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Raphael in 1503: new findings on the ‘Virgin and Child with a book’ and other contemporaneous drawings
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 16-25
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Aceto, Angelamaria (Aceto, Angelamaria)
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1. Virgin and Child, by Benedetto da Maiano. c.1485–90. Marble with polychromy, 71.1 by 54.6 by 15.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing the cushion and the drapery.
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11. Detail of Fig.1, showing the cushion and the drapery.
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12. Studies of ornamental details, by Raphael. c.1503. Pen and brown ink with black chalk and leadpoint on paper, 37.7 by 21.9 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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13. Detail of the ceiling in Piccolomini Library, Siena, by Pintoricchio and workshop. c.1503–07. Fresco. (Bridgeman Images).
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14. Detail of Fig.12, showing the Virgin and Child with St Anne.
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15. The Virgin and Child with St Anne (reversed left to right), by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1510. Oil on panel, 168 by 113 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Holy Family with a lamb, by Raphael. 1507. Oil on panel, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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2. Virgin and Child with a book, by Raphael. c.1503. Oil on panel, 55.2 by 40 cm. (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Studies for Virgin and Child with a book, by Raphael. Mounted in the 20th century. Pen and brown ink over blind stylus on paper, 11.4 by 13 cm. (top: Parker 508a recto, felt side) and 11.5 by 13.2 cm. (bottom: Parker 508b recto, mould side). (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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4. Parker 508a verso, mould side, shown in raking light.
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5. Parker 508b verso, felt side, shown in raking light.
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6. Facsimile of Figs.3–5. 1841. Lithograph, 26.6 by 27.9 cm. (From A series of Fac-similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino Selected from the Matchless Collection formed by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Published by S. and A. Woodburn, London 1841).
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7. The mould side of the drawings shown in Fig.3 superimposed onto Fig.6 to highlight the extent of the loss and the continuity in the landscape. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).
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8. The felt side of the drawings shown in Fig.3 superimposed on Fig.6 to highlight the extent of the loss. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).
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9. The drawings shown in Fig.3 seen in transmitted light. (Author’s reconstruction rendered by Mauro Mussolin and Leonardo Pili).
Book Review
Giovanni Stradano: Le più strane e belle invenzioni del mondo
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1169-1172
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Zutter, Jörg (Zutter, Jörg)
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Giovanni Stradano: Le più strane e belle invenzioni del mondo Edited by Alessandra Baroni. 352 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Edizioni Polistampa, Florence, 2023), €55. ISBN 978–88–596–2385–4. | :
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14. Triumph after the war against Siena, by Giovanni Stradano. 1565. Pen, ink, wash and black chalk on paper, 34 by 34.5 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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15. A Roman soldier fighting one of Hannibal’s elephants, by Giovanni Stradano. c.1596. Pen, ink, wash and black chalk with white lead brush highlights on paper, 18.3 by 26.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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16. Charity of St Martin, by Giovanni Stradano. 1585. Oil on canvas, 239 by 182 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi, Lucca).
Book Review
Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656–1740): Representationsstrategien des europäischen Adels um 1700
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1195
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Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
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Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656–1740): Representationsstrategien des europäischen Adels um 1700 By Carina A.E. Weißmann. 501 pp. incl. 313 col. + b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin and Boston, 2022), €95. ISBN 978–31–1069–365–2. | :
Book Review
Bernardino Poccetti and the Art of Religious Painting at the End of the Florentine Renaissance
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 663
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Hornik, Heidi J. (Hornik, Heidi J.)
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Bernardino Poccetti and the Art of Religious Painting at the End of the Florentine Renaissance By Douglas N. Dow. 320 pp. incl. 16 col. + 57 b. & w. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, 2023), £137. ISBN 978–94–6372–952–9. | :
Article
A rediscovered ‘Pietà’ by Andrea del Sarto
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 236–243
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Author:
Franklin, David (Franklin, David)
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1. Infra-red image of Fig.2. (Courtesy Institute of Fine Arts, New York).
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2. Pietà, by Andrea del Sarto. c.1515. Oil on panel, 76.8 by 59 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Christ the Redeemer, by Andrea del Sarto. c.1511–12. Oil on panel, 47 by 27 cm. (SS. Annunziata, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Pietà, by Perugino. c.1494–98. Oil on panel, 71.8 by 92.6 cm. (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA).
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5. Pietà with three angels, by Agostino Veneziano after Andrea del Sarto. 1516. Engraving on paper, 28.8 by 21.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Two studies of a right hand, by Andrea del Sarto. c.1515. Red chalk on paper, 8 by 18.9 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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7. Baptism of the multitudes, by Andrea del Sarto. 1515–16. Fresco, 192 by 205 cm. (Chiostro del Scalzo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Newly attributed drawings by Botticelli
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 358-365
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Author:
Rinaldi, Furio (Rinaldi, Furio)
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1. Study for a standing man (St Sebastian), by Sandro Botticelli. c.1473–74. Metalpoint (silver?) and white gouache on ochre prepared paper, 18.4 by 9.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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10. Detail of Fig.12, showing the face of the third onlooker on the right.
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11. Head of a man in near profile looking left, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. c.1468–70. Traces of black chalk, metalpoint (lead?) heightened with white and grey wash, on yellow-ochre prepared paper, 13.2 by 11 cm. (Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford).
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12. Adoration of the Magi, by Sandro Botticelli, showing the face of an onlooker. c.1470–75. Tempera and oil on poplar panel, 68 by 102 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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13. Head of a veiled woman, by Fra Filippo Lippi. c.1452. Silverpoint and white gouache, retouched with pen and brown ink and red chalk, on ochre-prepared paper, 30 by 20.5 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence).
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2. Study of two standing figures and a right hand, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1475. Silverpoint and white gouache on mauve-lilac prepared paper, 16.5 by 10 cm. (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille).
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3. Two partial studies of a profile, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. c.1475. Metalpoint (lead?) and white gouache on yellowochre prepared paper, 18.9 by 7.1 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe delle Uffizi, Florence).
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4. Detail of the Cestello Annunciation, by Sandro Botticelli, showing the face of the Archangel Gabriel. 1489. Tempera on panel, 150 by 156 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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5. Standing man turned to the right, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. c.1475. Metalpoint (lead?) and white gouache on yellow-ochre prepared paper, 18.9 by 7.1 cm. (recto of Fig.3). (Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe delle Uffizi, Florence).
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6. Study for a standing draped figure turned to the left, by Sandro Botticelli. Metalpoint (lead?) and white gouache on ochre prepared paper, 18.3 by 8.3 cm. (© RMN-Grand Palais; Musée du Louvre; Stéphane Maréchalle).
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7. Virgin and Child with the young St John the Baptist, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1468–70. Tempera and gold on poplar panel, 90.7 by 67 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Tarker; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Head of a woman looking down to the left, here attributed to Sandro Botticelli. c.1468–70. Metalpoint (lead?) heightened with white and light grey wash on yellow-ochre prepared paper, 13.4 by 10.7 cm. (Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford).
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9. Detail of Fig.7, showing the face of the Virgin.
Article
Bronzino’s ‘Petrarch’ retrieved: new light on Bartolomeo Bettini’s ‘camera’
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 16-41
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Author:
Stumpel, Jeroen (Stumpel, Jeroen; Stumpel, Jeroem)
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1 and 2. Portraits of Dante and Petrarch published as works by Pontormo. (From L’arte, November 1941, pp.xvii and xix).
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10. Venus and Cupid, by Jacopo Pontormo, based on a cartoon by Michelangelo. c.1532–33. Oil on panel, 194 by 128 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Detail of Fig.6, probably showing Petrarch’s house in the Vaucluse.
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12. Detail of Fig.6, showing a lira da braccio tied to a laurel tree.
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13. Detail of Fig.6, showing Petrarch holding an open book.
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14. Proposed reconstruction of original placement of Figs.3 and 8.
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15. Cosimo I de’ Medici as Orpheus, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1537–39. Oil on canvas, 93.7 by 76.4 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Six Tuscan poets, by Giorgio Vasari. c.1544. Oil on panel, 132.1 by 131.1 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Petrarch, by a follower of Cristofano di Papi dell’Altissimo. c.1560. Oil on panel, 63 by 49 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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18. Dante, by a follower of Cristofano di Papi dell’Altissimo. c.1560. Oil on panel, 63 by 49 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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19. Boccaccio, by a follower of Cristofano di Papi dell’Altissimo. c.1560. Oil on panel, 65 by 51 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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20. Proposed reconstruction of Figs.3, 8 and 22 as they might have appeared in the camera of Bartolomeo Bettini.
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21. Allegorical portrait of Dante, by Carlo Dolci after Agnolo Bronzino. Red and black chalk on paper, 23.2 by 20.1 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Boccaccio holding a copy of the ‘Decameron’, attributed to a follower of Cristofano di Papi dell’Altissimo. c.1570. Oil on canvas, 70 by 94.2 cm. (Private collection).
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23. Detail of Ugolino Martelli, by Agnolo Bronzino, showing the sitter’s left hand. 1536–37. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; Bridgeman Images).
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24. Detail of Laura Battiferro, by Agnolo Bronzino, showing the sitter’s right hand. 1552. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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25. Detail of Fig.22, showing Boccaccio’s hands.
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26. Detail of Guidobaldo della Rovere, by Agnolo Bronzino, showing the sitter’s right hand. c.1544–45. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Allegorical portrait of Dante, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1532. Oil on canvas, 130 by 136 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Dante Alighieri, attributed to Giovanbattista Naldini. 1550–1600. Oil on panel. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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5. Petrarch, attributed to Giovanbattista Naldini. 1550–1600. Oil on panel. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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6. Detail of Fig.8, showing Petrarch’s face.
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7. Detail of Fig.5, showing Petrarch’s face.
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8. Allegorical portrait of Petrarch, here attributed to a follower of Bronzino. c.1550? Oil on canvas, 110.6 by 124 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Allegorical portrait of Dante, by the workshop of Bronzino. 1 550–1600? Oil on panel, 126.9 by 120 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Article
A portrait of the Lady Isabella by the hand of Bronzino
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 26-37
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Author:
Edelstein, Bruce L. (Edelstein, Bruce L.)
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1. Eleonora di Toledo with her son Giovanni, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1545. Oil on panel, 115 by 96 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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10. Portrait of a lady with a cameo, by Alessandro Allori. Oil on panel, 123 by 97 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Portrait medal of Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, by Domenico Poggini. 1560. Bronze, diameter 4.9 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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12. Isabella de’ Medici as a young girl, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1553. Oil on panel, 44 by 36 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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13. Portrait of Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, by Alessandro Allori. After 1560. Oil on panel, 99 by 70 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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14. X-radiograph of Fig.2. (Courtesy Thierry Radelet Laboratory).
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2. Portrait of a woman, here identified as Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, here attributed to Agnolo Bronzino. c.1560. Oil on panel, 103.8 by 83.7 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Claudio Giusti).
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3. Portrait of a young lady, probably Camilla Martelli de’ Medici, by Alessandro Allori. 1570s. Oil on canvas mounted on board, 68.6 by 59.1 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum).
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4. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2. (Courtesy Thierry Radelet Laboratory).
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5. Portrait of a young man, by Agnolo Bronzino. Mid-1530s or early 1540s? Oil on panel, 96 by 75 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.5.
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7. Portrait of a lady (Cassandra Bandini?), by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1550– 55. Oil on panel, 109 by 84 cm. (Galleria Sabauda, Turin).
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8. Bia de’ Medici, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1542–45. Oil on panel, 64 by 48 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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9. Laura Battiferri, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1560. 83 by 60 cm. (Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 389-391
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Pilliod, Elizabeth (Pilliod, Elizabeth)
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5. Portrait of a widow (Maria Salviati?), by Pier Francesco Foschi. c.1544– 55. Oil on panel, 82 by 65.3 cm. (Private collection; exh. Georgia Museum of Art).
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6. Charity, by Andrea del Sarto. 1528–29. Oil on panel, 119.5 by 92.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Georgia Museum of Art).
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7. Head of a woman, attributed to Pier Francesco Foschi, after Andrea del Sarto. 1527–28. Red chalk, 25 by 29 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, inv. no.6420 F; exh. Georgia Museum of Art).
Article
Carlo Dolci’s Inscriptions 1 – Dolci’s signatures and prices in context
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 4-15
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Author:
Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
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1. Detail of Fig.10, showing Carlo Dolci’s self-portrait within a self-portrait, inscribed 1674.
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10. Self-portrait, by Carlo Dolci. 1674. Oil on canvas, 74.5 by 60.5 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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11. Inscription on the strainer of the painting illustrated in Fig.13.
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12. Christ Child with a garland of flowers, by Carlo Dolci. 1674. Canvas, 96.5 by 76.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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13. David with the head of Goliath, by Carlo Dolci. 1680. Canvas, 131.5 by 106 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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2. Ecce Homo, by Carlo Dolci. 1681. Oil on canvas, 49 by 39 cm. (Galleria Corsini, Florence).
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3. Inscription on the strainer of the painting illustrated in Fig.5.
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4. St Agatha, by Carlo Dolci. 1664–65. Oil on canvas, 73 by 41 cm. (Private collection).
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5. St Philip Neri, by Carlo Dolci. 1645. Oil on canvas, 44.5 by 36.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6 and 7. Inscriptions on the strainer of the painting illustrated in Fig.4.
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8. Inscription on a wooden frame behind St John the Evangelist on Patmos, by Carlo Dolci. 1656. Oil on copper, 38 by 49 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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9. Luigi Gualtieri at the age of three, by Carlo Dolci. 1674. Black, red and blue chalk with blue watercolour on white paper, 20.8 by 14.2 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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