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Book Review
A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 208–209
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
subjects:
Arcadia (pastoral) / Renaissance art / Poetry / Literature / Classical literature / Iconography / Sixteenth-century / Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century art / Nineteenth-century art
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subjects:
A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature By Paul Holberton. Two vols, 497 pp. and 468 pp., incl. 322 col. ills (Ad Ilissum, London, 2022), £80. ISBN 978–1–912168–25–5 and 978–1–912168–26–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Shepherd playing the flute and four shepherdesses, by Gerrit van Honthorst. 1632. Oil on canvas, 92 by 174.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
2. The chamber idyll, by Edward Calvert. 1831. Wood engraving, 4.3 by 7.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Vermeer
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 544-546
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Reviewer:
Ducos, Blaise (Ducos, Blaise)
Subjects
artists:
Vermeer, Johannes
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch painting / Seventeenth-century / Genre paintings / Religious art / Scientific analysis / Exhibition catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Vermeer Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 10th February–4th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Officer and laughing girl, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1657– 58. Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 46 cm. (Frick Collection, New York; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
2. The lacemaker, by Johannes Vermeer. Here dated c.1669–70. Oil on canvas, 24.5 by 21 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
3. The milkmaid, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1658–58. Oil on canvas, 45.5 by 41 cm. (exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Book Review
The Italian Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Teyler Museum
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1166--1167
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Reviewer:
Chapman, Hugo (Chapman, Hugo)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
museums and institutions:
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
subjects:
Italian drawings / Collectors / Collections, Private / Collections, Public
subjects:
Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Italian Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Teyler Museum By Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken. Two vols, 768 pp. incl. 1,000 col. ills. (Primavera Pers, Leiden, and Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2021), €89. ISBN 978–90–5997–308–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Coastal landscape, by Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi. Pen and brown ink, 15.6 by 19.8 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).
Book Review
The Altzenbachs of Cologne. Early Modern German Print Publishers: Popular Prints of the Seventeenth Century
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1038-1039
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Reviewer:
Meier, Hans Jakob (Meier, Hans Jakob)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
dates:
Seventeenth-century
places:
Cologne
subjects:
Altzenbach print publishers / German art / Prints / Published illustrations
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subjects:
The Altzenbachs of Cologne. Early Modern German Print Publishers: Popular Prints of the Seventeenth Century By John Roger Paas. 2 vols, 1,047 pp. incl. 1,044 col. + b. & w. ills. (Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2021), €748. ISBN 978–3–447–11487–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Relics of one of the Innocents massacred at Bethlehem, showing the silver shrine in the Minorite Church, Cologne, published by Gerhard Altzenbach. 1656. Engraving, 57.9 by 26.4 cm (trimmed). (Private collection).
Book Review
Les Mays de Notre-Dame de Paris, 1630–1707
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 938-940
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Reviewer:
Marandet, François (Marandet, François)
Subjects
buildings:
Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, France
subjects:
Votive images / French painting / Seventeenth-century
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subjects:
Les Mays de Notre-Dame de Paris, 1630–1707 By Delphine Bastet. 456 pp. incl. 252 col. + 342 b. & w. ills. (Arthena, Paris, 2021), €125. ISBN 978–2–903239–67–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Christ at the home of Martha and Mary (May of 1704), by Claude Simpol. 1666–before 1710. Oil on canvas, 430 by 310 cm. (Musée des Beaux-arts, Arras).
Obituary
Christopher M.S. Johns (1955–2022)
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 829–831
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Contributor:
Wolfe, Karin (Wolfe, Karin)
Subjects
subjects:
Johns, Christopher M. S. / Art historians / Italian art / Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Christopher M.S. Johns in Rome. 2014. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
2. Charles III visits Pope Benedict XIV in the Coffee House of the Quirinal, by Giovanni Paolo Panini. 1746. Oil on canvas, 124 by 174 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; © NPL – DeA Picture Library; M. Carrieri; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Seventeenth- and eighteenth century Venetian painting
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 507-509
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Reviewer:
Pietrabissa, Camilla (Pietrabissa, Camilla )
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
subjects:
Venetian art / Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century / Art museums / Displays
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Seventeenth- and eighteenthcentury Venetian painting Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice from 31st August 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Installation view of the seventeenthcentury collections (room 5), Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, 2022. (© G.A.VE Archivio fotografico; courtesy Ministero della Cultura; photograph Matteo De Fina).
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20. Detail from Scourge of the serpents, by Giambattista Tiepolo. c.1731. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia; © G.A.VE Archivio fotografico; courtesy Ministero della Cultura; photograph Matteo De Fina).
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21. Installation view of the eighteenthcentury collections (room 6), Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, 2022, showing Erminia and Vafrino ministering to the wounded Tancredi, by Gian Antonio Guardi. c.1750–55. Oil on canvas, 253.5 by 263 cm. (© G.A.VE Archivio fotografico; courtesy Ministero della Cultura; photograph Matteo De Fina).
Book Review
Poussin’s Women: Sex and Gender in the Artist’s Works
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 870-872
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Reviewer:
Beeny, Emily A. (Beeny, Emily A.)
Subjects
artists:
Poussin, Nicolas
subjects:
French art / Seventeenth-century / Women / Goddesses / Saints / Social history / Cultural history
subjects:
Gender / Gaze (art theory) / Gender studies / Iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Poussin’s Women: Sex and Gender in the Artist’s Works By Troy Thomas. 386 pp. incl. 116 col. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2020), €119. ISBN 978–94–6372–184–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Hymenaeus disguised as a woman during an offering to Priapus, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1634– 38. Oil on canvas, 166.5 by 373 cm. (Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand).
Book Review
Subjects from History: The Decius Mus Series (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 13)
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 862-864
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Reviewer:
Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)
Subjects
art literature:
Baumstark, Reinhold / Delmarcel, Guy
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van / Jordaens, Jacob
subjects:
Flemish art / Seventeenth-century / History paintings / Tapestries / Attributions / Workshops (Organisations) / Studios (organisations) / Modelli
works:
Corpus Rubenianum
Reviewed Items
works:
Subjects from History: The Decius Mus Series (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, 13) By Reinhold Baumstark and Guy Delmarcel. 2 vols, 778 pp. incl. 99 col. + 161 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2019), €275. ISBN 978–1–912554–23–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Modello for The interpretation of the victim, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1617. Oil on panel, 74.6 by 104.1 cm. (Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’, Kunst Museum Winterthur).
Book Review
Egyptian and Roman Antiquities and Renaissance Decorative Arts (The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Series A: Antiquities and Architecture, Part 8)
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 1004
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Reviewer:
Jenkins, Ian (Jenkins, Ian; J., I.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain) / British Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Egyptian art / Roman art / Renaissance art / Seventeenth-century / Design / Decorative arts
works:
The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo
Reviewed Items
works:
Egyptian and Roman Antiquities and Renaissance Decorative Arts (The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Series A: Antiquities and Architecture, Part 8) Edited by Elena Vaiani, Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò and Helen Whitehouse. Two vols, 957 pp. incl. 437 col. ills. (Royal Collection Trust, and Harvey Miller Publishers, Turnhout, 2018), £150. ISBN 978–1–909400–92–4. | :
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