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Book Review
Private Collectors in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent, ca.1780–1914: Between Public Relevance and Personal Pleasure
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 522–3
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Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
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Private Collectors in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent, ca.1780–1914: Between Public Relevance and Personal Pleasure By Ulrike Müller. 376 pp. incl. 18 b. & w. + 128 col. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), €150. ISBN 978–2–503–60619–4. | :
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4. Still life with chinoiseries, by James Ensor. 1906–09. Oil on canvas, 78.5 by 98.5 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp; Bridgeman Images).
Obituary
Eberhard W. Kornfeld (1923–2023)
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1377–1378
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Nathan, Johannes (Nathan, Johannes)
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1. Eberhard W. Kornfeld, photographed c.2005. (Courtesy Galerie Kornfeld, Bern).
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2. Eberhard W. Kornfeld, by Alberto Giacometti. 1959. Pen and ink and wash on paper, 50 by 32 cm. (© Succession Alberto Giacometti; DACS 2023).
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Trading in art: Antonio Cesare di Poggi (1744–1836)
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 513-523
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Barnard, Tony (Barnard, Tony)
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1. Fan portraying George III and his family at the Royal Academy of Arts exhibition in 1788, made by A.C. Poggi incorporating a print by Pietro Antonio Martini after J.H. Ramberg. c.1790. Engraved and hand-coloured paper with carved and pierced ivory sticks and guards, width when open 38.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Christ disputing with the doctors in the Temple, by Ludovico Mazzolino. 1524. Pen and brown ink and wash with white opaque watercolour on light brown washed paper over black chalk, partially incised with stylus, 42.3 by 39.4 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
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11. Mars, by Guercino. 1628. Red chalk on paper, 22.9 by 16.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
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2. Design for a fan handle, by Francesco Salviati. c.1525–63. Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on paper, 20.3 by 11.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. George Augustus Eliott, 1st Lord Heathfield, by A.C. Poggi. c.1783. Oil on canvas, 45.1 by 36.2 cm. (National Army Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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4. George Augustus Eliott, 1st Lord Heathfield, by A.C. Poggi. c.1783. Chalk on paper, 15.8 by 12.9 cm. (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh).
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5. General Sir Robert Boyd, by John Hall after A.C. Poggi. 1786. Engraving, 40.5 by 30.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. George Augustus Eliott, 1st Lord Heathfield, by Richard Earlom after Joshua Reynolds. 1788. Stipple with etching, 45.5 by 38 cm. (British Museum, London).
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7. George Augustus Eliott, 1st Lord Heathfield, by Francesco Bartolozzi after A.C. Poggi. 1788. Stipple with etching, 53.1 by 40.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. The north face of the Rock of Gibraltar, by A.C. Poggi. 1792. Etching with hand colouring, 37.6 by 52.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Landscape, by Paul Sandby. 1796. Etching and aquatint, 7.3 by 6.6 cm (image). (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Der Salon und die Pariser Kunstszene unter Napoleon I.: Kunstpolitik, Künstlerische Strategien, Internationale Resonanzen, and London and the Emergence of a European Art Market, 1780–1820
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 624-625
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Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
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Der Salon und die Pariser Kunstszene unter Napoleon I.: Kunstpolitik, Künstlerische Strategien, Internationale Resonanzen By Eva Knels. 424 pp. incl. 10 col. + 45 b. & w. ills. (Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, Zurich and New York, 2019), £80. ISBN 978–3–487–15774–0. | :
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London and the Emergence of a European Art Market, 1780–1820 Edited by Susanna Avery-Quash and Christian Huemer. 304 pp. incl. 70 col. + 17 b. & w. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2019), £45. ISBN 978–1–60606–595–2. | :
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1. Vue du Salon de l’an IX, by Antoine Maxime Monsaldy and Simon Pierre Devisme. 1801. Etching, 21.4 by 25.1 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Article
An inventory of the art collection of Etienne-Nicolas Dutartre de Bourdonné, 1782
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 388-403
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de Quénetain, Christophe (de Quénetain, Christophe)
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Weil-Curiel, Moana (Weil-Curiel, Moana)
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1. St John the Baptist in the wilderness, by Guido Reni. c.1636–37. Oil on canvas, 225 by 162 cm. See no.47. (Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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10. St Jerome, by Leonardo. c.1480. Oil on panel, 130 by 75 cm. See no.38. (Vatican Pinacoteca, Rome).
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11. The Holy Family with St Francis, by Bartolomeo Schedoni. c.1610. Oil on canvas, 87 by 69.8 cm. See no.72. (Private collection).
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12. Mignot’s ‘Venus’ at the Salon of 1757, by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. c.1757. Pen and ink, wash and gouache over pencil on paper, 13.2 by 16 cm. See no.95. (Private collection).
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2. Geneviève Françoise Randon de Malboissière, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. c.1768. Marble, height 80.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Adoration of the shepherds, by Jean Audran after Adriaan Van der Cabel. Etching on paper, 44.1 by 51.2 . See no.1. (National Library of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro).
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4. St John the Baptist, attributed to Nicolas de Largillière. c.1700. Oil on canvas. See no.12. (Location unknown; photograph c.1960; courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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5. The parable of the precious pearl, by Domenico Feti. c.1700–25. Oil on panel, 60 by 44.2 cm. See no.13. (Mus e des Beaux-Arts, Caen).
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6. Susanna bathing, by Tintoretto or Andrea Schiavone. Mid-sixteenth century. Photograph c.1966. Oil on canvas, 40.6 by 44.5 cm. See no.18. (Photographic archive, Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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7. The Israelites gathering manna, by Francesco Bassano the Younger. c.1569–92. Oil on canvas, 74.9 by 96.5 cm. See no.31. (The National Trust, Ham House, Surrey).
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8. Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, by Maurice Quentin de La Tour. c.1761. Pastel on paper, 45.9 by 37.6 cm. See no.32. (Private collection).
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9. The adoration of the shepherds, by Sebastiano Conca. c.1720. Oil on canvas, 243.8 by 264.2 cm. See no.34. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Article
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)
Article
Paul Durand-Ruel and James Duncan of Benmore
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 558-571
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WATSON, Andrew M. (WATSON, Andrew M.)
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1. Landscape with figures (‘La toilette’), by Camille Corot. 1859. Canvas, 150 by 89.5 cm. (Private collection, Paris).
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10. A eunuch’s dream, by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ. 1874. Panel, 39.3 by 65.4 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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11. The Death of Sardanapalus, by Eugène Delacroix. 1827. Canvas, 392 by 496 cm. (Musée du Louvre).
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12. The triumph of Ariadne, by Hans Makart. 1874. Canvas, 784 by 476 cm. (Upper Belvedere, Vienna).
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13. The Bay of Naples (morning), by Auguste Renoir. 1881. Canvas, 59.7 by 81.3 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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15. Diana surprised, by Jules Joseph Lefèbvre. 1879. Canvas, 279 by 371.5 cm. (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina).
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4. Morning, by Théodore Rousseau. 1865. 200 by 136 cm. Whereabouts unknown. (From Catalogue de tableaux modernes composant la collection de M. Duncan de Londres, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 15th April 1889, no.29).
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5. Evening, by Théodore Rousseau. 1865. 200 by 136 cm. Whereabouts unknown. (From Catalogue de tableaux modernes composant la collection de M. Duncan de Londres, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 15th April 1889, no.30).
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6. Interior of a Dominican convent in Madrid, by Eugène Delacroix. 1831. Canvas, 130.2 by 161.9 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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7. The sheepshearers, by Jean François Millet. c.1857–61. Canvas, 41.2 by 28.5 cm. (The Art Institute of Chicago).
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8. Crossing the ford, evening by Camille Corot. c. 1868.Canvas. 99 by 135 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes).
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9. The wood-gatherers, by Pierre Billet. 1874. Canvas, 113 x 148 cm. (Private collection).
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Fig.14. Night, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. 1883. Canvas, 208.3 by 107.3 cm. (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington).
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2. The Duncan family, showing James Duncan far right. c.1870–75. Photograph, 14.5 by 17.2 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Benmore House. Argyllshire. Duncan’s picture gallery is on the right. c.1889–90. Photograph, 13.3 by 20.6 cm (Private collection).
Article
‘The most perfect taste’: the Rothschild acquisitions at the Hamilton Palace sale of 1882
10/2015 | 1351 | 157
Pages: 691-699
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Maxwell, Christopher L. (Maxwell, Christopher L.)
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18. The approach to the north front of Hamilton Palace. Photograph by Thomas Annan, before 1882 (National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh)
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19. The new State drawing-room, Hamilton Palace. Photograph by Thomas Annan, before 1883 (National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh)
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20. Writing table, by Jean-Henri Riesener, Paris, c.1782 (The Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, National Trust)
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22. Drop-front secrétaire, by Jean-Henri Riesener, Paris, c.1777 (The Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, National Trust)
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23. Nautilus shell, carved by Cornelius van Bellekin. Amsterdam, before 1711. The gilt-bronze triton, probably England, c.1810-30 (The Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, National Trust)
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24. Commode, by Jean-Henri Riesener, Paris, c.1776 (The Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, National Trust)
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25. Lady Mary Villiers, later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, with Charles Hamilton, Lord Annan, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1637 (North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh)
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27. Commode, one of a pair, from designs by André-Charles Boulle. Paris, c.1715 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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28. Commode, by Charles Cressent. Paris, c.1730 (The Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, National Trust)
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29. Ewer, the mounts after designs by François Boucher, with the mark of the Controller H. Louvet. France, 1734 (Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon)
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21. Lean-to secrétaire, Paris, c.1730-35 (The Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, National Trust)
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26. Tazza, carved in Byzantium in about tenth century, the mounts probably Spanish, sixteenth century, with English nineteenth-century additions (National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh)
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30. Standing cup and cover. Probably German, c.1882-1900 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Article
‘Blown into glittering by the popular breath’: the ­relationship between George Romney’s critical reputation and the art market
07/2015 | 1348 | 157
Pages: 465-473
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Mitchell, Alycen (Mitchell, Alycen)
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Pezzini, Barbara (Pezzini, Barbara)
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24. The Vernon children, by George Romney. 1785 (Present location unknown)
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25. Lady Hamilton as a bacchante, by George Romney. 1782-84 (Tate, London)
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26. Richard Cumberland, by George Romney. 1776 (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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27. Emma, Lady Hamilton, by George Romney. c.1785 (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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28. The parson's daughter, by George Romney. c.1785 (Tate, London)
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29. The Beaumont family, by George Romney. 1777-79 (Tate, London)
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30. Charles Lewis Hind: Masterpieces in Colour, London 1907. Cover image Mrs Mary Robinson, by George Romney. 1780-81 (Wallace Collection, London)
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33. Lady Anne de la Pole, by George Romney. c.1786 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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35. The Horsley children, by George Romney (Date, dimensions and present location unknown)
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36. Mrs Davies Davenport, by George Romney. 1782-84 (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
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37. The Gower family: The children of Granville, 2nd Earl Gower, by George Romney. c.1776-77 (Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal)
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31. "At the pictures" - in the Law Courts?, The Daily Mirror (Wednesday 23rd May 1917)
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32. Lady Hamilton as 'Nature', The Connoisseur 7 (October 1903), p.61
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34. Lord Michaelham's collection sale at Hampton & Sons, illustrated with photographs of Pinkie, by Thomas Lawrence and Lady Anne de la Pole, by George Romney, as advertised in The Burlington Magazine 49 (September 1926), p.xi
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Two rediscovered paintings by Hubert Robert and their French revolutionary context
05/2013 | 1322 | 155
Pages: 317-323
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Baumgartner, Frédérique (Baumgartner, Frédérique)
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21. The Day of the Wheelbarrows, by Hubert Robert (Private collection)
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22. The Federation Festival at the Champ-de-Mars, 14th July 1790, by Hubert Robert (Private collection)
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23. Project for the Grande Galerie of the Louvre, by Hubert Robert (Musée du Louvre, Paris; copyright RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource NY; photographed by Stéphane Maréchalle)
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24. The Federation Festival at the Champ-de-Mars, 14th July 1790, by Hubert Robert (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles; copyright RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource NY; photographed by Gérard Blot)
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25. Labours at Champ-de-Mars for the Federation of 14th July 1790, by Jean-Louis Prieur (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)
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26. General Federation in Paris, July 14th 1790, by Jean-Louis Prieur (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)
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27. View of the gardens of Versailles towards the Tapis Vert at the time of the felling of the trees, by Hubert Robert (Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles)
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28. The Federation Festival at the Champ-de-Mars, 14th July 1790, by Charles Thévenin (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; copyright of Alfredo Dagli Orti/Art Archive at Art Resource NY)
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