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Book Review
Louis XV: passions d’un roi
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 508–510
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1759 / 1750-1779
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
subjects:
French art / French decorative art / Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 / Palaces / Taste (aesthetics) / Biographies / Libraries / Science / Theatre (discipline) / Architectural history / Furniture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Louis XV: passions d’un roi Edited by Yves Carlier and Hélène Delalex. 496 pp. incl. 458 col. + b. & w. ills. (In Fine Éditions d’Art, Paris, 2022), €49. ISBN 978–2–38203–076–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Floorplan of the telescope pavilion, château de la Muette. 1756. Pen, ink and red wash on paper. (Archives nationales, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Louis XV, by Arnaud Vincent de Montpetit. 1774. Oil on canvas, 74 by 61.2 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
Attributed works:
3. Project for the throne of Louis XV, by Sébastien- Antoine Slodtz and Paul-Ambroise Slodtz. 1752. Pen, ink and wash highlights over black pencil, 67.1 by 47.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Book Review
Peintures italiennes du XVIIIe siècle du musée du Louvre. By Stéphane Loire
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 259-260
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Reviewer:
Puglisi, Catherine R. (Puglisi, Catherine R.; Puglisi, Catherine)
Subjects
artists:
Guardi, Francesco / Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista
dates:
Seventeenth-century / Eighteenth-century art
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
patrons:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 / Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
subjects:
Italian painting / Acquisitions / Collecting / Patronage
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peintures italiennes du XVIIIe siècle du musée du Louvre. By Stéphane Loire | :
Article
Rubens’s ‘Rape of the Sabines’ and Van Dyck’s ‘Charity’: a failed purchase by Louis XV
08/2011 | 1301 | 153
Pages: 526-527
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Author:
Leclair, Anne (Leclair, Anne)
Subjects
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van
collectors and dealers:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1639 / 1640-1649
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
print:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
print:
Rubens, Peter Paul
print:
Dyck, Anthony van
subjects:
Flemish painting / Collections, Public / Acquisitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Charity, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1627–28. Panel, 148.2 by 107.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
15. The rape of the Sabine women, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1635–40. Panel, 169.9 by 236.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Article
The Chatsworth Vases, a gift from Louis XV in 1768 to Henri Léonard Jean-Baptiste Bertin
07/2010 | 1288 | 152
Pages: 461-463
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Author:
Gage, Deborah (Gage, Deborah)
Subjects
artists:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
dates:
1750-1799
museums and institutions:
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Great Britain
patrons:
Cavendish, William George Spencer, Sixth Duke of Devonshire, 1790-1858 / Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
print:
Sèvres porcelain
subjects:
Porcelain / Ceramics / Gifts / Collections, Private / Provenance / Techniques / Commissions
subjects:
French / Inventories
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Garniture de trois vases fond violet œuf montés (the Chatsworth Vases). Sèvres, 1768. Soft-paste porcelain, central vase 38.1 cm. high; side vases 27.3 cm. high. (Copyright Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees).
Attributed works:
16. Pair of trial cylin­drically shaped vases fond violet. Sèvres, c.1768. Soft-paste porcelain, 17 cm. high. (Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres).
Attributed works:
17. One of a pair of vases pot pourri Pompadour. Sèvres, c.1753. Soft-paste porcelain, 43 cm. high. (Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres).
Attributed works:
18. Pair of trial vases œuf fond violet. Sèvres, c.1768. Soft-paste porcelain, 22.2 cm. high (including mounts). (Private collection, USA).
Attributed works:
19. Garniture de trois vases fond violet œuf montés (the Machault d’Arnouville Vases). Sèvres, c.1768. Soft-paste porcelain, central vase 30.5 cm. high; side vases 27.3 cm. high. (Private collection).
Publication Received
Versailles: French Court Style and Its Influence
11/1994 | 1100 | 136
Pages: 779
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Reviewer:
Bull, Duncan (Bull, Duncan; B., D.)
Subjects
buildings:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
dates:
1600-1799
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
patrons:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
patrons:
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
places:
France / Versailles
subjects:
French painting / French / Architecture / Courts (social groups) / Patronage / Aristocracy
subjects:
Royalty
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Versailles: French Court Style and Its Influence | author: Collinson, H. C.
Article
The Apotheosis of Aeneas: A Lost Royal Boucher Rediscovered
12/1977 | 897 | 119
Pages: 828-831+833
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Author:
Fack, James (Fack, James)
Subjects
artists:
Boucher, François
artists:
Courtois, Pierre Francois
dates:
1740-1749
patrons:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
places:
Paris / France
subjects:
French painting / Lost works / Aeneas
subjects:
Provenance / Visual sources
subjects:
Formal analysis / Iconography
subjects:
Patronage
subjects:
Venus
subjects:
Prints / Engravings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. The Forge of Vulcan, by François Boucher. Signed and Dated 1747. Canvas (Oval), 94.5 by 127 cm. (Musée du Louvre).
Attributed works:
24. The Apotheosis of Aeneas, by François Boucher. Signed and Dated 1747. Canvas (Oval), 92 by 125 cm. (Private Collection, Massachusetts).
Attributed works:
25. Venus and Aeneas, by P. F. Courtois after Boucher. Engraving.
Attributed works:
26. The Apotheosis of Aeneas, by François Boucher. Grisaille Sketch on Paper (Oval), 22 by 31 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
27. The Forge of Vulcan. Studio Replica of the Painting Illustrated in Fig.23. (Sales, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1943, 1944).
Attributed works:
28. The Apotheosis of Aeneas. Studio Replica of the Painting Illustrated in Fig.24. (Sales, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1943, 1944).
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Louis XV Painting at Toledo, Chicago, Ottawa
03/1976 | 876 | 118
Pages: 181-183
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Reviewer:
Watson, F. J. B. (Watson, F. J. B.; Watson, Francis John Bagott; W., F. J. B.; Watson, Mr.; Watson, F.J.B.; Watson, Francis)
Subjects
dates:
1970-1979
museums and institutions:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
museums and institutions:
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, United States
patrons:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
places:
United States / Canada / Chicago / Ottawa
subjects:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
subjects:
French painting / Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
72. Sleeping Endymion, by Nicolas-Guy Brenet. Signed and Dated 1756. Canvas, 80.6 by 101.3 cm. (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester (Mass.); Exh. Toledo Museum of Art and Elsewhere).
Attributed works:
73. The Rape of Europa, by Noel-Nicolas Coypel. Signed and Dated 1727. Canvas, 129.5 by 171.5 cm. (Private Collection; Exh. Toledo Museum of Art and Elsewhere).
Attributed works:
74. Mgr. de Valras, Bishop of Mâcon, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Canvas, 114.8 by 144.9 cm. (Musée Municipal des Ursulines, Mâcon; Exh. Toledo Museum of Art and Elsewhere).
Attributed works:
75. The Death of St Scholastica, by Jean Restout. Signed and Dated 1730. Canvas, 337.8 by 212.5 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours; Exh. Toledo Museum of Art and Elsewhere).
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Louis XV - In Paris
03/1975 | 864 | 117
Pages: 188-190
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Reviewer:
Hoffmann, Edith (E. H.) (Hoffmann, Edith (E. H.); H., E.)
Subjects
dates:
1970-1979
museums and institutions:
Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Illustrations
Attributed works:
91. Crucifixion with Saints and Donor, by Barend van Orley. Panel, 140 by 130 cm. (H. G. Klein, Cologne).
Attributed works:
92. Serene Happiness, by Franz (Eduard F.) Meyerheim. Signed and Dated 1865. Canvas, 48.5 by 38.2 cm. (Galerie G. Paffrath, Düsseldorf).
Attributed works:
93. One of a Pair of Ice Buckets, Attributed to Thomas Germain. Silver; Height, 24.6 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
94. Cupboard, by Bernard II van Risamburgh. Stamped with Initials BVRB. Rosewood, Chinese Lacquer, Gilt Bronze; Height, 167.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre).
Short Notice
Rigaud's Portrait of Cardinal Dubois
11/1974 | 860 | 116
Pages: 667-669
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Author:
Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler (Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler; Lurie, Ann T.)
Subjects
artists:
Rigaud, Hyacinthe
dates:
1700-1749
places:
France
subjects:
French painting / Portraits
subjects:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
subjects:
Dubois, Guillaume, Cardinal, 1656-1723
subjects:
Documents / Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
46. Portrait of Cardinal Dubois, by Hyacinthe Rigaud. Signed and Dated 1723. Canvas, 146.7 by 113.7 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 67.17.)
Attributed works:
47. Detail of the Portrait Illustrated in Fig.46.
Attributed works:
48. Detail of the Portrait Illustrated in Fig.46.
Attributed works:
49. Portrait of Cardinal Dubois. Engraving after the Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud (Fig.46), by Claude Roy.
Short Notice
The Missing Coronation Portrait of Louis XV?
09/1974 | 858 | 116
Pages: 534-535+537
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Author:
Watson, F. J. B. (Watson, F. J. B.; Watson, Francis John Bagott; W., F. J. B.; Watson, Mr.; Watson, F.J.B.; Watson, Francis)
Subjects
artists:
Belle, Alexis Simon
dates:
1700-1749
patrons:
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
French painting / Inventories / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Portrait of Louis XV in Coronation Robes, by Alexis-Simon Belle. Inscribed and Dated 1724. Canvas, 335 by 183 cm. (Collection The Dowager Countess of Swinton.)
Western art unattributed:
35. Portrait of the Young Louis XV beside a Painting of the Infanta Marie-Anne-Victoire of Spain, by an Unknown Artist, Formerly Attributed to Alexis-Simon Belle. Canvas, 99 by 124 cm. (Musée de Versailles.)
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