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Article
The triptych of the Apocalypse by Master Bertram
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 536-543
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Costras, Nicola (Costras, Nicola)
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Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
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Turnbull, Rachel (Turnbull, Rachel)
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Wilson, Lara (Wilson, Lara)
Subjects
artists:
Master Bertram of Minden
dates:
1350-1399
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Master Bertram of Minden
subjects:
Collections, Public / Flemish painting / Retables / Flemish / Netherlandish / Netherlandish painting / Triptychs / Religious art / Attribution / Attributions / Christian iconography / Iconography / Apocalypse / Scientific analysis / Conservation / Restoration (process) / Altarpieces / Formal analysis / Technical analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Central panel and inner shutters of the triptych of the Apocalypse, by Master Bertram. c.1368–90. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 123.4 by 83; 123.4 by 167.6; 123.6 by 82.9 cm. After cleaning and restoration. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. St Giles receiving the papal privilege, detail of Fig.3. After cleaning and restoration.
Attributed works:
11. The first horseman, detail of Fig.1. After cleaning and restoration.
Attributed works:
12. The armies of horsemen, detail of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
13. The sixth trumpet, detail of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
14. Magnified detail of punchwork from the triptych of the Apocalypse illustrated in Figs.1 and 3.
Attributed works:
15. Magnified detail of punchwork from Fig.04.
Attributed works:
2. Detail of the Bekrönung in Fig.1. After cleaning and restoration.
Attributed works:
3. Outer shutters of the triptych illustrated in Fig.1. After cleaning and restoration.
Attributed works:
4. Intermediate shutters of the Petri altarpiece, by Master Bertram. c.1379–83. Oil on oak panel, overall 217.5 by 726 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
Attributed works:
5. Left inner shutter of the Petri altarpiece, carved by an unknown Hamburg sculptor, designed and polychromed by Master Bertram. c.1379–83. Carved and gilded oak, 180.3 by 180.5 by 19.5 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the Coronation of the Virgin from the right outer shutter of the Buxtehude altarpiece, by Master Bertram. c.1381–1410. Oil on oak panel, overall 108.5 by 93 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
Attributed works:
7. The detail illustrated in Fig.8 before cleaning and restoration.
Attributed works:
8. The lamb on Mount Sion, detail of Fig.1. After cleaning and restoration.
Western art unattributed:
9. The lamb on Mount Sion, from a commentary on the Revelation of St John by Alexander of Bremen. Cologne or Lower Saxony, c.1270–75. Tempera on parchment, 24.8 by 17.4 cm. (University Library, Cambridge; MS. Mm. V. 31, fol.89r).
Book Review
The Illustrated Beatus. A Corpus of the illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse. Vol.V: The twelfth and thirteenth centuries [and: Stefan Lochner. Image Making in Fifteenth-Century Cologne]
03/2005 | 1224 | 147
Pages: 188
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Reviewer:
Foister, Susan (Foister, Susan)
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Walker, Rose (Walker, Rose)
Subjects
artists:
Lochner, Stefan
dates:
1100-1199 / 1200-1299
dates:
1400-1449
places:
Cologne / Germany
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Beatus of Liébana
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Bible / Apocalypse
subjects:
Commentaries
subjects:
Corpora (catalogues)
subjects:
German painting / Netherlandish painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Illustrated Beatus. A Corpus of the illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse. Vol.V: The twelfth and thirteenth centuries. | author: Williams, John
Book Review
The Illustrated Beatus. A Corpus of the Illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse: IV, The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries.
02/2004 | 1211 | 146
Pages: 114-115
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Reviewer:
Walker, Rose (Walker, Rose)
Subjects
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Bible / Apocalypse
subjects:
Beatus of Liébana
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Illustrated Beatus. A Corpus of the Illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse: IV, The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries | author: Williams, John
Article
A Wall Painting of the Apocalypse in Coventry Rediscovered
08/2001 | 1181 | 143
Pages: 467-473
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Author:
Gill, Miriam (Gill, Miriam)
Author:
Morris, Richard K. (Morris, Richard K.)
Subjects
buildings:
Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, Great Britain
dates:
1350-1399 / 1400-1449
places:
England / Coventry
subjects:
British painting / Early English / Apocalypse
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Plan of the Church and Buildings, Coventry Cathedral Priory (George Demidowicz, Coventry City Council); Inset, Diagrammatic Plan of the Interior of the Chapter House (R. K. Morris); 'X' Marks the Approximate Location of the Discovery of the Painted Stone in Relation to the Chapter House.
Western art unattributed:
10. Detail of the Apocalypse Paintings, Chapter House Arcade, Westminster Abbey, London. Painted Reigate Stone, 52 by 71 cm. (Photo: English Heritage).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of Fig.4 with the Apocalypse Fragment. (Photo: R. K. Morris)
Western art unattributed:
3. Fragment of Stone with Traces of Polychromy, Chapter House Arcade, Coventry Cathedral Priory. (Photo: R. K. Morris).
Western art unattributed:
4. The Apocalypse Stone, Chapter House Arcade, Coventry Cathedral Priory. Painted Sandstone, 43 by 50 cm. (Photo: The Perry Lithgow Partnership).
Western art unattributed:
5. Detail of Fig.4 Showing the Painting in the Interstice of the Cusping. (Photo: R. K. Morris)
Western art unattributed:
6. Reconstruction Drawing of the Scene in One Unit of the Blind Arcade of the Chapter House, Coventry Cathedral Priory. (Authors).
Western art unattributed:
7. Jamb Stone with Ballflower Ornament, Chapter House Arcade, Coventry Cathedral Priory. (Photo: D. J. Kendrik).
Western art unattributed:
8. Hypothetical Reconstruction of the Chapter House Interior Looking East, Coventry Cathedral Priory. (Past Forward, for the Coventry Phoenix Initiative, Based on Information Supplied by R. K. Morris).
Western art unattributed:
9. Detail of the Story of Job, Former Chapel of St Stephen, Westminster Palace. Painted Reigate Stone, 37.3 by 36 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
The Apocalypse. London
04/2000 | 1165 | 142
Pages: 245-246
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Reviewer:
Massing, Jean Michel (Massing, Jean Michel; Massing, J. M.; Massing, Jean-Michel)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Apocalypse
Illustrations
Attributed works:
43. The Woman Clothed with the Sun and the Dragon, from Beatus of Liebana's Commentary on the Apocalypse in Latin, c.1091. 31.1 by 44.6 cm. (British Library, London; Exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
44. Presages of the Millenium, by James Gillray. 1795. Hand-Coloured Etching with Aquatint, 33 by 37.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
45. Street Scene, by Ludwig Meidner. 1914. Brush and Black Ink, 42.2 by 36.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
47. Four Angels Holding Back the Winds, and the Marking of the Elect, by Albrecht Dürer. 1498. Woodcut, 39.6 by 28.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
46. Four Angels Holding Back the Winds, from the Koberger Bible, Nuremberg 1483. Woodcut with Hand-Colouring, 11.9 by 19 cm. (British Library, London; Exh. British Museum, London).
Book Review
The Illustrated Beatus. A Corpus of Illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse
02/1996 | 1115 | 138
Pages: 130-131
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Reviewer:
Klein, Peter K. (Klein, Peter K.; Klein, Peter)
Subjects
subjects:
Beatus of Liébana
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Bible / Apocalypse
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Illustrated Beatus. A Corpus of Illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse | author: Williams, John
Book Review
The Apocalyptic Sublime
06/1987 | 1011 | 129
Pages: 406-407
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Reviewer:
Staley, Allen (Staley, Allen)
Subjects
dates:
1750-1849
places:
England
subjects:
Bible stories / Apocalypse / British painting
subjects:
Sublime
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Apocalyptic Sublime | author: Paley, Morton D.
Article
The Manuscript Model of the Angers 'Apocalypse' Tapestries
04/1985 | 985 | 127
Pages: 208-219
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Author:
Henderson, George (Henderson, George; Henderson, G. D. S.)
Subjects
art literature:
Panofsky, Erwin
artists:
Bataille, Nicolas
artists:
Bondol, Jean
dates:
1350-1399
places:
France / Angers
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Apocalypses (manuscripts)
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries
subjects:
Apocalypse
subjects:
Visual sources
subjects:
Iconography
subjects:
French painting
works:
Apocalypse Tapestries (Château d'Angers, Angers)
works:
Douce Apocalypse (Bodleian Library, Oxford)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Angers Tapestry. Angels Holding Trumpets (Revelation VIII, Verses 1-2).
Attributed works:
15. Angers Tapestry. Angel Holding Censer (Revelation VIII, Verses 3-4).
Attributed works:
17. Angers Tapestry. Censer Cast on Earth; First Trumpet Sounded (Revelation VIII, Verses 5-7).
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19. Angers Tapestry. The Star Wormwood (Revelation VIII, Verses 10-11).
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21. Angers Tapestry. The Eagle Crying 'Woe!' (Revelation VIII, Verse 13).
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23. Angers Tapestry. The Emptying of the Second Vial; The Fountains become Blood (Revelation XVI, Verses 3-4).
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27. Angers Tapestry. The Beast Ordering Executions (Revelation XIII, Verse 15).
Attributed works:
29. Angers Tapestry. Death of the Witnesses (Revelation XI, Verse 7).
Attributed works:
31. Angers Tapestry. The Witnesses Lying Dead (Revelation XI, Verses 9-10).
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33. Angers Tapestry. Resurrection of the Witnesses; Earthquake (Revelation XI, Verses 11-13).
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35. Angers Tapestry. Army of Lion-Headed Horses (Revelation IX, Verses 17-19).
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37. Angers Tapestry. War in Heaven (Revelation XII, Verses 7-8).
Attributed works:
39. Angers Tapestry. The Locusts (Revelation IX, Verses 1-3 and 11).
Attributed works:
43. Angers Tapestry. St John Told to Measure the Temple (Revelation XI, Verse 1).
Attributed works:
9. Angers Tapestry. St John Weeps (Revelation V, Verses 2-5).
Western art unattributed:
10. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f.9 v. St John Weeps (Revelation V, Verses 2-5).
Western art unattributed:
11. Paris, Bib. Nat. MS. Lat. 10474, f. 6 r. St John Weeps (Revelation V, Verses 2-5).
Western art unattributed:
12. London, Lambeth Palace Library MS, 209, f. 2 v. St John Weeps (Revelation V, Verses 2-5).
Western art unattributed:
14. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f. 15 r. Angels Holding Trumpets (Revelation VIII, Verses 1-2).
Western art unattributed:
16. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f. 15 v. Angel Holding Censer (Revelation VIII, Verses 3-4).
Western art unattributed:
18. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f. 16 r. Censer Cast on Earth; First Trumpet Sounded (Revelation VIII, Verses 5-7).
Western art unattributed:
20. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f.17 r. The Star Wormwood (Revelation VIII, Verses 10-11).
Western art unattributed:
22. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f.18 r. The Eagle Crying 'Woe!' (Revelation VIII, Verse 13).
Western art unattributed:
24. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f.36 r. The Emptying of the Second and Third Vials (Revelation XVI, Verses 3-4).
Western art unattributed:
25. London, Lambeth Palace Library MS. 209, f.27 r. The Emptying of the Second and Third Vials (Revelation XVI, Verses 3-4).
Western art unattributed:
26. London, B. L. Add MS. 42555 (The Abingdon Apocalypse) f.57 v. The Emptying of the Second and Third Vials (Revelation XVI, Verses 3-4).
Western art unattributed:
28. London, Lambeth Palace Library MS. 209, f.20 r. The Beast Ordering Executions (Revelation XIII, Verse 15).
Western art unattributed:
30. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f.22 r. Death of the Witnesses (Revelation XI, Verse 7).
Western art unattributed:
32. Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, f.22 v. The Witnesses Lying Dead (Revelation XI, Verses 9-10).
Western art unattributed:
34. Paris Bib. Nat. MS. Lat. 10474, f.19 v. Resurrection of the Witnesses; Earthquake (Revelation XI, Verses 11-13).
Western art unattributed:
36. Oxford, Bodl. MS. Douce 180, p.31. Army of Lion Headed Horses (Revelation IX, Verses 17-19).
Western art unattributed:
38. Oxford, Bodl. MS. Douce 180, p.44. War in Heaven (Revelation XII, Verses 7-8).
Western art unattributed:
40. Oxford, Bodl. MS. Douce 180, p.28. The Locusts (Revelation IX, Verses 1-3 and 11).
Western art unattributed:
41. Dyson Perrins Apocalypse (Formerly Malvern, Dyson Perrins MS. 10), f.33. The Emptying of the Fourth Vial (Revelation XVI, Verses 8-9).
Western art unattributed:
42. Paris, Bib. Nat. MS. Lat. 10474, f.14 r. The Fourth Trumpet Sounded (Revelation VIII, Verse 12).
Western art unattributed:
44. Paris, Bib. Nat. MS. Lat. 10474, f.17 v. St John Told to Measure the Temple (Revelation XI, Verse 1).
Article
Turner, the Apocalypse and History: 'The Angel' and 'Undine'
11/1979 | 920 | 121
Pages: 685-696
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Author:
Finley, Gerald E. (Finley, Gerald E.; Finley, Gerald)
Subjects
artists:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
dates:
1800-1849
places:
England
places:
Naples / Italy
subjects:
British painting / Late works
subjects:
Allegories / Apocalypse
subjects:
Angels / Undine / Iconography
subjects:
Masaniello
subjects:
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Diagram of The Angel Standing in the Sun, by J. M. W. Turner.
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig. 8. [The Angel Standing in the Sun, by J. M. W. Turner. 78.5 by 78.5 cm. (Tate Gallery).]
Attributed works:
13. Detail of Fig. 8. [The Angel Standing in the Sun, by J. M. W. Turner. 78.5 by 78.5 cm. (Tate Gallery).]
Attributed works:
14. Detail of Fig. 9. [Undine Giving the Ring to Masaniello, by J. M. W. Turner. 79 by 79 cm. (Tate Gallery).]
Attributed works:
15. Sketch of Eu with Louis-Philippe's Château, by J. M. W. Turner. Pencil, Pen and Water-Colour, 23 by 32.4 cm. (British Museum).
Attributed works:
16. Banquet at the Château d'Eu for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert(?), by J. M. W. Turner. Pencil and Water-Colour, 23.2 by 33 cm. (British Museum).
Attributed works:
17. Ondine, Wood Engraving from J. B. Giraldon; Les Beautés de l'Opéra, Paris [1845], p.9.
Attributed works:
20. False Love, Engraving from Cesare Ripa: Iconologia, Perugia [1765], III, 1.
Attributed works:
21. Deceit, Engraving from Cesare Ripa: Inconologia, Perugia [1765], III, 270.
Attributed works:
8. The Angel Standing in the Sun, by J. M. W. Turner. 78.5 by 78.5 cm. (Tate Gallery).
Attributed works:
9. Undine Giving the Ring to Masaniello, by J. M. W. Turner. 79 by 79 cm. (Tate Gallery).
Western art unattributed:
10. Allegory of Man, Artist Unknown, c. 1570. Panel, 57.1 by 51.4 cm. (Private Collection).
Western art unattributed:
18. Death the Soul, Wood Engraving from Francis Quarles: Emblems, Divine and Moral, ed. S. W. Singer, London [1845], p.277.
Western art unattributed:
19. Attempted Assassination of King Louis-Philippe at Fontainebleau, Wood Engraving from the Pictorial Times [25th April 1846].
Short Notice
Mortimer's 'Death on a Pale Horse'
08/1970 | 809 | 112
Pages: 529-532+535
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Author:
Ziff, Norman D. (Ziff, Norman D.)
Subjects
artists:
Mortimer, John Hamilton
artists:
Dürer, Albrecht
artists:
Della Bella, Stefano
artists:
West, Benjamin
dates:
1750-1799
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Drawings / Visual sources
subjects:
Apocalypse / Death / Horses (animals)
subjects:
Iconography / Lost works
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Death on a Pale Horse. Etching by Joseph Haynes after a Drawing by Mortimer. Published 1st January 1784.
Attributed works:
52. The Four Horsemen, by Albrecht Dürer. Woodcut.
Attributed works:
53. Death on a Pale Horse, by John Hamilton Mortimer. Pencil, 36.6 by 30 cm. (British Museum.)
Attributed works:
54. Death on Horseback, by Stefano della Bella. Etching.
Attributed works:
55. St Michael Fighting the Dragon, by Albrecht Dürer. Woodcut.
Attributed works:
56. Presages of the Millenium, by James Gillray. Aquatint.
Attributed works:
57. Death on the Pale Horse, by Benjamin West. (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.)
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