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Exhibition Review
Caravaggio and Caravaggism in Malta
03/2008 | 1260 | 150
Pages: 209-210
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Reviewer:
Warwick, Genevieve (Warwick, Genevieve)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Museo Pepoli, Trapani, Malta / National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta, Malta
museums and institutions:
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta
places:
Valletta / Malta
print:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Caravaggism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caravaggio and Paintings of Realism in Malta | institution: St John's Co-Cathedral
subjects:
Caravaggio: L’immagine del Divino | institution: Museo Pepoli
Illustrations
Attributed works:
63. Return from the flight into Egypt, by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo. c.1625. Canvas, 282 by 204.5 cm. (Jesuit Church, Valletta; exh. St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta)
Western art unattributed:
62. Cupid and a skeleton / Allegory of Faith. Anonymous seventeenth century (?Italian). Canvas, 144 by 150 cm. (Cathedral Museum, Mdina; exh. St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta)
Article
Caravaggio, the Confraternita della Misericordia and the original context of the Oratory of the Decollato in Valletta
11/2007 | 1256 | 149
Pages: 759-766
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Author:
Sciberras, Keith (Sciberras, Keith)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
buildings:
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta
places:
Valletta / Malta
print:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
print:
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta
subjects:
Confraternita della Misericordia
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. The Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato. (St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of the coat of arms of the Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt on the frame of The beheading of St John the Baptist, by Caravaggio. (Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato, St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; Courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).
Attributed works:
19. Detail of a map of Valletta from Valletta Citta Nova di Malta, by Francesco Villamena after an engraving by Francesco dell’Antella. Reproduced in G. Bosio: Dell’istoria della Sacra Religione, Rome 1602, III, unpaginated.
Attributed works:
21. Flagellation of Christ, by Stefano Pieri. 1571. Canvas, 380 by 295 cm. (St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta; courtesy of St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation).
Western art unattributed:
16. Plan of St John’s Church and of the Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato.
Western art unattributed:
18. View of the oratory’s roof to the right of the church façade, recessed behind the Grand Prior’s residence.
Western art unattributed:
20. View of the oratory from the cemetery.
Article
Ciro Ferri's Reliquary for the Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato in Malta
07/1999 | 1156 | 141
Pages: 392-400
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Author:
Sciberras, Keith (Sciberras, Keith)
Subjects
artists:
Ferri, Ciro
artists:
Bartalesi, Urbano
buildings:
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta
dates:
1600-1699
places:
Italy / Malta
places:
Valletta / Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Reliquaries / Metalwork
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Reliquary for the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, Designed by Ciro Ferri, the Silver-Work Executed by Urbano Bartalesi. Gilt-Copper and Silver, 196 by 230 cm. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta).
Attributed works:
2. Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato, Valletta, Photographed c.1910, Showing the Reliquary and the Crucifixion Sculptures on the Altar (Private Collection, Malta).
Attributed works:
3. Design for the Reliquary in Fig.1, Attributed to the Circle of Ciro Ferri. Red Chalk with Pen and Wash, 19.1 by 27 cm. (Cathedral Museum, Mdina, Malta).
Attributed works:
4a. Detail of Fig.1, Showing the Right-Hand Putto. [Reliquary for the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, Designed by Ciro Ferri, the Silver-Work Executed by Urbano Bartalesi. Gilt-Copper and Silver, 196 by 230 cm. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta).]
Attributed works:
4b. Detail of Fig.1 Showing a Three-Quarters Side View of the Reliquary. [Reliquary for the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, Designed by Ciro Ferri, the Silver-Work Executed by Urbano Bartalesi. Gilt-Copper and Silver, 196 by 230 cm. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta).]
Attributed works:
4c. Detail of Fig.1 Showing the Right-Hand Kneeling Angel. [Reliquary for the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, Designed by Ciro Ferri, the Silver-Work Executed by Urbano Bartalesi. Gilt-Copper and Silver, 196 by 230 cm. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta).]
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1 before Restoration Showing the Maker's Mark of Urbano Bartalesi. The Screw Is Modern. [Reliquary for the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, Designed by Ciro Ferri, the Silver-Work Executed by Urbano Bartalesi. Gilt-Copper and Silver, 196 by 230 cm. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta).]
Attributed works:
6. Beheading of St John the Baptist, Designed by Ciro Ferri. Gilt Bronze, 54 cm. diam. (Oratory of S. Giovanni Decollata, Malta).
Attributed works:
7. Monstrance for the Exposition of the Sacrament, Probably Designed by Ciro Ferri, and Executed by the Maltese Silversmith Carlo Troisi. Gilt-Copper and Silver, 110 by 55 cm. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta).
Short Notice
Another Sculpture by Ciro Ferri in Malta
01/1981 | 934 | 123
Pages: 26-29
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Author:
Kruft, Hanno-Walter (Kruft, Hanno-Walter)
Subjects
artists:
Ferri, Ciro
buildings:
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta
dates:
1650-1699
patrons:
Carafa, Gregorio
places:
Italy / Malta
places:
Rome / Valletta
subjects:
Italian sculpture
subjects:
Knights of Malta
subjects:
Sepulchral monuments
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Monument of Grandmaster Gregorio Carafa, by Ciro Ferri. (Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta, Malta).
Attributed works:
48. Detail from the Reliquary, by Ciro Ferri. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta, Malta).
Attributed works:
49. Detail of Fig. 47. [Monument of Grandmaster Gregorio Carafa, by Ciro Ferri. (Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta, Malta)].
Attributed works:
50. Detail of Fig. 47. [Monument of Grandmaster Gregorio Carafa, by Ciro Ferri. (Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta, Malta)].
Attributed works:
51. Detail of Fig. 47. [Monument of Grandmaster Gregorio Carafa, by Ciro Ferri. (Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta, Malta)].
Attributed works:
52. Detail of Fig. 47. [Monument of Grandmaster Gregorio Carafa, by Ciro Ferri. (Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta, Malta)].
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: 'The Church of St John in Valletta 1578-1978' and the Earliest Record of Caravaggio in Malta: An Exhibition and Its Catalogue
09/1978 | 906 | 120
Pages: 624+626-628
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Reviewer:
Spike, John T. (Spike, John T.; Spike, John; Spike, John I.)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
buildings:
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta
dates:
1970-1979
places:
Malta / Valletta
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
109. The Blessed Gérard, First Rector of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, by the workshop of Mattia Preti. (Oratory, St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta).
Attributed works:
110. Ecce Homo, by Mattia Preti. (Oratory, St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta).
Short Notice
A Reliquary by Ciro Ferri in Malta
10/1970 | 811 | 112
Pages: 692-695
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Author:
Kruft, Hanno-Walter (Kruft, Hanno-Walter)
Subjects
artists:
Ferri, Ciro
buildings:
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta
dates:
1650-1699
places:
Italy / Malta
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Reliquaries
subjects:
Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
44. Detail Showing Left Kneeling Angel in Reliquary Reproduced in Fig.45. [Reliquary of the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, by Ciro Ferri. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, La Valletta, Malta.)]
Attributed works:
45. Reliquary of the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, by Ciro Ferri. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, La Valletta, Malta.)
Attributed works:
46. Detail Showing Left Putto in Reliquary Reproduced in Fig.45. [Reliquary of the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, by Ciro Ferri. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, La Valletta, Malta.)]
Attributed works:
47. Design for an Altar with Two Angels Flánked by Putti, by Ciro Ferri. Black Chalk, Brown Ink and Brown Wash, 31 by 27.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)
Attributed works:
48. Detail Showing Basis with Putti in Reliquary Reproduced in Fig. 45. [Reliquary of the Right Hand of St John the Baptist, by Ciro Ferri. (Museum of the Co-Cathedral of St John, La Valletta, Malta.)]
Attributed works:
49. Two Putti, Designed by Ciro Ferri, Executed by Carlo Marcellini. (Choir Decoration, S. Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi, Florence.)
Attributed works:
50. Two Angels Carrying a Sarcophagus, by Ciro Ferri (?). Black Chalk, Brown and Blue Wash, 23.8 by 31.5 cm. (Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome.)
Attributed works:
51. The Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Ciro Ferri. (Oratory of the Co-Cathedral of St John, La Valletta, Malta.)
Article
'New Testament' Tapestries in St John's, Malta: 'Triumphs' after Rubens
04/1960 | 685 | 102
Pages: 149-152
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Author:
Jarry, Madeleine (Jarry, Madeleine)
Subjects
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
artists:
Vos, Josse de
buildings:
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta
dates:
1600-1649
dates:
1700-1749
places:
Malta
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries
subjects:
Flemish painting
subjects:
Triumphs
subjects:
Knights of Malta
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Triumph of Charity. Tapestries (Central Scenes Only) on Designs by Peter Paul Rubens, Woven in the Studio of Josse de Vos, Brussels. 1697-1700. (Cathedral of St John, Valetta, Malta.).
Attributed works:
11. Triumph of the Catholic Church. Tapestries (Central Scenes Only) on Designs by Peter Paul Rubens, Woven in the Studio of Josse de Vos, Brussels. 1697-1700. (Cathedral of St John, Valetta, Malta.).
Attributed works:
12. Triumph of Faith. Tapestries (Central Scenes Only) on Designs by Peter Paul Rubens, Woven in the Studio of Josse de Vos, Brussels. 1697-1700. (Cathedral of St John, Valetta, Malta.).
Attributed works:
13. Triumph of Truth. Tapestries (Central Scenes Only) on Designs by Peter Paul Rubens, Woven in the Studio of Josse de Vos, Brussels. 1697-1700. (Cathedral of St John, Valetta, Malta.).
Attributed works:
8. Destruction of Idolatry. Tapestry Woven on a Design by Peter Paul Rubens. 1697-1700. (Cathedral of St John, Valetta, Malta.)
Western art unattributed:
9. Ramon Perellos et Roccafull as Donor; SS. Thaddeus and Simon. Three Tapestries. Dated 1700. (Cathedral of St John, Valetta, Malta.)