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Book Review
The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork. By Paul Williamson
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 974-975
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Reviewer:
Dectot, Xavier (Dectot, Xavier)
Subjects
artists:
Buglioni, Benedetto / Ferrucci, Andrea di Piero / Morel, Jacques / Riemenschneider, Tilman
dates:
0200-0299 / 0300-0399 / 0400-0499 / 0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Sculpture / Wood sculpture / Stone / Marbles / Alabaster carvings / Metalwork / Reliefs
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Europe
subjects:
Collections, Private / Catalogues / Attribution / Dating / Identification / Provenance / Patronage / Commissions / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Radiocarbon dating / Art market / Medieval / Early medieval / Late medieval / Byzantine art / Baroque / Rococo / Boxwood / Porphyry / Busts / Sarcophagi / Polychromy / Aquamanilia / Copper
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Head of an apocalyptic elder. Western French (Parthenay), c.1160, with restorations. Limestone, height 31.5 cm. (Wyvern Collection).
Exhibition Review
Sir Richard Wallace: The Collector. The Wallace Collection, London
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 858-860
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Dircksz., Adam / Prieur, Barthélemy / Xanto Avelli, Francesco / Desgoffe, Blaise Alexandre, 1830-1901 / Tissot, James / Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest
artists:
Pomarano, Francesco / Wilborn, Nicolaus
collectors and dealers:
Wallace, Richard, Sir, 1818-1890 / Seymour-Conway, Richard, Fourth Marquess of Hertford, 1800-1870 / Rothschild, Ferdinand
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Bronzes / Ivories / Enamels / Maiolica / Glassware / Metalwork / Medals / Armour / Weapons / Silverwork / Jewellery / Gold / Porcelain
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Collecting / Collections, Public / Gifts / Bequests / French painting / Carvings / Venetian glass / Boxwood / Goblets / Christian iconography / Birds / Animals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Objects of ancient art in the collection of Sir Richard Wallace, by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe. Canvas, 99.5 by 150 cm. (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe; exh. the Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
14. An ostrich, by Elias Zorer. Augsburg, c.1600. Silver, with gilding, height 42 cm. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Trophy head. Asante Kingdom, eighteenth or nineteenth century. Gold, height 20 cm. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Exhibition Review
Gothic boxwood miniatures. Toronto, New York and Amsterdam
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 663-664
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Reviewer:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada / The Cloisters, New York, United States
places:
United States / Toronto / New York / Netherlands / Canada / Amsterdam
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Wood sculpture / Carvings / Boxwood / Gothic (Medieval)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. Prayer nut, by Adam Dircksz. c.1500-30 (Kunstkammer, Copenhagen; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Western art unattributed:
74. Initial P with the Legend of St Philip, by an anonymous sculptor. c.1500-before 1506 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Western art unattributed:
75. St George and the dragon, by an anonymous sculptor. c.1520 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Article
Hans Wydyz the Elder
07/1907 | 52 | 11
Pages: 212-213+216-219+221
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Author:
Burckhardt, Rudolf F. (Burckhardt, Rudolf F.; Burckhardt, R. F.)
Subjects
artists:
Weiditz, Hans I
dates:
1500-1549
museums and institutions:
Historisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland
places:
Germany / Switzerland / Basel
subjects:
Sculpture / Adam and Eve / Wooden
subjects:
Attributions / Formal analysis / Iconography
subjects:
German sculpture
subjects:
Wood sculpture / Boxwood
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate I. Adam and Eve. Boxwood, about 6 Inches High in the Historisches Museum, Basel. Hans Wydyz the Elder
Attributed works:
Plate I. Eve: Side View. about 6 Inches High in the Historisches Museum, Basel. Hans Wydyz the Elder
Attributed works:
Plate II. The Adoration. A. D. 1505. Wood, Half Life-Size in the Cathedral, Freiburg in Breisgau. Hans Wydyz the Elder
Attributed works:
Plate II. The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Boxwood, about 7¼ Inches High in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin. Hans Wydyz the Elder
Attributed works:
Plate III. Christ Blessing. Wood, Half Life Size in the Cathedral, Freiburg in Breisgau. Hans Wydyz the Elder
Attributed works:
Plate III. Christ Crucified. Boxwood, 8 Inches High in the Historisches Museum, Basel. Hans Wydyz the Elder
Article
Italian Boxwood Carvings of the Early Sixteenth Century
05/1904 | 14 | 5
Pages: 179-181+183-185+187+189
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Author:
Bode, Wilhelm von (Bode, Wilhelm von; Bode, W.; Bode, Wilhelm)
Author:
Schneider, Augusta von (Schneider, Augusta von)
Subjects
artists:
Sant'Agata, Francesco da
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Padua
subjects:
Renaissance / Sculpture / Boxwood / Goldsmithing / Hercules / Sebastian, Saint
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Boxwood Figure of Hercules, by Francesco da Sant Agata; In the Wallace Collection
Attributed works:
Boxwood Figure of St. Sebastian, Probably by Francesco da Sant Agata; In the Berlin Museum
Attributed works:
St. John Baptist's Head on a Charger; Pearwood Relief by Francesco di Giuliano; In the Berlin Museum
Western art unattributed:
Boxwood Figure of St. Sebastian; In the Berlin Museum
Western art unattributed:
Bronze Figure of Hercules; In the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford
Western art unattributed:
Bronze Figure of St. Sebastian; In the Collection of Mr. Pierpont Morgan
Western art unattributed:
The Story of Daphne; Walnut-Wood Relief in the Collection of M. Rodolphe Kann