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A serendipitous discovery: a lost Italian portrait from Horace Walpole’s miniature cabinet
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 368-375
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Concin, Adriana (Concin, Adriana)
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1. The Walpole miniature cabinet, designed by Horace Walpole in collaboration with William Kent. 1873. Padouk veneered onto a pine carcase and set with carved ivory plaques, figures and mounts, 152.4 by 91.5 by 21.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, by Lavinia Fontana. 1599. Oil on canvas, 256 by 325 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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11. Detail of Fig.10.
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12. Fig.4, shown at actual size.
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2. Portrait after a miniature once in Horace Walpole’s collection at Strawberry Hill, by George Perfect Harding. c.1801–53. Watercolour on paper, 16.3 by 12.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. Portrait of Bianca Cappello, after Jacopo Ligozzi. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 33.7 by 19.8 cm. (Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington).
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4. Portrait of a noblewoman, here attributed to Lavinia Fontana. c.1580–90. Oil on copper, 5.5 by 4.75 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Directions for [ar]ranging the pictures in the Rosewood Cabinet in the Tribune, by Horace Walpole. c.1784. Pen and ink with pencil, 32.6 by 25.5 cm. (London Metropolitan Archives).
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6. The Tribune at Strawberry Hill, by John Carter. 1789. Watercolour on paper, 59.2 by 49.5 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.)
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7. Disposition of the miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill, by John Carter. c.1784. Watercolour on paper, 32.6 by 27.5 cm. (From Horace Walpole’s copy of ‘A Description of the Villa of Mr Horace Walpole [. . .]’, London c.1784, fol.33 30; Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington).
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8. Detail of Fig.7, showing the illustration of Fig.4 in Walpole’s miniature cabinet.
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9. Portrait of Bianca Cappello with her son Antonio, Alessandro Allori. c.1580. Oil on canvas, 128.4 by 100.5 cm. (Dallas Museum of Art).
Article
Two unpublished portraits by Lavinia Fontana
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 893-99
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Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto (Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto)
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1. Self-portrait in the studio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1579. Oil on canvas, diameter 15.7 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photo Scala, Florence; courtesy Ministero della Cultura).
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2. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
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3. Federico Pendasio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
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4. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1578. Oil on canvas, 122 by 95 cm. (Museo Civico, Modena).
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5. Federico Pendasio, copy after Lavinia Fontana. First quarter of the 17th century. Oil on canvas, 65 by 51cm. (Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Portrait of a scholar, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 72 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna).
Exhibition Review
Ingenious Women: Women Artists and their Companions
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 501–504
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Stemp, Richard (Stemp, Richard)
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Ingenious Women: Women Artists and their Companions Kunstmuseum Basel 2nd March–30th June | :
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6. Temptation of St Anthony, by Roelant Savery. c.1610. Oil on panel, 17.5 by 26.7 cm. (Private collection; exh. Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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8. Christ among the doctors, attributed to Michaelina and Charles Wautier. c.1650. Oil on panel, 166.5 by 259.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Kunstmuseum Basel).
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9. Clio, the Muse of history, by Angelica Kauffman. c.1770– 75. (Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg; exh. Kunstmuseum Basel).
Exhibition Review
Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 900–903
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Barker, Sheila (Barker, Sheila)
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Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 6th May–27th August | :
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13. Judith with the head of Holofernes, by Lavinia Fontana. c.1595–1600. Oil on canvas, 123 by 97 cm. (Musei Civici d’Arte Antica, Bologna; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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14. Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, by Lavinia Fontana. 1599. Oil on canvas, 251.7 by 326.5 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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15. Galatea and cherubs riding the stormy waves on a sea monster, by Lavinia Fontana. c.1590. Oil on copper, 48 by 36.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. National Gallery |of Ireland, Dublin).
Book Review
Women Artists, Their Patrons, and Their Publics in Early Modern Bologna
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 87-88
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Cavazzini, Patrizia (Cavazzini, Patrizia)
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Women Artists, Their Patrons, and Their Publics in Early Modern Bologna By Babette Bohn. 332 pp. incl. 81 col. + 60 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA, 2021), £67.50. ISBN 978–0–271–08696–5. | :
Exhibition Review
By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 64-66
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Cropper, Elizabeth (Cropper, Elizabeth; Cropper, E.)
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By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford 30th September 2021– 9th January 2022 | :
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11. Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1623–25. Oil on canvas, 184 by 141.6 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts; exh. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford).
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12. A hedgehog in a landscape, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1643– 51(?). Tempera with graphite on parchment, 23.5 by 38 cm. (Private collection; exh. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford; Bridgeman Images).
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13. Bouquet of flowers, by Anna Maria Vaiani. 1633. Engraving on paper, 25 by 17 cm. (From G.B. Ferrari, De Florum Culturam, Rome 1633; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; courtesy Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington; exh. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford).
Exhibition Review
The Women of Art: Stories of Women Between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 934-937
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Zutter, Jörg (Zutter, Jörg)
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Fede Galizia: Admirable Paintress Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trent 3rd July–24th October | :
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The Women of Art: Stories of Women Between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Palazzo Reale, Milan 2nd March–22nd August | :
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1. Game of chess, by Sofonisba Anguissola. 1555. Oil on canvas, 70 by 94 cm. (Fundacja im. Raczyńskich przy Muzeum Narodowym w Poznaniu, Poznan; exh. Palazzo Reale, Milan).
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2. Judith with the head of Holofernes and her maidservant Abra, by Fede Galizia. c.1600–05. Oil on canvas, 120 by 89 cm. (Palacio Real de la Granja de San Ildefonso; exh. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento).
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3. Paolo Morigia, by Fede Galizia. 1592–95. Oil on canvas, 88 by 79 cm. (Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca, Milan; exh. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento).
Exhibition Review
A Tale of Two Women Painters: Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 59-61
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Barker, Sheila (Barker, Sheila)
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A Tale of Two Women Painters: Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 22nd October 2019–2nd February | :
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10. Bernardino Campi painting Sofonisba Anguissola, by Sofonisba Anguissola. c.1559. Oil on canvas, 111 by 109.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Photo Scala, Florence).
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11. Mars and Venus, by Lavinia Fontana. c.1595. Oil on canvas, 140 by 116 cm. (Fundación Casa de Alba, Madrid; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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Advertisements February 2012 (front)
02/2012 | 1307 | 154
Pages: s.p.
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[C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf. 13 Kasernenstr 13. USA 23 East 73rd Street, New York. Johannes Riepenhausen (1788 Gottingen - Rome 1860). The Virgin Mary with the Christ and John the Baptist. Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 37.5 cm. Signed at lower right]
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[Daxer & Marschall. Barer Strasse 44. Munich. Jakob Philipp Hackert. View over the Gulf of Pozzuoli towards Ischia and Capri, 1798. Signed, inscribed and dated Filippo Hackert.]
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[Galerie Canesso. 26 rue Laffitte, Paris. Lavinia Fontana. Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614. Portrait of Laura Gonzaga in Green. Oil on canvas, 88 x 112 cm (34 5/8 x 44 1/8 in)]
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[Galerie Neuse, Kunsthandel GmbH. Contrescarpe 14. D-28203, Bremen, Germany. Renaissance Stacking Beaker May. Silver-gilt. Augsburg, 1559-1586. Gregor Beir (Pair), born in Meran (goldsmith in Augsburg 1573-1604). Height: 8,6 cm, weight: 204 g]
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[Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert. 38 Bury Street. St. James’s, London SW1Y 6BB. Lucian Freud and Kate Moss in Bed. 2010]
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[Koller. Hardturmstrasse 102. CH-8031, Zurich. Roelant Savery. A flower still life in a glass vase. 1612. Oil on copper. 16.8x13.5 cm]
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[Schlichte Bergen. P.C. Hooftstraat 53”, 1071 BN Amsterdam. Jean-Léon Gerome (Vé soul 1824 - 1904 Paris). Portrait of a Roman Girl. Oil on canvas 59 x 49.5 cm. Signed. Situated and dated 'Roma 1844']
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Advertisements July 2002 (front)
07/2002 | 1192 | 144
Pages: i-viii
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Amorino Bearing Juno, Neptune and Venus in a Shell, by Ottaviano Jannella. Boxwood, 13 cm. High. (Collection of Kenneth Thomson, on Loan to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
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[Five Fine Art, 13 New Burlington Street, London, UK] Minerva at Her Toilet. Oil on Canvas, 60½ × 44 Inches (154 × 115 cm.)
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[Flavia Ormond Fine Arts, 24 Brechin Place, London, UK] Giovanni Antonio Sogliani. Florence 1492∼1544 Florence. A Young Woman Kneeling. Black and White Chalk on Buff Paper. 12 × 8½ Inches. (305 × 216 mm.)
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[Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 38 Bury Street, London, UK] John Constable, RA (1776-1837). Flatford Lock and Mill. Oil on Canvas, 18½ × 23½ cm
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[National Portrait Gallery, London, UK] Dean Marsh, Rosalind Savill CBE, 2001
Western art unattributed:
[Venator & Hansten, Cacilienstrasse, 48, Cologne, Germany] Silver Binding. Result: £ 12.700,-
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