace, now in the V&A (Fig.1) C. Staircase on the north-east side of Torrijos Palace (Fig.22) D. Ceiling from a room on the north-east side of Torrijos Palace, now in Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retamar (Fig.15) E. Ceiling from a room on the north-east side of Torrijos Palace, now in MAN (Fig.8) F. Portal on the east side of Torrijos Palace, now in Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retama (Fig.13) G. Courtyard of Torrijos Palace (Fig.4) H. Ceiling from a room on the south-east ceiling side of Torrijos Palace, now in Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco (Fig.5)
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25. The ceiling in Fig.8 shown in situ in the Torrijos Palace. Photograph, 1902. (From ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Por Esos Mundos, April 1902, p.344).
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27. The ceiling in Fig.12 shown in situ in the Torrijos Palace. Photograph. 1902. (From ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Por Esos Mundos, April 1902, p.346; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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29. Diagram of an interlace panel on a strapwork carpentry ceiling, by Diego López de Arenas. (From Breve compendio de la carpintería de lo blanco y tratado de alarifes, Seville 1633, repr. 1727; National Art Library Special Collections; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. The ceiling shown in Fig.1 in situ in the Torrijos Palace. Photograph, 1905. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Archive, Central Inventory Register, 1905, MA/30/233).
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30. Diagram of cartabones by Diego López de Arenas. (From Breve compendio de la carpintería de lo blanco y tratado de alarifes, Seville 1633, repr. 1727; National Art Library Special Collections; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Plaster cast of the frieze originally below the ceiling shown in Fig.1, c.1910. Plaster, each section approx. 150 by 110 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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1. A ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Wood, probably pine, with painting and gilding; with modern plaster of Paris panels, width 6 m. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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11. Friezes from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Plaster, 133 by 312 by 8 cm. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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12. Ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Wood, probably pine, with painting and gilding, width approx. 5.5 m. (château de Villandry, Loire; photograph Frédéric Paillet).
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13. Portal from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. (Chapel, Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retamar; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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14. Plinth for a statue of the Virgin on the altar of the chapel at Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retamar, made from part of the ceiling shown in Fig.15. Early sixteenth century, carved wood. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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15. Ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. Early sixteenth century. Carved wood. (Chapel, Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retamar; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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16. Ceiling in the grandest room of the palace at Ocaña. 1475–80. Wood, probably pine, with painting and gilding. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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17. Ceiling in the Throne Hall of the Comares Palace, Alhambra, Granada. 1350. Wood, including pine and cedar, with painting, 11.3 by 11.3 m. (Photograph Simon Lane).
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18. Portal of the Colegiata del Santísimo Sacramento, Torrijos. 1509–18. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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21. Staircase in the palace at Ocaña. 1475–80. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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24. Panel from a frieze in the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Plaster, 38 by 55 by 4 cm. (Museo Santa Cruz, Toledo; photograph Mariam Rosser-Owen).
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26. Section of the frieze from the ceiling shown in Fig.8. c.1490. Plaster. (Casa Platón Páramo, Oropesa; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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28. Exterior of the ceiling shown in Fig.8. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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4. Courtyard of the Torrijos Palace. Photograph, c.1904. (Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España, Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, VN-10440).
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5. Ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Wood, including pine and walnut, with painting and gilding, width 5.72 m. (Museum of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
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7. Panel from the original frieze below the ceiling shown in Fig.1. c.1490. Plaster, 29.5 by 58 by 5.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Wood, probably pine, with painting and gilding; 5.5 by 5.5 m. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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9. Lintel and doorway from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Plaster. (Casa Platón Páramo, Oropesa; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Book Review
Creating Sculpture: Renaissance Drawings and Models
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1246-1247
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Calogero, Marcello (Calogero, Marcello)
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Creating Sculpture: Renaissance Drawings and Models Edited by Michael Cole, Ana Debenedetti and Peta Motture, with Kira d’Alburquerque. 224 pp. incl. 150 col. + 5 b. & w. ills. (V&A Publishing, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–85177–998–7. | :
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3. River god, by Giambologna. c.1580. Terracotta, height 31 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Grinling Gibbons and his Contemporaries (1650–1700): The Golden Age of Woodcarving in the Netherlands and Britain
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1247-1249
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Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
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Grinling Gibbons and his Contemporaries (1650–1700): The Golden Age of Woodcarving in the Netherlands and Britain By Ada de Wit. 426 pp. incl. 350 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2022), €150. ISBN 978–2–503–58488–1. | :
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4. ‘Queen Sophie’s Bookcase’, incorporating carving of c.1690 from William III’s bedchamber at Huis De Voorst. 1847–49. Rosewood, mahogany, oak and limewood, 346 by 233 by 55 cm. (Photograph Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn).
Book Review
Intagli rococo : Professionalita  ed elaborazione del gusto negli interni del Palazzo Reale di Torino
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 318-320
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Zanuso, Susanna (Zanuso, Susanna)
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Intagli rococò: Professionalità ed elaborazione del gusto negli interni del Palazzo Reale di Torino By Aurora Laurenti. 284 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Accademia University Press, Turin, 2020), €24. ISBN 978–88–319–7856–9. | :
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6. Detail of the Summer Apartment, Gabinetto del Pregadio, Palazzo Reale, Turin, showing carved and pastiglia decorations on the wall panelling and pier table, by Giovanni Luigi Bosso. 1738–40. (Royal Palace, Royal Museums, Turin; photograph Aurora Laurenti).
Book Review
Christ on the Cross: The Boston Crucifix and the Rise of Monumental Wood Sculpture, 970–1200
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 374-376
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Luxford, Julian (Luxford, Julian)
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Christ on the Cross: The Boston Crucifix and the Rise of Monumental Wood Sculpture, 970–1200 Edited by Shirin Fozi and Gerhard Lutz. 456 pp. incl. 309 col. + 61 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2020),  127.50. ISBN 978–2–503–57967–2. | :
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3. Crucified Christ. Southern German or Austrian, late 10th or early 11th century, with subsequent alterations. Willow wood and polychromy, 202 by 154 cm. (Photograph Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Article
A Bavarian pilgrimage shrine in seventeenth-century Paraguay
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 115-125
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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10. Likeness of the statue of the miraculous Blessed Virgin Mary at Oettingen, by Libia Loth. Frontispiece from the patronage book of the Munich Archconfraternity of Our Blessed Lady of Altötting. 1650. Watercolours and gold on parchment, 13 by 20 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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11. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting. Seventeenth century. Polychrome and gilded limewood, height 67cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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13. Mission church of San Miguel, Brazil (formerly Paraguay), by Giovanni Battista Primoli. 1735–45. (Photograph the author).
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14. Double chapel combining small-scale replicas of the Gnadenkapelle of Altötting with the Church of the Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Innichen, South Tyrol. 1653. (Photograph Wilfried Wirth / Alamy Stock Photo).
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2. Gnadenkapelle, Altötting, Bavaria. Begun c.770–77; nave and ambulatory begun c.1518–19. (Photograph the author).
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4. The Virgin of Altötting standing between the Gnadenkapelle and the original Jesuit residence, from J. Irsing: Historiae D. Virginis Oettinganae, Munich 1663. Engraving, 8.5 by 12.5 cm. (Private collection).
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5. The Gnadenkapelle at Altötting during the Hungarian invasion of AD 910, frontispiece to J. Irsing: Historiae D. Virginis Oettinganae, Munich 1663. Engraving, 8.5 by 12.5 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Alten Oetingen, by Matthäus Merian. 1644. Etching, 22.8 by 31.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. The Virgin of Altötting, by the Master of Mühldorf. 1518. Pen and black ink, heightened with white bodycolour on brown paper, 22.3 by 17.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. A true likeness of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the ancient shrine of Altötting, by Raphael Sadeler. 1601. Engraving, 25.2 by 18.2 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
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1. The village of San Juan [. . .] on the Uruguay [River]. c.1753. Ink and watercolours on paper, 118 by 105 cm. (Archivo General, Simancas).
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12. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting. German, fifteenth or sixteenth century. Limewood with traces of polychromy, height 42 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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15. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting (?). Seventeenth or eighteenth century. Cedar with traces of polychromy, height 50 cm. (Museu de São Miguel, Brazil).
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3. Bavarian infantry colour showing the Virgin of Altötting, the Gnadenkapelle and the holy linden tree. 1624–31. Silk, 233 by 290 cm. (Armémuseum, Stockholm).
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7. The Virgin of Altötting. Early fourteenth century. Limewood, height 64 cm. (Gnadenkapelle, Altötting).
Article
Eliza Macloghlin and Alfred Gilbert’s ‘Mors janua vitae’
11/2017 | 1376 | 159
Pages: 900-905
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Hammerschlag, Keren (Hammerschlag, Keren)
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28. Mors janua vitae, by Alfred Gilbert. 1908 (Royal College of Surgeons of England, London).
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29. Mors janua vitae, by Alfred Gilbert, 1906-07 (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
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30. Charity, by Alfred Gilbert. 1899 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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31. 'Take your son, sir', by Ford Madox Brown. 1851-92 (Tate, London).
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33. Mrs Macloghlin, by Alfred Gilbert. 1906-07 (Tate, London).
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32. Eliza (Millard) Macloghlin. 1904. Photograph (Greater Manchester County Record Office, GB124.DPA/2374/3).
Book Review
Painted Altar Frontals of Norway 1250-1350. Vol.I: Artists, Styles and Iconography [and: Vol.II: Materials and Technique] [and: Vol.III: Illustrations and Drawings]
12/2005 | 1233 | 147
Pages: 827-828
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Norton, Christopher (Norton, Christopher)
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Painted Altar Frontals of Norway 1250-1350. Vol.I: Artists, Styles and Iconography; Vol.II: Materials and Technique; Vol.III: Illustrations and Drawings | author: Hohler, Erla Bergendahl , author: Morgan, Nigel , author: Plahter, Unn , author: Wichstrøm, Anne
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49. Detail of the frontal of Ardal III. c.1330–50. Pine panel, 91.5 by 108.5 cm. (Bergen Museum)
Book Review
The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany
07/1982 | 952 | 124
Pages: 451-453
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Marks, Richard (Marks, Richard)
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The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany | author: Baxandall, Michael
Book Review
Oak Furniture: The British Tradition. A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England
11/1980 | 932 | 122
Pages: 774-775
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Thornton, Peter (Thornton, Peter)
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Oak Furniture: The British Tradition. A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England | author: Chinnery, Victor
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