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A drawing by Michelangelo for the ‘Worship of the Brazen Serpent’
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 220-25
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Author:
Joannides, Paul (Joannides, Paul; J., P.; Joannides, P. E. A.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
collectors and dealers:
Robinson, J.C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913 / Hall, Chambers (1786–1855) / Mond, Robert (1867–1938)
dates:
1500-1519
subjects:
Drawings / Nudes / Anatomy / Provenance
subjects:
Italian drawing
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The backing sheet of Fig.2, showing the collector’s stamps of Chambers Hall (bottom left) and Robert Mond (centre), and the inscription by J.C. Robinson.
Attributed works:
10. Study for an ignudo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, by Michelangelo. c.1511. Red chalk with white highlights and lead pen on paper, 27.9 by 21.4 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).
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2. Study for a figure in the Worship of the Brazen Serpent, by Michelangelo. Probably 1512. Red chalk on paper, 15.7 by 19.3 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the partial watermark.
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4. Detail of the backing sheet of Fig.2, showing the watermark.
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5. Detail of Fig.2, rotated 90 degrees clockwise and showing folds in the sheet caused by excessive paste.
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6. Worship of the Brazen Serpent, by Michelangelo. Fresco. 1508–12. (Sistine Chapel, Vatican; The Picture Art Collection; Alamy Stock Photo).
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7. Study for Adam in the Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo. 1511. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 19.3 by 25.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing the irregular shapes on the figure’s left thigh.
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the orientation lines at the bottom right of the sheet.
Article
A dish from the Cantagalli workshop in the British Museum
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 816-823
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Author:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
art literature:
Robinson, J.C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913 / Franks, Augustus Wollaston / Fortnum, Charles Drury
artists:
Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel / Beaumont, Adalbert de / Delacroix, Eugène / Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton / De Morgan, William / Vollon, Antoine
collectors and dealers:
Wallace, Richard, Sir, 1818-1890 / Stibbert, Frederick / Schwiter, Baron Louis-Auguste / Nieuwerkerke, Alfred Emilien
dates:
1850-1899 / 2010-2019
media:
Maiolica / Ceramics / Drawings / Watercolours / Interiors
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain / Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain / Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France / Musée national de céramique, Sévres, France / Bethnal Green Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Italy / Florence / Turkey / Iznik
subjects:
Damascus Pottery (Iznik) / Cantagalli manufactory, Florence, Italy / Workshops (Organisations) / Plates / Dishes / Colour / Ornament / Pigments / Glazes / Fatimid pottery syles / Valencian / Mamluk / Islamic / Ottoman / Orientalism / Pottery / Decorative arts / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Gifts / Bequests / Art museums / Catalogues / Provenance / Visual sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Iznik-style dish, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. c.1890–95. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 41 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Reverse of the dish illustrated in Fig.1, showing the cockerel mark for the Cantagalli workshop.
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3. Iznik-style dish with scalloped edge and floral sprays, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. c.1899. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 39 cm. (Stibbert Museum, Florence).
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5. Iznik-style vase, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. 1883. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 57 cm. (Stibbert Museum, Florence).
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8. Curiosités, by Antoine Vollon. 1868. Canvas, 264 by 192 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. The sixteenth-century room at Hertford House, London, looking north, by J.J.Thomson. c.1890. Photograph. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Iznik rimless dish with flower sprays, Iznik, Ottoman Turkey. c.1550. Fritware painted in underglaze blues, green and mauve, diameter 33.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Iznik dish with peahen amid prunus branches, Iznik, Ottoman Turkey. c.1580–90. Fritware painted in underglaze blue, green and red, diameter 47.4 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Western art unattributed:
7. The comte de Nieuwerkerke’s collections in his private apartments in the Louvre, unknown photographer. c.1865. Stereoscopic glass negative. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Article
Obituaries and miscellaneous notes
05/1913 | 122 | 23
Pages: 119-121
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Subjects
art literature:
Robinson, J.C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913
art literature:
Hertz, Henriette, 1846-1913
artists:
Raphael
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Chinese / Sculpture / Acquisitions
subjects:
Obituaries / Art historians
subjects:
Italian painting / Attributions
subjects:
Chinese sculpture
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Two Chinese Marble Statues Recently Presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum. (A) Front and Back Views of a Civil Mandarin in Corean Costume Bearing a Scroll. (B) A Similar Mandarin Bearing a Casket.
Article
An 'Esmail D'Arragon'
03/1906 | 36 | 8
Pages: 421-423+425-426
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Author:
Put, Albert van de (Put, Albert van de; P., A. V. de; Put, A. van de; P., A. V. D.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Robinson, J.C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1349
places:
Spain / Aragon (region)
subjects:
Enamels / Decorative arts / Provenance / Descriptions / Heraldry / Aristocracy / Insignias / Robert d'Anjou, King of Naples
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
French Aquamanile of the Latter Half of the Thirteenth Century; In the Carrand Collection, National Museum, Florence from a Photograph by Alinari
Western art unattributed:
Shield Enamelled with the Arms of Blanche of Anjou, Consort (1295-1310) of James II, King of Aragon; In the Collection of Sir J C Robinson C B.