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‘An Antiquity of Piety’

11/2022 | 1436 | 164

Pages: 1078-1087

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Author:

Marsden, Jonathan (Marsden, Jonathan)

Subjects

artists:

Antico / follower of / Cavalli, Gian Marco

buildings:

Kensington Palace, London, Great Britain

collectors and dealers:

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

museums and institutions:

Royal Collection, (Great Britain) / Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany

places:

Mantua / Munich / London

sources:

Doort, Abraham van der

subjects:

Bronzes / Busts / Roman Charity / Italian sculpture / Virtues / Classical mythology / Socles / Patina / House of Gonzaga

subjects:

Provenance / Attributions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

6. Cimon and Pero, by Sebald Beham. 1544. Engraving, 7.1 by 4.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Attributed works:

9. Ariadne, by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico. c.1520–22. Bronze with gilding and silver inlays, height 50 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; KHM-Museumsverbad).

Western art unattributed:

1. Pietas. North Italian, probably early sixteenth century. Bronze, height 50.8 cm. (Photograph Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2022).

Western art unattributed:

10. The back of the bust illustrated in Fig.1.

Western art unattributed:

11. The back of the bust illustrated in Fig.4.

Western art unattributed:

12. Detail of the bust illustrated in Fig.1, showing the top of the head.

Western art unattributed:

13. Detail of the bust illustrated in Fig. 4, showing the top of the head.

Western art unattributed:

2. The bust illustrated in Fig.1 on display in the Privy Chamber, Kensington Palace, London. (© Historic Royal Palaces).

Western art unattributed:

3. Detail of the bust illustrated in Fig.1, showing the flange along the truncation. (Photograph Jonathan Marsden).

Western art unattributed:

4. Cinamon. North Italian, probably early sixteenth century. Bronze, height 57 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; photograph Bastian Krack).

Western art unattributed:

5. Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity). North Italian, sixteenth century. Bronze, diameter 6.35 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Western art unattributed:

7. Detail of the bust illustrated in Fig.1, showing the condition of the surface.

Exhibition Review

Joan Miró: Sculptures 1928–1982. Centro Botín, Santander

09/2018 | 1386 | 160

Pages: 786-788

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Reviewer:

Watkins, Nicholas (Watkins, Nicholas)

Subjects

artists:

Miró, Joan / Piano, Renzo / luis vidal + architects / Llorens Artigas, Josep / Gardy-Artigas, Joan

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Architecture / Sculpture / Bronzes

museums and institutions:

Centro Botín, Santander, Spain

places:

Spain / Santander

subjects:

Spanish sculpture / Spanish architecture / Art museums / Neo-classicism / Fascism / Figurative art / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Cave paintings / Paleolithic / Casts (sculpture) / Patina / Polychromy

Illustrations

Attributed works:

19. The Centro Botín, Santander, photographed from the Pareda Gardens, June 2017. (Photograph Belen de Beneto).

Attributed works:

20. Souvenir de la Tour Eiffel, by Joan Miró, cast by Fundicío Parellada, Barcelona. Bronze, 334 by 54 by 80 cm. (Private collection; exh. Centro Botín, Santander).

Attributed works:

21. Personnage et oiseau, by Joan Miró, cast by Fundicío Parellada, Barcelona. Bronze, 104 by 63 by 20 cm. (Private collection; exh. Centro Botín, Santander).

Article

A Conversation on Painting Techniques

01/1985 | 982 | 127

Pages: 4-16

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Author:

Serra, Alfio del (Serra, Alfio del; Del Serra, Alfio)

Subjects

artists:

Jacopo del Casentino

dates:

1300-1349

places:

Italy / Florence

sources:

Cennini, Cennino di Drea

subjects:

Italian painting

subjects:

Techniques / Sources

subjects:

Varnish / Conservation

subjects:

Patina

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Detail from Fig.9. [Madonna and Child. Circle of Jacopo del Casentino, Attributed to Bettino da Prato. Tempera on Panel, 89 by 54 cm. (Private Collection).]

Attributed works:

11. Detail from Fig.2. [Madonna and Child, by Jacopo del Casentino. Tempera on Panel, 80 by 43 cm. (S. Stefano, Pozzolatico).]

Attributed works:

12. Detail from Fig.2. [Madonna and Child, by Jacopo del Casentino. Tempera on Panel, 80 by 43 cm. (S. Stefano, Pozzolatico).]

Attributed works:

13. Detail from Fig.2. [Madonna and Child, by Jacopo del Casentino. Tempera on Panel, 80 by 43 cm. (S. Stefano, Pozzolatico).]

Attributed works:

14. Detail from Fig.9. [Madonna and Child. Circle of Jacopo del Casentino, Attributed to Bettino da Prato. Tempera on Panel, 89 by 54 cm. (Private Collection).]

Attributed works:

15. Detail from Fig.2. [Madonna and Child, by Jacopo del Casentino. Tempera on Panel, 80 by 43 cm. (S. Stefano, Pozzolatico).]

Attributed works:

16. Detail from Fig.9. [Madonna and Child. Circle of Jacopo del Casentino, Attributed to Bettino da Prato. Tempera on Panel, 89 by 54 cm. (Private Collection).]

Attributed works:

17. Madonna and Child with Angels, by Filippino Lippi. Oil and Tempera on Panel, Diam. 173 cm. (Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze).

Attributed works:

18-21. Details from Fig.17. [ Madonna and Child with Angels, by Filippino Lippi. Oil and Tempera on Panel, Diam. 173 cm. (Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze).]

Attributed works:

2. Madonna and Child, by Jacopo del Casentino. Tempera on Panel, 80 by 43 cm. (S. Stefano, Pozzolatico).

Attributed works:

22-25. Details from Fig.17. [ Madonna and Child with Angels, by Filippino Lippi. Oil and Tempera on Panel, Diam. 173 cm. (Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze).]

Attributed works:

3-6. Details from Fig.2, Madonna and Child, by Jacopo del Casentino. [Tempera on Panel, 80 by 43 cm. (S. Stefano, Pozzolatico).]

Attributed works:

7. Detail from Fig.2. [Madonna and Child, by Jacopo del Casentino. Tempera on Panel, 80 by 43 cm. (S. Stefano, Pozzolatico).]

Attributed works:

8. Detail from Fig.9, Madonna and Child. Tempera on Panel. (Private Collection). [Circle of Jacopo del Casentino, Attributed to Bettino da Prato, 89 by 54 cm.]

Attributed works:

9. Madonna and Child. Circle of Jacopo del Casentino, Attributed to Bettino da Prato. Tempera on Panel, 89 by 54 cm. (Private Collection).

Article

Notes on Traditional Methods of Cleaning Pictures in Venice and Florence

11/1962 | 716 | 104

Pages: 475-477

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Author:

Muraro, Michelangelo (Muraro, Michelangelo)

Subjects

art literature:

Cavalcaselle, G. B.

dates:

1500-1899

places:

Italy / Venice / Florence

sources:

Algarotti, Francesco, 1712-1764

sources:

Milizia, Francesco

subjects:

Oil painting (technique) / Paintings / Conservation / Sources

subjects:

Italian painting

subjects:

Varnish / Glazes / Patina

Article

Dark Varnishes - Some Further Comments

11/1962 | 716 | 104

Pages: 452-460

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Author:

Plesters, Joyce (Plesters, Joyce)

Subjects

art literature:

Gombrich, E. H.

art literature:

Kurz, Otto

dates:

1960-1969

museums and institutions:

National Gallery, London, Great Britain

places:

England / London

sources:

Pliny, the Elder, 23-79 AD

subjects:

Paintings / Oil painting (technique) / Conservation

subjects:

Varnish / Glazes / Sources

subjects:

Technical analysis / Patina

Article

Varnishes, Tinted Varnishes, and Patina

02/1962 | 707 | 104

Pages: 56-59

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Author:

Kurz, Otto (Kurz, Otto; K., O.)

Subjects

subjects:

Patina / Varnish / Glazes

subjects:

Paintings / Oil painting (technique) / Conservation

subjects:

Technical analysis

subjects:

Sources

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The Cleaning of Pictures in Relation to Patina, Varnish and Glazes

10/1950 | 571 | 92

Pages: 296-298

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Author:

Brandi, Cesare (Brandi, Cesare)

Author:

Gombrich, E. H. (Gombrich, E. H.; Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef; Gombrich, Ernst)

Subjects

subjects:

Oil painting (technique) / Conservation / Patina / Sources

Illustrations

Attributed works:

25. Microphotograph Showing the Gap Left in the Glaze after Removal (Without Heating) of a Wax Drop from the Cloak of St Peter in Gozzoli's Madonna and Saints in the Pinacoteca, Perugia. 27. Detail from Cloak of St Paul in Gozzoli's Perugia Madonna and Saints, Showing Damaged Area, and Oval Where a Wax Drop Has Been Removed Without Heating.

Article

Some Factual Observations about Varnishes and Glazes

07/1950 | 568 | 92

Pages: 189-192

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Author:

MacLaren, Neil (N. M.) (MacLaren, Neil (N. M.); Mac-Laren, Neil; M., N.)

Author:

Werner, Anton Alexander von (Werner, Anton Alexander von)

Subjects

art literature:

Brandi, Cesare

dates:

1940-1959

museums and institutions:

National Gallery, London, Great Britain

places:

England / Italy

subjects:

Paintings / Conservation / Varnish / Glazes

subjects:

Patina

subjects:

Oil painting (technique) / Technical analysis / Restoration (process)

Article

The Cleaning of Pictures in Relation to Patina, Varnish, and Glazes

07/1949 | 556 | 91

Pages: 183-188

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Author:

Brandi, Cesare (Brandi, Cesare)

Subjects

artists:

Bellini, Giovanni

artists:

Coppo di Marcovaldo

artists:

Gozzoli, Benozzo

dates:

1200-1499 / 1500-1599

places:

Italy

sources:

Baldinucci, Filippo

sources:

Dolce, Lodovico, 1508-1568

sources:

Pino, Paolo, Act. 1534-1565

sources:

Teophilus, act. 12th c.

subjects:

Oil painting (technique) / Paintings / Techniques / Technical analysis

subjects:

Conservation / Restoration (process) / Glazes / Patina / Varnish

subjects:

Italian painting / Medieval / Renaissance / Sources

Illustrations

Attributed works:

2. La Madonna del Bordone, by Coppo di Marcovaldo. Signed and Dated 1261. Panel, after Cleaning. (Chiesa dei Servi, Siena.)

Attributed works:

3. St Terence, by Giovanni Bellini. Detail of the Coronation Altarpiece. Panel, before Cleaning. (Museo, Pesaro.)

Attributed works:

4. Enlarged Detail of the Steps in Fig. 3, Demonstrating the Removal of Marks in Glazing, Together with the Old Varnish.

Attributed works:

5. Detail of the Veil of Coppo's Madonna (Fig. 2), Demonstrating the Removal of the Circular Ornamentation Painted with Transparent Varnish.

Attributed works:

6. Detail of the Cloak of St Peter in Gozzoli's Madonna with Saints (Fig. 7). The Arrow Indicates the Place Where the Removal of a Drop of Wax Discloses the Original Glazing.

Attributed works:

7. Madonna with Saints, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1456. Panel, before the Recent Restoration. (Pinacoteca, Perugia.)

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