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Book Review
Statues and Busts (The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Series A: Antiquities and Architecture, Part 4)
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 294–6
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Stewart, Peter (Stewart, Peter)
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Statues and Busts (The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Series A: Antiquities and Architecture, Part 4) By Amanda Claridge and Eloisa Dodero. 448 pp. incl. 268 col. + 60 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), €115. ISBN 978–1–912554–57–7. | :
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5. Left hand wearing a ‘caestus’ and holding weights, by Vincenzo Leonardi. Pen, dark brown ink and greyish-brown wash over black chalk on paper, 39.7 by 29.3 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor).
Book Review
La sagrestia di Michelangelo: Nuovi studi e restauro
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 191–193
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Lupi, Livia (Lupi, Livia; Lupi, Livia)
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La sagrestia di Michelangelo: Nuovi studi e restauro Edited by Monica Bietti and Claudia Echinger- Maurach. 376 pp. incl. 330 col. + 50 b. & w. ills. (Mandragora, Florence, 2023), €80. ISBN 978–88–7461–668–8. | :
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4. Detail of Twilight, by Michelangelo Buonarroti. c.1524–c.1531. Marble. (New Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence).
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The elder sisters of the ‘The Campbell sisters’: William Gordon Cumming’s patronage of Lorenzo Bartolini
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 126–153
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Stevens, Timothy (Stevens, Timothy)
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Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
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1. The Campbell sisters dancing a waltz, by Lorenzo Bartolini. Here dated 1817–18. Marble, height 170 cm; height of plinth, 92 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Eliza Maria, Lady Gordon Cumming, by George Sanders. 1838. Photogravure by Emery Walker, after a painting of 1838. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.38).
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11. Lady Charlotte Campbell and John Campbell of Islay, thought to be by George Sanders. c.1796. Oil on board(?); each 13.6 by 10.5 cm. (framed individually and mounted together on velvet in a gilded wood frame, not shown). (Private collection; photograph Marc Hindley).
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12. Altyre House, Morayshire, by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. After a drawing of before 1854. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.52).
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13. Sofa table, by George Bullock. c.1815–18. Veneered in rosewood with brass marquetry and lacquered brass mounts, 70.6 by 172.5 by 91.3 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool).
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14. Model for The Campbell sisters dancing a waltz, by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 167 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337755).
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16. Bust of a man (left), here identified as Walter Frederick Campbell, and bust of a woman (right), here identified as Lady Charlotte Campbell (later Bury), both by Lorenzo Bartolini. c.1817–18. Marble, height 74 cm. (left) and 82 cm. (right). (Present location unknown; photograph Christie’s, London).
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17. Model for the bust in Fig.16 (left), by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 61 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382892).
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18. Model for the bust in Fig.16 (right), by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 63 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382921, as ‘Marchioness of Londonderry’).
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19. Fig.16 (left) on its pedestal, supplied by Lorenzi Bartolini. Marble, pedestal height 107 cm. (Present location unknown; photograph Christie’s, London).
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2. Eliza Maria (née Campbell), Lady Gordon Cumming, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817–18. Marble, height with socle 81.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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20. Fig.2 on its pedestal, supplied by Lorenzi Bartolini. Marble, pedestal height 106 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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21. Design for a vase and columnar pedestal, inscribed (top left) ‘15’, by Lorenzo Bartolini’s workshop. Pen and ink on paper, 26 by 18.4 cm. (Museo Civico, Prato, inv no.1035).
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22. Model for the bust of Eleanora Campbell (Fig.3), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817. Plaster, height 64 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382923).
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23. Model for a bust, probably Eliza Gordon Cumming (Fig.2), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817. Plaster, height 46.5 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900750676).
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24. Model for a statue of a child, possibly Penrose Gordon Cumming, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1818. Plaster, height 101 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337775).
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26. Model for a bust of Madame de Staël, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1816. Plaster, height 78 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900742880).
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28. Model for a statue of Venus, formerly with a figure of Cupid, by Lorenzo Bartolini. c.1817. Plaster, height 158 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337748).
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29. Lorenzo Bartolini’s receipt for 484 francesconi for the items in Sir William Gordon Cumming’s third commission, dated 12th June 1818 and annotated by Sir William with individual prices and the total, including his second commission. (National Library of Scotland, Dep.175, Box 128; see Appendix 3.4).
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3. Eleanora Campbell (later Countess of Uxbridge), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817–18. Marble, height with socle 78 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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4. Side view of Fig.2. (Photograph Cara Willoughby).
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5. Side view of Fig.3. (Photograph Cara Willoughby).
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6. Eliza Maria Campbell. c.1815. Possibly watercolour on ivory, 9 by 8 cm. (Private collection; photograph Marc Hindley).
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7. Eliza Maria, Lady Gordon Cumming, by Henry Raeburn. 1817. Oil on canvas, 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (Present location unknown; courtesy of the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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8. Charles Cumming (later Cumming Bruce) in Turkish dress, by Andrew Geddes. 1817. Oil on panel, 64.1 by 53.3 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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9. Sir William Gordon Cumming, by George Sanders. 1838. Photogravure by Emery Walker, after a painting of 1838. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.136).
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Opposite 15. Detail of Fig.1.
Western art unattributed:
27. Venus and Cupid. Roman, partly mid-2nd century CE, restored 1584. Marble, height 182 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Gabinetto Fotograficao).
Book Review
Memoria in Stein: Das römische Wandgrabmal der Frührenaissance
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 64-5
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Muijtjens, Philip (Muijtjens, Philip)
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Memoria in Stein: Das römische Wandgrabmal der Frührenaissance By Michael Kühlenthal. 2 vols, 894 pp. incl. 907 col. + b. & w. ills. (Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2024), €285. ISBN 978–3–7774–3054–6. | :
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2. Tomb of Cardinal Antonio Martinez de Chávez, by Antonio Filarete and Isaia da Pisa, with later alterations by Francesco Borromini. After 1447. Marble. (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome).
Book Review
Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656–1740): Representationsstrategien des europäischen Adels um 1700
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1195
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Avery, Charles (Avery, Charles)
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Die Bronzen des Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656–1740): Representationsstrategien des europäischen Adels um 1700 By Carina A.E. Weißmann. 501 pp. incl. 313 col. + b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin and Boston, 2022), €95. ISBN 978–31–1069–365–2. | :
Book Review
Galleria Borghese. Catalogo generale I: Scultura moderna
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1192–1193
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Dalvit, Giulio (Dalvit, Giulio)
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Galleria Borghese. Catalogo generale I: Scultura moderna Edited by Anna Coliva with Vittoria Brunetti. 456 pp. incl. 287 col. ills. (Officina Libraria, Rome, 2022), €85. ISBN 978–88–336–7179–6. | :
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4. Herm of Bacchus, by Luigi Valadier. 1775. Alabaster and bronze, 178.5 by 30.5 by 22 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Book Review
Late Gothic Sculpture in Northern Italy: Andrea da Giona and i Maestri Caronesi. An Addition to the Pantheon of Venetian Sculptors
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1188–1190
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Boyd, Rachel (Boyd, Rachel)
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Late Gothic Sculpture in Northern Italy: Andrea da Giona and i Maestri Caronesi. An Addition to the Pantheon of Venetian Sculptors By Anne Markham Schulz. 2 vols, 660 pp. incl. 532 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, Turnhout, 2022), €275. ISBN 978–1–912554–80–5. | :
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2. St Mark, detail from the altarpiece of the Madonna dei Mascoli, by Andrea da Giona. Early 1430s. (Mascoli Chapel, S. Marco, Venice).
Book Review
Gli dei ritornano: I bronzi di San Casciano
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1162–1163
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Gli dei ritornano: I bronzi di San Casciano Edited by Massimo Ossana and Jacopo Tabolli. 200 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Treccani Emporium, Rome, 2024), €49. ISBN 978–88–12–01165–0. | :
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5. Polyvisceral plaque. Etruscan or Roman, 2nd or 1st century BCE. Bronze, height 20.8 cm. (Bagno Grande, San Casciano dei Bagni).
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6. Detail of the ‘putto of San Cascaino dei Bagni’, showing the inscription on the right leg. Etruscan, 2nd century BCE. Bronze. (Bagno Grande, San Casciano dei Bagni; photograph the author).
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7. Apollo / Aplu. Etruscan, 2nd century BCE. Bronze, height 63 cm. (Bagno Grande, San Casciano dei Bagni).
Article
Fragments of a Ferrarese sketch by Donatello
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 11401151
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Scansani, Marco (Scansani, Marco)
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1. Funeral of the Virgin, by Donatello. Photograph taken before 1921. (Formerly Museo Schifanoia, Ferrara).
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10. Feast of Herod, by Donatello. c.1435. Marble, 50 by 71.3 by 5 cm. (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille).
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11. Detail of the Descent from the Cross scene on the Passion Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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12. Detail of the Ascension scene on the Resurrection Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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13. Detail of Fig.14. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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14. St Stephen and St Lawrence, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Polychromed terracotta, 215 by 180 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence)
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14. St Stephen and St Lawrence, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Polychromed terracotta, 215 by 180 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence)
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15. Detail of Dancing and festive putti from the Holy Girdle Pulpit, by Donatello. 1434–38. Marble. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato).
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16. Side view of Fig.3.
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17. Detail of a putto from the Cavalcanti Annunciation, by Donatello. c.1433–35. Terracotta. (S. Croce, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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18. Feast of St George, Allegory of the month of April, by Francesco del Cossa. c.1470. Fresco. (Salone dei Mesi, Museo Schifanoia, Ferrara).
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19. Madonna with Child and five angels, by Donatello. c.1455–60. Terracotta with traces of paint, 21.5 by 15.5 by 4.2 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin).
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2. Funeral of the Virgin, here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 33 by 24.5 by 2 cm. (Private collection).
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20. David with the head of Goliath, from a model by Donatello. Cast c.1460–65 after a wax model by Donatello c.1455. Bronze, height 37 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin).
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3. Evangelist, here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 33 by 33 by 9 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Acephalous figure (perhaps an Evangelist?), here attributed to Donatello. 1450. Terracotta, 25 by 20 by 4 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Fig.1 and Fig.2 placed side by side.
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6. Detail of the Pentecost scene on the Resurrection Pulpit, by Donatello. c.1461–66. Bronze. (S. Lorenzo, Florence; photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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7. Resurrection of Drusiana, by Donatello. 1435–40. Polychrome stucco, diameter approx. 215 cm. (Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence).
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8. Detail of Fig.7. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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9. Pietà, by Donatello. c.1450–53. Marble, 36.5 by 30.5 by 4.5 cm. (S. Gaetano, Padua).
Article
Michelangelo’s Bruges Madonna: its patron, material and meaning
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1123–1139
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Nuttall, Paula (Nuttall, Paula)
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1. The Bruges Madonna in situ in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Church of Our Lady, Bruges. (Photograph the author).
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10. Virgin and Child, by Benedetto da Maiano. Before 1497, completed 1575. Marble, height 140 cm. (Oratorio della Misericordia, Florence).
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11. Detail of the Barbadori Altarpiece, by Filippo Lippi. 1438. Tempera on panel. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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12. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph the author).
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13. Virgin and Child, by Gentile da Fabriano. 1425. Fresco. (Orvieto Cathedral; photograph Jeff Cotton).
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14. Detail of Fig.13, showing left hands of the Virgin and Child. (Photograph Jeff Cotton).
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15. Detail of Fig.2, showing the hands of the Virgin and Child. (Photograph the author).
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16. Virgin and Child, by Tino da Camaino. 1320–21. Marble, height 78 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Studies for the Apostles, Battle of Cascina, the Bruges Madonna and an architectural element, by Michelangelo. c.1503–04. Black chalk, dark brown ink, pen and lead point on paper, 27.3 by 26.2 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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19. Detail of Fig.18 (top right of sheet), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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2. Madonna and Child (the Bruges Madonna), by Michelangelo. 1504–05. Marble, height 128 cm. (Church of Our Lady, Bruges; Bridgeman Images).
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20. Detail of Fig.18 (centre of sheet), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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21. Detail of Fig.18 (top of left-hand edge), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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22. Detail of Fig.18 (centre and bottom of left-hand edge), showing studies for the Bruges Madonna.
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23. Three studies of nude men and the Virgin and Child, by Michelangelo. c.1504–05. Black chalk, dark and light brown ink, pen and lead point on paper, 31.5 by 27.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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24. Tomb of Pieter Moscron. 1829, with original sixteenth-century brass coats-of-arms. (Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Church of Our Lady, Bruges; photograph Brit Vanraepenbusch).
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25. Detail of Fig.23, showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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26. Detail of Fig.1, showing the Moscron coat-of-arms, here attributed to Joost Aerts and Jan de Smet. c.1558–65. (Photograph the author).
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27. Detail of Fig.1, showing the 17th-century swag above the central niche. (Photograph the author).
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3. Margaret of York and Mary of Burgundy kneeling before a white statue of St Anne, fol.2v of the Register of the Guild of St Anne, by Circle of Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy. c.1476. Gold and bodycolour on vellum, height 33 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited, 2024; Bridgeman Images).
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4. White Virgin of Jean de Berry. French, c.1400. Marble, height 146 cm. (Bourges Cathedral; Alamy Stock Photo).
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5. Detail of a cast of the Bruges Madonna, showing the different treatment of the front and back of the base. 1871. Plaster. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph the author).
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6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the chisel marks on the base. (Photograph the author).
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7. Detail of Fig.2, seen from the left. (Photograph the author).
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8. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph the author).
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9. Detail of Judith and Holofernes, by Donatello. c.1456. Bronze. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Photo Scala, Florence).
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17. Our Lady of Leuven. Netherlandish, 13th century (reworked 1442). Polychromed and gilded wood and rock crystal, height 160 cm. (Church of St Peter, Leuven).
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