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‘Two boys with a bladder’ in the J. Paul Getty Museum and Joseph Wright of Derby’s early candlelights
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 242–57
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Author:
Siemon, Julia (Siemon, Julia)
Subjects
artists:
Wright of Derby, Joseph, painter, 1734-1797
dates:
1760-1769
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
subjects:
Candlelight paintings / British painting / Dating / Early works / Pendants (companion pieces) / Exhibitions / Collections, Private / Portraits / Children
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Two boys with a bladder, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1767. Oil on canvas, 92.7 by 73 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
10. Self-portrait, by Joseph Wright of Derby. c.1765–68. Oil on canvas, 70.2 by 58.7 cm. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).
Attributed works:
11. Portrait of a man, known as the ‘Indian Captain’, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1767. Oil on canvas, 229.2 by 138.4 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
Attributed works:
12. Self-portrait in a fur cap, by Joseph Wright of Derby. c.1765–68. Grisaille on blue-grey laid paper, 42.5 by 29.5 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
13. Portrait of a gentleman in a red fur-trimmed coat, frogged waistcoat and a white turban, by Joseph Wright of Derby. Late 1760s. Oil on canvas, 63.5 by 53.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
14. Girl reading with a man looking over her shoulder, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1768. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 71.1 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
15. Two boys fighting over a bladder, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1768. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 71.1 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
16. Study of a girl in a turban with pompom and frilled collar, by Joseph Wright of Derby. c.1767. Black and white chalk and stump on grey paper, 43.8 by 29.2 cm. (Private collection; photograph Lucas Olivet).
Attributed works:
17. Study of a boy reading, by Joseph Wright of Derby. c.1766. Grisaille pastel with touches of black chalk on blue paper, 48 by 28 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
18. An experiment on a bird in the air pump, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1768. Oil on canvas, 76.2 by 63.5 (Derby Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
2. Three persons viewing the Gladiator by candle-light, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1765. Oil on canvas, 102.5 by 122 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. A philosopher giving that lecture on the orrery, in which a lamp is put in place of the sun, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1766. Oil on canvas, 147.3 by 203.2 cm. (Derby Museum and Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. An experiment on a bird in the air pump, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1768. Oil on canvas, 183 by 244 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
5. An academy by lamplight, by Joseph Wright of Derby. Late 1760s. Oil on canvas, 127 by 101.6 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
6. An academy by lamplight, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1769. Oil on canvas, 127 by 101 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
7. Hermit, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1769. Oil on canvas, 128.2 by 102.9 cm. (Derby Museum and Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
8. Two girls dressing a kitten by candlelight, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1767. Oil on canvas, 90.8 by 72.4 cm. (Kenwood House, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Two boys by candlelight, blowing a bladder, by Joseph Wright of Derby and studio. c.1767–73. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 72.1 cm. (Huntington Library and Art Museum, San Marino).
Exhibition Review
Tiziano 1508: Agli esordi di una luminosa carriera
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1348–1351
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Reviewer:
Dalla Costa, Thomas (Dalla Costa, Thomas)
Subjects
artists:
Titian
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
subjects:
Venetian art / Early works / Dating / Attributions / Exhibition catalogues / Paintings / Drawings / Prints
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tiziano 1508: Agli esordi di una luminosa carriera. Edited by Roberta Battaglia, Sarah Ferrari and Antonio Mazzotta. 240 pp. incl. 218 col. + 22 b. & w. ills. (Mandragora, Florence, 2023), €35. ISBN 978–88–7461–662–6. | :
subjects:
Tiziano 1508: Agli esordi di una luminosa carriera Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice 9th September–3rd December | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Installation view of Tiziano 1508: Agli esordi di una luminosa carriera at the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, 2023. (Photograph Matteo De Fina).
Attributed works:
17. Madonna and Child enthroned with two angels, by Francesco Vecellio. c.1511– 12. Oil on panel, 171.9 by 79.2 cm. (S. Maria Annunziata, Sedico; exh. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice).
Attributed works:
18. Angel with a tambourine, by Titian. c.1508. Oil on panel, 98.2 by 66.8 cm. (Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome; exh. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice).
Exhibition Review
Alberto Giacometti: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1223-1225
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Reviewer:
zelger, franz (zelger, franz; Zelger, Franz)
Subjects
artists:
Giacometti, Alberto
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland
subjects:
Early works / Swiss art / Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Alberto Giacometti: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur 19th August–19th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Self-portrait, by Alberto Giacometti. 1921. Oil on canvas, 82.5 by 70 cm. (Kunsthaus Zürich; exh. Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur).
Attributed works:
5. Le père de l’artiste, by Alberto Giacometti. 1927. Bronze, 28 by 21.5 by 23 cm. (Kunsthaus Zürich; exh. Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur).
Attributed works:
6. Bildnis der Mutter, by Alberto Giacometti. 1918. Pen and ink on paper, 25.4 by 19.9 cm. (Kunsthaus Zürich; exh. Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur).
Book Review
Piranesi: Earliest Drawings / I primi disegni
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 666-667
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Reviewer:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
Subjects
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
subjects:
Italian drawings / Architecture / Ruins / Antiquities / Fantasy
subjects:
Early works
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Piranesi: Earliest Drawings / I primi disegni By Andrew Robison. 96 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Artemide Edizioni, Rome, 2022), €20. ISBN 978–88–7575–415–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Fantasy of an ancient arcade with fragmentary ruins, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1741–42. Pen and brown ink with grey-brown wash over black chalk, with later red chalk revisions, 16.3 by 10.4 cm. (Private collection).
Article
The young Jordaens
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 366-377
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Author:
Vander Auwera, Joost (Vander Auwera, Joost )
Subjects
artists:
Jordaens, Jacob / Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van
dates:
1600-1649
places:
Antwerp
subjects:
Flemish painting / Attributions / Dating / Early works / Workshops (Organisations) / Formal analysis / Technical analysis / Copies
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Adoration of the shepherds, by Jacques Jordaens. 1616. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 113 by 81 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
10. Holy Family with St Anne, the young St John the Baptist and his parents, by Jacques Jordaens. c.1620–25 and c.1650s–early 1660s. Oil on panel, 169.9 by 149.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
11. Holy Family with St Elizabeth, by Jacques Jordaens. c.1620–23. Pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened in places with white body colour, 12.3 by 12.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
12. X-radiographs of Fig.10, revealing the original central composition. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
13. Satyr and peasants, by Jacques Jordaens. After 1663. Oil on panel, 77 by 50.1 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
14. Holy Family, by Jacques Jordaens. Here dated c.1616. Oil on canvas, 155 by 113 cm. (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels).
Attributed works:
15. Pan and Syrinx, by Jacques Jordaens. Here dated c.1619–20. Oil on canvas, 173 by 136 cm. (Assembly of photographs by Freya Maes and of X-radiographs by Guido van de Voorde; Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; KIK/IRPA).
Attributed works:
16. Abduction of Europa, by Jacques Jordaens. c.1615–16. Oil on panel, 55 by 93.5 cm. (Current location unknown).
Attributed works:
17. Christ with Nicodemus, by Jacques Jordaens. Here dated c.1618. Oil on panel, 112 by 83 cm. (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
18. Lot and his family leaving Sodom, by Jacques Jordaens, after Peter Paul Rubens. Here dated c.1617–18. Oil on canvas, 169.5 by 198.5 cm. (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo).
Attributed works:
2. The daughters of Cecrops finding the child Erichthonius, by Jacques Jordaens. 1617. Oil on canvas, 170 by 280 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp).
Attributed works:
3. Adoration of the shepherds, by Jacques Jordaens. 1618. Oil on canvas, 124 by 93 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
4. Adoration of the shepherds, here attributed to Jacques Jordaens. Here dated c.1615. Oil on panel, 64.3 by 51.4 cm. (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp).
Attributed works:
5. Adoration of the shepherds, by Jacques Jordaens. Here dated c.1615. Red and black chalk, brush in brown ink and watercolour, some white body-colour on paper, 16.7 by 20.2 cm. (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Attributed works:
6. Holy Family with St Anne, by Jacques Jordaens. Here dated c.1617–18. Oil on panel, 63.7 by 48.5 cm. (City Hall, Municipality of Saint-Gilles, Brussels; on long-term loan to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels).
Attributed works:
7. Allegory on the Peace of Münster, by Jacques Jordaens. 1654. Oil on canvas, 184 by 139.5 cm. (National Gallery, Oslo).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.6.
Attributed works:
9. Holy Family with St Elizabeth, by Jacques Jordaens and workshop. c.1620–23. Oil on panel, 122.6 by 145 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
Exhibition Review
Cranach: The Early Years in Vienna
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1140-1132
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Reviewer:
Silver, Larry (Silver, Larry)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Cranach, Lucas, the Elder, 1472-1553
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum Stiftung Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur, Switzerland / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
subjects:
German art / Early works / Vienna
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cranach: The Early Years in Vienna Edited by Guido Messling and Kerstin Richter. 168 pp. incl. 70 col. ills. (Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–3–7774–3926–6. | :
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Attributed works:
1. St Martin and the beggar, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. 1504. Pen, black ink and greyishbrown wash heightened with white on bluish-green prepared paper, 15.5 by 12.5 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
Attributed works:
2. Marriage diptych of Dr Johannes Cuspinian and Anna Cuspinian- Putsch, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. 1502–03. Oil on pine wood, each 60 by 45 cm. (Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’, Winterthur).
Article
Becoming Hubert Robert: some new suggestions
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 244-253
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Author:
Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
Author:
Rayner, Kari (Rayner, Kari)
Subjects
artists:
Robert, Hubert / Cochin, Charles-Nicolas, II, 1715-1790
museums and institutions:
French Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
subjects:
French art / Landscapes (visual works) / Capricci / Architectural paintings / Perspective / Early works / Techniques / Technical analysis / Underdrawings / Figure paintings / Sketches
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Arch of Septimius Severus, by Hubert Robert. 1756. Pen, grey and beige washes on paper, 73 by 52 cm. (Musée de Valence).
Attributed works:
10. Diagram of holes around the edges of Fig.8. The painting may have been mounted flush to a wall. A string (or multiple strings) may have been held between nails fixed to the two vanishing points at the positions shown here, and nails positioned in the holes.
Attributed works:
11. The old bridge, by Hubert Robert. 1760. Oil on canvas, 76.2 by 100.3 cm. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
Attributed works:
12. Studies of figures, by Hubert Robert. 1760. Black and red chalks on four sheets of paper mounted on a single sheet of paper, 45.2 by 34.8 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
13. Composite sheet of eight figure studies, by Hubert Robert. 1760. Red chalk on paper mounted on a single sheet of paper, 45 by 33 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
14. The column, by Hubert Robert. 1789. Oil on canvas, 242.6 by 194.6 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Fig.14, showing the figures.
Attributed works:
16. Detail of figures in A hermit praying in the ruins of a Roman temple, by Hubert Robert. c.1760. Oil on canvas, whole painting 57.8 by 70.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
17. X-radiograph of Fig.11. (Courtesy Eric Stegmaier, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
Attributed works:
18. The artist in his studio, by Hubert Robert. c.1759. Red chalk on paper, 33.3 by 44.1 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2a–b. Architectural capriccio with the Basilica of Constantine and Architectural capriccio with the Arco Degli Orefici next to San Giorgio in Velabro and the Arco di Giano. Bottom, left to right 2c–d. Architectural capriccio with the Temple of Faustina, the Arch of Titus and the walls of the Farnese Gardens and Architectural capriccio with the Temple of Venus, San Francesco Romano and the Basilica of Constantine beyond, by Hubert Robert. c.1754. Oil on canvas, each 75 by 99.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Colonnade and gardens at the Villa Medici with gentlemen sketching, by Hubert Robert. 1759. Oil on canvas, 75 by 63.8 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
4. Remains of the Palace of Pope Julius, by Hubert Robert. 1759. Oil on canvas, 75 by 63.8 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
5. Washerwomen in the ruins of the Colosseum, by Hubert Robert. Here dated c.1758. Oil on canvas, 45.1 by 57.8 cm. (Brooklyn Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
6. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.5. (Conservation Department, Brooklyn Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
7. The obelisk, by Hubert Robert. 1789. Oil on canvas, 243.8 by 194.2 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum).
Attributed works:
8. Infra-red photograph of a detail of Fig.7. (Courtesy Clare Walker Winfield, Saint Louis Art Museum).
Attributed works:
9. Ponte Salario, by Hubert Robert. c.1775. Oil on canvas, 91.3 by 121 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Book Review
Early Netherlandish Painting, by S. Urbach
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 133-134
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Reviewer:
Weniger, Matthias (Weniger, Matthias)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts), Budapest, Hungary
subjects:
Catalogues / Collections, Public / Netherlandish painting / Early works
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Washing of the feet, by the Master of the Legend of St Mary Magdalene (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)
Article
Bacon’s beginnings
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 019–025
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Author:
Norton, James (Norton, James)
Subjects
artists:
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
dates:
1920-1929 / 1930-1939
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Allden, Eric, 1886-1949
subjects:
Early works / Textiles / Rugs / Biographies / Patronage / Diaries / British painting / Collections, Private / Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Eric Allden's diary entry for 15th July 1929 (Private collection, London)
Attributed works:
25. Eric Allden at his home in Egerton Gardens with painted screen by Francis Bacon. 1935. Photograph by Mark Neven du Mont (Private collection)
Attributed works:
27. Rug, by Francis Bacon. 1929 (On long-term loan from a private collection to Tate, London, © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2016)
Attributed works:
28. Eric Allden with two rugs by Francis Bacon. 1935. Photograph by Mark Neven du Mont (Private collection)
Attributed works:
29. Rug, by Francis Bacon. 1929 (On long-term loan from a private collection to Tate, London, © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2016)
Attributed works:
30. Rug, by Francis Bacon. 1929 (On long-term loan from a private collection to Tate, London, © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2016)
Attributed works:
31. Painted screen, by Francis Bacon. 1929 (On long-term loan from a private collection to Tate, London, © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2016)
Attributed works:
32. Painting, by Francis Bacon. 1929 (On long-term loan from a private collection to Tate, London, © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2016)
Western art unattributed:
26. Double-page spread from The Studio 100 (August 1930), pp.140-41
Article
Leighton’s ‘A Dream’: An early work comes to light
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 013–018
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Author:
Norman, Mathew (Norman, Mathew)
Subjects
artists:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton
dates:
1850-1869
museums and institutions:
Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
subjects:
British painting / Early works / Collections, Public / Identification / Provenance / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Jesus Christ / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. A Dream, by Frederic Leighton. 1859-60 (Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki)
Attributed works:
17. Colour sketch for A Dream, by Frederic Leighton. c.1859-60 (Leighton House Museum, London)
Attributed works:
18. Detail of The Wise and Foolish Virgins, by Frederic Leighton. 1862-64 (Church of St Michael and All Angels, Lyndhurst, Hampshire; courtesy of the Revd Dr James Bruce)
Attributed works:
19. Tracing of the head of Christ and various architectural details, by Frederic Leighton. c.1862-64 (Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
20. Portrait, probably of Walter Pennington Creyke, by Frederic Leighton. 1855 (Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
Attributed works:
21. Portrait of Walter Pennington Creyke, by Frederic Leighton. 1855 (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
22. Head of an Italian man, by Frederick Leighton. c.1864 (Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
Attributed works:
23. The Return of Persephone, by Frederic Leighton. c.1891 (Leeds Museums and Galleries)
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