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Editorial
The British Museum
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 931
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Subjects
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Fischer, Hartwig / Osborne, George / Stolen works of art / Repatriation / sponsorship / Funding / Restitution / Museum directors
Book Review
Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes Dividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 823-825
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Nigeria / Asia
styles:
Benin (ancient Nigerian style)
subjects:
Looting / Colonialism / Stolen works of art / Ethnology / Museums / Collections / Military art and science
subjects:
Restitution
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire Edited by Henrietta Lidchi and Stuart Allan. 344 pp. incl. 31 b. & w. ills. (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2020), £85. ISBN 978–1–5261–3920–7. | :
subjects:
Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes By Barnaby Phillips. 416 pp. incl. 15 col. + 26 b. & w. ills. (Oneworld Publications, London, 2021), £10.99. ISBN 978–0–86154–313–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Trophy head. Kumasi, Ghana, 18th or 19th century. Gold, height 20 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Article
The provenance and fate of ‘Queen Elizabeth’s Book of Prayers’
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 682-684
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Author:
Aslet, William (Aslet, William)
Subjects
artists:
Hilliard, Nicholas
patrons:
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
subjects:
Lost works / Provenance / Facsimiles / Copies / Prayer books / Stolen works of art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. François Hercule, duc d’Anjou, after Nicholas Hilliard. Coloured autotype. (From F. Chamberlin: The Sayings of Queen Elizabeth, London 1923).
Attributed works:
2. Queen Elizabeth I, after Nicholas Hilliard. Coloured autotype. (From F. Chamberlin: The Sayings of Queen Elizabeth, London 1923).
Attributed works:
3. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1579. (From Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book [. . .], Southwood 1893; British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1579. (From Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book [. . .], Southwood 1893; British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
Editorial
Ukraine’s cultural casualties
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 639-640
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Author:
Akinsha, Konstantin (Akinsha, Konstantin)
Subjects
places:
Ukraine
subjects:
War / Violence / Stolen works of art / Visual culture / Unesco / Architecture / Collections, Public / Art museums / Museums
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Palace of Labour, Kharkiv, designed by Ippolit Pretro and completed in 1916, which has largely been destroyed in the Russian bombardment of the city. (Photograph Stanislav Ostrous).
Short Notice
A lost portrait by F.G. Stephens
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 598-601
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Author:
Wilkes, Robert (Wilkes, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Stephens, Frederick George / Hunt, William Holman
dates:
1850-1859
museums and institutions:
Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Bridger, Charles
subjects:
British art / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / Portraiture / Stolen works of art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Charles Bridger, by Frederic George Stephens. 1855. Oil on canvas, approx. 12 by 8.2 cm. (Photograph Tate Archives).
Attributed works:
12. Dorothy Mary Stephens (The artist’s stepmother), by Frederic George Stephens. c.1852. Oil on canvas, approx. 52 by 38 cm. (Repr. in J.B. Manson: Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, London 1920, pl.4).
Attributed works:
13. Septimus Stephens (The artist’s father), by Frederic George Stephens. 1852–53. Oil on canvas, approx. 52 by 38 cm. (Repr. in J.B. Manson: Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, London 1920, pl.3).
Attributed works:
14. The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The eve of St Agnes), by William Holman Hunt. 1848. Oil on canvas, 75 by 113 cm. (Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London Corporation; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
15. John Key, by William Holman Hunt. c.1846– 47. Oil on canvas, 35.6 by 30.5 cm. (Tate).
Attributed works:
16. Dorothy Mary Stephens, by Frederic George Stephens. c.1850–52. Graphite on paper, 19.4 by 17.5 cm. (Tate).
Article
The Art of Conservation XV. The conservation history of the Ghent Altarpiece
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 754-765
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Author:
Dubois, Hélène (Dubois, Hélène)
Subjects
art literature:
Friedländer, Max J. / Coremans, Paul B. / Schryver, Antoine de / Marijnissen, R.-H. / Heere, Lucas de / Mander, Karel van, I, 1548-1606 / Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794-1868 / Bode, Wilhelm von / Puyvelde, Leo van / Hulin de Loo, Georges / Vanderveken, Jef / Gettens, R. J. / Stout, George L. / Asperen de Boer, J. R. J. van / Spronk, Ron
art literature:
Vaernewijck, Marcus van / Hauser, Aloïs, the younger / Grevenstein, Anne van
artists:
Eyck, Jan van / Eyck, Hubert van / Blondeel, Lancelot / Scorel, Jan van / Coxie, Michiel, I, 1499-1592 / Coxie, Raphael / Bruyn, Jan Baptist de / Heuvel, Anton van den / Schlesinger, Johann / Schinkel, Karl Friedrich / Lagye, Victor / Bouts, Dieric
collectors and dealers:
Nieuwenhuys, L.J. / Solly, Edward
dates:
1400-1499 / 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Displays / Radiographs / Infrared photography
museums and institutions:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels, Belgium / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany / Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium / Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium / International Council of Museums (ICOM)
museums and institutions:
Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, United States
patrons:
Vijd, Joos / Borluut, Elisabeth / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
places:
Netherlands / Belgium / Brussels / Ghent / France / Paris / Germany / Berlin
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Conservation / Restoration (process) / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Provenance / Iconoclasm / Damage to works of art / Stolen works of art / Alterations / Altarpieces / Panel paintings / Polyptychs / Collecting / Patronage / Retables / Feasts / Religious ceremonies / Glazes / Varnish / Pigments / Colour / Commissions / Archives / Style / Council of Trent (1545-1563) / Calvinism / Revolution (France: 1789-1799) / Restitution / Repatriation / Polychromy / Copies / World War (1914-1918) / World War (1939-1945) / Nazism / Exhibitions / Curators / Art historians / Conservators / Restorers / Science
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown open, 375 by 514 cm. Before restora- tion. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
Attributed works:
2. Diagram showing the extent of mid-sixteenth century overpaint on the outside wings of the polyptych. (©KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.4, showing Joos Vijd’s right eye after varnish removal. The pink scumbles around the eyes, which cover the original eyelashes, are typical of the mid-sixteenth-century overpainting campaign. (©KIKIRPA, Brussels).
Attributed works:
4. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown closed, 375 by 257 cm. Photographed after restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.4, showing Elisabeth Borluut’s drapery before the removal of varnish and overpaint. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent).
Attributed works:
6. Fig.5 after the removal of overpaint and restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
Attributed works:
7. The Virgin Annunciate and Angel musicians (recto and verso of the same panel), by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Photographs taken in Berlin before the restoration of 1894. Original hinges are present on the left side of the frame of the Virgin’s panel. Metal reinforcements were added to the extremities of the crossbar. Later, wrought metal hinged braces were attached by large screws fitted through the frame and visible on the front of the Angels panel. (Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg).
Attributed works:
8. The prophet Micah, detail of Fig.4, shown in the frame designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel with a hatch covering the inscription beneath the prophet. Photograph, before 1878. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, M.J. Friedländer Archive, The Hague).
Attributed works:
9. The Ghent Altarpiece as installed in the Vijd chapel between 1865 and 1920. It comprises Eyckian central panels, Lagye’s fur-clothed Adam and Eve and Coxcie’s copies of the other shutters. Photograph, c.1910–13. (© Stadsarchief, Ghent).
Western art unattributed:
10. Jef Van der Veken in his studio in Brussels. Photograph, before 1929. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, Jef Van der Veken Archive, The Hague).
Western art unattributed:
11. Albert Philipott applies wax to the surface of Eve in order to consolidate the paint layers. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Western art unattributed:
12. Albert Philipott removes the overpainted clouds around the dove in The Adoration of the Lamb. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Publication Received
The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Property: Saving the World’s Heritage. By Laurie Rush and Luisa Benedettini Millington.
01/2017 | 1366 | 159
Pages: 53
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Reviewer:
Versari, Maria Elena (Versari, Maria Elena)
Subjects
places:
Italy
subjects:
Cultural property / Stolen works of art / Security / Forgeries / Repatriation
Publication Received
The Lost Museum: The Berlin Painting and Sculpture Collections 70 Years after World War II. Edited by Julien Chapuis and Stephan Kemperdick for the Skulpturensammlung and the Gemäldegalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
11/2016 | 1364 | 158
Pages: 912
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Reviewer:
Waterfield, Giles (Waterfield, Giles)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany / Bodemuseum, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Lost works / Damage to works of art / Collections, Public / Exhibition catalogues / German / World War (1939-1945) / Stolen works of art
subjects:
Exhibitions / Cultural property
Article
Fascist spoils: gifts to Mussolini
06/2015 | 1347 | 157
Pages: 407-413
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Author:
Versari, Maria Elena (Versari, Maria Elena)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Mussolini, Benito
dates:
1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949
subjects:
Fascism / Politics / Propaganda / Collections, Private / Art objects / Stolen works of art / World War (1939-1945) / Italian
subjects:
Inventories / Lost works / Gifts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Antonietta (Sophia Loren) and Gabriele (Marcello Mastroianni) in a scene from Una Giornata Particolare, by Ettore Scola. 1977.
Attributed works:
37. Embroidered portrait of Mussolini, by Maria Puccini Pucci (Archivio di Stato, Forlì)
Attributed works:
38. Photographic portrait of Mussolini, by Amerigo Petitti, autographed and dated by Mussolini, 18th May 1931 (Courtesy MyMilitaria.it)
Western art unattributed:
31. The Rocca delle Caminate. c.1927 (Biblioteca Comunale di Forlì, Raccolte Piancastelli)
Western art unattributed:
32. A British soldier inspects a painting in the Rocca delle Caminate. About November 1944 (Imperial War Museum, London)
Western art unattributed:
33. The room of Fascist memorabilia in the Rocca delle Caminate. c.1933-40. (Biblioteca Comunale di Forlì, Archivio Fotografico)
Western art unattributed:
34. Interior of the Casa d'Arte Tato in Bologna; on the wall the painting The March on Rome, by Tato (Guglielmo Sansoni). c.1924. Photograph (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
Western art unattributed:
35. Envelope of the letter accompanying Chiang Kai-shek's gift of the Yuan Shikai vases to Mussolini (Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Rome)
Western art unattributed:
36. 'Are you crying out for patriotism with your arms crossed? You scoundrel!', poster in the album donated to Mussolini by the Istituto di Propaganda Italiana, c.1925 (Archivio di Stato, Forlì)
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