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Book Review
Eleonora di Toledo e l’invenzione della corte dei Medici a Firenze
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 510–512
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Sterpetti, Lunarita (Sterpetti, Lunarita)
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Eleonora di Toledo e l’invenzione della corte dei Medici a Firenze Edited by Bruce Edelstein and Valentina Conticelli. 432 pp. incl. 390 col. + b. & w. ills. (Sillabe, Livorno, 2023), €35. ISBN 978–88–3340–347–2. | :
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4. Deposition, by Gérard David. 1515–20. Oil on panel, 20 by 14 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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5. Deity mask. Mexico, late 15th–early 16th century. Wood, resin, turquoise and motherof- pearl, 24 by 14.5 by 1.35 cm. (Museo delle Civiltà, Rome).
Book Review
Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 326–327
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Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
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Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England By Christina J. Faraday. 198 pp. incl. 120 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2023), £45. ISBN 978–1–913107–37–6. | :
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4. Unknown man clasping a hand from a cloud, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1588. Watercolour on vellum mounted on brown card, height 6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
Article
The permanence of ephemera: a rediscovered fragment by Frans Floris
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 244–251
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Galassi, Maria Clelia (Galassi, Maria Clelia; Galassi, M. C.)
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1. Capture of the heretics, here attributed to Frans Floris. 1549. Oil on canvas, 170 by 112 cm. (Private collection).
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10. Victory taming a barbarian, by Lambert Lombard. After 1536–37. Pen, ink and black chalk on white paper, 25.5 by 12.9 cm (Arenberg and Clérembault albums, Cabinet des Estampes et des Dessins, Liège).
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11. Giants attacking Olympus, by Balthasar Bos after Frans Floris. 1558. Engraving, 44.2 by 43.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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2. Victory surrounded by prisoners and trophies, by Frans Floris. 1552. Etching, 31.4 by 43.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. The triumphal arch of the Genoese nation, after Pieter Coecke van Aelst. 1550. Woodcut, 22.6 by 20.5 cm. (From C. Grapheus: Le triomphe d’Anvers faict en la susception du Prince Philips, Prince d’Espaign[e], Antwerp 1550; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing physiognomies characteristic of Frans Floris’s style.
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the texture of the palin-weave linen canvas.
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6. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.1. (Photograph Paolo Triolo).
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7. Detail of Fig.3, indicating the space allocated for the scene depicting the Capture of the heretics.
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8. Detail of Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan, by Frans Floris. 1547. Oil on panel. (Formerly Staatliche Museen, Berlin; destroyed in Second Word War).
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9. Column pedestal base on the north side of the Arch of Constantine, Rome, showing Victory taming a barbarian. (Courtesy Roberto Averardi).
Article
Painting on stone in Rome in the sixteenth century
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 738–753
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Donati, Andrea Gianluca (Donati, Andrea Gianluca)
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1. Clement VII, by Sebastiano del Piombo. c.1530–34. Oil on slate, 105.4 by 87.6 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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10. Design for the retablo of the Descalzas Reales, Madrid, by Gaspar Becerra. 1563. Brown ink, chalk and wash on paper, 87 by 50.5 cm. (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid).
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11. Lucrezia, by Leonardo Grazia. c.1540–48. Oil on slate, 55 by 43 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
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12. Portrait of a young man (of the Orsini family?), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1545–50. Oil on slate, 54.5 by 40.5 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
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13. Conversion of St Paul, by Taddeo Zuccaro. 1566. Oil on slate. (Cappella Frangipane, S. Marcello al Corso, Rome).
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14. Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria, by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta. 1565–66. Oil on slate, 305 by 188 cm. (Cappella Cesi, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome).
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15. Christ on the Mount of the Olives, by Marcello Venusti. After 1550. Oil on slate, 57 by 75 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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16. St James the Elder, by Marcello Venusti. 1569–70. Oil on slate, 230 by 160 cm. (Cappella Salviati, Arciconfraternitata SS. Annunziata, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome).
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17. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Marcello Venusti. After 1566. Oil on slate, 164 by 82 cm. (Cappella Mutini, S. Agostino, Rome).
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18. Cardinal Alessandro Crivelli, by Marcello Venusti. c.1570–74. Oil on oval slate, height 46 cm. (S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome).
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19. Cappella De Torres, S. Caterina de’ Funari, Rome. (Photograph Paolo Coen).
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2. Deposition, by Luca Penni. After 1542. Oil on slate, 73 by 153 cm. (Auxerre Cathedral).
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20. St John the Baptist, by Marcello Venusti. c.1575. Oil on slate, 260 by 165 cm. (Cappella De Torres, S. Caterina de’ Funari, Rome).
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21. Madonna in glory with the infant Christ, St Peter and St Paul, by Marcello Venusti. 1577. Oil on slate, 243 by 144 cm. (Chapel of Palazzo Senatorio, Rome).
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3. Nativity, by Francesco Salviati. c.1550. Oil on peperino, 176 by 172 cm. (Chapel of the Pallium, Palazzo della Cancellaria, Rome).
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4. Portrait of Roberto Strozzi, by Francesco Salviati. c.1556–57. Oil on Africano marble, diameter 13 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Portrait of a man with a gold coin, by Francesco Salviati. c.1556–57. Oil on slate, 82 by 53.5 cm. (Private collection).
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6. David and Goliath (obverse), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–56. Oil on slate, 133 by 172 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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7. David and Goliath (reverse), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–56. Oil on slate, 133 by 172 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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8. David and Goliath, possibly by Daniele da Volterra. After 1556. Oil on slate, 33.3 by 43.7 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
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9. Baptism of Christ, by Daniele da Volterra and Michele Alberti. c.1556–74. Oil on slate, 360 by 230 cm. (Cardinal Ricci chapel, S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome).
Article
Bronzino’s portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour re-examined
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 4-15
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Dredge, Paula (Dredge, Paula)
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Gérard-Austin, Anne (Gérard-Austin, Anne)
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Howard, Daryl (Howard, Daryl)
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Ives, Simon (Ives, Simon)
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1. Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1545. Oil on poplar panel, 86 by 66.8 cm. (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Diana Panuccio).
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10. Detail of the XRF copper map of Fig.1, showing an inscribed horizontal line on the lower-right side passing through the broncone and the additional leaves of the side branch. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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11. Detail of the XRF lead map of Fig.1, showing an inscribed horizontal line on the lower-right side passing through the broncone and the additional leaves of the side branch. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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12. XRF scan mapping the distribution of arsenic in Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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13. XRF scan mapping the distribution of copper in Fig.1. The black and white arrows indicate the green copper-based azurite pigment embedded into the indentation left in the surface after inscribing lines and the painting out of armour at the waist in preparation for cutting the panel. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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14. Detail of Fig.8, showing an inscribed horizontal line on the lower-left side with removal of lead. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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15. Paint cross section outside the inscribed line showing two phases of blue/green azurite crystals, one circled in white.
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15–17. Paint cross sections and SEM backscattered electron images of the painting illustrated in Fig.1. Locations of sample sites are indicated by the white letters in Fig.18.
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16. Paint cross section of the green background inside the inscribed area showing a single phase of azurite crystals.
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17. Paint cross section on the shoulder showing a thin layer of leadbased paint from armour with grey/green background from the l ower painting and a two-phase azurite pigment circled in white. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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18. Purple indicates the areas of copper-based azurite background containing arsenic (outside the inscribed line and upper shoulder). Red indicates the area of copper-based azurite background that does not contain arsenic. Green indicates the area of copper-based azurite background not containing arsenic but repainted. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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19. Composite XRF scan map of Fig.1 showing mercury (red) and iron (green). (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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2. Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour, by Agnolo Bronzino. 1543. Oil on panel, 71 by 57 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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20. Red line trace of all features present in the infra-red image and XRF iron, copper, lead and mercury maps of Fig.1 that are not visible on the painting. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Simon Ives).
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21. Portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici, half-length, in a black slashed doublet and a plumed hat, holding a book, by Jacopo Pontormo. c.1537– 38. Oil (or oil and tempera) on panel, 100.6 by 77 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Head of a man, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1550–55. Black chalk on paper, 13.8 by 10.3 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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23. Fig.22 superimposed on the face of the Sydney lower painting red line trace in Fig.20. (Photograph © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Simon Ives).
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24. Portrait of a young man, by Agnolo Bronzino. 1550–55. Oil on panel, 85.73 by 68.58 cm. (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City), and Fig.20 superimposed. (Photograph © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Simon Ives).
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3. Macro photograph of Fig.1, showing a copying error in which the top edge of the helmet has been drawn (placement indicated with white arrows) but mistakenly painted as background. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Diana Panuccio).
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4. Macro photograph of Fig.1, showing the reflection of the red ribbon on the proper left rondel. The ridges of red lake paint suggest they were dabbed, leaving the impression of a fingerprint in the paint. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Diana Panuccio).
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5. Digital X-radiograph of Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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6. Detail of infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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7. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1 with placement of incised lines indicated with white arrows. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales, Paula Dredge).
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8. XRF scan mapping the distribution of lead in Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
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9. XRF scan mapping the distribution of mercury in Fig.1. (© Art Gallery of New South Wales).
Article
Paolo Stella’s Belvedere: a Genoese outpost in Prague
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1088-1103
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Schulz, Anne Markham (Schulz, Anne Markham)
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1. The west front of the Belvedere, Prague. (Photograph Jan Bazant).
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10. Charles V liberating Christian captives, by Giovanni Domenico Stella(?). Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, east side [11E]; photograph Prague Castle).
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11. Meeting of King Mulay Hassan and Charles V, by Giovanni Domenico Stella(?). Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, east side [13E]; photograph Prague Castle).
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12. King Ferdinand and Queen Anna, by an assistant of Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [3W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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13. Plexippos and Toxeus, sons of Thestius, carrying the head of the Caledonian Boar, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, south side [5S]; photograph Prague Castle).
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14. Perseus and Atlas, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, north side [4N]; photograph Prague Castle).
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15. Hermes and Battus, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [7W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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16. Cadmus and the dragon, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [13W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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17. Jason and the Golden Fleece, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [2W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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18. Zeus and Ganymede, by an assistant of Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [8W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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19. Hannibal and Scipio Africanus, by an assistant of Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, north side [2N]; photograph Prague Castle).
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2. Detail from Miracle of the Goblet, by Giammaria Mosca and Paolo Stella. 1520–29. (Cappella del Santo, Basilica di S. Antonio, Padua; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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20. Mago the Carthaginian reaping grain, by an assistant of Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [6W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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21. Leda and the swan, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [11W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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22. Perseus and Andromeda, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, north side [3N]; photograph Prague Castle).
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23. Garden façade of the Villa Doria, Genoa. (Photograph Alinari).
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3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the central kneeling woman. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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4. Hope, from the tomb of Lodovico Euffreducci, S. Francesco, Fermo, by Paolo Stella. (Diocesan Museum, Fermo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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5. St Thomas Aquinas, by Paolo Stella. c.1525. Marble, height 161 cm. (SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; photograph Anne Markham Schulz).
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6. Tomb of Giovanni Battista Bonzio. 1525–26. (SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice).
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7. Tomb of Lodovico Euffreducci. c.1528–29. (S. Francesco, Fermo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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8. Pursuit of fleeing Tunisians by imperial forces, by Giovanni Domenico Stella(?). Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, east side [9E]; photograph Prague Castle).
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9. Danaë, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [10W]; photograph Prague Castle).
Article
Drawing Titian’s ‘Caesars’: a rediscovered album by Bernardino Campi
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 562-571
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Coulter, Frances (Coulter, Frances)
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1. Domitian, by Bernardino Campi. 1561. Black ink, brown wash and white highlights over chalk on cream coloured paper, 19 by 15 cm. (© Archivio Borromeo, Isola Bella).
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13. Titus, by Ippolito Andreasi after Titian. 1568. Pen and ink with grey wash on paper, 20.5 by 16 cm. (Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; photograph Horst Kolberg).
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14. Octavian/Augustus, by Ippolito Andreasi after Titian. 1568. Pen and ink with grey wash on paper, 20.5 by 16 cm. (Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; photograph Horst Kolberg).
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15. Octavian/Augustus, by Aegidius Sadeler after Titian, c.1620. Engraving, 35 by 24 cm. (British Museum, London).
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16. Otho, by Aegidius Sadeler after Titian. c.1620. Engraving, 35 by 24 cm. (British Museum, London).
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17. Detail of Pontius Pilate from Ecce homo, by Titian. 1543. Canvas, 242 by 361 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Alexander the Great, by Giulio Romano. 1537/38. Canvas, 72 by 53.5 cm. (Musee d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva).
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19. Domitian, by Bernardino Campi after Titian. 1562. Canvas, 138 by 110 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples).
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20. Octavian/Augustus, by Bernardino Campi after Titian. 1562. Canvas, 138 by 110 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples).
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7 and 8. Nero and Galba, each by Bernardino Campi after Titian. 1561. Black ink, brown wash and white highlights over chalk on cream coloured paper, 19 by 15 cm. (© Archivio Borromeo, Isola Bella).
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Opposite clockwise from top left 2–5. Julius Caesar, Octavian/Augustus, Caligula and Tiberius. Above 6. Claudius. Each by Bernardino Campi after Titian. 1561. Black ink, brown wash and white highlights over chalk on cream coloured paper, 19 by 15 cm. (© Archivio Borromeo, Isola Bella).
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Opposite clockwise from top left 9–12. Otho, Vitellius, Titus and Vespasian, each by Bernardino Campi after Titian. 1561. Black ink, brown wash and white highlights over chalk on cream coloured paper, 19 by 15 cm. (© Archivio Borromeo, Isola Bella).
Article
Bonifacio de’ Pitati’s ‘Triumphs of Petrarch’ and their Cypriot patron
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 600-609
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Markou, Georgios E. (Markou, Georgios E.)
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1. Triumph of Love, by Bonifacio de' Pitati. c.1545 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
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10. Reverse of Fig.9
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11. Portrait of Laura da Pola, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1543-44 (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan)
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2. Triumph of Chastity, by Bonifacio de' Pitati. c.1545 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
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3. 'Bartolomeo Pesaro' and 'Meschino', detail from Fig.2
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4. Triumph of Death, by Silvio Pomarede, after Bonifacio de' Pitati. 1748-50 (British Museum, London)
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5. Triumph of Fame, by Silvio Pomarede, after Bonifacio de' Pitati. 1750 (British Museum, London)
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6. Triumph of Time, by Bonifacio de' Pitati. c.1545 (Klassik Stiftung Weimar)
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7. Triumph of Divinity, by Bonifacio de' Pitati. c.1545 (Klassik Stiftung Weimar)
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9. Eugenio Synglitico, attributed to Danese Cattaneo. Medallion (British Museum, London)
Western art unattributed:
8. Genealogical tree of the Synglitico family
Article
A response to Joannides and Falomir
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 420-423
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Hope, Charles (Hope, Charles)
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10. Tityus, by Titian. 1549 (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
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11. Danaë, by Titian (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
Book Review
Der Braunschweiger Monogrammist, M. Ubl
02/2016 | 1355 | 158
Pages: 129
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Pijl, Luuk (Pijl, Luuk)
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59. Feeding the five thousand, by the Braunschweig Monogrammist. 1540s (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig)
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