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The new museum in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 630-637
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Reviewer:
Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, France / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie, Paris, France / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
places:
Paris
subjects:
Museums / Libraries / Displays / Architecture / Collections / Manuscripts / Coins / Medals / Silverwork / Prints / Drawings / Photographs / Costume / Antiquities
subjects:
Abbey of Saint Denis, Saint Denis, France / Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Aerial view of the Palais Mazarin, Paris, at the end of the seventeenth century. Engraving. (From L. de Laborde: De l’organisation des bibliothèques dans Paris, 4e lettre: Le palais Mazarin et les habitations de ville et de campagne au XVIIe siècle, Paris 1845, facing p.5).
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10. Throne from the treasury of Saint-Denis (‘Throne of Dagobert’). Late 8th–early 9th century. Copper alloy with iron, remains of gilding, height 104 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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2. Cardinal Mazarin shown in the upper gallery of his hôtel, by Robert Nanteuil. 1659. Etching, 46.5 by 56.8 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
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3. The galerie Mazarin. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
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4. Plan of the ground level of the Bibliothèque nationale ‘site Richelieu’. (After Atelier Bruno Gaudin).
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5. Plan of the first floor of the Bibliothèque nationale ‘site Richelieu’. (After Atelier Bruno Gaudin).
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6. The first-floor landing of the Bibliothèque national ‘site Richelieu’ and the entrance to the salle des Colonnes. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
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7. The salle des Colonnes. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
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8. The salle Barthélemy, the former reading room of the département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
9. The salon de Louis XV, the former cabinet des Médailles (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Jean-Christophe Ballot).
Book Review
Medieval Illumination: Manuscript Art from England and France, 700–1200
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 814-815
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Reviewer:
Sandler, Lucy Freeman (Sandler, Lucy Freeman; Sandler, L. F.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project
museums and institutions:
British Library, Dept. of Manuscripts, London, Great Britain / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Anglo-Saxon School / French medieval art / Bookbindings / Medieval art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medieval Illumination: Manuscript Art from England and France, 700–1200 By Kathleen Doyle and Charlotte Denoël. 176 pp. incl. 80 col. ills. (British Library, London, 2019), £10. ISBN 978–0–7123–5327–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Initial ‘B’ of the word beatus introducing the psalm ‘Blessed is the man’ (Psalm 1:1), from a Glossed Psalter. England, c.1150. (British Library, London; MS Additional 17392).
Book Review
Between Constantinople and Rome. An illuminated Byzantine Gospel Book (Paris gr. 54) and the Union of the Churches, K. Maxwell
03/2015 | 1344 | 157
Pages: 192
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Reviewer:
Eastmond, Antony (Eastmond, Antony)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Byzantine art / Miniatures (paintings) / Commissions
works:
Bible
Book Review
Les Enluminures du Louvre: Moyen Age et Renaissance
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 422-424
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Reviewer:
Alexander, Jonathan J. G. (Alexander, Jonathan J. G.; Alexander, J. J. G.; A., J. J. G.; Alexander, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Fouquet, Jean, ca. 1415-1481
dates:
1400-1499
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
print:
Manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Damage to works of art / Identification
subjects:
Collections, Public
subjects:
Renaissance / Primitives (Late Medieval and Early Renaissance)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Les Enluminures du Louvre: Moyen Age et Renaissance | author: Avril, François , author: Cordellier, Dominique , author: Reynaud, Nicole
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon, attributed to Jean Fouquet of Tours. c.1470–75. Leaf from a manuscript of Les Faits des Romains, 45.1 by 33 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, RF 29493).
Article
Paris Notes (June 1903)
06/1903 | 3 | 1
Pages: 94-96
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Author:
Rorthays, Gilbert de (Rorthays, Gilbert de; R., G. de; Marmande, Rene)
Subjects
artists:
Rouchomovsky, Israel (goldsmith)
artists:
Vernet, Horace / Isabey, Jean-Baptiste
artists:
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille / Greux, Gustave
artists:
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
artists:
Vogler, Paul / Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de / Vallotton, Félix Edouard / Vuillard, Edouard / Laprade, Pierre / Hokusai, Katsushika / Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858 / Dupré, Jules / Fantin-Latour, Henri / Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique / Fromentin, Eugène / Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre / Pissarro, Camille / Carolus-Duran
artists:
Agostino di Duccio
artists:
Humbert, Jean-Charles Ferdinand / Harpignies, Henri-Joseph / Merson, Luc-Olivier / Martin, Henri Jean Guillaume, 1860-1936 / Mauclair, Camille
collectors and dealers:
Berthelot, Amour Auguste Louis Joseph
collectors and dealers:
Bouchot, Henri
collectors and dealers:
Blochet, E.
dates:
1400-1899
media:
Wood sculpture / Terracotta / Bronzes
media:
Preliminary drawings / Underdrawings / Cartoons (working drawings)
media:
Sculpture / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts
media:
Pottery
media:
Caricatures
media:
Pattern books
media:
Textiles
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
museums and institutions:
Musée Guimet, Paris, France
places:
Paris / France
styles:
Turkish School / Turkoman School / Arabian / Persian School
styles:
Ottoman
styles:
Egyptian
styles:
Chinese
styles:
Buddhist / Tibetan
styles:
Italian / German sculpture
subjects:
Art criticism
subjects:
Tiaras
subjects:
Museums / Art market / Reviews / Salons (art exhibitions) / Exhibitions / Societies
subjects:
Forgeries
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Descriptive Catalogue of the Exhibition of Mussulman Art | :