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A statue of Marcantonio Colonna by Guglielmo della Porta

11/2020 | 1412 | 162

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Author:

Extermann, Grégoire (Extermann, Grégoire)

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artists:

Porta, Guglielmo della / Pippi, Nicolò / Buzzi, Ippolito / Perino del Vaga / Jacques De Reims, Pierre / Pulzone, Scipione / Cordier, Nicolas / Cosini, Silvio

buildings:

Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, Italy / Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Italy

dates:

1550-1599

places:

Rome

subjects:

Colonna, Marcantonio / Farnese, Alessandro, Duke of Parma, 1545-1592 / Italian sculpture / Attributions / Attributions, former / Dating / Colonna family / Farnese family / all'antica

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Marcantonio Colonna, here attributed to Guglielmo della Porta. c.1572–74. Marble, height 240 cm. (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome; © Roma – Sovrintendenza capitolina ai beni culturali).

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10. Detail of Fig.1, showing two horn-playing tritons on the cuirass.

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11. Detail of Fig.1, showing the cingulum.

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12. Detail of a drawing depicting a cingulum, by Pierre Jacques de Reims. c.1572–74. Pen on paper, sheet 14.6 by 11 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).

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13. Detail of Fig.1, showing a lappet with tritons and nereids.

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14. Detail of Fig.1, showing a lappet with a triton and nereid.

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15. Detail of Fig.1, showing a lappet with a putto and dolphin.

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16. Detail of a drawing depicting Eros and a dolphin, by Pierre Jacques de Reims. c.1572–74. Pen on paper, sheet 14.5 by 11 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).

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17. Detail of Henri IV, by Nicolas Cordier, showing two lappets, one with a man slaying a lion and another with an Amazon. 1606–08. Bronze. (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome).

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18. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Marcantonio Colonna.

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19. Detail of Fig.1, showing Colonna’s right sandal.

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2. Marcantonio Colonna, by Niccolò Pippi (Nicolas d’Arras). c.1584, with alterations by Ippolito Buzzi, 1610. Marble, height 246 cm. (Palazzo Colonna, Rome).

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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the front of the helmet.

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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the back of the helmet.

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5. Detail of the tomb of Francisco de Solis, which now forms part of the tomb of Paul III, by Guglielmo della Porta. c.1544–45. Bronze. (St Peter’s, Rome; sepia photograph courtesy Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Rome).

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6. Neptune calming the waters after the shipwreck of Aeneas, by Giulio Bonasone. Engraving, 22.8 by 32.1 cm. (Gabinetto Nazionale dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Bologna).

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7. Study of armour for the statue of Marcantonio Colonna, by Guglielmo della Porta. c.1572. Pen and brown ink, 28.6 by 29.8 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).

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8. Studies of helmets for the statue of Marcantonio Colonna, by Guglielmo della Porta. c.1572. Pen and brown ink, 28.3 by 20.3 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).

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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing a variant for the cuirass.

Western art unattributed:

20. Julius Caesar. First–second century. Marble, height 310 cm. (Capitoline Museum, Rome; Bridgeman Images).

Exhibition Review

Charles I: King and Collector

04/2018 | 1381 | 160

Pages: 277-282

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Reviewer:

Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)

Subjects

art literature:

Doort, Abraham van der / Haskell, Francis

artists:

Raphael / Cleyn, Francis / Fanelli, Francesco, sculptor, act. ca. 1608-1661 / Oliver, Peter / Correggio / Veronese, Paolo / Titian / Dyck, Anthony van / Steenwyck, Hendrick II van / Gentileschi, Orazio / Bassano, Jacopo, il vecchio, 1510-1592 / Tintoretto, Jacopo / Tintoretto, Domenico / Palma, Jacopo, il giovane, ca. 1548 - 1628 / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Reni, Guido / Vianen, Paulus van / Rubens, Peter Paul / Mantegna, Andrea / Cordier, Nicolas / Stone, Nicholas, the Elder / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Paintings / Sculpture / Drawings / Engravings / Miniatures (paintings) / Tapestries / Medals

museums and institutions:

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain

patrons:

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 / Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665 / Henrietta Maria, Queen, Consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669 / Christina, Queen of Sweden / Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547 / House of Gonzaga

places:

Great Britain / London

subjects:

Exhibition reviews / Italian painting / Netherlandish painting / German painting / British painting / Collecting / Patronage / Inventories / Provenance / Lighting / Galleries (display spaces) / Allegory / Mythology / Copies / Posthumous casts (sculpture) / Natural disasters

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Charles I in the hunting field, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1636. Canvas, 266 by 207 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

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3. The miraculous draft of fi shes, Mortlake tapestry after Raphael, with borders designed by Francis Cleyn. c.1639–40. Wool, silk and gilt thread, 530 by 580 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris).

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4. Detail of Fig.3.

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5. The conversion of St Paul, by Palma Giovane. c.1590–95. Canvas, 207 by 337 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

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6. St George and the Dragon, by Peter Oliver (after Raphael). 1628. Bodycolour and gold paint on vellum, 22 by 16.5 cm. (Royal Collection / © HM Queen Elizabeth II).

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7. The toilet of Venus, by Guido Reni. c.1620–25. Canvas, 281.9 by 205.7 cm. (National Gallery, London).

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9. Installation view of Charles I: King and Collector at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, showing Charles I, by François Dieussart (1636; Arundel Castle) and Charles I in three positions, by Anthony van Dyck (1635–36; The Royal Collection; photograph Royal Academy of Arts, London).

Western art unattributed:

8. Aphrodite (‘The crouching Venus’). Roman, second century AD. Marble, height 119 cm. (The Royal Collection / © HM Queen Elizabeth II.)

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