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Exhibition Review

Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

09/2018 | 1386 | 160

Pages: 774-776

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Reviewer:

Cooney, Kathlyn M. (Cooney, Kathlyn M.)

Subjects

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Sculpture / Musical instruments / Silverwork / Documents / Stone / Marbles

museums and institutions:

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States

patrons:

Amasis II, King of Egypt / Amenhotep III, King of Egypt / Alexander the Great

places:

United States / Los Angeles

subjects:

Egyptian sculpture / Greek (ancient) sculpture / Roman (ancient) sculpture / Egyptian School / Greek (ancient) School / Roman (ancient) School / Patronage / Politics / Influence / Diplomacy / Collecting / Monarchy / Emperors / Kings / Greek iconography / Roman iconography / Gods / Goddesses / Sarcophagi / Hieroglyphics / Scrolls (Rolls) / Jugs / Cups / Busts / Portraits / Caesar, Lucius Julius, 90-43 B.C. / Caracalla / Naturalism

Illustrations

Western art unattributed:

5. Sarcophagus of Wahibreemakhet, Egyptian. c.600 BC. Basalt, 230 by 94 by 105 cm. (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).

Western art unattributed:

6. Julius Caesar, Roman. First century BC–First century AD. Graywacke, 44 by 26 by 25 cm. (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).

Western art unattributed:

7. Head of Caracalla, Romano-Egyptian. AD 211–17. Granite, 51 by 34 by 52 cm. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).

Exhibition Review

The Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

07/2018 | 1384 | 160

Pages: 580-582

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Reviewer:

Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)

Subjects

collectors and dealers:

Aldobrandini family / Rothschild family

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Silverwork

museums and institutions:

Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Great Britain / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States

places:

Great Britain / Waddesdon / United States / New York

subjects:

Decorative arts / Dishes / Marks (metalwork) / Metalworking / Gilding / Iconography / Roman iconography / Biographies / Conferences / Identification / Sources / Style / Provenance / Archives / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Conservation

Illustrations

Western art unattributed:

5. Tazza with a figure of the Emperor Galba. Netherlands, c.1587–99. Gilded silver, height 43 cm. (Casa- Museu Medeiros e Almeida, Lisbon; exh. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).

Western art unattributed:

6. The dish from a tazza representing the Emperor Domitian. Netherlands, c.1587–99. Gilded silver, diameter 18 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art; exh. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).

Western art unattributed:

7. The Breda Cup, by Elias Marcus and Jeremias Maes. 1600. Gilded silver, height 61.5 cm. (Hohenlohe Museum, Schloss Neuenstein; exh. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).

Publication Received

Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso. By Paul Barolsky.

08/2015 | 1349 | 157

Pages: 553

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Reviewer:

Holberton, Paul (Holberton, Paul)

Subjects

art literature:

Ovid

subjects:

Metamorphoses / Roman iconography / Classical mythology / Visual sources

subjects:

Art history / Classical literature / Literature in art

Article

A pair of paintings by Caesar van Everdingen

02/2012 | 1307 | 154

Pages: 97-100

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Author:

Huys Janssen, Paul (Huys Janssen, Paul; Janssen, Paul Huys)

Subjects

art literature:

Philostratus

artists:

Everdingen, Cesar van

collectors and dealers:

Otterloo, Eijk van / Otterloo, Rose-Marie van

dates:

1650-1699

print:

Everdingen, Cesar van

subjects:

Dutch painting / Collections, Private / Provenance / Iconography / Roman iconography / Pendants (companion pieces)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Bacchus and Bacchantes, by Caesar van Everdingen. c.1655–60. Panel, 45.2 by 37.5 cm. (Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo collection, Naples FL).

Attributed works:

11. Offering to Venus, by Caesar van Everdingen. c.1655–60. Panel, 45.2 by 37.5 cm. (Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo collection, Naples FL).

Attributed works:

12. Bacchus enthroned, by Caesar van Everdingen. 1658? Canvas, 162 by 180 cm. (Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf).

Attributed works:

14. Les Andriens, from Les Images ou Tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates, Paris 1614. (Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp).

Western art unattributed:

13. Les Amours, from Les Images ou Tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates, Paris 1614. (Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp).

Article

‘Marius at Minturnae’ by Jean-Germain Drouais: a classical source and the sublime

05/2011 | 1298 | 153

Pages: 314-317

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Author:

Magreta, Todd (Magreta, Todd)

Subjects

artists:

Drouais, Jean-Germain

dates:

1780-1789

museums and institutions:

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

print:

Drouais, Jean-Germain

subjects:

Collections, Public / French painting / Roman iconography / Iconography / Visual sources

subjects:

Classical

Illustrations

Attributed works:

20. Marius at Minturnae, by Jean-Germain Drouais. 1786. Canvas, 271 by 365 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

Attributed works:

21. Study for Marius at Minturnae, by Jean-Germain Drouais. 1785/86. Pen and black ink with grey wash and traces of lead pencil, 18.5 by 25.6 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille).

Attributed works:

23. Demosthenes, by Jean-Germain Drouais. 1784/86. Grey wash over graphite, 17.1 by 7.5 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes).

Western art unattributed:

19. Detail of Fig.22.

Western art unattributed:

22. Demosthenes. Roman copy after a Greek original by Polyeuktos of 280 BC. Marble, 207 cm. high. (Braccio Nuovo, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City).

Article

A bronze Bacchus wearing a Silenus mask, made for Antonio Londonio

01/2011 | 1294 | 153

Pages: 13-21

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Author:

Wengraf, Patricia (Wengraf, Patricia)

Subjects

artists:

Vries, Adriaen de

artists:

Pellizzone, Andrea

buildings:

Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta, Lainate, Italy

dates:

1550-1599

patrons:

Londonio, Antonio

places:

Lainate / Italy

print:

Vries, Adriaen de

subjects:

Sculpture / Bronzes / Bacchus / Silenus / Provenance / Attribution

subjects:

Fountains

subjects:

Columns (architectural components) / Iconography / Greek iconography / Roman iconography

subjects:

Netherlandish sculpture / Italian sculpture

Illustrations

Attributed works:

14. Bacchus/Silenus, possibly by Adriaen de Vries(?). c.1579–80. Bronze, 89.5 cm. high. (Mr and Mrs J. Tomilson Hill, New York). Photograph: Maggie Nimkin, New York.

Attributed works:

18. The nymphaeum of Villa Litta (Weil-Weiss), Lainate, by Carlo Bossoli. 1852–53. Photograph of a now lost watercolour. (Civico Archivio Fotographfico, Milan).

Attributed works:

19. Detail of the south pulpit frontal, cast by Andrea Pellizzone. 1586. Thin repoussé copper sheets mounted onto a wood backing. (Milan Cathedral).

Attributed works:

20. Self-portrait, by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo. c.1568–70. Canvas, 55 by 43 cm. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan).

Attributed works:

21. Detail of Fig.20 showing the hat badge worn by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo.

Attributed works:

22. Detail of Fig.14 showing the beard of Bacchus beneath the Silenus mask.

Attributed works:

23. Compà Digliagor, by Aurelio Luini. c.1568. Ink on paper, 12 by 8.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Western art unattributed:

15. Photograph of c.1910 showing the bronze Bacchus/Silenus on a marble column in the nymphaeum, known as the cortino delle piogge, at Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta di Lainate, near Milan. (Photograph: Civico Archivo Fotografico, Collection Lissoni 4972D, Castello Sforzesco, Milan).

Western art unattributed:

16. Detail of Fig.15 showing the inverted ‘umbrella’ apparatus emerging from the head of the bronze Bacchus/Silenus

Western art unattributed:

17. Cast in lead from the Bacchus/Silenus in Fig.14. c.1920s. (Uffici Comunali di Lainate). Photograph: Patricia Wengraf.

Article

A father’s tears: the image of Brutus in the Dassiers’ medallic history of the Roman Republic

03/2008 | 1260 | 150

Pages: 166-172

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Author:

Eisler, William (Eisler, William)

Subjects

artists:

Dassier, Antoine / Dassier, Jacques-Antoine / Dassier, Jean

artists:

David, Jacques-Louis

dates:

1740-1749

museums and institutions:

Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

print:

Dassier, Jean

print:

Medals

subjects:

Medals / Roman iconography / Collections, Public / Silverwork

subjects:

Brutus, Lucius Junius, act. 509 B.C.

Illustrations

Attributed works:

15. Lictors returning to Brutus the bodies of his sons, by Jacques-Louis David. 1789. Canvas, 323 by 422 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

Attributed works:

16a and b. Medal of Oath of Brutus / Rome free under the consuls, by Jean Dassier and sons. c.1740–48. Silver, 3.2 cm. diameter. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva)

Attributed works:

17a and b. Medal of Brutus / Judgment of Brutus, by Jean Dassier and sons. c.1740–48. Silver, 3.2 cm. diameter. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva)

Attributed works:

18a and b. Medal of Brutus / Assassination of Caesar, by Jean Dassier and sons. c.1740–48. Silver, 3.2 cm. diameter. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva)

Attributed works:

19a and b. Medal of Louis Le Fort, by Jean Dassier. 1734. Gilt bronze, 5.7 cm. diameter. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva)

Attributed works:

20. The death of Lucretia, by Gavin Hamilton. 1763–67. Canvas, 213 by 264 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven)

Article

'The Story of Theodosius the Younger': a rediscovered tapestry set by Jacob Jordaens and his studio

06/2007 | 1251 | 149

Pages: 376-382

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Author:

Brosens, Koenraad (Brosens, Koenraad)

Subjects

artists:

Jordaens, Jacob / Eggermans, Daniel / Le Clerc, Jean

dates:

1650-1699

places:

Brussels

print:

Jordaens, Jacob

print:

Tapestries

print:

Eggermans, Daniel

print:

Le Clerc, Jean

subjects:

Tapestries / Textiles / Iconography / Flemish / Provenance / Roman iconography

subjects:

Composition (artistic arrangement) / Commissions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The mock petition, by the Eggermans or Le Clerc workshop. c. 1660. Wool ad silk, 314 by 283 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

2. Theodosius receives the apple from a peasant, by the Eggermans workshop. c. 1660. Wool and silk, 307 by 313 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

3. Theodosius gives the apple to Eudocia, by the Le Clerc workshop. c. 1660. Wool and silk, 309 by 234 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

4. Eudocia passes on the apple to Paulinus, by the Eggermans or Le Clerc workshop. c. 1660. Wool and silk, 311 by 197 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

5. Theodsius reveals the apple to Eudocia, by the Eggermans workshop. c. 1660. Wool and silk, 311 by 370 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

6. Battle scene, by the Le Clerc workshop. c. 1660. Wool and silk, 307 by 367 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

7. Bertruda obtains from the king of the Lombards his daugther as a wife for her son Carolus, by the Roelants workshop. c. 1660. Wool and silk, 345 by 351 cm. (Museum Nicolas Rockox, Antwerp).

Attributed works:

8. Queen Artemisia in her room, by the Cordys workshop. c. 1660. Wool and silk, 425 by 320 cm. (Present whereabouts unknown).

Attributed works:

9. Alexander the Great wounded in the thigh at the battle of Issus, by the Geubels workshop. c. 1630. Wool and silk, 420 by 770 cm. (Palazzo Marino, Milan).

Book Review

The Mirror of the Gods. Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art

11/2006 | 1244 | 148

Pages: 783-784

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Reviewer:

Rietveld, Laura (Rietveld, Laura)

Subjects

print:

Classical mythology

subjects:

Italian painting / Greek iconography / Iconography / Roman iconography / Classical mythology / Mythology / Mythical animals / Antiquity / Visual sources / Renaissance

Reviewed Items

subjects:

The Mirror of the Gods. Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art | author: Bull, Malcolm

Article

Antoine Dubost’s ‘Sword of Damocles’ and Thomas Hope: an Anglo-French skirmish

08/2006 | 1241 | 148

Pages: 520-527

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Author:

Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)

Subjects

artists:

Dubost, Antoine

artists:

West, Benjamin

collectors and dealers:

Hope, Thomas, 1769-1831

dates:

1800-1819

museums and institutions:

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, India

print:

Hope, Thomas, 1769-1831

print:

Dubost, Antoine

subjects:

French painting

subjects:

Exhibitions / Art market / History paintings / Collections, Public / Roman iconography / Art criticism

subjects:

Satire

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The return of Helen, by Antoine Dubost. Canvas, 131 by 192 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

2. The sword of Damocles, by Antoine Dubost (cleaned, prior to inpainting). 1804. Canvas, 228 by 258 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).

Attributed works:

3. Dying athlete, by Jean-Germain Drouais. 1785. Canvas, 125 by 182 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

4. The sleep of Endymion, by Anne-Louise Girodet-Trioson. 1791. Canvas, 198 by 261 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

5. Design of an Ancient Tripod, from Household Furniture and Interior Decoration from Designs by Thomas Hope, London 1807, pl.17, no.5.

Attributed works:

6. Thetis bringing armour to Achilles, by Benjamin West. ?1806. Canvas, 49.5 by 67.5 cm. (New Britain Museum of American Art, CT).

Attributed works:

7. Detail of Fig.2, showing footstool with Dubost’s signature.

Attributed works:

8. Title page of A. Dubost: Hunt and Hope, An Appeal to the Public, London 1810.

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