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Exhibition Review
Rembrandt’s Elephant: Following in Hansken’s Footsteps
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1071-1073
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Reviewer:
Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
subjects:
Elephants
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Rembrandt’s Elephant: Following in Hansken’s Footsteps By Michiel Roscam Abbing. 148 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Leporello Publishers, Amstelveen, 2021), €14.90. ISBN 978–90–79624–23–2. | :
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Attributed works:
4. Adam and Eve, by Rembrandt. 1638. Etching, 16.3 by 11.7 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
5. Dead elephant (Hansken) and two men, by Stefano della Bella. Drawing, 15.2 by 21.2 cm. (Städelsches Kunstinstitut, owned by the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V., Frankfurt; © Städel Museum ARTOTHEK).
Exhibition Review
Terrible Beauty: Elephant – Human – Ivory
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1061-1063
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Reviewer:
Vogt, Robert J. (Vogt, Robert J.)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Elephants / Ivory / Sculpture / Videos / Ivories / Installations (visual works) / Interviews
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Terrible Beauty: Elephant – Human – Ivory Humboldt Forum, Berlin 20th July–28th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Jewellery box. Ceylon, 16th century. Ivory with metal fittings, height 10.2 cm. (Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. Humboldt Forum, Berlin; photograph Jürgen Liepe).
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7. Mammoth. 35,000 BC. Ivory, length 3.7 cm. (Archäopark Vogelherd, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden- Württemberg; exh. Humboldt Forum, Berlin; photograph Manuela Schreiner).
Attributed works:
8. Installation view of Terrible Beauty: Elephant – Human – Ivory at the Humboldt Forum, Berlin, 2021. (Photograph Robert Vogt).
Letter
The Elephant
07/1969 | 796 | 111
Pages: 452+455
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Author:
Winkworth, W. W. (W. W. W.) (Winkworth, W. W. (W. W. W.); Winkworth; Winkworth, William Wilberforce)
Subjects
artists:
Deck, Thomas
dates:
1750-1849
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
subjects:
Ceramics / Porcelain / Meissen porcelain
subjects:
Elephants
subjects:
Chinoiserie
Letter
Bernini's Drawings of Elephants
12/1955 | 633 | 97
Pages: 391
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Author:
Popham, A. E. (Popham, A. E.; Popham, Arthur Ewart; Popham, Arthur E.; P., A. E.)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
artists:
Giulio Romano
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Drawings / Elephants
subjects:
Visual sources
Short Notice
Three Unknown Drawings by G. L. Bernini
10/1955 | 631 | 97
Pages: 320-321+323
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Author:
Cooke, Hereward Lester (Cooke, Hereward Lester; Cooke, H. L.)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
dates:
1600-1649
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Italian architecture / Drawings
subjects:
Architectural drawings
subjects:
Elephants
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Figures Supporting Base of Frame, Here Attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Pen and Wash, 9.6 by 12.8 cm. (Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe e Disegni, Rome.)
Attributed works:
21. Three Elephants, Here Attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Pen and Wash, 9.6 by 12.8 cm. (Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe e Disegni, Rome.)
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22. Architectural Studies Relating to Ariccia, Here Attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Pen and Pencil, 27.9 by 20.3 cm. (Chigi Archives, Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome.)
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23. Caricatures and Notes, Here Attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. On Reverse of Drawing Reproduced in Fig.22.
Attributed works:
A. Water-Mark of Paper on Which Drawing (Fig.22) Was Made.
Letter
Leonardo da Vinci's Pazzia Bestialissima
08/1934 | 377 | 65
Pages: 89-90
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Author:
Möller, Emil (Möller, Emil; Moeller, Emil; Moller, E.)
Subjects
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
subjects:
Italian painting / Drawings / Iconography / Animals / Elephants
Letter
Elephants or Macaws?
02/1927 | 287 | 50
Pages: 112
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
subjects:
Mayan / Iconography / Elephants
Article
A Silk Fabric Woven at Baghdad
12/1926 | 285 | 49
Pages: 261-262+266-267
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Author:
Guest, Rhuvon (Guest, Rhuvon; Guest, R.)
Author:
Kendrick, A. F. (Kendrick, A. F.; K., A. F.; K., A.; Kendrick, Albert Frank)
Subjects
dates:
0900-0999
places:
Iraq / Baghdad
subjects:
Textiles / Islamic / Silks / Cloth
subjects:
Silk stuffs
subjects:
Animals / Elephants / Iconography
subjects:
Kufic / Inscriptions
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Silk Fabric, Mediæval, with Inscription Showing It to Have Been Woven in Baghdad. 26 cm. by 25 cm. (Colegiata de San Isodoro, Léon). A Silk Fabric Woven at Baghdad
Article
Elephants and Maya Art
12/1924 | 261 | 45
Pages: 262-265+268-269
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
places:
Central America / Honduras
subjects:
Mayan / Influence / Indian
subjects:
Iconography / Elephants / Native American (North American)
subjects:
Anthropology / Visual sources
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A and D-Stela B at Copan, from Dr. Maudslay's Photographs. B-Wood-Cut from Elephants and Ethnologists. C-Diagram of Upper Design on Front of Stela B, after Dr. Maudslay. Elephants and Maya Art
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. E and F-Wood-Cuts of Numeral Glyphs on Stela D at Copan, from Elephants and Ethnologists. G-Stela N at Copan, from Dr. Maudslay's Photograph. H-Diagram of Design at Back of Stela B after Dr. Maudslay. Elephants and Maya Art