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Short Notice
Stefano Tofanelli’s ‘Deification of Aeneas by Venus’ rediscovered
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 29-31
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Cerchi, Alessio (Cerchi, Alessio)
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1. Deification of Aeneas by Venus, by Stefano Tofanelli. 1794. Oil on canvas, 165.5 by 157.5 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Apollo and Cyparissus, by Stefano Tofanelli. 1792. Oil on canvas. (Villa Mansi, Segromigno; photograph the author).
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3. Apotheosis of Romulus before the gods of Olympus, by Stefano Tofanelli. 1790. Oil on canvas, 208 by 318 cm. (Palazzo Altieri, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Hebe giving drink to the eagle of Jupiter, by Gavin Hamilton. c.1767. Oil on canvas, 127 by 94 cm. (Stanford University Museum of Art).
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A portrait of Frances Walsingham: identification and future research
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 622-626
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Clifford, Elise Effmann (Clifford, Elise Effmann)
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3. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, by William Segar. c.1590. Oil on panel, 112 by 86 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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2. Portrait of a woman, here identified as Frances Walsingham, Lady Sidney. c.1585[?]. Oil on panel, 85.1 by 74 cm. (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Western art unattributed:
4. Reconstruction in Photoshop of the original inscription on the cartellino in Fig.3. (Courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; photograph Randy Dodson).
Western art unattributed:
5. Macro detail of Fig.4, showing the craquelure and vanished letters. (Courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; photograph Randy Dodson).
Western art unattributed:
6. Portrait of a woman, here identified as Frances Walsingham, Lady Sidney. c.1585[?]. Oil on panel, 91 by 76 cm. (Parham House, West Sussex; photograph Parham Park Ltd).
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New questions about Sickert’s ‘Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford’
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 305-307
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Rough, Billy (Rough, Billy)
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1. Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford, by Walter Sickert. c.1890. Oil on board, 36.8 by 23.5 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford, by Walter Sickert. c.1890. Black chalk with white heightening, pen and ink, 34.6 by 23.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Art Resource; Scala, Florence).
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3. Vesta Victoria, from the ‘Actors and Actresses’ series issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. c.1890. Albumen print, 6.4 by 3.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
The sitters in a family portrait by Rubens in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 757-765
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Stighelen, Katlijne van der (Stighelen, Katlijne van der)
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1. Family portrait, here identified as Robert Staes, his wife, Anna Rindfleisch, and their son Albert, by Peter Paul Rubens. Here dated c.1610–11. Oil on canvas, 116 by 112.5 cm. (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe).
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10. Detail of Fig.1, showing one of the bracelets worn by Anna Rindfleisch.
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11. Detail of Allegory of sight, by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens, showing jewellery. 1617. Oil on panel, 64.7 by 109.5 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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2. Self-portrait with his wife, Isabella Brant, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1609–10. Oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 178 by 136 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
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3. Family portrait, here identified as Robert Staes, his wife, Anna Rindfleisch, and their son Albert, after Peter Paul Rubens. c.1610–25. Black chalk, pen and brown ink and pencil on parchment, 19.9 by 19.5 cm. (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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4. Jan Brueghel the Elder, his wife, Catharina van Marienberghe, and their children Elisabeth and Pieter, by Peter Paul Rubens. Here dated c.1613–14. Oil on panel, 124.5 by 94.5 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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6. Page from the album amicorum of Abraham Ortelius, showing the coat of arms of the Rindfleisch (Runtvleesch) family. 1583. Pen and ink and wash, 16 by 11 cm. (Pembroke College, Cambridge).
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7. Page from the album amicorum of Daniel Rindfleisch, showing the coat of arms of the Rindfleisch (Runtvleesch) family. 1591. Pen and ink and wash, 13.7 by 21.5 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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8. Self-portrait with his wife, Helena Fourment, and their son, Frans, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1634. Oil on canvas, 204 by 153.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Detail of Fig.1, showing Albert Staes.
Article
Changed locations: the Habsburg cityscapes in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 544-555
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Concin, Adriana (Concin, Adriana)
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1. The first courtyard of Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, looking south, showing the frescos of Konstanz and (behind the column) Wiener Neustadt. (Photograph Francesco Guazzelli).
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10. Kaiserebersdorf and Sterzing, by Bastiano Veronese, Cesare Baglioni, Giovanni Lombardi and Turino da Piemonte. 1565. Frescos, 120 by 215 cm. and 160 by 215 cm. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; photograph Francesco Guazzelli).
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing the view of Sterzing.
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12. Plan of the proposed identification of the frescos in the first courtyard, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence: 1. Vienna; 2. Innsbruck; 3. Kaiserebersdorf; 4. Sterzing; 5. Konstanz; 6. Wiener Neustadt; 7. Hall in Tirol; 8. Trieste; 9. Breisach; 10. Passau; 11. Stein/Krems; 12. Klosterneuburg; 13. Graz; 14. Freiburg im Breisgau; 15. Linz; 16. Bratislava; 17. Formerly Prague, destroyed by Giuseppe del Rosso's inscription (1812); a. Doorway to Piazza della Signoria; b. Doorway to the Cortile della Dogana; c. Inscription by Messer Fabio Segni (1565); and d. Niche with Samson and the Philistine, by Pierino da Vinci.
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13. Graz, by Bottega Amedeo Benini after Matthaeus Merian. 1958. Fresco, 380 by 215 cm. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; photograph Francesco Guazzelli).
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14. Krems, by Bastiano Veronese, Cesare Baglioni, Giovanni Lombardi and Turino da Piemonte. 1565. Fresco, 380 by 215 cm. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; photograph Francesco Guazzelli).
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15. Watercolour after the original view of Graz in the first courtyard of Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by Carlo Chiostri. Before 1892. Watercolour on paper, 36 by 22 cm. (Landesarchiv Steiermark, Graz).
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16. The first courtyard of Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, showing the view of Freiburg im Breisgau, behind the bronze putto. c.1860–90. Photograph, 19 by 25 cm. (Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna).
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2. Plan of the current identification of the frescos in the first courtyard, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence: 1. Vienna; 2. Innsbruck; 3. Kaiserebersdorf; 4. Konstanz; 5. Wiener Neustadt; 6. Hall in Tirol; 7. Sterzing; 8. Prague; 9. Passau; 10. Stein; 11. Klosterneuburg; 12. Graz; 13. Freiburg im Breisgau; 14. Linz; 15. Bratislava; a. Doorway to the Piazza della Signoria; b. Inscription by Giuseppe del Rosso (1812); c. Doorway to the Cortile della Dogana; d. Inscription by Messer Fabio Segni (1565); and e. Niche with Samson and the Philistine, by Pierino da Vinci.
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3. Below The first courtyard in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, showing the proposed location of frescos, by Vincenzo Borghini. North is on the left. 1565. Pen and ink, 21.3 by 15.2 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence).
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4. Opposite The first courtyard of Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, looking north. (Photograph Francesco Guazzelli).
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5. Inscription by Giuseppe del Rosso. c.1812. Fresco, 380 by 215 cm. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; photograph Francesco Guazzelli).
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6. Trieste, by Bastiano Veronese, Cesare Baglioni, Giovanni Lombardi and Turino da Piemonte. 1565. Fresco, 160 by 215 cm. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; photograph Francesco Guazzelli).
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7. Opposite top left Actual delineation of the city of Brysach, as seen from morning to evening (east view); and The city of Brysach, as seen from evening to morning (west view), from M. Merian: Topographia Alsatiae, Frankfurt c.1650. Etching, 28.8 cm by 38 cm. (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna).
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8. Opposite top right Breisach, by Bastiano Veronese, Cesare Baglioni, Giovanni Lombardi and Turino da Piemonte. 1565. Fresco, 160 by 215 cm. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; photograph Francesco Guazzelli).
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9. Opposite below Fresco of Innsbruck in Palazzo Vecchio, by Julius von Ficker. 1860s. Photograph, 60 by 40 cm. (Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck).
Article
A portrait of Juan de Córdoba by Diego Velázquez
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 308-313
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Curti, Francesca (Curti, Francesca)
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1. Portrait of a man, here identified as Juan de Córdoba, by Diego Velázquez. c.1650. Canvas, 67 by 50 cm. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).
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2. Funerary monument to Giulio Dal Corno, by Ercole Ferrata. c. 1680-81. Marble. (Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome; photograph www.roma-non pertutti.com).
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2. Funerary monument to Giulio Dal Corno, by Ercole Ferrata. c. 1680-81. Marble. (Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome; photograph www.roma-non pertutti.com).
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John Thomson, Archibald Grant, and Hogarth’s ‘Before’ and ‘After’
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 300-307
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Tambling, Kirsten (Tambling, Kirsten)
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1. Before, by William Hogarth. 1730–31. Canvas, 40 by 33.7 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Bridgeman Images).
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2. After, by William Hogarth. 1730–31. Canvas. 39.4 by 33.7 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Before, by William Hogarth. 1730–31. Canvas, 37.2 by 44.7 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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4. After, by William Hogarth. 1730–31. Canvas, 37.2 by 45.1 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Before, by William Hogarth. 1736. Etching and engraving, 42.3 by 32.7 cm. (British Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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6. After, by William Hogarth. 1736. Etching and engraving, 40.7 by 32.7 cm. (British Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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7. A harlot’s progress (plate 3), by William Hogarth. 1732. Etching and engraving, 31 by 38 cm. (British Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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An English artist at the Valois court: a portrait of Henri III by Nicholas Hilliard
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 102-111
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Aslet, William (Aslet, William)
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BURGIO, Lucia (BURGIO, Lucia)
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Cachaud, Céline (Cachaud, Céline)
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Derbyshire, Alan (Derbyshire, Alan)
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Rutherford, Emma (Rutherford, Emma)
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1. Henri III of France, by Nicholas Hilliard. Here dated c.1576. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to playing card, 5 by 3.7 cm. (Djanogly Collection).
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11. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou. Here dated c.1578. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to pasteboard, 5.8 by 4.9 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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3. Reverse of Fig.2, showing the maker’s stamp ‘JP’ or ‘PJ’.
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4. Coronation medal of Henri III, attributed to Germain Pilon. 1575. Bronze, diameter 16.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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5. Detail of Fig.1 showing the lace ruff.
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7. Portrait of a gentleman, here proposed as Pierre de Ronsard, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1577. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to playing card, height 5.1 by 4.4 cm. (Private collection).
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8. Pierre de Ronsard, by Benjamin Foulon. 1580–85. Black and red chalk on paper, 33 by 23 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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9. and 10. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou and Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1579. From Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book, with Six Prayers Composed by Her Majesty and Written by Herself in English, French, Latin, Greek, and Italian, etc., Southwood 1893 (The British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Fig.1 in a Renaissance-revival pierced frame. Nineteenth century. Cherry wood, 20.5 by 12.5 cm. (Djanogly Collection).
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6. Henri III. France, after 1576. Oil on paper, 13.5 by 9.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
Letter
Bronzes from the collection of the bailli de Breteuil in the Musée du Louvre
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 100-101
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Compiler:
Malgouyres, Philippe (Malgouyres, Philippe)
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2. A dog, by Jean-Robert Ango after Fig.1. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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3. Minerva, also called Livia or Agrippina as Pallas, by Jean-Robert Ango after Fig.4. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil)
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4. Minerva, also called Livia or Agrippina as Pallas, by Luigi Valadier. Bronze, marble and gilt bronze, 27.3 by 9 by 9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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5. Modesty, also called Agrippina, by Luigi Valadier. Bronze, marble and gilt bronze, 27 by 9 by 9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
1. A dog. Possibly Roman. Bronze, 7.8 by 12.2 by 10 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
Venice Illuminated: Power and Painting in Renaissance Manuscripts. By Helena Katalin Szépe
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 168-169
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Reviewer:
Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
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4. Girolamo Zane as Procurator and as Captain General of the Sea. 1568. Vellum, 29.5 by 21 cm. (British Library, London; King’s MS 156 fols.11v–12v).
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