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Two paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi in the Potsdam collection of Frederick the Great
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 115–125
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Author:
Windt, Franziska (Windt, Franziska)
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Illustrations
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1. Lucretia and Tarquinius, by Artemisia Gentileschi. Second half of the 1620s/1630. Oil on canvas, 261 by 222.5 cm. (© Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam (SPSG); photograph W. Pfauder).
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10. X-ray photograph of Fig.1. (© SPSG; photograph A. Steuerlein; processing W. Pfauder).
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing the head of Tarquinius. (© SPSG; photograph A. Steuerlein; processing W. Pfauder).
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12. Detail of Fig.1, showing the head of Tarquinius.
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13. Detail of Fig.10, showing Tarquinius’ stocking. (© SPSG; photograph A. Steuerlein; processing W. Pfauder).
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14. Madonna and Child, by Artemisia Gentileschi. ?1616–19. Oil on canvas, 116.5 by 86.5 cm. (Galleria Spada, Rome; MiC, Direzione Musei Statali della Città di Roma, Photographic Archive).
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15. X-ray photograph of Fig.14. (MiC, Direzione Musei Statali della Città di Roma, Photographic Archive).
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16. Madonna with cherries, by Artemisia Gentileschi. ?1610–12. Oil on canvas, 118 by 86 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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17. Suffer the little children to come unto me, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1625–26. Oil on canvas, 134.6 by 97.7 cm. (Basilica di S. Carlo Borromeo al Corso, La Venerabile Arciconfraternita dei Santi Ambrogio e Carlo, Rome).
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18. Detail of Fig.17, showing the faces of the children.
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19. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Lucretia.
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2. Gallery of the New Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam. Photograph, 1995. (© SPSG; photograph R. Handrick).
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3. Bathsheba in the bath, by Artemisia Gentileschi. Second half of the 1630s. Oil on canvas, 261 by 223 cm. (© SPSG; photograph W. Pfauder).
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4. Display of the paintings in the New Palace, Potsdam, since 1768. From left to right: Suicide of Lucretia, by Guido Reni; Fig.1; Judgment of Paris, by Luca Giordano; Rape of the Sabine Women, by Luca Giordano; Fig.3; and Diogenes in the barrel, attributed to Guido Reni.
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5. Detail of Fig.3, showing Artemisia Gentileschi’s technique with no overlaps of painted features.
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6. Bathsheba in the bath, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 286 by 219 cm. (Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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7. Composition of Fig.6, shown in white lines and superimposed over Fig.3. (Drawing by B. Jackisch).
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8. Bathsheba in the bath, by Artemisia Gentileschi. ?.c.1640–45. Oil on canvas, 288 by 228 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Suicide of Lucretia, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1620s. Oil on canvas, 92.9 by 72.7 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Article
Artemisia Gentileschi’s ‘Susanna and the elders’ painted for Henrietta Maria
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1053–73
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Author:
Izat, Adelaide (Izat, Adelaide)
Author:
Munz, Niko (Munz, Niko)
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1. The painting illustrated in Fig.3, before conservation treatment and prior to structural treatment to remove non-original additions.
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10. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.1, showing former non-original canvas extension.
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing a pinnacle or water-jet and possible part of a wall.
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12. Detail of Fig.10, showing a scroll-like form above the satyr’s head.
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13. Birth of St John the Baptist, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 184 by 258 cm. (© NPL - DeA Picture Library; G. Dagli Orti; Bridgeman Images; Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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14. David and Goliath, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1610–12. Oil on canvas, 173 by 142 cm. (Palazzo Spada, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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15–17: Details of Fig.8 outlined in orange, overlaid with the corresponding lines in green from Fig.3 in three positions: (Fig.15) showing the match around the shoulder and back with the orange dots following where the Royal Collection pentiment lines up with Susanna’s back in the Burghley House painting; (Fig.16) shifted to show the match of the shoulder, arm and hand; and (Fig.17) lining up the Royal Collection knee tracing over the visible pentiment (shown with green dashed lines) of Susanna’s knee in the Burghley House painting.
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18. Detail of Fig.19 outlined in blue overlaid with a tracing in orange from Fig.3.
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19. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1627–30?. Oil on canvas, 90 by 75.4 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; photograph © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638–39?. Oil on canvas, 96.8 by 75.2 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. Detail of Fig.13, showing the midwife outlined in green, overlaid with an inverted tracing in orange of the right-hand elder in Fig.3.
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21. Detail of Fig.3, showing Susanna’s raised foot with pentiment and early drawing line visible in the white drapery.
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22. Bathsheba at her bath, attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1640– 45. Oil on canvas, 288 by 228 cm. (Private collection).
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23. Detail of a design for a painted vertical panel with grotesque ornament, by Inigo Jones, showing Henrietta Maria’s cipher. 1630s. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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24. Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel for the Queen’s House, Greenwich, by Inigo Jones. c.1637. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 19.3 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Institute of British Architects, London).
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25. Detail of Fig.10, showing carbon-based markings to denote positioning.
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26. X-radiograph of Fig.7, showing the hooded reserve left for the elders (showing dark) against the sky, similar in technique and handling to the early reserve left for the elders and visible in Fig.9.
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27. X-radiograph of Fig.14, showing the broad sweeping contour around the shoulder to lay in David’s form and echoing in style and technique the preliminary placing of Susanna’s outline as seen in Fig.9.
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28. Detail of Fig.13, showing the grid-like craquelure resulting from the relatively open weave of the canvas substrate.
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29. Detail of Fig.3, showing the wider craquelure resulting from the finer-woven canvas.
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3. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1638–39. Oil on canvas, 188.9 by 143.2 cm. (after structural treatment to remove non-original additions). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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30. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the area to the right of Susanna’s lower foot.
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31. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from the right edge in the elder’s green brocade .
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32. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the left side of the sky; the warm red preparatory layer is absent from this sample but it shows the lower pale brown preliminary layer that was used under much of the sky area, followed by a bright blue layer containing indigo and lead white. The discoloured smalt layer lies above this.
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33. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the sky area above the elder’s head.
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34. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from a shadow area of Susanna’s hip with some reflected light, showing the thick preparatory layer containing red ochre, followed by the darker brown underpaint for the flesh tones, and finally the bright, densely encrusted aggregates of lead-tin-antinomy yellow near the top.
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4. Detail of the reverse of Fig.3, showing ‘CR’ brand.
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5. The Queen’s Bedchamber, Kensington Palace, by Richard Cattermole. c.1818. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 20.2 by 26.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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6. Photograph of the painting illustrated in Fig.3, from the inventory ‘Pictures in the Royal Collections’, by Richard Redgrave (29th May 1862). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Library, Royal Collection Trust).
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7. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1610. Oil on canvas, 170 by 119 cm. (Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden; Scala, Florence).
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8. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1622. Oil on canvas, 162.5 by 121.9 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. X-radiography of Fig.3.
Book Review
In Italien Karriere machen: Der flämische Maler Michele Desubleo zwischen Rom, Bologna und Venedig (ca.1624–1664)
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 806–807
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Osnabrugge, Marije (Osnabrugge, Marije)
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In Italien Karriere machen: Der flämische Maler Michele Desubleo zwischen Rom, Bologna und Venedig (ca.1624–1664) By Stefania Girometti. 466 pp. incl. 63 col.+ 53 b. & w. ills. (arthistoricum.net, Heidelberg, 2022), €64.90 ISBN 978–3–98501–045–5. | :
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4. Martyrdom of St Lawrence, by Michele Desubleo. Early 1640s. Oil on canvas, 250 by 140 cm. (Private collection).
Article
Jan van Belcamp in London: new documents and perspectives
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 558-567
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Author:
Davies, Justin (Davies, Justin)
Author:
Innes-Mulraine, James (Innes-Mulraine, James)
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1. Detail of Fig.6, showing the figures painted by Jan van Belcamp.
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2. Anne of Denmark and a groom, by Paul van Somer. 1617. Oil on canvas, 265.5 by 209 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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3. Anne of Denmark, by Jan van Belcamp after Paul van Somer. 1630–39. Oil on canvas, 247.2 by 144.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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4. Henrietta Maria, by an unknown artist, the background by Hendrik van Steenwyck. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 215.9 cm by 135.2 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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5. Louis XIII, by Jan van Belcamp, 1636. Oil on canvas, 201.6 by 122.6 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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6. A view of Greenwich with Charles I and Henrietta Maria among a group of courtiers, by Adriaen van Stalbemt and Jan van Belcamp. c.1632. Oil on canvas, 83.5 by 107 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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7. Henrietta Maria, by Jan van Belcamp and Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger. 1637. Oil on panel, 51 by 44.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden).
Exhibition Review
Baroque Brilliance: Drawings and Prints by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 288-290
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Reviewer:
Bätschmann, Oskar (Bätschmann, Oskar)
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Baroque Brilliance: Drawings and Prints by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Kunsthaus Zurich 10th December 2021– 6th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
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5. Sacred and profane love, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. c.1635. Brush drawing, brown and red-brown oil paint with red and blue-grey touches, 21.6 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Collection / HM Queen Elizabeth II; exh. Kunsthaus Zurich).
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6. The genius of Castiglione, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Before 1648. Etching, 37 by 24.9 cm. (Cabinet cantonal des estampes, collection de l’Etat de Vaud – Musée Jenisch Vevey; exh. Kunsthaus Zurich).
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7. Annunciation to the shepherds, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. 1650– 55. Monotype, 37.2 by 24.6 cm. (Albertina, Vienna; exh. Kunsthaus Zurich).
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8. Presumed self-portrait, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Late 1640s. Etching, 18.8 by 13.8 cm. (Cabinet cantonal des estampes, collection de l’Etat de Vaud – Musée Jenisch Vevey; exh. Kunsthaus Zurich).
Article
Anthony van Dyck in London: newly discovered documents
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 254-259
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Author:
Davies, Justin (Davies, Justin)
Author:
Innes-Mulraine, James (Innes-Mulraine, James)
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1. Anne, Countess of Middlesex, by the studio of Anthony van Dyck. c.1636. Oil on canvas, 217 by 131 cm. (National Trust, Knole, on loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate; National Trust Images).
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2. Portrait of a lady, here identified as Lady Herbert, probably Margaret Smith, Mrs Thomas Carey, Lady Herbert, attributed to Remigius van Leemput. c.1640–70. Oil on panel, 39.4 by 31.2 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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3. A lady called Mary Boleyn, Lady Stafford, attributed to Remigius van Leemput. c.1640–70. Oil on panel, 39.4 by 31.2 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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4. Sir Kenelm Digby, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 117.2 by 91.7 cm. (National Portrait Gallery © National Portrait Gallery, London).
Short Notice
New information about Jacques Jordaens’s portraits of Johannes I Wierts and his wife
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 155-157
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Author:
Cauteren, Katharina van (Cauteren, Katharina van)
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10. Detail of Fig.7.
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7. Johannes I Wierts, by Jacques Jordaens. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 134.5 by 108.5 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Fondation Corboud, Cologne).
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8. Susanna Walewijns, by Jacques Jordaens. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 134.5 by 108.5 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Fondation Corboud, Cologne).
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9. Detail of Antverpia, constructionis eius primordia et incrementa, showing Stoofstraat at the bottom centre of the map, printed by Pieter II Verbiest. c.1662. Engraving, 49 by 67.5 cm. (City Archive, Antwerp).
Short Notice
A ‘St Sebastian’ by Karel Philips Spierinck
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 595-598
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Author:
Beccari, Matteo (Beccari, Matteo)
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10. Detail of the reverse of Fig.4, showing the mark of the picture restorer John Jones.
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4. Martyrdom of St Sebastian, by Karel Philips Spierinck. Oil on canvas, 157.4 by 121.8 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Hagar and the angel, by Karel Philips Spierinck. c.1630–38. Oil on canvas, 145.5 by 170 cm. (Neues Palais, Potsdam; © Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens Berlin–Brandenburg; photograph Wolfgang Pfauder).
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6. Martyrdom of St Andrew, by François Duquesnoy. c.1633–40. Marble, height 468 cm. (St Peter’s, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Bacchus, Silenus and Pan, by Karel Philips Spierinck. Oil on canvas, 113.6 by 124.4 cm. (Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire).
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8. Arcadian shepherds, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1638–40. Oil on canvas, 85 by 121 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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9. Jupiter and Callisto, by Karel Philips Spierinck. Oil on canvas, 134.6 by 177.8 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Article
Fruit of love: Van Dyck’s ‘James Stuart, Duke of Richmond’ in the Louvre and its afterlife
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 492-501
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Author:
Sanzsalazar, Jahel (Sanzsalazar, Jahel)
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1. James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and future 1st Duke of Richmond, by Anthony van Dyck. Here dated to 1637. Oil on canvas, 107 by 84 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN Grand-Palais, Paris).
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10. The quince, by Pierre Eskrich, from Emblemes d’Alciat, Lyon 1549. Engraving, 19 by 13 cm. (Biblioth que national de France, Paris).
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11. Mary Villiers, Lady Herbert of Shurland, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1636– 37. Oil on canvas, 101 by 83.8 cm. (Timken Museum of Art, San Diego).
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12. James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and future 1st Duke of Richmond, attributed to Auguste Renoir after Anthony van Dyck. Oil on canvas, 116 by 89 cm. (Private collection).
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13. James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and future 1st Duke of Richmond, by Thomas Couture after Anthony van Dyck. Pencil on paper, 9.1 by 12.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, album RF 9106, fol.33; RMN Grand-Palais, Paris).
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14. Self-portrait in a white shirt, by Henri Fantin-Latour. 1859. Oil on canvas, 101 by 83.5 cm. (Musée de Grenoble).
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2. James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and future 1st Duke of Richmond, by Anthony van Dyck. Here dated before 1637. Oil on canvas, 99.7 by 160 cm. (Kenwood House, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and future 1st Duke of Richmond, by Anthony van Dyck. Here dated after 1637. Oil on canvas, 215.9 by 127.6 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4–6, left to right, details of Figs 1, 2 and 3, showing the face of James Stuart.
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7. James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and future 1st Duke of Richmond, after Anthony van Dyck. After 1637. Oil on canvas, diameter 59.8 cm. (Location unknown).
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8. James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and future 1st Duke of Richmond, by the studio of Anthony van Dyck. After 1637. Oil on canvas, 101.5 by 75 cm. (Private collection, formerly at Ickworth House, Suffolk;   RKD; Courtesy Sotheby's, New York).
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9. James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and future 1st Duke of Richmond, after Anthony van Dyck. After 1637. Oil on canvas, 101.5 by 81 cm. (Antony House, Cornwall;   National Trust Images).
Article
A ‘David and Goliath’ by Artemisia Gentileschi rediscovered
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 188-195
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Author:
Chaplin, Tracey (Chaplin, Tracey)
Author:
Gillespie, Simon (Gillespie, Simon)
Author:
Papi, Gianni (Papi, Gianni)
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Illustrations
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1. David with the head of Goliath, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1639. Oil on canvas, 202 by 137 cm. (Private collection).
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10. X-radiograph of Fig.1. 2019. (Courtesy AAR and Simon Gillespie Studio).
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11. Fig.1 shown before treatment. 2018.
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12. Infra-red photograph of Fig.1. 2019. (Courtesy AAR and Simon Gillespie Studio).
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13–16. Details of Fig.1, photographed in raking light to show the incisions on (clockwise from top left) David’s heel; David’s left foot; David’s right hand; and David’s neck. (Courtesy Simon Gillespie Studio).
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17–20. Cross-section of a paint sample from David’s waistcoat photographed at x200 magnification, fragmented into an upper part, showing evidence of red lake, angular blue/grey smalt, lead white and ochre, shown in reflected white light (top left); and UV light (top right); and a lower part, showing evidence of blue smalt grains from the overlying paint layer, shown in reflected white light (bottom left); and UV light (bottom right). (Courtesy Tracey D. Chaplin).
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2. Detail of Birth of St John the Baptist, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1635–36. Oil on canvas, 184 by 258 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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21. Artemisia Gentileschi’s signature as it was discovered during cleaning. (Courtesy Simon Gillespie Studio).
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22. Detail of a false colour rendering of Fig.1, showing Artemisia’s signature on David’s sword. (Courtesy Simon Gillespie Studio).
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23. Detail of an infra-red photograph of Fig.1, showing Artemisia’s signature on David’s sword. (Courtesy AAR and Simon Gillespie Studio).
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3. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1626–30. Oil on canvas, 93 by 74.5 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini, Rome)
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4. David with the head of Goliath, by Domenico Fetti. 1614–15. Oil on canvas, 160 by 112 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing David’s face.
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6. Detail of Esther before Ahasuerus, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1627–28. Oil on canvas, 208.3 by 273.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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7. Bathsheba, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1635–40. Oil on canvas, 265 by 219 cm. (Formerly Gosford House, East Lothian).
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8. Allegory of painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1639. Oil on canvas, 98.6 by 75.2 cm. (Hampton Court Palace, Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
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9. Black-and-white photograph of Fig.1. 1975. (Courtesy Sotheby’s, London).
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