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Article
New perspectives on Gérard Douffet in Italy and Malta
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 128-139
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Gash, John (Gash, John)
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1. Pope Nicholas V visiting the tomb of St Francis, by Gérard Douffet. c.1627. Oil on canvas, 404 by 347 cm. (Staatsgalerie, Neuburg an der Donau).
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10. St John the Baptist with a ram, by Caravaggio. 1602. Oil on canvas, 129 by 95 cm. (Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome).
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11. Death of Hyacinth, copy (?) after Gérard Douffet. 1620s. Oil on canvas, 131 by 96.5 cm. (Private collection).
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12. St Roch and St Carlo Borromeo interceding with the Virgin on behalf of the plague-stricken, by Gérard Douffet (or/and Bertholet Flémal?). c.1620. Oil on canvas, 240 by 172 cm. (Sainte-Véronique, Liège; © KIKIRPA, Brussels).
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13. Detail of Fig.12, showing a dead mother and her child.
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14. Penitent Mary Magdalene, here attributed to Gérard Douffet, c.1627. Oil on canvas, 144 by 102 cm. (Schaezlerpalais, Augsburg).
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2. St Helena discovering the True Cross, by Gérard Douffet. 1624. Oil on canvas, 309 by 367 cm. (Staatsgalerie, Neuburg an der Donau).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing a man with ringlets looking up.
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4. Christ appearing to St James the Great, by Gérard Douffet. 1633–34. Oil on canvas, 227 by 169 cm. (Schloss Schleissheim, Munich).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing the free-floating strands of hair on Christ’s head.
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6. Taking of Christ, here attributed to Gérard Douffet (and Valentin de Boulogne?). c.1618–20. Oil on canvas, 147 by 194 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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7. St Paul killing the serpent on Malta, here attributed to Gérard Douffet (and assistants?). c.1621–23. Oil on canvas, 163.5 by 220.5 cm. (Private collection).
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8. Death of Hyacinth, here attributed to Gérard Douffet. c.1618–24. Oil on canvas, 132 by 91.2 cm. (Musée Thomas Henry, Cherbourg).
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9. The choice of Hercules, by Bartolomeo Manfredi or his circle (Gérard Douffet?). c.1616–22. Oil on canvas, 104.1 by 146.7 cm. (Fondation Albert Vandervelden, Ferrières).
Article
Sicilian silver in Malta: an eighteenth-century ciborium in Mdina
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 42-49
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Cruciata, Roberta (Cruciata, Roberta)
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1. Ciborium, by Decio Furnò. 1781–82. Silver, gilded silver and velvet, 69 by 66 cm. (Cathedral Museum, Mdina; photograph Mario Mintoff).
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10. Detail of Fig.1, showing the cartouche with the coat of arms of the Arezzo family.
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11. Tombstone of Fra’ Corrado Arezzo e Zacco. Sicilian(?), after 1782. Polychrome marble, 228 by 107 cm. (Co-Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Valletta; © St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the cherubim’s heads and other decorative elements.
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3. Cartouche nouveau, by Pierre-Edme Babel. Mid-eighteenth century. Engraving, 20.5 by 16 cm. (Biblioteca centrale della Regione siciliana ‘Alberto Bombace’, Palermo, with the kind permission of the Assessorato regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the mark of Syracuse (an eagle in profile), the consul’s mark, NSC81, and the maker’s mark, DF.
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the consul’s mark, NSC81, and the maker’s mark, DF.
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6. Detail of Fig.1, the mark of Syracuse (an eagle in profile) and the consul’s mark, GACH82.
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7. Detail of Fig.1, showing the consul’s mark, NSC81, and the maker’s mark, DF.
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8. Detail of Fig.1, showing the interior of the ciborium and the later taffeta lining.
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9. Ciborium and throne, by Decio Furnò. 1772–73. Silver, gilded silver, copper and velvet, height 175 by 100 by 55 cm. (S. Marco, Enna; photograph Rocco Lombardo).
Article
Caravaggio’s other ‘Judith and Holofernes’
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 716-731
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Gash, John (Gash, John)
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1. Detail of Fig.3, showing the heads of Abra, Judith and Holofernes.
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14. X-radiograph showing the head of Goliath in David with the head of Goliath, by Caravaggio, 1601/03. Oil on canvas, 110.4 by 91.3 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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15. Detail of Fig.3, showing the pommel of Judith’s sword. 16. Detail of Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Caravaggio, showing the executioner’s face. 1608. Oil on canvas, 520 by 360 cm. (Oratory of Saint John’s co-cathedral, Valletta; Bridgeman Images). 17. Detail of St Francis in meditation, by Caravaggio. c.1607–09. Oil on canvas, 128 by 90 cm. (Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Cremona; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Detail of Fig.3, showing the sheet. 19. Detail of Fig.3, showing Abra’s tassel and hand. 20. Detail of Fig.4, showing Christ’s loincloth.
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2. Judith beheading Holofernes, after Caravaggio. c.1607. Oil on canvas, 140 by 161 cm. (Collezione Banca Intesa Sanpaolo, Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples).
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21. Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt with his page, by Caravaggio. Probably 1607. Oil on canvas, 194 by 134 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Detail of Fig.3, showing the arms and upper body of Holofernes. 23. Detail of Flagellation of Christ, by Caravaggio. 1607. Oil on canvas, 286 by 213 cm. (S. Domenico Maggiore, Naples, on loan to the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples). 24. X-radiograph of the face of Holofernes in the painting illustrated in Fig.1, realigned vertically. 25. David with the head of Goliath, by Caravaggio. c.1606–07. Oil on poplar wood, 90.5 by 116.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Bridgeman Images).
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26. Right Detail of Fig.3, showing Judith’s cuff. 27. Detail of Seven works of mercy, by Caravaggio, showing Samson drinking from the jawbone of an ass and, far right, St Martin. 1606–07. Oil on canvas, 390 by 260 cm. (Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples; Bridgeman Images). 28. Detail of Seven works of mercy, by Caravaggio, showing Pero suckling her father. 1606–07. Oil on canvas, 390 by 260 cm. (Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
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29. Salome with the head of St John the Baptist, by Caravaggio. c.1607. Oil on canvas, 116 by 140 cm. (Palacio Real, Madrid; © Patrimonio Nacional).
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3. Judith beheading Holofernes, here attributed to Caravaggio and dated 1607. Oil on canvas, 144 by 173.5 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Flagellation of Christ, by Caravaggio. c.1607. Oil on canvas, 134 by 175 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen).
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5. Judith beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio. c.1602 or 1598/1600. Canvas, 145 by 195 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica; Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
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6. Detail of Fig.3, showing the bedcurtain.
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7. The toothpuller, by Caravaggio. 1608–10. Oil on canvas, 140 by 195 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Detail of Fig.3, showing Holofernes’s head.
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9. Detail of Fig.3, showing the faces of Abra and Judith. 10. X-radiograph of Fig.3, showing the faces of Abra and Judith. 11. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.3, showing the faces of Abra and Judith. 12. X-radiograph of Fig.3. 13. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.3.
Article
A Grand Master in miniature: Giovanni Bandini’s bust of Jean de Valette
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 196-205
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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
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1. Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Order of St John, here attributed to Giovanni Bandini. c.1565–68. Silver and gilt-bronze, height 23 cm. (Museum of the Order of St John, London).
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10. Oblique view of Fig.1
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2. Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Order of St John, by Donato Bertelli. c.1565. Engraving, 34 by 23 cm. (Museum of the Order of St John, London).
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3. Side view of Fig. 1.
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4. Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Order of St John, by Mario d’Aluigi. c.1566. Copper alloy, diameter 5.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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7. Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, by Giovanni Bandini. c.1572. Marble, height 83 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts).
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8. Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, by Giovanni Bandini. 1582. Marble, height 73.5 cm. (Villa del Poggio Imperiale, Florence).
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9. Grand Duke Ferdinando II de’ Medici, Grand Master of the Order of St Stephen, attributed to Francesco Fanelli. c.1627–30. Silver and gilt-bronze, height 21.5 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Pectoral cross, obverse and reverse, Italian, c.1565–68. Rock crystal and coppergilt, width 15 cm. (Museum of the Order of St John, London, inv. LDOSJ 1693).
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6. Two-handled vase with arms of Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Order of St John. c.1557–68. Tin-glazed earthenware, Faenza. 56.6 by 39.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, inv. C.10-1995).
Article
Caravaggio ‘Obbediente’
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 424-429
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Sciberras, Keith (Sciberras, Keith)
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12. Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, and his page boy, by Caravaggio. c.1608 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
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13. Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Caravaggio. 1608 (Oratory of the Decollato, St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta)
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14. Detail of Fig.13
Publication Received
Melchiorre Cafà insigne modellatore. La ‘Natività’, l’‘Adorazione dei pastori’ ed altre opere in cera
10/2011 | 1303 | 153
Pages: 682
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Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
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Melchiorre Cafà insigne modellatore. La ‘Natività’, l’‘Adorazione dei pastori’ ed altre opere in cera | author: Guido, Sante , author: Mantella, Giuseppe
Article
New documentation for the ‘Tenture des Indes’ tapestries in Malta
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 464-469
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Klatte, Gerlinde (Klatte, Gerlinde)
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34. Les pêcheurs (in Malta called The Indian hunter), by the workshop of Etienne Le Blond after designs by Albert Eckhout. 1708–10. Wool and silk, 470 by 359 cm. (Council Chamber, Grandmaster’s Palace, Valletta).
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35. Tupí-Indian with bow and arrows, by Albert Eckhout. 1643. Canvas, 272 by 143 cm. (Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen).
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36. L’Indien à cheval, by the workshop of Etienne Le Blond after designs by Albert Eckhout. 1708–10. Wool and silk, 470 by 430 cm. (Council Chamber, Grand­master’s Palace, Valletta).
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37. Grandmaster Ramón Perellos y Roccaful, by the workshop of Judocus de Vos, Brussels. Arrived at Malta in 1701. Wool and silk, 670 by 297 cm. (Museum of St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta).
Exhibition Review
Caravaggio and Caravaggism in Malta
03/2008 | 1260 | 150
Pages: 209-210
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Warwick, Genevieve (Warwick, Genevieve)
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Caravaggio and Paintings of Realism in Malta | institution: St John's Co-Cathedral
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Caravaggio: L’immagine del Divino | institution: Museo Pepoli
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63. Return from the flight into Egypt, by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo. c.1625. Canvas, 282 by 204.5 cm. (Jesuit Church, Valletta; exh. St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta)
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62. Cupid and a skeleton / Allegory of Faith. Anonymous seventeenth century (?Italian). Canvas, 144 by 150 cm. (Cathedral Museum, Mdina; exh. St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta)
Article
Caravaggio, the Confraternita della Misericordia and the original context of the Oratory of the Decollato in Valletta
11/2007 | 1256 | 149
Pages: 759-766
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Sciberras, Keith (Sciberras, Keith)
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15. The Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato. (St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).
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17. Detail of the coat of arms of the Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt on the frame of The beheading of St John the Baptist, by Caravaggio. (Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato, St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; Courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).
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19. Detail of a map of Valletta from Valletta Citta Nova di Malta, by Francesco Villamena after an engraving by Francesco dell’Antella. Reproduced in G. Bosio: Dell’istoria della Sacra Religione, Rome 1602, III, unpaginated.
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21. Flagellation of Christ, by Stefano Pieri. 1571. Canvas, 380 by 295 cm. (St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).
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16. Plan of St John’s Church and of the Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato.
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18. View of the oratory’s roof to the right of the church façade, recessed behind the Grand Prior’s residence.
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20. View of the oratory from the cemetery.
Book Review
Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Knights of Malta
12/2006 | 1245 | 148
Pages: 855-856
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Gash, John (Gash, John)
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Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Knights of Malta | author: Sciberras, Keith
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