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A sartorial portrait of Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda by Piero della Francesca
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 720–737
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Author:
Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt (Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt)
Subjects
artists:
Piero della Francesca / Pisanello
buildings:
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
dates:
1400-1499
patrons:
Carda, Ottaviano Ubaldini della (1423–98) / Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482 / Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1472-1508 / Elisabetta Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, d. 1526
places:
Urbino / Milan
subjects:
Italian art / Inventories / Patronage / Iconography / Fashion / Textiles / Velvets / Emblems / Thistles (motifs) / Courts (social groups) / Ecclesiastical vestments
works:
Flagellation of Christ by Piero della Francesca
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Flagellation of Christ with figures here identified as Joseph of Arimathea and an assistant asking Pilate for the body of Christ, by Piero della Francesca. c.1456–57. Egg tempera and oil on panel, 67.5 by 91 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of the Communion of the Apostles, by Justus of Ghent, showing the donor figures. 1473–74. Oil on panel. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; Scala Archives; courtesy the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali e del Turismo).
Attributed works:
11. Horsewoman of Coins, by the workshop of Bonifacio Bembo. Before 1447. Paint and tooled gold on paper, 18.9 by 9 cm. (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Library, New Haven CT).
Attributed works:
12. Detail from St Gregory the Great and St Matthias, by Masolino, showing the cope of St Gregory the Great. c.1428–29. Tempera and oil on panel, transferred to fibreboard. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda and Federico di Montefeltro, by Ambrogio Barocci. 1470s. Cesane stone, 50 by 110 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.4, showing the donor figures, Guidubaldo di Montefeltro, Count Federico di Montefeltro and Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda.
Attributed works:
4. The Lamentation of Christ, by Francesco di Giorgio. c.1473. Bronze, 85 by 58 cm. (S. Maria del Carmelo, Venice; Scala Archives).
Attributed works:
5. Medal of Duke Filippo Maria Visconti (obverse), by Pisanello. c.1441. Bronze, diameter 10.3 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of an altar frontal with the Visconti device of the dove and motto ‘à bon droit’. Italy, c.1450–60. Red velvet with a single-height pile with a design in gold pattern wefts and silver brocaded wefts, 98 by 241 cm. (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan; Scala Archive).
Attributed works:
7. Federico di Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his son Guidubaldo, by Pedro Berruguete. c.1476. Oil on panel, 138 by 82.5 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
Attributed works:
8. Luca Pacioli and Guidubaldo di Montefeltro, attributed to Jacopo de’ Barbari. 1495. Oil on panel, 99 by 120 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; Photo Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.1, showing the figures here identified as Joseph of Arimathea and an assistant asking Pilate for the body of Christ.
Western art unattributed:
13. Detail of a cope with the Medici coat of arms and devices. Italy, 1470s or 1480s. Red velvet with single-height cut pile with a design in gold bouclé pattern wefts and allucciolato effect, 278 by 152 cm. (Museo d’arte sacra dell’Abbazia di Vallombrosa).
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of the cope shown in Fig.13 with the motif of the Medici coat of arms covered by a roundel of St Giovanni Gualberto embroidered in silk and gold. Italy, c.1494.
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The first known record of Piero della Francesca’s ‘Flagellation of Christ’ and the question of its inscription
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 488-491
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Author:
Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt (Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt)
Subjects
artists:
Piero della Francesca
dates:
1450-1469
patrons:
Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482
places:
Urbino
subjects:
Christian iconography / Inscriptions / Frames / Theology / History
works:
Flagellation of Christ by Piero della Francesca
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Flagellation of Christ, by Piero della Francesca. c.1456–57. Panel, 67.5 by 91.0 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; photograph courtesy Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo; Archivio fotografico).
Attributed works:
2. Tracing of the three foregroud figures in Fig.1 by Johann Anton Ramboux. c.1833–43. Pencil on oiled vellum, 57.3 by 36.5 cm. (© Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; inv. no.Bib. 2472 VII, Sammlung von Umrissen und Durchzeichnungen, dienend zur Geschichte der bildenden Künste des Mittelalters in Italien, VII, fol.49r).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the inscription.
Exhibition Review
Federico da Montefeltro’s studiolo
10/2015 | 1351 | 157
Pages: 730-731
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Reviewer:
Dabell, Frank (Dabell, Frank)
Subjects
artists:
Giuliano da Maiano / Joos van Gent / Berruguete, Pedro
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
patrons:
Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482
places:
Urbino / Italy
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Interiors / Italian architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. Euclid, attributed to Justus of Ghent and Pedro Berruguete. 1470s (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino)
Attributed works:
68. Vittorino da Feltre, attributed to Justus of Ghent and Pedro Berruguete. 1470s (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino)
Western art unattributed:
66. Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, with paintings as reassembled for 2015 exhibition. 1470s (Palazzo Ducale, Urbino)
Exhibition Review
The ideal Renaissance city. Urbino
07/2012 | 1312 | 154
Pages: 514-515
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Reviewer:
Dabell, Frank (Dabell, Frank)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
places:
Urbino / Italy
print:
Urbino
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Ideal cities / Renaissance
subjects:
Architecture / Italian architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La Città Ideale. L’utopia del Rinascimento a Urbino tra Piero della Francesca e Raffaello | institution: Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Palazzo Ducale
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Miracle of St Zenobius, by Domenico Veneziano. 1442–48. Panel, 28.6 by 32.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Mus­eum, Cambridge; exh. Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
Western art unattributed:
57. An ideal city, by a Central Italian painter. c.1480–90. Panel, 67.7 by 239.4 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
Western art unattributed:
58. An ideal city, by a Central Italian painter. c.1480–90. Panel, 80.3 by 220 cm. (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; exh. Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
Western art unattributed:
59. Detail of doors showing a view of an ideal city. After 1474. Walnut intarsia, 298 by 164 cm. overall. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
Book Review
Ornatissimo Codice. La Biblioteca di Federico di Montefeltro
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 550-551
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Reviewer:
Alexander, Jonathan J. G. (Alexander, Jonathan J. G.; Alexander, J. J. G.; A., J. J. G.; Alexander, Jonathan)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482
museums and institutions:
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome, Italy / Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States / Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
places:
Rome
places:
Urbino / New York
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Libraries / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Ornatissimo Codice. La Biblioteca di Federico di Montefeltro | editor: Peruzzi, Marcella
Book Review
The Jew in the Art of the Italian Ren­aissance
08/2009 | 1277 | 151
Pages: 553
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Reviewer:
Chambers, David S. (Chambers, David S.; Chambers, D. S.; Chambers, David)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1499 / 1500-1549
places:
Urbino / Mantua / Ferrara / Florence / Trento / Italy
print:
Italian art
subjects:
Italian painting / Prints / Judaism / Iconography / Cultural history / Religion
subjects:
Renaissance
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Jew in the Art of the Italian Ren­aissance | author: Katz, Dana
Exhibition Review
Raphael and Urbino. Urbino
07/2009 | 1276 | 151
Pages: 494-496
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Reviewer:
Silvestrelli, Maria Rita (Silvestrelli, Maria Rita)
Subjects
artists:
Santi, Giovanni / Raphael
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
places:
Urbino / Italy
print:
Raphael
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Raffaello e Urbino: La formazione giovanile e i rapporti con la città natale | institution: Palazzo Ducale
Illustrations
Attributed works:
63. Siege of Perugia, by Raphael. c.1505. Pen and brown ink, 26.6 by 40.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino).
Attributed works:
64. St Sebastian, by Raphael. 1501–02. Panel, 43 by 34 cm. (Accademia di Carrara, Bergamo; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino).
Attributed works:
65. Virgin and Child enthroned with Sts George (?), Francis, Anthony Abbot, Jerome and the conte Oliva (the Oliva altarpiece), by Giovanni Santi. 1489. Tempera and oil(?) on panel, 326 by 283 cm. (including frame). (Convento di Monte Fiorentino, Fiorentino; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino).
Book Review
Der Palazzo Ducale in Urbino unter den Montefeltro (1376–1508). Neue Forschungen zur Bau- und Ausstattungsgeschichte
07/2007 | 1252 | 149
Pages: 491-492
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Reviewer:
Eiche, Sabine (Eiche, Sabine)
Subjects
buildings:
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
dates:
1350-1549
patrons:
Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482
places:
Italy / Urbino
print:
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
print:
Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482
subjects:
Italian architecture / Palaces / Renaissance / Interiors / Architectural components
subjects:
Architectural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Der Palazzo Ducale in Urbino unter den Montefeltro (1376–1508). Neue Forschungen zur Bau- und Ausstattungsgeschichte | author: Höfler, Janez
Exhibition Review
The Della Rovere. Urbino and elsewhere
08/2004 | 1217 | 146
Pages: 570
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Reviewer:
Eiche, Sabine (Eiche, Sabine)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
places:
Italy / Urbino
print:
Della Rovere Family
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Della Rovere Family
Reviewed Items
subjects:
I Della Rovere | institution: Palazzo del Duca , institution: Palazzo Ducale , institution: Palazzo Ducale , institution: Palazzo Ducale
Illustrations
Attributed works:
90. Portrait of Francesco Maria della Rovere, by Federico Barocci. 1572. 113 by 93 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Urbania).
Attributed works:
91. Hilly landscape with marine background. by Gherardo Cibo. Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, biacca and red gouache, 18.6 by 28.3 cm. (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Urbania).
Western art unattributed:
88. Burial clothes of Giulio della Rovere. Urbino, 1578. Silk, c.160 cm. long. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, on deposit from S. Chiara, Urbino; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino).
Western art unattributed:
89. 'Idolino'. Roman. Bronze, 150 cm. high. (Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Florence; exh. Palazzo Ducale, Pesaro).
Article
Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau's 'Petites Grotesques' as a Source for Urbino Maiolica Decoration
06/2001 | 1179 | 143
Pages: 332-344
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Author:
Poke, Christopher (Poke, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet, the elder, ca. 1515-1584
dates:
1500-1599
places:
France / Italy / Urbino
subjects:
Italian painting / Maiolica / Visual sources
subjects:
Prints / Etchings / Grotesques / Classicism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.5 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 37).
Attributed works:
11. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 7 by 10.7 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 42).
Attributed works:
12. Trilobed Basin (No.13), Urbino Workshop (Fontana?). 1560-80. Maiolica, Maximum Width 47 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
13. Trilobed Basin (No.36), Urbino Workshop (Fontana?). 1560-80. Maiolica, 5.7 by 46.5 cm. (Maximum Width). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.3 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 2).
Attributed works:
15. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.2 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 18).
Attributed works:
16. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.5 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 24).
Attributed works:
17. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.7 by 10.2 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 29).
Attributed works:
18. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 1st Edition. Orléans, 1550. Etching, Image 10.5 by 6.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Baldus 49).
Attributed works:
19. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.5 by 9.9 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 32).
Attributed works:
2. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.5 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 27).
Attributed works:
20. Wine Cooler (No.16), Workshop of Flaminio Fontana (?). 1573-74. Maiolica, 40 by 62 by 71 cm. (By Kind Permission of the Trustees of The Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
21. Wine Cooler (No.16), Workshop of Flaminio Fontana (?). 1573-74. Maiolica, 40 by 62 by 71 cm. (By Kind Permission of the Trustees of The Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
22. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.4 by 9.9 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 12).
Attributed works:
23. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 7 by 10.3 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 36).
Attributed works:
24. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.5 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 14).
Attributed works:
25. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.5 by 9.8 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 19).
Attributed works:
26. Trilobed Basin (No.18), Urbino Workshop (Antonio Patanazzi?). 1579 or Later. Maiolica, 5 by 47 by 45 cm. (Louvre, Paris; © Photo RMN - M. Beck-Coppola).
Attributed works:
27. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.6 by 9.8 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 26).
Attributed works:
28. Pilgrim Flask (No.19), Urbino Workshop (Antonio Patanazzi?). 1579 or Later. Maiolica, Overall ht. 40 cm. (Waddesdon Bequest, British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.7 by 9.8 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 28).
Attributed works:
4. Detail from Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.3 by 10.2 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 62).
Attributed works:
5. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.5 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 31).
Attributed works:
7. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.4 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 4).
Attributed works:
8. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 7 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 7).
Attributed works:
9. Petites Grotesques, by Jacques Androuet I Ducerceau, 2nd Edition. Paris, 1562. Etching, 6.5 by 10 cm. (The Royal Library, Stockholm, Baldus 33).
Western art unattributed:
1. Vase (No.32), Urbino Workshop. 1560-80. Maiolica, 53 by 30 cm. at Maximum Width. (Galleria Estense, Modena; © Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici di Modena e Reggio Emilia).
Western art unattributed:
6. Vase (No.33), Urbino Workshop. 1560-80. Maiolica, 53 by 30 cm. at Maximum Width. (Galleria Estense, Modena; © Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici di Modena e Reggio Emilia).
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