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Joséphine Bowes’s gift to Napoleon III: Antoine-Jean Gros’s ‘Napoleon distributing the cross of the Legion of Honour to artists during his visit to the Salon of 1808’

06/2023 | 1443 | 165

Pages: 626-629

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Author:

Phillips, Judith (Phillips, Judith)

Author:

Spier, Simon (Spier, Simon)

Subjects

artists:

Gros, Antoine-Jean

collectors and dealers:

Bowes, John, 1811-1885 / Bowes, Josephine

museums and institutions:

Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, Great Britain / Château de Versailles, Versailles, France

subjects:

French art / Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 / Provenance / Gifts / Collecting / Collections

Illustrations

Attributed works:

7. Napoleon distributing the Cross of the Legion of Honour to artists during his visit to the Salon of 1808, by Antoine-Jean Gros. 1808. Oil on canvas, 350 by 640 cm. (Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).

Western art unattributed:

8. Writing desk. France, c.1750. Lacquer with gilded bronze mounts, 105 by 120 by 60 cm. (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle).

Book Review

Dividing Paris: Urban Renewal and Social Inequality, 1852–1870. By Esther da Costa Meyer

12/2022 | 1437 | 164

Pages: 1299-1300

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Reviewer:

Ribner, Jonathan (Ribner, Jonathan)

Subjects

patrons:

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 / Haussmann, Georges Eugène, Baron

places:

Paris

subjects:

Urban history / Urban management / Urban planning / Architecture / Social history

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Murillo: Persuasion and Aura By Benito Navarrete Prieto. 348 pp. incl. 272 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2021), £149. ISBN 978–1–912554–40–9. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

5. Rue Gervais-Laurent, by Charles Marville. c.1865–66. Albumen print, 27.2 by 36.6 cm. (Bibliothèque de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris).

Book Review

Die Stadt von der Neuzeit bis zum 19. Jahrhundert: Urbane Entwürfe in Europa und Nordamerika. By Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani

01/2019 | 1390 | 161

Pages: 92-93

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Reviewer:

Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)

Subjects

artists:

Alberti, Leon Battista / Francesco di Giorgio Martini / Wren, Christopher / Le Nôtre, André / Montgomery, Robert / Owen, Robert / Fourier, Charles / Haussmann, Georges Eugène, Baron / Monet, Claude / Pissarro, Camille

dates:

1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899

media:

Architecture / Architectural drawings / Gardens

patrons:

Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464 / Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590 / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873

places:

Italy / Florence / Siena / Pienza / Rome / France / Paris / Germany / Berlin / Austria / Vienna / Portugal / Lisbon / United States

subjects:

Urban planning / Urban history / Urban management / Cities / Ideal cities / Architectural history / Architectural theory / Design / Facades / Social history / Historical context / Cultural history / Surveys

Illustrations

Attributed works:

5. Covent Garden Piazza and Market, London, by John Collet. 1771–80. Canvas, 133.7 by 189.5 cm. (Museum of London).

Exhibition Review

Napoleon III and Queen Victoria. Compiègne

02/2009 | 1271 | 151

Pages: 121-123

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Reviewer:

Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)

Subjects

dates:

2000-2009

museums and institutions:

Musée National du château, Compiègne, France

patrons:

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873

places:

France / Compiègne

print:

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873

print:

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

subjects:

Reviews / Exhibitions / Monarchy / French / British / Royalty / Anglo-French / Exposition Universelle de Paris (1855)

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Napoléon III et la reine Victoria | institution: Musée National du château

Illustrations

Attributed works:

50. 'Bonheur-du-hour' secrétaire, by Alphonse giroux et Cie. 1855. Limewood, marquetry in rosewood, with painted decorations, 141 by 91 by 64 cm. (Musée National du château, Compiègne)

Attributed works:

51. Platter adorned with rustic 'figulines', by Joseph Landais. c.1854–55. Glazed earthenware, 53.4 by 42.5 by 8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Musée National du château, Compiègne)

Attributed works:

52. The happier days of Charles I, by Frederick Goodall. 1853. Canvas, 99.5 by 153.5 cm. (Bury Art Gallery and Museum; exh. Musée National du château, Compiègne)

Attributed works:

53. The grief of the Oceanides, by Henry Lehmann. 1850. Canvas, 251 by 193 cm. (Musée Départemental, Gap; exh. Musée National du château, Compiègne)

Exhibition Review

Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Paris. L'art en France sous le Second Empire

07/1979 | 916 | 121

Pages: 461-464

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Reviewer:

Doran, Michael (Doran, Michael)

Subjects

dates:

1970-1979

dates:

1850-1899

museums and institutions:

Grand Palais, Paris, France

places:

France / Paris

subjects:

Exhibitions / Reviews

subjects:

Second Empire (France: 1852-1870)

subjects:

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873

Illustrations

Attributed works:

100. Fountain in Silvered Bronze, by Léon Marchand, Designed by Frédéric-Eugène Piat, and Enamelled by Bernard-Alfred Meyer. 1867. Height 196 cm, Width 62 cm (Excluding Support). (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Troyes; Exh. Grand Palais, Paris).

Attributed works:

101. Le Jardin d'Armide, Designed by Edouard Muller, Printed by the Manufacture Jules Desfossé. Block-Printed Wallpaper, 386 by 377 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris; Exh., Central Panel Only, Grand Palais, Paris).

Attributed works:

102. Edmondo et Thérèse Moroilli, by Edgar Degas. 1867. 115 by 89.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Exh. Grand Palais, Paris).

Attributed works:

103. Fruits et melons sur un buffet, by Edouard Manet. Signed. c.1866-67.69 by 92.2 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; Exh. Grand Palais, Paris).

Attributed works:

104. Mort de Nessus, by Jules-Élie Delaunay. Signed. 1869-70.95 by 125 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes; Exh. Grand Palais, Paris).

Attributed works:

99. La Comédie humaine, by Jean-Louis Hamon. Signed, 1852. 137 by 316 cm. (Musée National du Château, Compiègne; Exh. Grand Palais, Paris).

Article

A New Museum Is Born

03/1977 | 888 | 119

Pages: 158-167

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Author:

Vertova, Luisa (Vertova, Luisa; Vertova, Luisa Felicita)

Subjects

art literature:

Reinach, Salomon

collectors and dealers:

Campana, Giampietro, 1808 -1880

dates:

1970-1979

dates:

1800-1899

museums and institutions:

Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France

museums and institutions:

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

patrons:

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873

places:

France / Avignon

subjects:

Art museums / Collections, Private

subjects:

Collectors

subjects:

Museum history

subjects:

Politics

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Madonna and Child with Saints Bernard and Catherine of Siena, by Girolamo di Benvenuto. Panel, 57 by 39 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).

Attributed works:

5. Detail from Theseus Leaves with Phaedra Abandoning Ariadne, by the Master of the Campana Spalliere. Panel. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).

Attributed works:

6. Madonna and Child, by Taddeo di Bartolo. Panel, 104 by 69 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).

Attributed works:

7. Madonna and Child, by Sandro Botticelli. Panel, 72 by 51 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).

Attributed works:

8. Madonna in Glory with Saints Francis and Ambrose, by Bartolomeo Bononi. Panel. 120 by 78 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).

Attributed works:

9. Saints John the Baptist and Magdalen, by Angelo Puccinelli. Panel, 80 by 52 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).

Western art unattributed:

2. View over the Pont d'Avignon from Hall No.9 of the Petit Palais.

Western art unattributed:

3. Façade of the Petit Palais, Avignon with Della Rovere Coat of Arms.

Western art unattributed:

4. Two Caricatures from Le Musée Campana catalogué par Cham, Paris 1862.

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