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Avatars of Antiquity I: From the nude warrior in Florence to the alien maiden in Piccadilly
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 956-971
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Theseus and the minotaur, by Antoine-Louis Barye. Modelled 1841 or 1842. Bronze, height 45.9 cm., including the integral plinth. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
10. Bronze head, by John Samuel Agar. 1809. Stipple engraving of a marble copy of an archaic bronze head (from Specimens of Antient Sculpture published 1809).
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12. Detail of Lady Caroline Crichton and her Grandfather the 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. 1790. Oil on canvas, 224.4 by 199.5 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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13. Speranza, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1859. Marble, height 160.5 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen).
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14. Detail of the sculpture in Fig.1, showing Theseus’s head.
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16. St Cecilia with angels, by Paul Delaroche. 1836. Oil on canvas, 202 by 162 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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17. Mrs Robert Hollond, by Ary Scheffer. 1851. Oil on canvas, 81.9 by 60.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
18. Preparatory painting for the St Pelagia in the frieze in Saint-Vincent-de- Paul, Paris, by Hippolyte Flandrin. c.1850. Oil on canvas, 73 by 60 cm. (Musée des Beaux Arts, Besançon).
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19. Rachel in the role of Phèdre, by Jean Jacques Barre. 1848. Ivory, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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2. Atalanta (right), by Pierre Lepautre. 1703–04. Carrara marble, height 126 cm.; with Hippomenes (left) by Guillaume Coustou I. 1711–12. Carrara marble, height 134 cm. (Both Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais/Tony Querrec).
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20. ‘Pourtalès Aphrodite’. Hellenistic, 200–100 BC. Bronze, height 25.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
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21. Gentle spring, by Frederick Sandys. 1864–65. Oil on canvas, 121 by 64 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Salome, by Paul Manship. 1915. Bronze, height 47 cm. (Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington; SCALA Archives).
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23. Artemis (kneeling dancer), with a portion of its integral pedestal, by Elie Nadelman. 1916–18. Limestone, height 114.3 cm. (Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, VA).
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24. Figure V, by Barbara Hepworth. Cast 1925. Bronze, height 42 cm. (Daniel Katz Gallery, London).
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25. Peace, by Alfred F. Hardiman. 1946 (based on a model of 1920–24). Bronze, life-size. (Memorial Garden, St James’s Piccadilly, London).
Attributed works:
3. Princely glory, by Giovanni Baratta. Dated 1715. Carrara marble, 335.5 cm., excluding the later English pedestal. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Detail of Marriage à-la-mode: Scene 2 The tête-à-tête, by William Hogarth, showing the mantel shelf. c.1743. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Engraving after ‘Quonin Household God of the Chinese’, by Bernard Picart. (From B. Picart: Ceremonies et coutumes Religieuses des peoples idolatres, Amsterdam 1728, II, pp.222–23).
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6. Detail of Battle relief, by Bertoldo di Giovanni. 1480s. Bronze, 99 by 45 cm. (Museo Nazional del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Warriors fighting, by Raphael. c.1510. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 37.9 by 28.1 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of The fire in the Borgo, by Raphael. 1516– 17. (Stanza dell’Incendio, Vatican; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
11. Apollo of Piombino. Greek, First century BC. Bronze, height 115 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
15. Detail of a Greek or Etruscan statue of an athlete. c.Fifth century BC. Bronze, height 45.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
8. Juno Ludovisi (portrait of the deified Antonia Minor, mother of Emperor Claudius). First century AD. Luna marble, height 115 cm. (Palazzo Altemps, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Designs by John Gibson for the Gibson Gallery at the Royal Academy of Arts
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 947-955
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Author:
Frasca-Rath, Anna (Frasca-Rath, Anna)
Author:
Wickham, Annette (Wickham, Annette)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Wounded warrior, by John Gibson. 1860s. Marble, 193 by 101 by 66 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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10. Detail of an elevation recording the arrangement of casts on the the south and north walls of the smaller room in the Gibson Gallery, attributed to the office of Sydney Smirke. 1874. Pencil with black ink and wash on wove paper, 38.9 by 56.4 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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11. Resurrection. Angel, mother and infant (Monument to Lady Leicester), by John Gibson. c.1844. Plaster, 181 by 126.5 cm. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Paul Highnam).
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12. Venus, by John Gibson. 1850s. Plaster, 172 by 50.8 by 46 cm. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Paul Highnam).
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13. The Gibson Gallery and Diploma Gallery, Burlington House, London. Centre right is Gibson’s marble Bacchus (1856–60) and William Theed’s portrait bust of Gibson (1868) on display alongside paintings from the RA collection following a rearrangement of the galleries. (Repr. The Sphere, 23rd February 1929).
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14. Floorplan showing the Gibson Gallery as completed, attributed to Sydney Smirke. June 1874. Pencil with black ink and wash on wove paper, 38.8 by 55.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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2. The Royal Academy of Arts Library, Burlington House, London, which occupies the space of the Gibson Gallery. The central sculpture is Wounded warrior by John Gibson. Photograph 2011. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Francis Ware).
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3. Design for the layout of the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson. c.1864. A list on the facing page is inscribed ‘Bassorelievi’ with the heading ‘A list of my models in plaster executed at Rome’. Pen and ink on paper, (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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4. Floor plan with layout of sculpture and casts in the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson. 1864. Black ink over pencil on tracing paper mounted on wove paper, 43.5 by 26.9 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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5. Design for the arrangement of the entrance wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson, showing seated male portraits. Black ink on laid paper mounted on laid paper, 27 by 20.3 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London; see also Fig.6).
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6. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the entrance wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with seated male portraits. Here and in Fig.8 missing reliefs are represented by drawings by Gibson, (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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7. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the wall opposite the entrance to the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with idealised female figures. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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8. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the left-hand wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with reliefs on mythological themes. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
9. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the right-hand wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with reliefs on religious themes. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Canova Thorvaldsen: The Birth of Modern Sculpture. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 234-237
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Reviewer:
Bindman, David (Bindman, David)
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Reviewed Items
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Canova Thorvaldsen: The Birth of Modern Sculpture Gallerie d’Italia, Milan 23rd October 2019–15th March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Anton Frederik Tscherning introducing two countrymen to the statue of Vulcan in the Thorvaldsen Museum, by Carl Michael Dahl. c.1860–65. Oil on canvas, 38 by 38 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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2. Hebe, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1815, after a model of 1806–07. Marble, height 156.5 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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3. Hebe, by Antonio Canova. 1800–05. Marble, height 161 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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4. Dance of the sons of Alcynous, by Antonio Canova. 1790–92. Plaster, 141 by 281 cm. (Fondazione Cariplo, Gallerie d’Italia, Milan; Bridgeman Images).