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Article
Friendship tokens: Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s paintings for Madame de Pompadour
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 438–449
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Delaney, John K. (Delaney, John K.)
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Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
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Swicklik, Michael (Swicklik, Michael)
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1. Simplicity, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1759. Oil on canvas, 71.1 by 59.7 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Detail and IRR detail of Fig.4.
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11. Detail and IRR detail of Fig.4.
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12. Detail and IRR detail of Fig.4.
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13. Detail of the Livret of the Salon of 1761, illustrated and annotated by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, p.25. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris).
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14. Details of Figs.1 and 2.
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15. Detail and IRR detail of Fig.2.
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16. Detail and IRR detail of Fig.2.
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17. Detail and IRR detail of Fig.2.
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18. Detail and IRR detail of Fig.2.
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19. Carlos Fernando FitzJames-Stuart, Marquess of Jamaica, by François-Hubert Drouais. 1765. Oil on canvas, 72.4 by 60.3 cm. (Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama).
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2. Simplicity, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Oil on canvas, 71.12 by 58.42 cm. (Sudeley Castle, Cheltenham).
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20. Portrait of Madeleine Barberie de Courteilles, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1759. Oil on canvas, 77.4 by 63 cm. (Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum, Braunschweig).
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21. Pompadour at her toilette, by François Boucher. 1750. Oil on canvas, 81.2 by 64.9 cm. (Harvard Art Museums, Fogg Museum; Bridgeman Images).
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22. The school mistress, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. c.1765. Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush with black and brown ink washes on paper, 33 by 44.4 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Young shepherd holding a flower, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1761. Oil on canvas, 72.5 by 59.5 cm. (Petit Palais-Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris).
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4. Hyperspectral false colour image of Fig.1.
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5. The Pink Drawing Room, Basildon Park. c.1909. Photograph. (National Trust).
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6. Detail and IRR detail of Fig.1.
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7. Detail and hyperspectral false colour image of Fig.1.
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8. Detail and hyperspectral false colour of Fig.1.
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9. Detail and hyperspectral false colour of Fig.1.
Article
A portrait of an unknown woman by Titian
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 212–17
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Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
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Joannides, Paul (Joannides, Paul; J., P.; Joannides, P. E. A.)
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1. Portrait of a woman in a green dress, by Titian. c.1550–55(?). Oil on canvas, 86 by 70.4 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Detail of the back of the canvas of Fig.1.
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3. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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4. Portrait of a woman, by Paolo Veronese. c.1555. Oil on canvas, 106 by 87 cm. (Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai; photograph Hugo Maertens).
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5. Portrait of a woman. Venice. c.1555(?). Oil on canvas, 101 by 77 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Béziers).
Article
Artemisia Gentileschi’s ‘Susanna and the elders’ painted for Henrietta Maria
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1053–73
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Izat, Adelaide (Izat, Adelaide)
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Munz, Niko (Munz, Niko)
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1. The painting illustrated in Fig.3, before conservation treatment and prior to structural treatment to remove non-original additions.
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10. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.1, showing former non-original canvas extension.
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing a pinnacle or water-jet and possible part of a wall.
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12. Detail of Fig.10, showing a scroll-like form above the satyr’s head.
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13. Birth of St John the Baptist, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 184 by 258 cm. (© NPL - DeA Picture Library; G. Dagli Orti; Bridgeman Images; Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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14. David and Goliath, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1610–12. Oil on canvas, 173 by 142 cm. (Palazzo Spada, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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15–17: Details of Fig.8 outlined in orange, overlaid with the corresponding lines in green from Fig.3 in three positions: (Fig.15) showing the match around the shoulder and back with the orange dots following where the Royal Collection pentiment lines up with Susanna’s back in the Burghley House painting; (Fig.16) shifted to show the match of the shoulder, arm and hand; and (Fig.17) lining up the Royal Collection knee tracing over the visible pentiment (shown with green dashed lines) of Susanna’s knee in the Burghley House painting.
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18. Detail of Fig.19 outlined in blue overlaid with a tracing in orange from Fig.3.
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19. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1627–30?. Oil on canvas, 90 by 75.4 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; photograph © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638–39?. Oil on canvas, 96.8 by 75.2 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. Detail of Fig.13, showing the midwife outlined in green, overlaid with an inverted tracing in orange of the right-hand elder in Fig.3.
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21. Detail of Fig.3, showing Susanna’s raised foot with pentiment and early drawing line visible in the white drapery.
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22. Bathsheba at her bath, attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1640– 45. Oil on canvas, 288 by 228 cm. (Private collection).
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23. Detail of a design for a painted vertical panel with grotesque ornament, by Inigo Jones, showing Henrietta Maria’s cipher. 1630s. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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24. Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel for the Queen’s House, Greenwich, by Inigo Jones. c.1637. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 19.3 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Institute of British Architects, London).
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25. Detail of Fig.10, showing carbon-based markings to denote positioning.
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26. X-radiograph of Fig.7, showing the hooded reserve left for the elders (showing dark) against the sky, similar in technique and handling to the early reserve left for the elders and visible in Fig.9.
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27. X-radiograph of Fig.14, showing the broad sweeping contour around the shoulder to lay in David’s form and echoing in style and technique the preliminary placing of Susanna’s outline as seen in Fig.9.
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28. Detail of Fig.13, showing the grid-like craquelure resulting from the relatively open weave of the canvas substrate.
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29. Detail of Fig.3, showing the wider craquelure resulting from the finer-woven canvas.
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3. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1638–39. Oil on canvas, 188.9 by 143.2 cm. (after structural treatment to remove non-original additions). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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30. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the area to the right of Susanna’s lower foot.
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31. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from the right edge in the elder’s green brocade .
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32. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the left side of the sky; the warm red preparatory layer is absent from this sample but it shows the lower pale brown preliminary layer that was used under much of the sky area, followed by a bright blue layer containing indigo and lead white. The discoloured smalt layer lies above this.
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33. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the sky area above the elder’s head.
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34. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from a shadow area of Susanna’s hip with some reflected light, showing the thick preparatory layer containing red ochre, followed by the darker brown underpaint for the flesh tones, and finally the bright, densely encrusted aggregates of lead-tin-antinomy yellow near the top.
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4. Detail of the reverse of Fig.3, showing ‘CR’ brand.
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5. The Queen’s Bedchamber, Kensington Palace, by Richard Cattermole. c.1818. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 20.2 by 26.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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6. Photograph of the painting illustrated in Fig.3, from the inventory ‘Pictures in the Royal Collections’, by Richard Redgrave (29th May 1862). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Library, Royal Collection Trust).
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7. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1610. Oil on canvas, 170 by 119 cm. (Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden; Scala, Florence).
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8. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1622. Oil on canvas, 162.5 by 121.9 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. X-radiography of Fig.3.
Article
Leonardo’s speaking picture: the ‘Salvator Mundi’ redivivus
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1162-1171
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Farago, Claire (Farago, Claire)
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing Christ’s left hand holding the orb.
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2. Christ as Salvator Mundi (Cook/Saudi version), attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, photographed in its restored state, 5th October 2017. After 1507. Oil on walnut panel, 65.5 by 45.1–45.6 cm. (Collection Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; courtesy Salvator Mundi LLC).
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3. Study of drapery for a Salvator Mundi, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1504– 08. Red chalk with touches of white chalk and pen on pale red prepared paper, 22 by 13.9 cm. (Royal Collection / Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Studies of draperies for a Salvator Mundi, by Leonardo da Vinci and workshop. c.1504–08. Red chalk with pen and ink and white heightening on pale red prepared paper, 16.4 by 15.8 cm. (Royal Collection / Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Christ as Salvator Mundi, by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci. 1650. Etching, 25.5 by 17.9. cm. (Royal Collection / Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Christ as Salvator Mundi (Cook/Saudi version), attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, photographed in its cleaned state, 2005. After 1507. Oil on walnut panel, 65.5 by 45.1–45.6 cm. (Collection Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; courtesy Salvator Mundi LLC).
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7. The Cook/Saudi Salvator Mundi, photographed by William Edward Gray when in the Cook Collection, before 1913. (Witt Library, London).
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8. Detail from Portrait of Sublet de Noyers, frontispiece to Roland Fréart de Chambray: Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la modern, Paris 1650. Engraving by George Tournier after Charles Errard. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; courtesy Getty Open Content Program).
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing Christ’s right hand.
Western art unattributed:
1. Christ Pantocrator carrying the Gospel of John, central apse mosaic in Cefalù Cathedral. Completed before 1170. (© NPL - DeA Picture Library; photograph A. De Gregorio; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Poussin’s ‘Triumph of Silenus’ rediscovered
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 408-415
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Whitlum-Cooper, Francesca (Whitlum-Cooper, Francesca)
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1. The Triumph of Bacchus, by Nicolas Poussin. 1635–36. Oil on canvas, 127.97 by 151.77 cm. (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City).
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing dancing figures.
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2. The Triumph of Silenus, by Nicolas Poussin, photographed in 2020 after cleaning in 2019–20. 1635–36. Oil on canvas, 142.9 by 120.5 cm. (National Gallery, London.)
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3. The Triumph of Pan, by Nicolas Poussin. 1636. Oil on canvas, 135.9 by 146 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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4. The Triumph of Silenus, by Nicolas Poussin, photographed before its cleaning in 2019–20. 1635–36. Oil on canvas, 142.9 by 120.5 cm. (National Gallery, London.)
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5. Detail of Fig.2, showing Silenus.
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6. Detail of Fig.3, showing a woman astride a goat.
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7. Detail of Fig.1, showing a satyr astride a goat.
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8. The nurture of Jupiter, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1636–37. Oil on canvas, 96.5 by 121 cm. (Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing goats.
Short Notice
A newly discovered painting of Adam and Eve by Pontormo
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 779-781
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Franklin, David (Franklin, David)
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5. Adam and Eve after the Fall of Man, by Jacopo Carucci, called Il Pontormo. c.1518. Oil on canvas, 46 by 35.5 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Joseph with Jacob in Egypt, by Jacopo Carucci, called Il Pontormo. c.1518. Oil on panel, 96.5 by 109.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Letter
Another Pentimento in Constable's 'Leaping Horse'
05/1992 | 1070 | 134
Pages: 311
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Author:
Parkinson, Ronald (Parkinson, Ronald; Parkinson, R. D.)
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Young, Peter (Young, Peter)
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36. The Leaping Horse, by John Constable. 1824-25. 129.4 by 188 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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37. X-Radiograph of the Detail Marked on Fig.36. [The Leaping Horse, by John Constable. 1824-25. 129.4 by 188 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).]
Article
Notes on Radiographs of Five Paintings by Poussin
07/1960 | 688 | 102
Pages: 302+304-308
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Rees Jones, Stephen (Rees Jones, Stephen; Jones, Stephen Rees)
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11. X-Ray of Fragment of Worship of the Golden Calf, by Nicolas Poussin. (Collection David Liddell.)
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12. X-Ray of Part of Flight into Egypt, by Nicolas Poussin. (Collection Lawrence Gowing.)
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13. X-Ray of Part of The Entry into Jerusalem, by Nicolas Poussin. (Musée de Nancy.)
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14. X-Ray of Part of Triumph of David, by Nicolas Poussin. (Alleyn's College of God's Gift, Dulwich.)
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15. X-Ray of Part of Triumph of David, by Nicolas Poussin. (Alleyn's College of God's Gift, Dulwich.) Scale: Two Thirds Actual Size.
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16. X-Ray of Part of Hercules between Vice and Virtue, by Nicolas Poussin. (National Trust, Stourhead.)
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17. X-Ray of Part of Confirmation, by Nicolas Poussin. (Collection Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle.)
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18. Mosaic of X-Rays of Triumph of David, by Nicolas Poussin. (Alleyn's College of God's Gift, Dulwich.)
Article
New Light on Watteau's 'Les Plaisirs du Bal'
07/1953 | 604 | 95
Pages: 238+240-243
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Watson, F. J. B. (Watson, F. J. B.; Watson, Francis John Bagott; W., F. J. B.; Watson, Mr.; Watson, F.J.B.; Watson, Francis)
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11. Le Bal, by Hieronymous Janssens. Signed and Dated 1658. Canvas, 115 by 170 cm. (Museum, Lille.)
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12. Les Plaisirs du Bal, by Antoine Watteau. (Picture Gallery, Dulwich College.) Composite reproduction of radiographs made by the Scientific Department of the Courtauld Institute.
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B. Schematic Drawing, Showing Underpainting Revealed by Composite Radiograph Reproduced in Fig. 12. The Dotted Lines Follow the Architecture of the Finished Painting.
Article
How a Dutch Picture Was Painted
12/1906 | 45 | 10
Pages: 140+144-147+149-151+153-154
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Martin, W. (Martin, W.)
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Plate I. Portrait of a Lady, by Abraham van Den Tempel. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. How a Dutch Picture Was Painted
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Plate II. Scene in a Studio, by Jan Miense Molenaer, in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin. How a Dutch Picture Was Painted
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Plate II. Scene in a Studio, by Joos van Craesbeeck, in the Collection of the Duke of Arenberg. How a Dutch Picture Was Painted
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The Procuress by Jan ver Meer of Delft in the Royal Gallery, Dresden. Emery Walker Ph. Sc.