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The Italian Renaissance altarpiece

04/2022 | 1429 | 164

Pages: 380-385

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Author:

Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)

Subjects

artists:

Lotto, Lorenzo / Santi di Tito

subjects:

Early Italian art / Renaissance art / Italian art / Altarpieces / Inscriptions / Signatures / Christian iconography / Sacra Conversazione / Theology / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Mary, Virgin: Immaculate Conception / Saints

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Mystic winepress, by Mainardi, called Il Chiaveghino. 1594. Oil on canvas, approx. 500 by 300 cm. (S. Agostino, Cremona; Bridgeman Images).

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2. Vision of St Thomas Aquinas, by Santi di Tito. 1593. Oil on panel. (S. Marco, Florence; Bridgeman Images).

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3. Marriage of the Virgin, by Rosso Fiorentino. 1538. Oil on panel, 325 by 250 cm. (S. Michele Visdomini, Florence; Bridgeman Images).

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4. Detail of Crucifixion, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1534. Oil on panel. (S. Maria della Pietà in Telusiano, Monte San Giusto, Macerata; Scala Archives).

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5. Madonna della Misericordia, by Fra Bartolommeo. 1515. Oil on panel, 407.5 by 262 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Lucca; Bridgeman Images).

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The Problem of the Ferry Carondelet Altar-Piece

07/1971 | 820 | 113

Pages: 362-371

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Author:

Borgo, Ludovico (Borgo, Ludovico)

Subjects

artists:

Bartolommeo, Fra

artists:

Albertinelli, Mariotto

dates:

1500-1519

museums and institutions:

Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany

patrons:

Carondelet, Ferry

places:

Italy / Florence

places:

France / Besançon

subjects:

Italian painting / Altarpieces

subjects:

Critical Reception / Patronage

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Attributions / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Preliminary drawings

subjects:

Sacra Conversazione

subjects:

Mary, Virgin

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Ferry Carondelet Altar-Piece, by Fra Bartolommeo and Albertinelli. Above, Fragments of the Altar-Piece, by Albertinelli. Panels (Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart). Below, the Main Part of the Altar-Piece, by Fra Bartolommeo. Panel, 260 by 230 cm. (Cathedral, Besançon.)

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10. Modello for the Ferry Carondelet Altar-Piece, by Fra Bartolommeo. Black Chalk, Heightened with Yellow, on Brownish Paper, 28.7 by 20.8 cm. (Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, M.192.)

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11. Modello for the Vision of St Bernard, by Fra Bartolommeo. Black Chalk, Heightened with White, on Brownish Paper, 23.3 by 21.4 cm. (Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, M.193.)

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12. Study for the Head of the Archangel Gabriel in the Annunciation, by Albertinelli. Black Chalk, Heightened with White, on White Paper, 23.2 by 19.4 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 4198.)

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13. Vision of St Bernard, by Pietro Perugino. Panel, 173 by 170 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich.)

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2. Marriage of St Catherine, by Fra Bartolommeo. Panel, 257 by 218 cm. (Accademia, Florence.)

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3. Annunciation, by Albertinelli. Panel, 335 by 230 cm. (Accademia, Florence.)

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4. Study for the Kneeling Virgin, by Albertinelli. Black Chalk, Heightened with White, on Brown, Tinted Paper, 20 by 20.5 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni, Galleria degli Uffizi, No.6819F.)

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5. Copy of the Ferry Carondelet Altar-Piece. Canvas Glued on Panel, 70 by 40 cm. (Collection Marquis de Terrier-Santans, Besançon, 1889.)

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6. Sketch for the Ferry Carondelet Altar-Piece, Here Attributed to Albertinelli. Black Chalk, Heightened with White, on White Paper, 25.6 by 20 cm. (Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, M. 181.)

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7. Modello for the Ferry Carondelet Altar-Piece, by Fra Bartolommeo. Black Chalk, Heightened with White, on Grey, Tinted Paper, 25.5 by 19.5 cm. (Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome, 127618.)

Attributed works:

8. Marriage of St Catherine, by Fra Bartolommeo. Panel, 257 by 218 cm. (Musée du Louvre.)

Attributed works:

9. Stigmatisation of St Catherine, by Domenico Beccafumi. Panel, 208 by 156 cm. (Pinacoteca, Siena.)

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Masaccio's Pisa Altar-Piece: An Alternative Reconstruction

09/1966 | 762 | 108

Pages: 446+449-455+457

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Author:

Shearman, John (Shearman, John)

Subjects

artists:

Masaccio

dates:

1400-1449

places:

Italy / Pisa / Florence

subjects:

Italian painting / Altarpieces / Reconstructions

subjects:

Mary, Virgin / Saints

subjects:

Sacra Conversazione

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Madonna from the Pisa Altar-Piece, by Masaccio. (National Gallery, London.) Reproduced by Permission of the Trustees.

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2. St Paul from the Pisa Altar-Piece by Masaccio. (Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa.)

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3. Back View of Masaccio's Madonna Panel, Fig.1. By Permission of the Trustees of the National Gallery.

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4. Triptych from San Giovenale a Cascia, by Masaccio. (Soprintendenza alle Gallerie, Florence.)

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5. Madonna, Saints and Donors, from the Circle of Agnolo Gaddi. (Galleria, Parma.)

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6. Madonna, Saints and Angels, by Taddeo di Bartolo. (San Michele in Borgo, Pisa.)

Attributed works:

7. Reconstruction of Central Section of Masaccio's Pisa Altar-Piece. (N. B. This Diagram Is Intended Only to Demonstrate Points of Spatial Design, Lighting and Construction Discussed in the Text; It Is Necessary for This Purpose to Give Form to the Figures, But It Is Not Intended to Imply That Masaccio's - No Trace of Which Survives - Resembled These).

Attributed works:

A. Reconstruction of Central Section of Masaccio's Pisa Altar-Piece.

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Rubens's First Bozzetto for Sta. Maria in Vallicella

10/1964 | 739 | 106

Pages: 440+442-451

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Müller Hofstede, Justus (Müller Hofstede, Justus; Hofstede, Justus Müller)

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Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy

dates:

1600-1649

museums and institutions:

Maurus, Saint / Papianus, Saint

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Flemish painting / Oil sketches

subjects:

Saints / Sacra Conversazione

subjects:

Gregory the Great, Saint / Domitilla, Saint

subjects:

Formal analysis / Composition (artistic arrangement)

subjects:

Altarpieces / Iconography / Drawings

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. SS. Gregory, Domitilla, Maurus and Papianus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Canvas, 148 by 118 cm. (Private Collection, Switzerland.)

Attributed works:

10. I sei Santi, by Niccolò Boldrini after Titian. Woodcut. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.)

Attributed works:

11. SS. Gregory, Maurus and Papianus, Domitilla, Nereus and Achilleus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Brush and Brown Ink over Black Chalk, 73.5 by 43.5 cm. (Musée Fabre, Montpellier.)

Attributed works:

12. St Domitilla, by Peter Paul Rubens. Oil on Paper Mounted on Panel, 75 by 56 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo.)

Attributed works:

13. SS. Gregory, Maurus and Papianus, Domitilla, Nereus and Achilleus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Panel, 61.5 by 46.5 cm. (Collection Count Seilern, London.)

Attributed works:

14. SS. Gregory, Domitilla, Maurus and Papianus, Nereus and Achilleus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Canvas, 474 by 286 cm. (Musée de Peintre et de Sculpture, Grenoble.)

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2. Detail from Bozzetto Reproduced in Fig.1, Showing Head of St Gregory.

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3. Detail from Bozzetto Reproduced in Fig.1, Showing Head of St Domitilla.

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4. SS. Gregory, Domitilla, Maurus and Papianus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Canvas, 146 by 119 cm. (In the Care of the Oberfinanzdirektion, Munich.)

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5. Cardinal Baronius in His 'Studiolo', by Philipp Galle after Francesco Villamena. 1602-3. Engraving. (Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam.)

Attributed works:

6. SS. Gregory, Maurus and Papianus, Domitilla and Petronilla (?), by Peter Paul Rubens. Pen and Brown Ink, 21 by 37 cm. (Burchard Collection, London.)

Attributed works:

7. St Domitilla, by Peter Paul Rubens. Brush and Pen with Brown Ink, 47 by 31.5 cm. (Burchard Collection, London.)

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8. Detail from Engraving Reproduced in Fig.5, Showing Devotional Picture on Cardinal Baronius's Desk.

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9. SS. Gregory, Maurus, Papianus and an Unknown Legionary, Domitilla, Nereus and Achilleus, by J.-B. de Wit, after Peter Paul Rubens. Etching (Reproduced in Reverse.) (Albertina, Vienna.)

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A Drawing by Lotto in the Louvre

11/1952 | 596 | 94

Pages: 325-328

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Author:

Pouncey, Philip (Pouncey, Philip; Pouncey, P. M. R.)

Subjects

artists:

Lotto, Lorenzo

dates:

1500-1549

museums and institutions:

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

places:

Italy

subjects:

Italian painting / Drawings

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Attributions

subjects:

Sacra Conversazione / Mary, Virgin / Anthony, Saint

Illustrations

Attributed works:

23. Holy Family and Angels, by Lorenzo Lotto. Drawn with Point of the Brush, with Brown Wash, 17.7 by 14.7 cm. (British Museum.)

Attributed works:

25. An Ecclesiastic in His Study, by Lorenzo Lotto. Drawn with Point of the Brush, with Brown Wash, 16.5 by 19.9 cm. (British Museum.)

Attributed works:

26. Sacra Conversazione. Here attributed to Lorenzo Lotto. Drawn with Point of the Brush, with Brown wash and White Heightening, 16.8 by 20 cm. (Louvre.)

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A New Bellinesque Picture

08/1932 | 353 | 61

Pages: 61-63

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Waterhouse, Ellis K. (Waterhouse, Ellis K.; Waterhouse, Ellis Kirkham; Waterhouse, E. K.; W., E. K.; Waterhouse, Ellis)

Subjects

artists:

Bellini, Giovanni

artists:

Previtali, Andrea

dates:

1490-1499 / 1500-1509

places:

Italy / Venice

subjects:

Italian painting / Attributions / Mary, Virgin

subjects:

Sacra Conversazione

Illustrations

Attributed works:

A-Madonna and Child with Four Saints. School of Giovanni Bellini. Panel, 80.5 by 116.5 cm. (Private Collection; At Present Lent to the Birmingham Art Gallery). A New Bellinesque Picture

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B-Madonna and Child with Two Saints (Detail of St. John) by Giovanni Bellini (Accademia, Venice). A New Bellinesque Picture

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C-The Marriage of St. Catherine (Detail of St. John) by Andrea Previtali (National Gallery, London). A New Bellinesque Picture

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D-Madonna and Child (Detail) (Institute of Arts, Detroit). A New Bellinesque Picture

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An Unpublished Signorelli in an English Private Collection

07/1925 | 268 | 47

Pages: 2-3

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Author:

Dussler, Luitpold (Dussler, Luitpold; Dussler, L.)

Subjects

artists:

Signorelli, Luca

collectors and dealers:

Lindsay, David, Earl of Crawford, 1871-1940

dates:

1500-1519

places:

Italy / England

subjects:

Italian painting / Collections, Private / Mary, Virgin / Saints / Sacra Conversazione

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels, by Signorelli. Panel, 1.54 m. by 1.33 m. (The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres)

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Drawings by Palma Vecchio

10/1923 | 247 | 43

Pages: 168-169+172-173

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Hadeln, Detlev, Baron von (Hadeln, Detlev, Baron von; Hadeln, Detlev Frhr. v.; Hadeln, Detlev Frhr. von; Hadeln, Detlev Baron von; Detlev, Baron von Hadeln; Hadeln, Baron von; Hadeln, Detlev Freiherr von; Hadeln, D. v.; H., D. V.; Hadeln, Detlev von; Detley, Baron von Hadeln)

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artists:

Palma, Jacopo, il vecchio, ca. 1479-1528

artists:

Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio Licinio)

dates:

1500-1599

places:

Italy / Venice

subjects:

Italian painting / Drawings / Attributions

subjects:

Sacra Conversazione

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Plate I. A-Sacra Conversazione, Here Identified as by Palma Vecchio. Pen and Ink Drawing, 18.1 cm. by 21.5 cm. (British Museum). Drawings by Palma Vecchio

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Plate I. B-Madonna, Child and Saints, here Identified as by Palma Vecchio. Pen and Ink Drawing, 19.5 cm. by 12.6 cm. (Taylor Museum, Haarlem). Drawings by Palma Vecchio

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Plate II. C-Madonna and Child, Here Ascribed to Palma Vecchio. Drawing in Red Chalk, 14 cm. by 11.8 cm. (Mr. H. Oppenheimer). Drawings by Palma Vecchio

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Plate II. D-Woman's Head, by Palma Vecchio. Drawing in Black Chalk on Blue Paper, 22.2 cm. by 16 cm. (Louvre). Drawings by Palma Vecchio

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Roger van der Weyden-II

01/1913 | 118 | 22

Pages: 230-233

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Author:

Wauters, A. J. (Wauters, A. J.)

Subjects

artists:

Weyden, Rogier van der

dates:

1400-1449

patrons:

Medici family

places:

Italy / Netherlands / Florence / Louvain

subjects:

Attributions / Altarpieces / Mary, Virgin / Saints / Sacra Conversazione / Iconography / Patronage

subjects:

Netherlandish painting / Commissions

subjects:

Universities / Medicine

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Figures (1) City of Florence; (2) Van der Weyden's Picture, in the Staedel Institute; (3) Family of Gheylensone of Louvain.

Attributed works:

The Madonna and Child with ss. Peter, John the Baptist, Cosmas and Damian. By Roger van der Weyden. Städelsches Kunst-Institut Frankkfurt A/M. Roger van der Weyden-II

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A Sacra Conversazione in the Hermitage

01/1911 | 94 | 18

Pages: 209-211

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Author:

Borenius, Tancred (Borenius, Tancred; B., T.; Borenius, Dr.; Borenius, T.)

Subjects

artists:

Previtali, Andrea

artists:

Carpaccio, Vittore

dates:

1480-1519

museums and institutions:

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

places:

Italy / Russia / Saint Petersburg / Venice

subjects:

Italian painting / Attributions / Connoisseurship / Formal analysis

subjects:

Mary, Virgin / Saints / Sacra Conversazione

Illustrations

Attributed works:

(A) Madonna and Child with a Kneeling Donor. Previtali National Gallery. A 'Sacra Conversazione' in the Hermitage

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(B) Detail of the Holy Family with Two Donors and Their Patrons. Previtall Imperial Gallery, Vienna. A 'Sacra Conversazione' in the Hermitage

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(D) The Madonna and Child with Two Donors, Here Ascribed to Previtall The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. A 'Sacra Conversazione' in the Hermitage

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