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Article
A bronze roundel for the Mantuan court: towards an oeuvre of Gian Marco Cavalli
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 798-805
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Author:
Rebecchini, Guido (Rebecchini, Guido)
Subjects
art literature:
Fiera, Battista
artists:
Cavalli, Gian Marco / Antico / Mantegna, Andrea
buildings:
Studiolo di Isabella d'Este, Mantua, Italy
media:
Bronzes / Roundels
patrons:
Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
places:
Mantua
subjects:
Italian art / Renaissance art / House of Gonzaga / Iconography
works:
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Vulcan, Venus, Cupid and Mars, attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli. c.1500. Bronze with gilding and inlaid silver, diameter 42 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
10. Entombment, attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli. c.1480. Bronze with gilding, 24.4 by 44.9 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
2. Parnassus, by Andrea Mantegna. 1496–97. Tempera on canvas, 159 by 192 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna, by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, called Antico. c.1490. Bronze with gilding, diameter 32.85 cm. (Museo del Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
4. Battista Spagnoli. Bronze, height 36 cm. (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, transferred after 1945; before 1945 Skulpturensammlung, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
Attributed works:
5. Andrea Mantegna, attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli. c.1505. Bronze, height 47 cm. (S. Andrea, Mantua).
Attributed works:
6. Battle of the sea Gods, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1485–88. Engraving, 28.6 by 37.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
7. Spinario, attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli. c.1499. Bronze, height 19.5 cm. (Gallerie Estensi, Modena).
Attributed works:
8. Design for a fountain, by the school of Andrea Mantegna. 1490s. Pen and brown ink on paper, 29.1 by 22.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
9. Mars, Diana and Iris (?), by Andrea Mantegna. c. 1500. Pen and brown ink on paper, 36.3 by 31.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Sartorial Politics in Early Modern Europe: Fashioning Women
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 629-630
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Reviewer:
Rublack, Ulinka (Rublack, Ulinka)
Subjects
subjects:
Fashion / Politics / Style / Women / Courts (social groups) / Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539 / Medici, Maria de', Queen consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642 / Eleanor of Austria, Queen, consort of Francis I, King of France, 1498-1558 / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 / Henrietta Maria, Queen, Consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669
subjects:
Catherine of Braganza, Queen of England
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sartorial Politics in Early Modern Europe: Fashioning Women Edited by Erin Griffey. 344 pp. incl. 11 col. + 68 b. & w. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2019), £94. ISBN 978–94–6298–600–8. | :
Article
Correggio’s reclining ‘Magdalen’ rediscovered
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 556-561
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Author:
Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
Subjects
artists:
Correggio / Allori, Cristofano
dates:
1500-1519
media:
Copper
museums and institutions:
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden / Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy / National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
places:
Sainte-Baume
sources:
Baldinucci, Filippo / Spagnolo, Maddalena
subjects:
Italian art / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Versions / Copies / Iconography / Technical analysis
works:
Reclining Magdalen by Correggio
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Mary Magdalen, here attributed to Correggio. c.1519. Panel, 22.5 by 28 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. St Mary Magdalen, here identified as a painting after Correggio. Before 1609. Copper, 29 by 39.5 cm. (Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
Attributed works:
3. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
4. St Mary Magdalen, by Cristofano Allori after Correggio. c.1600. Copper, 29.6 by 43 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing a seascape and a monastic building.
Attributed works:
6. St Mary Magdalen, by Raffaello Morghen (1758–1833), after Correggio. Engraving, 15.6 by 20.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. St Mary Magdalen, by Correggio. c.1518–19. Canvas, 38.1 by 30.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Article
Giorgione in Sydney
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 190-199
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Author:
Anderson, Jaynie (Anderson, Jaynie)
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Newbigin, Nerida (Newbigin, Nerida)
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Sommerfeldt, Julie (Sommerfeldt, Julie)
Author:
Wilson, Kim (Wilson, Kim)
Subjects
artists:
Giorgione / Bellini, Giovanni
collectors and dealers:
Grimani family / Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
dates:
1470-1479 / 1480-1519
media:
Underdrawings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
University of Sydney Library
sources:
Vasari, Giorgio / Divine Comedy (Dante) / Landino, Cristoforo
styles:
Venetian School
subjects:
Attributions
works:
Adoration of the Magi by Giorgione (National Gallery, London) / The Holy Family ('The Benson Holy Family') by Giorgione (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The verso of the last folio of a copy of Dante’s Commedia, Venice 1497, with an inscription in iron-gall ink and a drawing of the Virgin and Child in red chalk. 30.5 by 19.8 cm. (University of Sydney, Library, Inc.97.1).
Attributed works:
10. Infra-red reflectogram of the under-drawing of the painting illustrated in Fig.9. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
11. View of Castel San Zeno, Montagnana, with a seated figure in the foreground, by Giorgione. Red chalk on paper, 20.3 by 29 cm. (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Attributed works:
12. Cupid bending a bow, attributed to Giorgione. c.1508. Red chalk on paper, 23.7 by 15.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
13. Detail of fol.iii recto of the volume illustrated in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
2. Below left Composite image of the watermark ‘Van Gelder’ in the flyleaves of the volume illustrated in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
3. Annotations of earlier sale or ownership in the volume illustrated in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
4. Detail of the the opening page of the volume illustrated in Fig.1, showing the accession number of the University of Sydney Library.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the inscription.
Attributed works:
6. The Holy Family (‘The Benson Holy Family’), by Giorgione. c.1502. Panel, 37.3 by 45.6 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
7. Infra-red reflectogram of the painting illustrated in Fig.6, showing preliminary drawing executed with the point of a brush. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
8. Opposite Detail of Fig.1, showing the drawing of the Virgin and Child, here attributed to Giorgione. Red chalk, 14 by 9.5 cm.
Attributed works:
9. Adoration of the Magi, by Giorgione. c.1502. Panel, 29.8 by 81.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
Detail of fol.iii verso of the volume illustrated in Fig.1.
Exhibition Review
Mantegna and Bellini. National Gallery, London
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1038-1041
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Reviewer:
Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
Subjects
art literature:
Vasari, Giorgio / Venturi, Adolfo
artists:
Mantegna, Andrea / Bellini, Giovanni / Dossi, Dosso / Titian / Donatello / Zoppo, Marco
collectors and dealers:
Bembo, Pietro
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
patrons:
Gonzaga, Ludovico / Alfonso I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, 1476-1534 / Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
places:
Great Britain / London / Germany / Berlin
subjects:
Italian painting / Style / Patronage / Commissions / Attributions / Influence / Copying / Tracings / Altarpieces / Allegory / Christian iconography / Workshops (Organisations) / Courts (social groups) / Devotional images / Exhibition catalogues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Presentation of Christ in the Temple, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1454. Egg tempera on canvas, 77.5 by 94.4 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Presentation of Christ in the Temple, by Giovanni Bellini, c.1470–75. Panel, 80 by 105 cm. (Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Dead Christ supported by four angels, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1470. Egg tempera (?) on panel, 80.5 by 120 cm. (Museo della Città ‘Luigi Tonini’, Rimini; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
4. Death of the Virgin, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1460–64. Egg tempera on panel, 54.5 by 42 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. National Gallery, London).
Book Review
Federico II Gonzaga e le arti. Edited by Francesca Mattei
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 518-519
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Reviewer:
Maurer, Maria (Maurer, Maria)
Subjects
artists:
Giulio Romano / Titian
buildings:
Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy / Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
dates:
1500-1549
media:
Art objects / Architecture / Drawings / Maiolica / Paintings / Frescoes
patrons:
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1500-1540 / Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
places:
Italy / Mantua
subjects:
Patronage / Italian architecture / Italian painting / Buildings / Restoration (process) / Libraries / Collections / Literature / Conferences
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Venus and Cupid, attributed to Giulio Romano. c.1536. Ink wash with chalk squaring on paper, 24.5 by 13.6 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Book Review
The Cabinet of Eros: Renaissance Mythological Painting and the Studiolo of Isabella d’Este
09/2008 | 1266 | 150
Pages: 619-620
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Reviewer:
Holberton, Paul (Holberton, Paul)
Subjects
artists:
Mantegna, Andrea
buildings:
Studiolo di Isabella d'Este, Mantua, Italy
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
patrons:
Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
places:
Mantua
print:
Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
print:
Italian art
subjects:
Italian painting / Mythology / Renaissance
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Cabinet of Eros: Renaissance Mythological Painting and the Studiolo of Isabella d’Este | author: Campbell, Stephen J.
Illustrations
Attributed works:
48. The kingdom of Comus, by Lorenzo Costa. c.1507–11. Tempera on canvas. 152.2 by 238.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Isabella d'Este. Vienna
06/1994 | 1095 | 136
Pages: 398-400
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Reviewer:
Fletcher, Jennifer (Fletcher, Jennifer; Fletcher, J. M.; Fletcher, Jennifer M.)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
places:
Austria / Vienna
subjects:
Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. Medal Depicting Isabella d'Este, by Gian Cristoforo Romano. Gold, 6.9 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
77. Portrait Bust of a Woman, Attributed to Gian Cristoforo Romano. Terracotta. (Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano; Exh. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
78. Venus Felix, by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi. Bronze, 30.1 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Western art unattributed:
79. Reverse of Medal of Jacoba Correggia. Mantuan, c. 1505. Bronze, 5.3 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Letter
The Gonzaga Cameo
01/1980 | 922 | 122
Pages: 69-70
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Author:
Brown, Clifford M. (Brown, Clifford M.)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1549
patrons:
Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
patrons:
House of Gonzaga
places:
Italy / Mantua
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Gems / Cameos
Book Review
The Paintings in the Studiolo of Isabella d'Este at Mantua
06/1976 | 879 | 118
Pages: 426-427
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Reviewer:
Fletcher, Jennifer (Fletcher, Jennifer; Fletcher, J. M.; Fletcher, Jennifer M.)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1549
patrons:
Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539
places:
Italy / Mantua
subjects:
Italian painting / Patronage
subjects:
Iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Paintings in the Studiolo of Isabella d'Este at Mantua | author: Verheyen, Egon
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