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Book Review
The Louvre and Versailles: The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 576-577
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Reviewer:
Maral, Alexandre (Maral, Alexandre)
Subjects
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France / Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
subjects:
Architectural history
subjects:
French architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Louvre and Versailles: The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism By Christopher Tadgell. 368 pp incl. 150 col. + b. & w. ills. (Routledge, London and New York, 2020), £66.99. ISBN 978–0–367198–93–0. | :
Article
Nicolas Poussin and the King’s mathematician
10/2017 | 1375 | 159
Pages: 772-777
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Author:
Batalla-Lagleyre, Gabriel (Batalla-Lagleyre, Gabriel)
Subjects
art literature:
Félibien, André / Bellori, Giovanni Pietro
artists:
Poussin, Nicolas / Raphael
artists:
Aleaume, Jacques / Courtois, Alexandre
media:
Engravings / Old-master paintings
patrons:
Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657
places:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
subjects:
Mathematics / Optics / Perspective / Science
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Dionysus the Areopagite, by Nicolas Poussin. 1610s (Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Fig. 1.
Attributed works:
3. Frontispiece of the Plans des villes frontières de Picardie, by Jacques Aleaume. c. 1610 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Short Notice
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s third design for the east façade of the Louvre of 1665, drawn by Mattia de Rossi
07/2007 | 1252 | 149
Pages: 478-482
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Rossi, Mattia de'
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1650-1699
print:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
print:
Rossi, Mattia de'
subjects:
Architectural drawings / Drawings / Italian architecture / Italian
subjects:
Commissions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Design for the east front of the Louvre: third project, by Mattia de Rossi for Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1665. Pencil, pen, ink and wash on paper, 18.9 by 49.4 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
25. Design for the east front of the Louvre: first project, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1664. Pen and ink on paper, 16.5 by 21.7 cm. (Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Attributed works:
26. Design for the east front of the Louvre: first project, by Mattia de Rossi for Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1664. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 40 by 67.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, 91 DE 4842/ rec.1, fol. 4)
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27. Plan of the ground floor of the Louvre: first project, by Mattia de Rossi for Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1664. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 52.9 by 76 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, 91 DE 4850/ rec.1, fol.3).
Attributed works:
28. Design for the east front of the Louvre: second project, by Mattia de Rossi for Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1665. Pen and ink on paper, 34.7 by 60.1 cm. (National Museum, Stockholm, THC 5146).
Attributed works:
29. The east front of the Louvre: formerly called the third project, by Jean Marot, after Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1665. Engraving, 45 by 102.5 cm. (Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Attributed works:
30. The interior facade of the Louvre: third project, by Jean Marot, after Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1665. Engraving, 45 by 102.5 cm. (Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Book Review
The Palace of the Sun. The Louvre of Louis XIV
10/1993 | 1087 | 135
Pages: 701-702
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Reviewer:
Middleton, Robin (Middleton, Robin)
Subjects
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1650-1749
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
French architecture / Palaces
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Palace of the Sun. The Louvre of Louis XIV | author: Berger, Robert W.
Article
Préault's Commissions for the New Louvre: Patronage and Politics in the Second Empire
09/1989 | 1038 | 131
Pages: 625-630
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Author:
Millard, Charles (Millard, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Préault, Auguste
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1850-1899
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
French architecture / Patronage / Politics
subjects:
French sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
39. Study for Sculptural Group for the Louvre, by Auguste Préault. 1854. Black Chalk. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen).
Attributed works:
40. Study for Sculptural Group for the Louvre, by Auguste Préault. 1854. Black Chalk. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen).
Attributed works:
41. Attic of the Entrance Pavilion to the Bibliothèque Imperiale, Palais du Louvre, Paris.
Attributed works:
42. Maquette for The Arts, by Auguste Préault. 1854. (Presumed Lost or Destroyed).
Attributed works:
43. Maquette for The Sciences, by Auguste Préault. 1854. (Presumed Lost or Destroyed).
Attributed works:
44. Andre Chenier, by Auguste Préault. 1856-67. (Palais du Louvre).
Attributed works:
45. Maquette for Andre Chenier, by Auguste Préault. (Presumed Lost or Destroyed).
Attributed works:
46. Peace, by Auguste Préault. (Palais du Louvre).
Attributed works:
47. War, by Auguste Préault. (Palais du Louvre).
Letter
The Louvre colonnade
01/1981 | 934 | 123
Pages: 33-35
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Author:
Berger, Robert W. (Berger, Robert W.)
Author:
Tadgell, Christopher (Tadgell, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Perrault, Charles
artists:
Houdin, Antonine Leonard
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1650-1699
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
French architecture
subjects:
Documents
Article
Claude Perrault, François Le Vau and the Louvre Colonnade
05/1980 | 926 | 122
Pages: 326-335+337
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Author:
Tadgell, Christopher (Tadgell, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
Le Vau, Francois
artists:
Perrault, Charles
artists:
Houdin, Antonine Leonard
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1650-1699
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
French architecture / Architectural drawings
subjects:
Documents / Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. Louvre, South Front, as Completed by Louis Le Vau. Engraved by Marot.
Attributed works:
61. Louvre, East Front Foundation Scheme, Revised Version by Louis Le Vau. (Reconstruction).
Attributed works:
62. Louvre, East Front, Third Project by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Attributed works:
63. Louvre, West Front, Undated Project Drawing by Pietro da Cortona. (Recueil du Louvre).
Attributed works:
64. Louvre, East Front, Undated Colonnade Project Drawing, Attributed to Louis Le Vau. (Recueil du Louvre).
Attributed works:
66. Louvre, East Front, Project Drawing by François Le Vau. (National Museum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
67. Louvre, East Front, Alternative Project Drawing by François Le Vau. (Olry Deloriandre).
Attributed works:
68. Louvre, East Front, Part of Projected Plan Drawing by François Le Vau. (Olry Deloriandre).
Attributed works:
69. Louvre, East Front, Colonnade as Built. Engraved by J. F. Blondel after Mariette.
Western art unattributed:
65. Louvre, South Front, Undated Project Drawing. (Archives Nationales, Paris).
Article
The Clearance of the Colonnade of the Louvre: A Study Arising from a Painting by de Machy
09/1978 | 906 | 120
Pages: i-vi
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Author:
Roland Michel, Marianne (Roland Michel, Marianne; Michel, Marianne Roland; Michei, Marianne Roland)
Subjects
artists:
Machy, Pierre Antoine de
artists:
Turgot, Michel-Etienne
artists:
Soufflot, Jacques Germain
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1700-1799
places:
France / Paris
sources:
Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 1690-1771
subjects:
French painting / French architecture / Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Le Louvre en 1739. After Turgot.
Attributed works:
2. Le Peristile du Louvre et la Démolition de l'Hôtel de Rouillé, by De Machy. Signed and Dated 1767. 82.5 by 121 cm. (Galerie Cailleux, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Le Dégagement de la Colonnade du Louvre, by De Machy. Pen and Wash, 13.7 by 22 cm. (Galerie Cailleux, Paris).
Attributed works:
4. Le Dégagement de la Colonnade du Louvre, by De Machy. Signed and Dated 1764. 41 by 51.5 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris).
Article
Le Sueur's Allegory of Magnificence
04/1970 | 805 | 112
Pages: 213-215+217
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Author:
Henderson, Natalie (Henderson, Natalie; Henderson, Natalie Rosenberg)
Subjects
artists:
Le Sueur, Eustache
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1650-1699
places:
Paris / France
sources:
Ripa, Cesare
subjects:
French painting / Allegory / Iconography
subjects:
Visual sources / Biographies / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Allegory of Magnificence, by Eustache Le Sueur. Canvas, 99 by 127.5 cm. (Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio.)
Attributed works:
28. Blinding of Elymas, by Raphael. Tapestry Cartoon. (Royal Collection; On Loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum.). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. The Queen.
Short Notice
Three Paintings for the 'Appartement' of Marie de Médicis in the Louvre
03/1970 | 804 | 112
Pages: 166+168-169
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Author:
Blunt, Anthony (A. B.; A. F. B) (Blunt, Anthony (A. B.; A. F. B); Blunt, Anthony Frederick; Blunt, Professor; Blunt, A. F.; A. F. B.; B., A.)
Subjects
buildings:
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1600-1649
patrons:
Medici, Maria de', Queen consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642
patrons:
Medici family
places:
Paris / France
subjects:
French painting / Flemish painting / Attribution
subjects:
Sitters
subjects:
Leo XI, Pope, 1535-1605
subjects:
Documents / Inventories
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
56. Henry IV with Cardinal Alessandro de'Medici, (Leo XI), by an Unknown Artist. c.1613. Canvas, 113 by 85 cm. (Museum, Pau.)
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