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Letter
A Classical source for Michelangelo’s Florence ‘Pietà’
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 112–113
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Author:
Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo / Piranesi, Giovanni Battista / and workshop
dates:
1550-1559
subjects:
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Mary, Virgin: Pietà / Italian sculpture / Classical / Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Studies from the Antique with rams’ heads, barbarian trophies and figures of Victory, by the workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. c.1755–65. Red and black chalk on paper, 46.7 by 37.4 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Pietà, by Michelangelo. 1553. Marble, height 277 cm. (Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing a fallen Amazon supported by a companion in a Phrygian cap.
Attributed works:
4. Mould-made pottery lamp decorated with an Amazon assisting a fallen comrade, here reproduced in reverse. Roman (Italy), c.40–75. Terracotta, 10.4 by 8.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Vesperbilder in Bayern von 1380 bis 1430 zwischen Import und einheimischer Produktion. By Ludmila Kvapilová
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 689-691
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Reviewer:
Weniger, Matthias (Weniger, Matthias)
Subjects
dates:
1390-1399 / 1400-1449
media:
Sculpture
places:
Prague / Regensburg / Bavaria
subjects:
Mary, Virgin: Pietà
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subjects:
Vesperbilder in Bayern von 1380 bis 1430 zwischen Import und einheimischer Produktion By Ludmila Kvapilová. 400 pp. incl. 294 col. + 85 b. & w. ills. (Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2017), | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Pietà at Pfettrach near Freising, Prague. c.1390. Limestone, 76 by 79 cm. (Photograph Matthias Weniger).
Exhibition Review
Bermejo: The 15th-century Rebel Genius
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 324-326
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Reviewer:
Jennings, Nicola (Jennings, Nicola)
Subjects
artists:
Bermejo, Bartolomé
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain / Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain / National Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Valencia / Córdoba
subjects:
Spanish art / Flemish School / Religious art / Oil painting (technique) / Christian iconography / Triptychs / Mary, Virgin: Pietà
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. St Michael triumphant over the Devil with the donor Antoni Joan, by Bartolomé Bermejo. 1468. Panel, 179.7 by 81.9 cm. (National Gallery, London; exh. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona).
Attributed works:
6. Triptych of the Virgin of Monterrat, by Bartolomé Bermejo. Panel, 156.5 by 100.5 (central panel); 156.5 by 50.2 (side panels). (Cattedrale Nostra Signora Assunta, Acqui Terme; exh. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona).
Attributed works:
7. Desplà Pietà, by Bartolomé Bermejo. Panel, 175 by 189 cm. (Museo de la Catedral, Barcelona; exh. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona).
Article
‘Una Pieta chon molte figure’: Sandro Botticelli’s altarpiece for the Florentine church of S. Paolino
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 521-529
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Author:
Röstel, Alexander (Röstel, Alexander )
Subjects
artists:
Botticelli, Sandro
buildings:
San Paolino, Florence, Italy
dates:
1480-1489 / 1490-1499
museums and institutions:
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
places:
Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Collections, Public / Altarpieces / Mary, Virgin: Pietà / Acquisitions / Inventories / Patronage / Documents
subjects:
Florentine
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Pietà, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1489-94 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Attributed works:
3. Triptych of The Crucifixion with the Virgin and St Francis; St John the Baptist and St Mary Magdalene (the Valori altarpiece), by Filippino Lippi. c.1497-1500 (Main panel formerly Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin, destroyed; wings Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence)
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4. Hypothetical reconstruction of the high altarpiece of S. Paolino based on the interpretation of Giovanni di Domenico's inventory and comparative examples (Reconstruction by the author; illustration by Matilde Grimaldi)
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5. Triptych of The Sudarium borne by angels; Christ and the woman of Samaria; Noli me tangere, by the Master of the St Ursula Legend (central panel) and Filippino Lippi (wings). c.1490 (Seminario Patriarcale, Pinacoteca Manfrediana, Venice)
Attributed works:
6. Pair of altarpiece wings of the Archangel Gabriel and Virgin Annunciate, by Sandro Botticelli, c.1490-1500 (Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow)
Attributed works:
7. Pietà, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1495-1500 (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan)
Western art unattributed:
2. Masini coat of arms, from Raccolta Ceramelli Papiani, fasc.3075 (Archivio di Stato, Florence)
Book Review
Giovanni Bellini. La nascita della pittura devozionale ­umanistica, Gli studi, E. Daffra, ed.
12/2014 | 1341 | 156
Pages: 819-820
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Reviewer:
Barcham, William L. (Barcham, William L.)
Subjects
artists:
Bellini, Giovanni
dates:
2010-2019 / 1460-1469 / 1470-1479
museums and institutions:
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Devotional images / Exhibitions / Mary, Virgin: Pietà
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Pietà, or Dead Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John, by Giovanni Bellini (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan)
Attributed works:
30. Pietà with Sts Mark and Nicholas, by Giovanni Bellini (Palazzo Ducale, Venice)
Article
William Dyce’s ‘Lamentation over the dead Christ’ — a new discovery
12/2014 | 1341 | 156
Pages: 811-816
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Author:
Collier, Carly (Collier, Carly)
Subjects
artists:
Dyce, William
dates:
1840-1849
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen, Great Britain
subjects:
Scottish painting / Collections, Public / Jesus Christ: Lamentation / Dating / Provenance / British painting / Commissions
subjects:
Identification / Jesus Christ: Deposition / Mary, Virgin: Pietà / Studies (visual works) / Drawings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Lamentation over the dead Christ, by William Dyce (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Collection, Aberdeen)
Attributed works:
25. Lamentation, by James Stirling Dyce(?) after William Dyce (Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
26. Study for a female figure in The Entombment, by William Dyce (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
27. Study for Man of Sorrows, by William Dyce (Reproduced by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral; photograph copyright of Jeremy W. Warren)
Publication Received
Bramantino: la Pietà Artara Ritrovata. Contributo al Percorso e alla Cronologia del Pittore Lombardo [and: Appropriating Antiquity/Saisir l'Antique: Collections et collectionneurs d'antiques en Belgique et en Grande-Bretagne au XIXe siècle (Lucernae Novantiquae 2, Etudes d'Archéologie classique de l'Université libre de Bruxelles)]
04/2006 | 1237 | 148
Pages: 284
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Reviewer:
Robertson, Charles (Robertson, Charles)
Reviewer:
Sweetman, John (Sweetman, John; Sweetman, J. E.)
Subjects
artists:
Bramantino
dates:
1500-1519
dates:
1800-1899
places:
Great Britain / Belgium
print:
Bramantino
private galleries:
Galerie G. Sarti, Paris, France
subjects:
Italian painting / Mary, Virgin: Pietà
subjects:
Collecting / Collectors / Collections / Antiquarianism
subjects:
Antiquities
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bramantino: la Pietà Artara Ritrovata. Contributo al Percorso e alla Cronologia del Pittore Lombardo | author: Marani, Pietro C.
Book Review
The Pieta in French Late Gothic Sculpture: Regional Variations
12/1998 | 1149 | 140
Pages: 834-835
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Author:
Lindley, Phillip (Lindley, Phillip)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1499
places:
France
subjects:
French sculpture / Gothic (Medieval)
subjects:
Mary, Virgin: Pietà
subjects:
Christian iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Pieta in French Late Gothic Sculpture: Regional Variations | author: Forsyth, William H.
Article
Bronzino's Uffizi 'Pietà' and the Cambi Chapel in S. Trinita, Florence
02/1997 | 1127 | 139
Pages: 94-102
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Author:
Waldman, Louis Alexander (Waldman, Louis Alexander; Waldman, Louis; Waldman, Louis A.)
Subjects
artists:
Bronzino, Agnolo
buildings:
Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy
dates:
1500-1599
museums and institutions:
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
places:
Florence / Italy
subjects:
Italian painting
subjects:
Mary, Virgin: Pietà
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Pietà with St Mary Magdalen, by Agnolo Bronzino. 1529. Panel, 115 by 110 cm. (Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
17. Pietà, by Pietro Perugino. c.1494. Panel, 168 by 176 cm. (Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
18. Plan of S. Trinita, Showing the Placement of Bronzino's Pietà with St Mary Magdalen. (1) Original Location, 1529-52; (2) On the Pier Where Located by Vasari, Borghini and Niccolini, 1552-c.1647; (3) 'nel Pilastro alli Spin', Later Seventeenth Century; (4) On the Wall to the Right of the Sacristy, c.1740-?1810.
Attributed works:
20. Descent of Christ into Limbo (Zanchini Altar-Piece), by Agnolo Bronzino. 1552. Panel, 443 by 291 cm. (S. Croce, Florence).
Attributed works:
21. Mary Magdalen, by Desiderio da Settignano, Completed by Benedetto da Maiano. Willow-Wood, Pear-Wood, Cork and Gesso, Polychromed, 183 cm. High (Spini Chapel, S. Trinita, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
19. Crucifix. Florentine, c.1400. Polychromed Wood. (Gianfigliazzi Chapel, S. Trinita, Florence).
Publication Received
Sculpture of Compassion. The Pieta and the Beguines in the Southern Low Countries, c. 1300-1600
12/1996 | 1125 | 138
Pages: 836
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Reviewer:
Quiviger, François (Quiviger, François; Q., F.)
Subjects
subjects:
Mary, Virgin: Pietà
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subjects:
Sculpture of Compassion. The Pieta and the Beguines in the Southern Low Countries, c. 1300-1600 | author: Ziegler, Joanna E.
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