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Book Review
En quête du grand style: La peinture d’histoire Britannique au XVIIIe siècle
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 981-4
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Reviewer:
Ledbury, Mark (Ledbury, Mark)
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subjects:
British art / Eighteenth-century art / History paintings
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En quête du grand style: La peinture d’histoire Britannique au XVIIIe siècle By Jan Blanc. 634 pp. incl. 204 col. + b. & w. ills. (Librairie Droz, Geneva, 2020), €46.45. ISBN 978–2–600–05993–0. | :
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6. Death of Dido, by Joshua Reynolds. c.1775–81. Oil on canvas, 147.5 by 239.2 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024).
Book Review
Horace Vernet: 1789–1863
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 985-7
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Reviewer:
Joannides, Paul (Joannides, Paul; J., P.; Joannides, P. E. A.)
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art literature:
Monographs
artists:
Vernet, Horace
subjects:
French art / History paintings
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Horace Vernet: 1789–1863 Edited by Valérie Bajou. 447 pp. incl. 313 col. ills. (Éditions Faton, Dijon, and Château de Versailles, 2023), €50. ISBN 978–2–87844–344–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Pope Pius VIII carried through St Peter’s, by Horace Vernet. 1829. Oil on canvas, 385 by 329 cm. (Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
Short Notice
A history painting by Willem van der Vliet
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 713–15
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Author:
Borgogelli, Tommaso (Borgogelli, Tommaso)
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artists:
Vliet, Willem van der (c.1584–1642)
dates:
1620-1629
museums and institutions:
Brodie Castle, Forres, Great Britain
subjects:
Dutch painting / History paintings / Dating
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Attributed works:
1. A teacher with his pupils, by Willem van der Vliet. 1626. Oil on canvas, 124.9 by 111.4 cm. (Brodie Castle, Forres).
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2. Solon and Croesus, by Gerrit van Honthorst. 1624. Oil on canvas, 170 by 215 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Bridgeman Images).
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3. King David rebuked by Nathan, here attributed to Willem van der Vliet. c.1626. Oil on canvas. (Current whereabouts unknown; photograph Fondazione Zeri).
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4. Allegorical scene, by Willem van der Vliet. 1627. Oil on canvas, 112 by 149 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Angelica Kauffman
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 620–623
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Reviewer:
Yarker, Jonathan (Yarker, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Kauffmann, Angelica
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Women artists / Portraits / Self-portraits / Critical Reception / History paintings
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subjects:
Angelica Kauffman Royal Academy of Arts, London 1st March–30th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Self-portrait with bust of Minerva, by Angelica Kauffman. c.1780–81. Oil on canvas, 93 by 76.5 cm. (Grisons Museum of Fine Arts; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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2. Michael Novosielski, by Angelica Kauffman. 1791. Oil on canvas, 128 by 101.6 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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3. Domenica Morghen and Maddalena Volpato as muses of Tragedy and Comedy, by Angelica Kauffman. 1791. Oil on canvas, 124.5 by 159.2 cm. (National Museum in Warsaw; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London)
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Jean-Charles Cazin, 1881–83: naturalism and networking, regionalism and republicanism
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 278–285
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Author:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Cazin, Jean-Charles / Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Horace / Legros, Alphonse / Fantin-Latour, Henri / Lhermitte, Léon-Augustin / Rodin, Auguste / Degas, Edgar
dates:
1880-1889
subjects:
French art / Naturalism / Religious art / History paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Classical mythology / Allegory
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Recollection of the festival (Courage, Knowledge and Labour collaborate to establish the reign of Concord), by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1880–81. Oil on canvas, 289 by 234 cm. (Petit Palais, Paris).
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10. The dead town, by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1883. Oil on canvas, 71 by 91 cm. (Private collection).
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2. The Marne (riverbank with bathers), by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1881. Oil on canvas, 131.2 by 147 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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3. Theocritus, by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1882. Oil on canvas, 74 by 60.5 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Ulysses after the shipwreck, by Jean-Charles Cazin. c.1883. Oil on canvas, 73 by 59.5 cm. (Tate).
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5. Judith: the departure, by Jean-Charles Cazin. c.1882–83. Oil on canvas. (From W. Walton: Chefs d’Oeuvre de l’Exposition Universelle, Paris and Philadelphia 1889, between pp.16 and 17).
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6. The death-chamber of Léon Gambetta, by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1882. Oil on canvas, 38 by 46.3 cm. (Château-Musée Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Paysage au clair de lune, by Jean-Charles Cazin. c.1883–84. Oil on canvas, 27.4 by 22.3 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims).
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8. Rainbow, Achères la fôret, by Jean-Charles Cazin. 1883. Oil on canvas, 82 by 100.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Study for Rainbow, Achères la fôret, by Jean-Charles Cazin. c.1882–83. Oil on canvas, 22 by 27 cm. (Private collection).
Article
Reviving Delaroche
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 171–177
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Author:
Bann, Stephen (Bann, Stephen)
Subjects
artists:
Delaroche, Paul
subjects:
French art / History paintings / Critical Reception / Art history / Nineteenth-century French art
subjects:
art history publishing / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Paul Delaroche, by Jean Gigoux. 1832. Pencil on paper, 25 by 17 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. The princes in the tower (Les enfants d’Édouard), by Paul Delaroche. 1830. Oil on canvas, 181 by 215 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Bonaparte crossing the Alps, by Paul Delaroche. 1848. Oil on canvas, 222 by 289 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Joan of Arc taken prisoner, by John Thompson after Paul Delaroche. Engraving, 14 by 9.5 cm. (From Prosper de Barante: Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne, Paris 1842, opposite p.395).
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5. Installation view of Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey at the National Gallery, London, 2010, showing Charles I insulted by the soldiers of Cromwell, by Paul Delaroche as it appeared after its rediscovery. 1836. Oil on canvas, 300 by 400 cm. (Courtesy National Gallery, London).
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6. Assassination of the Duc de Guise, after Paul Delaroche. Engraving, 10.5 by 15 cm. (From J. Ruutz Rees: Horace Vernet, Paul Delaroche, London 1880, between pp.62–63).
Attributed works:
7. The blind fiddler (1806), by John Quartley after David Wilkie. 1806. Engraving, 13 by 15 cm. (From Magasin pittoresque 20 (1847), p.184).
Book Review
Narrative Painting in Nineteenth-Century Europe
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1371–1372
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Reviewer:
McWilliam, Neil (McWilliam, Neil)
Subjects
subjects:
History paintings / Nineteenth-century art
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subjects:
Narrative Painting in Nineteenth- Century Europe By Nina Lübbren. 240 pp. incl. 8 col. + 54 b. & w. ills. (Manchester University Press, 2023), £85. ISBN 978–1–5261–6857–3. | :
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4. Seni before Wallenstein’s corpse, by Karl Theodor von Piloty. 1855. Oil on canvas, 312 by 365 cm. (Neue Pinakothek, Munich).
Book Review
Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long Visions of Ancient Egypt
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 202-204
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Reviewer:
Gere, Charlotte (Gere, Charlotte)
Subjects
artists:
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence / Poynter, Edward John / Long, Edwin
subjects:
British art / British architecture / Design / Decorative arts / Victorian art / Egypt / Egyptology / History paintings / Archaeology
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Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long By Stephanie Moser. 584 pp. incl. 240 col. + b. & w. ills. (Oxford University Press, 2020), £79. ISBN 978–0–19–069702–0. | :
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Visions of Ancient Egypt Edited by Benjamin Hinson and Anna Ferrari with Ghislaine Wood. 192 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–1–73972–000–1. | :
Illustrations
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1. Pastimes in Ancient Egypt 3,000 years ago, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 1863. Oil on canvas, 99.1 by 135.8 cm. (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Improbable Pioneers of the Romantic Age: The Lives of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and Georgina Gordon, Duchess of Bedford
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 97-99
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artists:
Landseer, Edwin
buildings:
Woburn Abbey, Soulbury, Great Britain
patrons:
Russell, John, Sixth Duke of Bedford, 1766-1839 / Gordon, Georgina (1781–1853)
subjects:
British art / Patronage / Commissions / Landscapes (visual works) / Romanticism / History paintings / Scottish painting
Reviewed Items
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Improbable Pioneers of the Romantic Age: The Lives of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and Georgina Gordon, Duchess of Bedford By Keir Davidson. 592 pp. incl. 45 col. + 50 b. & w. ills. (Pimpernel Press, London, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–1–910258–25–5. | :
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5. Sketch for Deer-stalking in the Highlands, by Edwin Landseer. c.1828. Oil on canvas, 43 by 53.5 cm. (Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
Article
‘After the duel’: an early painting by Paul Delaroche
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1190-1195
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Author:
Bann, Stephen (Bann, Stephen)
Subjects
art literature:
Landon, Charles Paul
artists:
Delaroche, Paul / Vigneron, Pierre Roch / Vernet, Horace / Gérôme, Jean-Léon
dates:
1820-1829 / 1830-1839
subjects:
History paintings / Salons (art exhibitions) / French painting / Death
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. ‘Salon de 1835, “Assassinat du duc de Guise”, tableau de M. Paul Delaroche’, by Andrew Best Leloir and Charles Émile Wattier. 1835. Engraving, 12 by 21.5 cm. (From Le Magasin Pittoresque 22, 1835, p.169).
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2. After the duel, by Paul Delaroche, 1825. Oil on canvas, 66 by 82 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Duel after the masquerade, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1857–59 (third version). Oil on canvas, 39.1 by 56.3 cm. (The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore).
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4. St Bartholomew scene, by R.J. Bingham after Paul Delaroche. 1857– 58. Albumen print. (From Oeuvre de Paul Delaroche, Paris 1858).
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5. A duel, by Pierre Roch Vigneron. 1829. Lithograph, 25 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Detail of St Vincent de Paul preaching to the court of Louis XIII on behalf of the abandoned children, by Zachee Prevost after Paul Delaroche. 1834 Salon. Engraving.
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7. The students of Baron Gros in 1820, by Louis Léopold Boilly, 1820. Black and white chalk on paper, 59.5 by 29.1 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; Alamy Stock photo).
Attributed works:
8. Study for the ‘Assassination of the duc de Guise’, by Paul Delaroche. c.1832 or before 1830. Pencil on paper, 13.5 by 24.2 cm. (Private collection).
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