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Article
Hippolyte and Paul Flandrin at Saint-Séverin, Paris
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1178-1189
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Author:
Marchetti, Elena (Marchetti, Elena)
Author:
Paccoud, Stéphane (Paccoud, Stéphane)
Subjects
artists:
Flandrin, Hippolyte-Jean / Flandrin, Jean-Paul / Orsel, André Jacques Victor / Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
buildings:
Saint-Severin, Paris, France
dates:
1840-1849 / 1830-1839
subjects:
Commissions / Church decoration / Murals / John the Baptist, Saint / John the Evangelist, Saint / Chapels / Restoration (process) / French painting / Techniques / Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris, after restoration, 2022. (© Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser)
Attributed works:
10. Composition study for the Baptism of Christ, by Paul Flandrin. c.1844. Graphite, black chalk and wash on paper, 63.3 by 30 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
11. The Ollioules gorges, by Paul Flandrin. 1843. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 25.5 by 35 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Gérard Blot).
Attributed works:
12. The Ollioules gorges, by Paul Flandrin. 1843. Graphite and white chalk on brown paper, 31.3 by 23.4 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
Attributed works:
13. Christ and the little children, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1836–38. Oil on canvas, 313 by 441 cm. (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Lisieux; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
Attributed works:
14. The Gulf of Gaeta, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1838. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 6.9 by 18.6 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris).
Attributed works:
15. Archangel Raphael, cartoon for a stained-glass window for the Chapel Saint-Ferdinand, Neuilly-sur-Seine, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1842. Oil on canvas, 210 by 92 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photo © RMN-Grand Palais / René-Gabriel Ojeda).
Attributed works:
16. Head of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1842. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 21.9 by 17.6 cm. (Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Calling of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax. (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
Attributed works:
3. St John on the Isle of Patmos, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
Attributed works:
4. Last Supper, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
Attributed works:
5. Martyrdom of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax. (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
Attributed works:
6. Study of Hippolyte Flandrin’s arms for the Last Supper, by Paul Flandrin. 1840. Graphite on squared-up paper, 19.7 by 24.1 cm. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA).
Attributed works:
7. Cartoon for the Martyrdom of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Graphite and stump on squared-up paper, 99 by 90.8 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
Attributed works:
8. Preaching of St John the Baptist, by Paul Flandrin. 1844–46. Mural painting. (Baptismal Chapel, Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Emmanuel Michot).
Attributed works:
9. Baptism of Christ, by Paul Flandrin. 1844–46. Mural painting. (Baptismal Chapel, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC / Emmanuel Michot).
Book Review
Flamboyant Architecture and Medieval Technicality: The Rise of Artistic Consciousness at the End of the Middle Ages (c. 1400–c. 1530)
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 382-383
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Reviewer:
Beltrami, Costanza (Beltrami, Costanza)
Subjects
styles:
Flamboyant / Gothic architecture
subjects:
French architecture / Cathedrals / Church decoration / Portals / Inlays
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Flamboyant Architecture and Medieval Technicality: The Rise of Artistic Consciousness at the End of the Middle Ages (c. 1400–c. 1530) By Jean-Marie Guillou t. 200 pp. incl. 43 col. + 70 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2019),  75.50. ISBN 978–2–503–57729–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Detail of ‘The building of the Temple of Jerusalem’ in Falvius Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities, showing a mason hollowing out a canopy to allow slate or glass to be inserted, attributed to the Master of the Munich Boccaccio. 1465–75. (Biblioth que nationale de France, Paris, MS Fr.247, fol.163r; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Global mission iconography in the Jesuit Church in Innsbruck (1636–66)
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 658-672
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Opstal, Bartolomäus von / Schönfeld, Johann Heinrich / Pock, Paul
artists:
Ortelius, Abraham
buildings:
St Francis Xavier Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Innsbruck, Austria
dates:
1630-1669
media:
Stuccowork / Marbles / Gilding
patrons:
Medici, Claudia de' / Medici, Anna de'
places:
Innsbruck
styles:
Baroque
subjects:
Xavier, Francis / Ignatius of Loyola, Saint / Jesuits / Missionaries / Iconography / Church decoration / Maps / Ceilings / Retables / Altarpieces / Sculptors / Asians / Amerindians (South America) / Africans
subjects:
Four Continents
subjects:
Austrian art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Francis Xavier and the miracle of the crab. Second half of the seventeenth century. Oil on canvas. (Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck).
Attributed works:
10. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Bistre, graphite, wash and reddish and ochre pigments on paper, 16.2 by 21 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
Attributed works:
11. Detail of Fig.5.
Attributed works:
12. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Black ink and reddish pigment on paper, 43.4 by 29.8 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
Attributed works:
13. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Black ink, reddish pigment and wash on paper, 42.2 by 24.1 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
Attributed works:
15. This illustration shows us the people and island which have been discovered by the Christian King of Portugal, by Johann Froschauer. 1505. Woodcut. (From A. Vespucci: Mundus Novus, Augsburg; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of Fig.5.
Attributed works:
2. Vault of the Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck, by Georg Braun and others. 1636. Stucco and gilding.
Attributed works:
4. Martyrdom of the Japanese saints Paul Miki, James Kisai and John de Goto, by Paul Pock. 1644. Oil on canvas, height 400 cm. (Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck).
Attributed works:
5. Altar of the Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck, by Bartholomäus von Opstal. 1666–68. Marble and gilded bronze, 690 by 400 cm. The altarpiece is Francis Xavier baptising an Indian nobleman, attributed to Heinrich Schönfeld. 1670. Oil on canvas, 250 by 175 cm.
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the map of India.
Attributed works:
7. A figure of the East Indies and adjacent islands. Hand-coloured engraving, 36 by 48.5 cm. From A. Ortelius: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp 1570. (Boston Public Library).
Attributed works:
8. A depiction of the islands of Japan. Hand-coloured engraving, 36 by 48.5 cm. From A. Ortelius: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp 1595. (Sanderus Antiquariaat, Ghent).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the map of Japan.
Attributed works:
Xavierius’s dream of bringing help to the Indies, by Abraham van Diepenbeek. Engraving, 10.5 by 13.5 cm. (From Imago Primi Saeculi Societatis Iesu, Antwerp 1640).
Western art unattributed:
14. Design for the Francis Xavier altar. c.1666. Bistre, graphite and wash on paper. 44.9 by 30.9 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
Western art unattributed:
16. Design for a sculpture of St Francis Xavier for the Francis Xavier Altar. c.1666. Graphite, black ink and wash on paper, 42 by 24 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
Western art unattributed:
3. Plan of the Jesuit (now the University) Church, Innsbruck. 1781. Ink and watercolour on paper, 73.5 by 52 cm. (Tiroler Landesarchiv).
Article
The Victorian high-altar reredos in St Paul’s Cathedral, London
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 646-657
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Wren, Christopher / Bodley, George Frederick / Garner, Thomas / Guillemin, Jean / Piccirilli, Attilio / Farmer and Brindley
buildings:
Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, Great Britain / Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Great Britain
dates:
1880-1889
media:
Marbles / Gilding
patrons:
Gregory (1819-1911), Robert / Liddon (1829-90), Henry Parry / Penrose (1817-1903), Francis Cranmer / Milman (1791-1868), Henry Hart
patrons:
Church, Richard William
subjects:
Reredoses / Altars / Protestantism / Catholicism / Liturgy / British architecture / Ceremonies / Church decoration / Sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The high-altar reredos in St Paul’s Cathedral, London, designed by Thomas Garner and made by Farmer and Brindley. 1888. Photograph by A.F. Kersting, c.1939. (© The Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Attributed works:
10–12. Angels, by Attilio and Furio Piccirilli for Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. Marble with gilding and imitation rosso antico marble, each 73 by 40 cm. (Private collections; courtesy Bonhams).
Attributed works:
13. The Jesus Chapel, St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Photograph, c.1900. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
Attributed works:
14. The high altar, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, following bomb damage. Photograph by Arthur Cross and Fred Tibbs, 1940. (London Metropolitan Archives).
Attributed works:
15. Cherubs, by Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. Marble with gilding. Each 107 by 61 cm. (Private collection; photograph Christie’s).
Attributed works:
2. The nave of St Paul’s Cathedral, looking east. 1870s. Photograph by London Stereoscopic Company. (Mary Evans Picture Library).
Attributed works:
3. The altar in the chapel, Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, by Bodley and Garner. 1877. Photograph, 1948. (Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net).
Attributed works:
4. Model of a proposed reredos for St Paul’s Cathedral, London, by Charles Hopson after a design by Christopher Wren. c.1696. Oak, 119.3 by 91.4 by 62.5 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
Attributed works:
5. Sir Christopher Wren’s altar piece, a study for the completion of the apse of St Paul’s, by F.C. Penrose. c.1860. Watercolour, 96 by 56 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
Attributed works:
6. Design for the high-altar reredos, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, by Thomas Garner. c.1885. Pencil, pen and ink on paper, 56 by 35.3 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral Library; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
Attributed works:
7. Virgin and Child, by Jean Guillemin for Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. Marble, 142 by 58 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
Attributed works:
8. Christ, by Jean Guillemin for Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. The cross was added after 1950. Marble, height 196 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
Attributed works:
9. St Paul, by Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. Marble, height 138 cm. (Private collection; photograph Sotheby’s, London).