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Article
Giorgione’s ‘Tempest’: a riddle without a cause
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1046-1055
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Author:
Holberton, Paul (Holberton, Paul)
Subjects
art literature:
Michiel, Marcantonio
artists:
Giorgione / Leonardo da Vinci / Titian
dates:
1500-1509
patrons:
Vendramin, Gabriele
subjects:
Venetian art / Iconography
works:
La Tempesta (Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Tempest, by Giorgione. c.1508–10. Oil on canvas, 82 by 73 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
10. The bravo, by Titian. c.1510–15. Oil on canvas, 75 by 67 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
11. Travelling figure in a landscape, by Giorgione. c.1505. Red chalk on paper, 20.3 by 29 cm. (Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Attributed works:
12. Soldier and Gypsy woman. c.1500–05. Two engravings printed on a single sheet; sheet 11.7 by 9.4 cm. (Bound into Sasso Panfilo: Epigrammata etc., Brescia 1479; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Sammlung Hartmann Schedel, 4o Incunabula c.a., fol.2v).
Attributed works:
2. Reliquary of Charles the Bold (St George and Charles the Bold), by Gerard Loyet. c.1467–71. Gold, silver and enamel, height including base 53 cm. (Liège Cathedral Treasury; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Rest on the flight into Egypt, by Lucas Cranach. 1504. Oil on panel, 70.7 by 53 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Young man, attributed to Giorgione. c.1500–02. Oil on canvas, 57.5 by 45.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. A man tricked by gypsies, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1493. Pen and ink, sheet 26 by 20.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021).
Attributed works:
6. A gypsy addressing a soldier, by Giorgione. c.1500. Oil on canvas, 72 by 56.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
7. A gypsy addressing a soldier, by Jan van Troyen after Giorgione. 1654–60. Engraving, 23.6 by 16.9 cm. (From David Teniers: Theatrum Pictorium, Antwerp 1673, plate 24).
Attributed works:
8. Three singers (alto, tenor and bass), by Giorgione. Oil on panel, 62 by 77 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Attributed works:
9. La vecchia (‘Giorgione’s mother’), by Giorgione. c.1508. Oil on canvas, 68 by 59 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
Article
A Renaissance bronze in Birmingham, the bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 928-937
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Author:
Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
Subjects
art literature:
Planiscig, Leo / Sewter, A. C. / Fletcher, Jennifer / Radcliffe, Anthony / Bergeret de Grancourt, Pierre Jacques Onésyme, 1715-1785 / Sciberras, Keith / Miles, Hamish / Bodkin, Thomas
artists:
Valadier, Luigi / Severo da Ravenna / Riccio, Andrea / Cavaceppi, Bartolomeo / Nollekens, Joseph / Robert, Hubert / Ango, Jean-Robert / Guiard, Laurent / Giambologna / Duquesnoy, François / Michelangelo / Soldani-Benzi, Massimiliano (1656-1740) / Valadier, Giuseppe
artists:
Pécheux, Laurent / Lavallée, Etienne de / Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de / Bridan, Charles Antoine / Breton, Jean Louis
collectors and dealers:
Tonnelier, Jacques-Laure le / Michiel, Marcantonio / Lebrun, Jean Baptiste Pierre / Julliot, Claude-François / Julliot, Philippe-François, fils, / Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
dates:
1750-1799
media:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Marbles / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Knights of Malta / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
Great Britain / Birmingham / Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Neo-classicism / Venetian / Greek Revival / Supports / Casts (sculpture) / Shells (animal material) / Animals / Ornament / Albums / Vases / Portraits / Dinner services / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Commissions / Patronage / Art market / Provenance / Attributions / Attribution / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Inventories / Sales catalogues / Acquisitions / Slavery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Allegorical figure, by Jean-Robert Ango after a terracotta relief by François Berruer. 1767. Red chalk, 43.8 by 28.4 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
11. The Callipygian Venus, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a marble statue attributed to Jean Louis Breton after a drawing by Laurent Guiard. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
12. A Furietti centaur, one of a pair, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes after the antique statues. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28.4 by 22 cm. and 28.7 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
13. Satyr holding grapes with panther, and Figure of a warrior, known as the Executioner, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes attributed to Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi and François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 21.7 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
14. Assemblage with a vase and a plaque depicting Henri IV, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a model attributed to Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 47.5 by 34.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
15. Seated Rome, by Luigi and Giuseppe Valadier. 1780–86. Hardstones, silver- and bronze-gilt, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil, by Louis Jacques Pilon. 1785. Plaster, height 87 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
4. Boy riding upon a horse, by the workshop of Severo Calzetta (Severo da Ravenna). c.1510–30. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome. c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 18 by 22 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
5. The salon of the bailli de Breteuil in Palazzo Malta, Rome, by Hubert Robert. c.1765. Red chalk, 34.9 by 48.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
6. Agrippina as Minerva, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
7. Figure of a boy (‘Souffleur de bulles de savon’), by Jean-Robert Ango after a bronze statuette, model by François Duquesnoy. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 21.7 by 18.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
8. Detail from Antique vases and statuettes and a modern vase, by Jean-Robert Ango after antique models and a bronze model by Luigi Valadier, incorporating designs by François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk. 27.5 by 43.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
9. A dog, by Jean-Robert Ango after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Western art unattributed:
1. Boy riding upon a goat. Italian, probably Padua, early sixteenth century. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome, c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 21.7 by 22.1 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the shell.
Book Review
Subject Matter in Italian Renaissance Art: A Study of Early Sources. By Joseph Manca
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 877-878
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Reviewer:
Holberton, Paul (Holberton, Paul)
Subjects
art literature:
Pino, Paolo, Act. 1534-1565 / Michiel, Marcantonio / Baxandall, Michael / Hills, Paul / Nagel, Alexander
artists:
Pisanello / Michelangelo / Aspertini, Amico / Romanino, Girolamo / Giorgione / Lotto, Lorenzo
artists:
Zago, Santo
buildings:
Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice, Italy
dates:
1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Paintings / Frescoes / Medals
patrons:
Medici, Giuliano de’, 1453-1478
places:
Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Iconology / Iconography / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Sources / Poetry / Art literature / Surveys
Article
The dating of Marcantonio Michiel's 'Notizia' on works of art in Padua
08/2003 | 1205 | 145
Pages: 564-571
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Author:
Schmitter, Monika (Schmitter, Monika)
Subjects
art literature:
Michiel, Marcantonio
dates:
1500-1549
places:
Italy / Padua
sources:
Michiel, Marcantonio
subjects:
Renaissance / Sources
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Italian architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Courtyard of the Casa Cornaro, detail from the Pianta de Padova, by Giovanni Valle. 1784. (Biblioteca Civica, Padua).
Attributed works:
Investiture of St Anthony as a Franciscan, by Antonio Minello. 1516-18. Marble, approx. 130 by 250 cm (Basilica of S. Antonio, Padua).
Attributed works:
Loggia and Odeo Cornaro, by Giovanni Maria Falconetto and Alvise Cornaro. 1524-c.1530. (Padua; photo Museo Civico).
Attributed works:
Marcantonio Michiel's description of the chapel of S. Antonio. Ital. XI 67 (7351), fol.4r. (Biblioteca Nazionale, Venice).
Attributed works:
Marcantonio Michiel's description of works of art in the Basilca of S. Antonio in Padua. Ital. XI 67 (7351), fols.2v-3r. (Bibliotecta Nazionale Marciana, Venice).
Attributed works:
Paschal candlestick, by Andrea Riccio. 1507-16. Bronze, marble base by Francesco da Cola. 1515-16, Base 130 cm. high. (Basilica of S. Antonio, Padua).
Western art unattributed:
Façade of the chapel of S. Antonio. Erected 1533. (Basilica of S. Antonio, Padua; photo Luciano Fincato, Padua).
Article
Two New Works by Antonio Minello
12/1995 | 1113 | 137
Pages: 799-808
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Author:
Schulz, Anne Markham (Schulz, Anne Markham)
Subjects
artists:
Minelli, Antonio
artists:
Minello, Giovanni
collectors and dealers:
Michiel, Marcantonio
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Classical mythology / Patronage / Mercury
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Statuettes / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Detail of the Frieze in Pan and Luna, by Antonio Minello. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
Attributed works:
13. Pan and Luna, by Antonio Minello. Marble, 27.7 by 22 by 9.7 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of Relief from Alfonso d'Este's Studio di marmo or Camerino d'alabastro, by Antonio Lombardo. Marble. (Hermitage, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
15. Eurydice, by Giammaria Mosca. Marble, 38.4 by 22.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Head in Fig.20. [Detail of Investiture of St Anthony, by Antonio Minello. c. 1500-19. Marble. (Cappella del Santo, S. Antonio, Padua).]
Attributed works:
17. Detail from Madonna and Child Enthroned with St George and a Donor, by Antonio Lombardo. (Palazzo Marfisa, Ferrara).
Attributed works:
18. Detail of Head of Fig.13. [Pan and Luna, by Antonio Minello. Marble, 27.7 by 22 by 9.7 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).]
Attributed works:
19. Mercury, by Antonio Minello. 1527. Marble, 76.8 cm. High (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Investiture of St Anthony, by Antonio Minello. c. 1500-19. Marble. (Cappella del Santo, S. Antonio, Padua).
Attributed works:
21. Bust of a Young Woman, by Antonio Minello. White Marble, 22.5 cm. High. (Private Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
22. Back of Fig.21. [Bust of a Young Woman, by Antonio Minello. White Marble, 22.5 cm. High. (Private Collection, New York).]
Attributed works:
23. Bust of a Young Woman, by Antonio Minello. 95.5 cm. High (Museo Bardini, Florence).
Attributed works:
24. Bust of a Young Woman, by Simone Bianco. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
Attributed works:
25. Detail of Figure in the Investiture of St Anthony, by Antonio Minello. Marble. (Cappella del Santo, S. Antonio, Padua).
Attributed works:
26. Detail of Fig.19. [Mercury, by Antonio Minello. 1527. Marble, 76.8 cm. High (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)]
Attributed works:
27. Detail of St Sebastian, by Lorenzo Bregno. (Duomo, Treviso).
Short Notice
Marcantonio Michiel's Attribution of the 'Assunta' in the Ovetari Chapel
03/1995 | 1104 | 137
Pages: 169
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Author:
Tarr, Roger (Tarr, Roger)
Subjects
artists:
Pizzolo, Nicolò
artists:
Mantegna, Andrea
buildings:
Church of the Eremitani, Padua, Italy
dates:
1400-1499
places:
Italy / Padua
sources:
Michiel, Marcantonio
subjects:
Italian painting / Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
44. Marcantonio Michiel's Description of the Eremitani and S. Benedetto in Padua (Cod. Marciana, Ital. XI 67 (7351), Folios 11v-12r).
Article
Marcantonio Michiel, 'che ha veduto assai'
10/1981 | 943 | 123
Pages: 602-609
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Author:
Fletcher, Jennifer (Fletcher, Jennifer; Fletcher, J. M.; Fletcher, Jennifer M.)
Subjects
artists:
Giorgione
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Venice
sources:
Michiel, Marcantonio
subjects:
Italian painting / Sources
subjects:
Netherlandish painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Marcantonio Michel's Description of the Eremitani and S. Benedetto in Padua (Cod. Marciana, Ital. XI 67 (7351), Folios 11v-12r.)
Attributed works:
30. Portrait of the Dauphin Charles Orlant, by the Master of Moulins. [Jean Hay?] Panel, 39.2 by 33.3 cm., Including Frame. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
31. Portrait of Vettore Michiel, by Giovanni Battista Moroni. 64 by 49 cm. (Private Collection, Zürich).
Article
Notes on Netherlandish Pictures in the Veneto in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
08/1981 | 941 | 123
Pages: 467-473
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Author:
Campbell, Lorne (Campbell, Lorne; C., L.)
Subjects
artists:
Memling, Hans
artists:
Bles, Henri Met de
artists:
Bosch, Hieronymus
collectors and dealers:
Bembo, Pietro
dates:
1400-1499
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Netherlands / Italy / Venice
sources:
Michiel, Marcantonio
sources:
Vendramin, Gabriele
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Sources / Documents
subjects:
Italian painting / Visual sources / Influence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. St John the Baptist, by Hans Memlinc. Panel, 31.6 by 24 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
Attributed works:
15. St Veronica, by Hans Memlinc. Panel, 31.1 by 24.2 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., Samuel H. Kress Collection).
Attributed works:
16. Ecce Homo, by Arminio Zuccato, after Quentin Metsys. Mosaic, 97 by 78 cm. (Formerly with Christopher Gibbs Limited, London).
Article
Marcantonio Michiel: His Friends and Collection
08/1981 | 941 | 123
Pages: 452-467
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Author:
Fletcher, Jennifer (Fletcher, Jennifer; Fletcher, J. M.; Fletcher, Jennifer M.)
Subjects
artists:
Sebastiano del Piombo
artists:
Raphael
artists:
Sansovino, Jacopo
artists:
Catena, Vincenzo di Biagio
artists:
Riccio, Andrea
collectors and dealers:
Michiel, Marcantonio
collectors and dealers:
Bembo, Pietro
dates:
1500-1599
patrons:
Michiel, Marcantonio
places:
Italy / Venice
places:
Rome
sources:
Michiel, Marcantonio
subjects:
Italian painting / Collections, Private
subjects:
Sources
subjects:
Italian architecture
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Bronzes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Hecate or Prudentia, Attributed to Andrea Riccio or to Bartolomeo Bellano. Bronze, 27.4 cm High. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Dahlem). Detail of Figs. 8 and 9.
Attributed works:
10. The Tomb of Alvise Michiel [by Alessandro Vittoria]. (SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice).
Attributed works:
11. St Jerome in His Study, by Antonello da Messina. Panel, 46 by 36.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
12. Portrait of Andrea Odoni, by Lorenzo Lotto. 101 by 114 cm. (Royal Collection, Hampton Court). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Attributed works:
4. A Page from Sebastiano Serlio: Tutte l'opere d'Architettura et Prospetiva, 1619. Folio 121v, Venice.
Attributed works:
5. Mercury, by Antonio Minelli. Marble, 76.8 cm High. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, by Lorenzo Lotto. 71 by 84 cm. (Galleria Nazionale, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of Antonio Marsilio and His Wife, by Lorenzo Lotto. Panel, 98 by 114 cm. (Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
8. Hecate or Prudentia, Attributed to Andrea Riccio or to Bartolomeo Bellano. Bronze, 27.4 cm High. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Dahlem).
Attributed works:
9. Another View of the Statuette Shown in Fig.8. [Hecate or Prudentia, Attributed to Andrea Riccio or to Bartolomeo Bellano. Bronze, 27.4 cm High. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Dahlem).]
Western art unattributed:
13. Marcantonio Michiel's Description of Andrea Odoni's Collection (Cod. Marciana, Ital. XI 67 (7351), Folios 52v - 53r).
Western art unattributed:
2. The Nymph Oenone, by an Unknown Venetian Painter of the Sixteenth Century. 51 by 48 cm. (Formerly in the Donà dalle Rose Collection, Venice).
Western art unattributed:
3. The Palazzo Pisani (Foreground) and Palazzo Michiel. (Santa Marina, Venice).
Article
The Provenance of Bellini's Frick 'St Francis'
04/1972 | 829 | 114
Pages: 206+209-215
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Author:
Fletcher, Jennifer (Fletcher, Jennifer; Fletcher, J. M.; Fletcher, Jennifer M.)
Subjects
artists:
Bellini, Giovanni
dates:
1500-1549
museums and institutions:
Frick Collection, New York, United States
places:
Italy / Venice / United States / New York
sources:
Michiel, Marcantonio
sources:
Boschini, Marco
subjects:
Italian painting / Provenance
subjects:
Francis of Assisi, Saint
subjects:
Patronage
subjects:
Saints / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Detail of Bellini's St Francis Illustrated in Fig. 15.
Attributed works:
15. St Francis in Ecstasy, by Giovanni Bellini. Panel, 124.4 by 141.5 cm. (Frick Collection, New York.)
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