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Albanimania
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1214-1219
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Aymonino, Adriano (Aymonino, Adriano)
Subjects
artists:
Mengs, Anton Raphael / Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714
buildings:
Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome, Italy
dates:
1700-1799
museums and institutions:
Fondazione Torlonia, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
places:
Rome
sources:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
subjects:
Collectors / Collections / Patronage / Art dealers / Sculpture / Drawings / Antiquity / The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo / Architectural drawings / Villas / Architecture / Interiors / Diplomacy / Conservation
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cardinal Alessandro Albani: collezionismo, diplomazia e mercato nell’Europa del Grand Tour: Collecting, Dealing and Diplomacy in Grand Tour Europe (Studi sul Settecento Romano 37). Edited by Clare Hornsby and Mario Bevilacqua. 399 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Edizioni Quasar, Rome, 2021), €60. ISBN 978–88–5491–188–8. | :
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Villa Albani Torlonia: architetture, collezioni, giardino. Edited by Carlo Gasparri. 379 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Electa, Milan, 2022), €49. ISBN 978–88–918–2134–7. | :
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Villa Albani Torlonia: The Cradle of Neoclassicism. Photographs by Massimo Listri with texts by Salvatore Settis, Carlo Gasparri, Alvar González-Palacios and Raniero Gnoli. 335 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Rizzoli, New York, 2021). $150. ISBN 978–8–8918–3214–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Cardinal Alessandro Albani, by Ludovico Mazzanti. c.1721–24. Oil on canvas, 96 by 73 cm. (Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome; © Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
Attributed works:
2. Casino Nobile, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
Attributed works:
3. Loggia, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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4. Galleria del Parnaso, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
Attributed works:
5. Antique bas-relief of Antinous, Sala di Antinoo, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the Galleria del Parnaso, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome, showing the marble and mosaic revetments. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
Exhibition Review
The Torlonia Marbles: Collecting Masterpieces
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 56-59
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Reviewer:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Torlonia, Prince Alessandro I / Giustiniani, Vincenzo, 1564-1637 / Giustiniani, Benedetto, Cardinal, 1554-1621 / Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Caffarelli, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Antiquity / Marbles / Sculpture / Collections, Private / Restoration (process)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Torlonia Marbles: Collecting Masterpieces Villa Caffarelli, Musei Capitolini, Rome 14th October 2020– 29th June 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Installation view of The Torlonia Marbles: Collecting Masterpieces at Villa Caffarelli, Musei Capitolini, Rome, 2020. (Fondazione Torlonia / Electa / Bulgari; photograph Oliver Astrologo).
Western art unattributed:
1. Relief showing the Portus Augusti. After AD 204(?). Greek marble, 122 by 75 cm. (Collezione Torlonia; © Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Lorenzo De Masi; exh. Villa Caffarelli, Musei Capitolini, Rome).
Western art unattributed:
2. Old man of Otricoli, 50 BC. Bust modern. Carrara marble, height 75 cm. (Collezione Torlonia; © Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Lorenzo De Masi; exh. Villa Caffarelli, Musei Capitolini, Rome).
Article
J.J. Winckelmann and the Society of Antiquaries of London: new documents
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 126-135
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Author:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
Subjects
art literature:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
art literature:
Hollis, Thomas / Jenkins, Thomas
collectors and dealers:
Muzell-Stosch, Heinrich Wilhelm
dates:
1760-1769
media:
Documents / Correspondence
museums and institutions:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
patrons:
Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
places:
Rome / London
subjects:
Art historians / Art history / Art theory / Collections / Collections, Private / Collectors / Antiquity / Antiquities / Greek (ancient) School / Greco-Roman School / Roman art / Iconography / Art market / Grand tours / Gems
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, by Anton von Maron. 1767. Oil on canvas, 136 by 99 cm. (Stadtschloss, Weimar; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. The Villa Albani, Rome, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1760–78. Etching, 44.5 by 69.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Thomas Jenkins, by Anton von Maron. 1791, possibly after an original of 1761. Oil on canvas, 66.5 by 50 cm. (Accademia di San Luca, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. Thomas Hollis, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Oil on canvas, 56.5 by 44.4 cm. (Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA).
Western art unattributed:
5. Votive stele, known as the ‘Mantheos relief’. Ancient Peloponnese Greek or eighteenth-century pastiche. Marble, 39 by 52 cm. (Wilton House, Wiltshire).
Western art unattributed:
6. The Albani-Farnese Athena. Roman, after a fifth century BC Greek original, with additions by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, c.first– second century AD. Marble, height 224 cm. (Museo Archaeologico, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
The Dal Pozzo-Albani Drawings of Classical Antiquities in the British Museum
02/1964 | 731 | 106
Pages: 84
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Reviewer:
Strong, D. E. (Strong, D. E.; Strong, Donald Emrys; Strong, Donald)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657
collectors and dealers:
Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
dates:
1600-1799
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Drawings
subjects:
Antiquities
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Dal Pozzo-Albani Drawings of Classical Antiquities in the British Museum | author: Vermeule, Cornelius C.
Book Review
Connoisseurs and Secret Agents in Eighteenth-Century Rome
09/1962 | 714 | 104
Pages: 403-404
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Author:
Ford, Brinsley (Ford, Brinsley; Ford, Richard Brinsley)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
collectors and dealers:
Stosch, Philiph von, 1691-1757
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Collecting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Connoisseurs and Secret Agents in Eighteenth-Century Rome | author: Lewis, Lesley
Article
Richard Wilson in Rome. I-The Wicklow Wilsons
05/1951 | 578 | 93
Pages: 157-167
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Author:
Ford, Brinsley (Ford, Brinsley; Ford, Richard Brinsley)
Subjects
artists:
Wilson, Richard, ca. 1713-1782
artists:
Hamilton, Gavin
artists:
Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista
collectors and dealers:
Howard, Ralph, Viscount Wicklow, 1724-1786
dates:
1750-1799
patrons:
Howard, Ralph, Viscount Wicklow, 1724-1786
patrons:
Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
places:
England / Italy / Rome
subjects:
British painting / Drawings
subjects:
Travel / Grand tours / Collections, Private / Collectors
subjects:
Patronage / Documents / Correspondence
subjects:
Landscapes (visual works) / Classical mythology / Roman iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Landscope with Banditti round a Tent, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Canvas, 73.1 by 99.1 cm. (Mr J. A. Tooth.)
Attributed works:
17. Landscope with Banditti: The Murder, by Richard Wilson. Signed and Dated 1752. Canvas, 74.3 by 98.5 cm. (Mr J. A. Tooth.)
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18. The Summons of Cincinnatus, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Canvas, 73.1 by 98.5 cm. (Mr J. A. Tooth.)
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19. The Departure of Regulus, by Richard Wilson. Dated 1752. Canvas, 73.7 by 98.5 cm. (Mr J. A. Tooth.)
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20. Narcissus, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Canvas, 48.5 by 62.5 cm. (Father D. J. Lucey.)
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21. Venus and Satyr, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Canvas, 48 by 62.5 cm. (Father D. J. Lucey.)
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22. Sketch, Probably a Study for Landscape with Banditti: The Murder (Fig. 17), by Richard Wilson. Fragmentary Chalk Drawing, 19.7 by 36.2 cm. (Ashmolean Museum.)
Attributed works:
23. Prow of a Roman Galley, a Study for the Galley in The Summons of Cincinnatus (Fig. 18), by Richard Wilson. Inscribed: R. W. G. B. Chalk drawing 9.5 by 15 cm. (British Museum.)
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24. The Murder, Possibly a Preliminary Sketch for Landscape with Banditti: The Murder (Fig. 17), by Richard Wilson. Canvas, 43.2 by 50.8 cm. (Mr Brinsley Ford.)
Attributed works:
25. The Log Fire, Presumed to be Study for the Log Fire in Landscape with Banditti round a Tent (Fig. 16), by Richard Wilson. Chalk Drawing, 17.2 by 2.42 cm. (Mr Brinsley Ford.)
Attributed works:
27. Head of a Capuchin, by Richard Wilson. Signed and Dated 1752. Canvas, 48.5 by 38 cm. (Father D. J. Lucey.)
Attributed works:
28. Head of an Old Man, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Canvas, 49 by 38 cm. (Father D. J. Lucey.)
Article
The Red Folder-II
05/1942 | 470 | 80
Pages: 115-119
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Author:
Sitwell, Osbert (Sitwell, Osbert)
Subjects
artists:
Bergognone, Ambrogio
collectors and dealers:
Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
collectors and dealers:
Scudamore, Henry, Duke of Beaufort , 1707-1745
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Italy / England / Rome
subjects:
Dukes of Beaufort / Collections, Private
subjects:
Italian painting
subjects:
Country houses / Aristocracy
subjects:
Sources / Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Fortune. By Salvator Rosa. 1658-59. Canvas, 195.5 by 129.5 cm (The Duke of Beaufort). The Red Folder-II.
Western art unattributed:
Græco-Roman Sarcophagus ("Augustus's Bath"). White Marble. (The Duke of Beaufort). The Red Folder-II.
Article
The Red Folder-I
04/1942 | 469 | 80
Pages: 84-90
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Author:
Sitwell, Osbert (Sitwell, Osbert)
Subjects
buildings:
Badminton House, Badminton, Great Britain
buildings:
Badminton House, Badminton, Great Britain
collectors and dealers:
Scudamore, Henry, Duke of Beaufort , 1707-1745
dates:
1700-1799
patrons:
Alberoni, Giulio, Cardinal, 1664-1752
patrons:
Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
places:
England / Italy / Rome
sources:
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
subjects:
Dukes of Beaufort / Collections, Private / Italian painting
subjects:
Country houses / Aristocracy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
A-Cardinal Giulio Alberoni (1664-1751). By Francesco Trevisani. (The Duke of Beaufort). The Red Folder-I.
Attributed works:
B-Henry, Third Duke of Beaufort (1707-1745/6). By Francesco Trevisani. (The Duke of Beaufort). The Red Folder-I.