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Book Review

A Delicate Matter: Art, Fragility, and Consumption in Eighteenth- Century France

12/2024 | 1461 | 166

Pages: 1285–6

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Reviewer:

Stammers, Thomas E. (Stammers, Thomas E.)

Subjects

subjects:

French art / Paintings / Pastels / Terracottas

Reviewed Items

subjects:

A Delicate Matter: Art, Fragility, and Consumption in Eighteenth- Century France By Oliver Wunsch. 192 pp. incl. 50 col. + 20 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2024), £83.95. ISBN 978–0–271–09528–8. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

7. Model for a proposed monument to commemorate the invention of the balloon, by Clodion. c.1784. Terracotta, 109.5 by 62.9 by 51.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Exhibition Review

The Making of Rodin

10/2021 | 1423 | 163

Pages: 939-941

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Reviewer:

Vandenbrouck, Melanie (Vandenbrouck, Melanie; Vandenbrouck-Przybylski, Melanie)

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artists:

Rodin, Auguste

dates:

2020-2030

media:

Plaster / Terracottas

museums and institutions:

Tate Modern, London, Great Britain

subjects:

French sculpture / Sculpture

Reviewed Items

subjects:

The Making of Rodin Tate Modern, London 18th May–21st November | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

7. Torso of the study for St John the Baptist, by Auguste Rodin. 1878–87. Plaster, 53 by 27 by 18.5 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris; exh. Tate Modern, London).

Attributed works:

8. Hands, by Auguste Rodin. c.1880–1917. Plaster and terracotta, dimensions variable. (Musée Rodin, Paris; © Agence photographique du Musée Rodin; photograph Jérôme Manoukian; exh. Tate Modern, London).

Attributed works:

9. Hanako mask, type E, by Auguste Rodin. 1907–08. Terracotta, 18 by 12 by 10.4 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris; exh. Tate Modern, London).

Exhibition Review

Picasso: Blue and Rose Musée d’Orsay, Paris; The Young Picasso: Blue and Rose Periods. Fondation Beyeler, Basel

02/2019 | 1391 | 161

Pages: 154-156

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Reviewer:

Cowling, Elizabeth (Cowling, Elizabeth)

Subjects

art literature:

Daix, Pierre / Richardson, John

artists:

Picasso, Pablo

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Paintings / Drawings / Sculpture / Prints / Photographs / Radiographs / Documents / Pastels / Terracottas

museums and institutions:

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France / Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland

places:

France / Paris / Switzerland / Basel

subjects:

Spanish painting / Portraits / Self-portraits / Caricatures / Style

Illustrations

Attributed works:

18. Woman in blue, by Pablo Picasso. 1901. Canvas, 133 by 100 cm. (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).

Attributed works:

19. The embrace, by Pablo Picasso. 1903. Pastel on paper, 98 by 57 cm. (Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).

Attributed works:

20. Absinthe drinker, by Pablo Picasso. 1901. Canvas, 81 by 60 cm. (Kunstmuseum, Basel; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).

Attributed works:

21. La coiffure, by Pablo Picasso. 1906. Canvas, 174.9 by 99.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).

Book Review

Museo Statale Ermitage. La scultura italiana dal XVII al XVIII secolo: Da Bernini a Canova. Catalogo della Collezione. Edited by Sergej Androsov

12/2018 | 1389 | 160

Pages: 1076-1077

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Reviewer:

Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)

Subjects

artists:

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Algardi, Alessandro / Canova, Antonio / Foggini, Giovanni Battista

collectors and dealers:

Farsetti, Filippo

dates:

1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1849

media:

Sculpture / Terracottas / Bronzes

museums and institutions:

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

patrons:

Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725

places:

Russia / Saint Petersburg / Italy

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Collections / Collections, Public / Collecting / Patronage / Commissions / Catalogues / Provenance / Attributions / Attributions, former / Baroque / Roman (post-Classical)

Book Review

Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland: the Society of Artists’ Exhibitions Recreated Edited by David Fleming, Ruth Kenny and William Laffan

12/2018 | 1389 | 160

Pages: 1077-1078

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Reviewer:

McEvansoneya, Philip (McEvansoneya, Philip)

Subjects

artists:

Hunter, Robert / Trotter, John / Hamilton, Hugh Douglas / Hamilton, Gustavus W. / Robertson, Charles, 1759–1821 / Percy, Samuel / Butts, John / Carver, Robert / Ashford, William / Roberts, Thomas, Irish painter, 1748-1778

dates:

1750-1799 / 1760-1769 / 1770-1779

media:

Paintings / Sculpture / Prints / Pastels / Watercolours / Wax sculpture / Terracottas / Marbles / Miniatures (paintings)

museums and institutions:

Irish Georgian Society, Dublin, Ireland

places:

Ireland / Dublin

subjects:

Irish painting / Irish sculpture / Irish architecture / Society of Artists in Ireland / Academies / Restoration (process) / Exhibitions / Exhibition catalogues / Critical Reception / Art criticism / History paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Picturesque, the / Flowers / Animals / Design / Ornament

Illustrations

Attributed works:

6. Installation view of Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland: the Society of Artists’ Exhibitions Recreated, City Assembly Room, Dublin (16th June–29th July 2018). (Courtesy Irish Georgian Society).

Article

A newly discovered bust of a woman by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne

01/2015 | 1342 | 157

Pages: 9-13

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Author:

Grison, Marie-Noëlle (Grison, Marie-Noëlle)

Subjects

artists:

Lemoyne, Jean-Baptiste II, 1704-1778

dates:

1750-1759

museums and institutions:

Frits Lugt Collection, Fondation Custodia, Paris, France

patrons:

Marie Leszczynska, Queen Consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768

subjects:

Collections, Public / Portraits / Busts / French sculpture / Terracottas / Acquisitions / Identification / Sitters

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Bust of a veiled woman, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris)

Attributed works:

11. Portrait of Mademoiselle de Vandeul (?), by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Attributed works:

12. Portrait of the comtesse de Feuquières, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

Attributed works:

13. Portrait of Marie Leszczynska, by Jean-Marc Nattier (or his studio) (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)

Attributed works:

14. Portrait of Marie Leszczynska. Paris Manufactory or Lunéville Manufactory (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)

Attributed works:

5. Side view of Fig. 6

Attributed works:

6. Portrait of a woman (here identified as Marie Leszczynska), here attributed to Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (Fondation Custodia, Collections Frits Lugt, Paris)

Attributed works:

7. Portrait of Marie Leszczynska, by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

Attributed works:

8. Portrait of Marie Leszczynska, by Jean-Marc Nattier (Musée du Louvre, Paris, on loan to the Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)

Attributed works:

9. Portrait of Madame de la Popelinière-Mondran, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse)

Article

Rediscovered photographs of two terracotta modelli by Verrocchio

11/2012 | 1316 | 154

Pages: 762-767

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Author:

Neilson, Christina (Neilson, Christina)

Subjects

artists:

Verrocchio, Andrea del

buildings:

Baptistery, Florence, Italy

collectors and dealers:

Rothschild family

dates:

1470-1479 / 1900-1919

subjects:

Photographs / Terracottas / Modelli / Collections, Private / Attribution / Attributions / Reliefs / Italian sculpture / Italian / Silverwork

subjects:

Lost works

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Photograph of the modelli for the Youth with the salver and the Captain with the mace, by Andrea del Verrocchio, with an unidentified Bust of a woman in the centre. From Collection d'objets d'art du Baron Adolphe de Rothschild. Pregny, Geneva c.1910.

Attributed works:

11. Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-78. Silver, 30.8 by 41.9 cm. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).

Attributed works:

12. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Youth with the salver.

Attributed works:

13. Photograph of the Youth with the salver, by Andrea del Verocchio. 1477-78. Terracotta, 17 cm high. From the same publication as Fig. 10.

Attributed works:

14. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Captain with the mace.

Attributed works:

15. Photograph of the Captain with the mace, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-78. Terracotta, 17 cm. high. From the same publication as Fig.10.

Attributed works:

16. Angel, by Andrea del Verrocchio or assistant. Terracotta, 37 by 34 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

17. Modello for the Executioner, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477-83. Terracotta, 23.7 cm. high. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

18. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Executioner.

Attributed works:

19. The silver altar for the Florentine Baptistry. 1366-1483. Silver, 115 by 263 cm.; side panels, 115 by 53 cm. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence).

Attributed works:

20. Detail of Fig.11, showing the head of the Captain with the mace.

Attributed works:

21. Modello for the Forteguerri cenotaph, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1476. Terracotta with repairs in stucco and wax, 39.4 by 26.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Book Review

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, IV, Sculture in Terracotta

11/2012 | 1316 | 154

Pages: 796

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Reviewer:

Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)

Subjects

museums and institutions:

Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy

subjects:

Collections, Public / Catalogues / Sculpture / Terracottas

Exhibition Review

The Mystery of Faith. An Eye on Spanish Sculpture 1550–1750

01/2010 | 1282 | 152

Pages: 50-52

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Reviewer:

Mulcahy, Rosemarie (Mulcahy, Rosemarie)

Subjects

dates:

1550-1649 / 1650-1749 / 2000-2009

places:

Spain / Madrid / London / England

print:

Spanish art

print:

Polychromed wood sculpture

private galleries:

Matthiesen, London, Great Britain / Coll y Cortés Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain

subjects:

Reviews / Exhibitions / Spanish sculpture / Religious art / Polychromy / Terracottas / Devotional images

Reviewed Items

subjects:

The Mystery of Faith. An Eye on Spanish Sculpture 1550–1750 | institution: Coll y Cortés Fine Arts , institution: Matthiesen Gallery

Illustrations

Attributed works:

60. Infant Christ and Infant Baptist, attributed to Felipe de Ribas. c.1640s. Polychromed wood, each 59 by 24 cm. (Exh. Matthiesen Gallery, London).

Article

A Préault discovery: sculptural rhetoric and Republicanism in 1830s Paris

12/2005 | 1233 | 147

Pages: 810-816

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Author:

Beaulieu, Brooks (Beaulieu, Brooks)

Subjects

artists:

Préault, Auguste

dates:

1830-1839

museums and institutions:

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, United States

patrons:

Schoelcher, Victor

places:

Paris / France

print:

Préault, Auguste

subjects:

French sculpture / Terracotta / Terracottas / Models (representations) / Preliminary drawings / Commissions / Commemorative monuments / Sepulchral monuments / Identification / Attributions / Attributions, tentative / Funerary art

subjects:

Politics / French

subjects:

Collections, Public

Illustrations

Attributed works:

28. Tomb of Marc Schoelcher, by Alexis-Hippolyte Fromanger. 1840. Bronze, approx. 250 cm. high. (Père-Lachaise cemetery, Paris)

Attributed works:

29. Project for the tomb of Marc Schoelcher, by August Prèault. Late 1830s. Terracotta, 29.2 by 18.8 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum).

Attributed works:

30. Detail of Fig.28.

Attributed works:

31. Portrait of Marc Schoelcher, by Henri Valton. 1822. Porcelain medallion. 25 cm. diam. (Location unknown).

Attributed works:

32. 'C'était vraiment bien la piene de nous faire tuer!', by Honoré Daumier. Published in La Caricature (27th August 1835). Lithograph, 21 by 29 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

33. Une scène à Paris, by Philippe-August Jeanron. 1833. 97.8 by 130 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chartres).

Attributed works:

34. Tomb of Armand Carrel, by David d'Angers. 1838-39. Bronze, 215 cm. high. (Saint-Mandé cemetery).

Attributed works:

35. Tomb of Aristide Ollivier (detail), by Auguste Préault. 1853-54. Bronze, approx. 200 by 50 by 50 cm. (Saint-Lazare cemetery, Montpellier).

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