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Article
Cristoforo de Predis at the Sforza Court
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 206–11
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Schrader, Jeffrey (Schrader, Jeffrey)
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1. Marriage of the Virgin, from the Borromeo Book of Hours, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1478 or 1486. Gouache on vellum, 10.3 by 7.6 cm. (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, S.P.42, fol.15v; Mondadori Portfolio; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Initial ‘A’ with Galeazzo Maria Sforza in prayer, by Cristoforo de Predis. Probably 1477. Gouache on vellum, 22.4 by 18.9 cm. (Wallace Collection, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Arms and imprese of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, from the Book of Gioacchino and Anna, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1476. Gouache on parchment, 27.3 by 19.1 cm. (Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Codice Varia 124, fol.2v; Bridgeman Images).
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4. St Martin with the poor and Annunciation, from the Ingressarium of Fabrizio Marliani, by Cristoforo de Predis. 1476. Illumination on parchment, 57.2 by 41.2 cm. (Museo Baroffio e del Santuario del Sacro Monte sopra Varese, inv.1000, fol.1r).
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5. Melanthus Cycionius, Apelles, Protogenes Caunius, Quintus Pedius, Praxiteles Graecus, Mecenas, by Joachim von Sandrart. 1683. Engraving. (From J. von Sandrart and P. Killian: L’Academia todesca della architectura, scultura & pittura, oder, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Nuremberg 1683, second part, first book, plate E; New York Public Library).
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6. Details of Figs.4, 3, 2 and 1, showing the various signatures of Cristoforo de Predis.
Article
Paolo Stella’s Belvedere: a Genoese outpost in Prague
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1088-1103
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Schulz, Anne Markham (Schulz, Anne Markham)
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1. The west front of the Belvedere, Prague. (Photograph Jan Bazant).
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10. Charles V liberating Christian captives, by Giovanni Domenico Stella(?). Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, east side [11E]; photograph Prague Castle).
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11. Meeting of King Mulay Hassan and Charles V, by Giovanni Domenico Stella(?). Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, east side [13E]; photograph Prague Castle).
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12. King Ferdinand and Queen Anna, by an assistant of Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [3W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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13. Plexippos and Toxeus, sons of Thestius, carrying the head of the Caledonian Boar, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, south side [5S]; photograph Prague Castle).
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14. Perseus and Atlas, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, north side [4N]; photograph Prague Castle).
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15. Hermes and Battus, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [7W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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16. Cadmus and the dragon, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [13W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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17. Jason and the Golden Fleece, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [2W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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18. Zeus and Ganymede, by an assistant of Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [8W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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19. Hannibal and Scipio Africanus, by an assistant of Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, north side [2N]; photograph Prague Castle).
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2. Detail from Miracle of the Goblet, by Giammaria Mosca and Paolo Stella. 1520–29. (Cappella del Santo, Basilica di S. Antonio, Padua; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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20. Mago the Carthaginian reaping grain, by an assistant of Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [6W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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21. Leda and the swan, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [11W]; photograph Prague Castle).
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22. Perseus and Andromeda, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, north side [3N]; photograph Prague Castle).
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23. Garden façade of the Villa Doria, Genoa. (Photograph Alinari).
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3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the central kneeling woman. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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4. Hope, from the tomb of Lodovico Euffreducci, S. Francesco, Fermo, by Paolo Stella. (Diocesan Museum, Fermo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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5. St Thomas Aquinas, by Paolo Stella. c.1525. Marble, height 161 cm. (SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; photograph Anne Markham Schulz).
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6. Tomb of Giovanni Battista Bonzio. 1525–26. (SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice).
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7. Tomb of Lodovico Euffreducci. c.1528–29. (S. Francesco, Fermo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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8. Pursuit of fleeing Tunisians by imperial forces, by Giovanni Domenico Stella(?). Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, east side [9E]; photograph Prague Castle).
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9. Danaë, by Paolo Stella. Plaster cast after sandstone original, 70 by 134 cm. (Belvedere, Prague, west side [10W]; photograph Prague Castle).
Article
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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1. Theseus and the minotaur, by Antoine-Louis Barye. Modelled 1841 or 1842. Bronze, height 45.9 cm., including the integral plinth. (Private collection).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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11. Apollo of Piombino. Greek, First century BC. Bronze, height 115 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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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).
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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).
Book Review
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise: Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance. By Amy R. Bloch; Il Paradiso ritrovato: Il restauro della Porta del Ghiberti. Edited by Annamaria Giusti
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 979-980
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Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
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3. Genesis, from the east door of the Baptistery, Florence, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. 1425–52. Gilded bronze, 79.4 by 79.4 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Short Notice
Some New Initials by the Entangled Figures Master
04/1984 | 973 | 126
Pages: 230-232
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Oakeshott, Walter (Oakeshott, Walter)
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78. Frontispiece, the Le Mans Pliny. Ms. 263. (Bibliothèque Municipale, Le Mans).
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79. Opening Initial M to the Text of Book II, the Le Mans Pliny. (Bibliotheque Municipale, Le Mans).
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80. Part of Initial to the Dedicatory Preface. The Le Mans Pliny. (Bibliothèque Municipale, Le Mans).
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81. Part of Initial to the Life of Pliny.
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82. Initial to Jonah. Bible, Auct. E., Infra 1. (Bodleian Library, Oxford).
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83. Initial to Psalm I. Psalter, Auct. D. 2.4. (Bodleian Library, Oxford).
Short Notice
The Earliest Documented Manuscript Decoration by Francesco d'Antonio del Cherico
06/1978 | 903 | 120
Pages: 390+393+395-396+399
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Author:
Ames-Lewis, Francis (Ames-Lewis, Francis; Lewis, Francis Ames; Ames-Lewis, F.)
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59. Florence, Bibl. Naz. Banco Rari MS 34 Livy I, f.1. [Here attributed to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico] [Livy Ab Urbe Condita - with Romulus and Remus and the Lupa Capitolina in initial letter, angels, putti, birds, animals heraldic symbols and grotesque motifs in a 'Bianchi girali' decoration].
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60. Florence, Bibl. Naz. Banco Rari MS 35 Livy III, f.1. [Here attributed to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico] [First page of Livy De Secundo Bello Punico, with Hannibal or Scipio (?) in initial letter and angels, putti, birds, animals heraldic symbols and grotesque motifs in a 'Bianchi girali' decoration].
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61. B. Laur. 82, 3 Pliny, f.4. [Here attributed to the workshop of Francesco di Antonio del Chierico]. [Pliny Naturalis Historia, first page with angels, putti, birds, animals heraldic symbols and grotesque motifs in a 'Bianchi girali' decoration].
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62. B. Laur. 82, 3 Pliny, f.6v. [Here attributed to the workshop of Francesco di Antonio del Chierico] [Pliny Naturalis Historia, page with birds and animals 'Bianchi girali' decoration].
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63. B. Laur. 82, 4 Pliny, f.2v: Title-Page. [Naturalis Historia, by Francesco di Antonio del Chierico].
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64. Florence, Bibl. Naz., Banco Rari MS 36 Livy IV, f.1. [Here attributed to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico] [Livy De Bello Macedonico with Philip V of Macedon (?) on a horseback in initial letter and angels, putti, birds, animals heraldic symbols and grotesque motifs in a 'Bianchi girali' decoration].
Article
Intaglios and Cameos in the Jewellery Collection of the V & A
06/1976 | 879 | 118
Pages: 366-376
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Cocks, Anna Somers (Cocks, Anna Somers; Koks, Anna Somers; Cocks, A. Somers)
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20. Top row, left to right: A. Cameo, first century B. C. B. Cameo, last quarter of sixteenth century. C. Cameo, third quarter of sixteenth century. Middle row, left to right: D. Cameo, eighteenth century. E. Cameo, third quarter of sixteenth century. F. Cameo, third quarter of sixteenth century. G. Cameo, last third of sixteenth century. Bottom row, left to right: H. Cameo, second half of sixteenth century. J. Cameo, early seventeenth century. K. Cameo, c.1570. L. Cameo, sixteenth century. M. Cameo, second third of sixteenth century.
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21. Top row, left to right: A. Cameo, first century B. C. B. Engraving of cameo (No.21C) in The Marlborough Gems. C. Cameo, first century A. D. Second row, left to right: D. Cameo, first century B. C. E. Cameo, early seventeenth century?. F. Glass paste cameo on silk, probably c.1727. G. Cameo, between 1721 and 1765. H. Cameo, eighteenth century. Third row. J. Intaglio, with impression, first century B. C. Bottom row, left to right: K. Intaglio, with impression, second half of seventeenth century. L. Intaglio, with impression, second-third century A. D. M. Intaglio, with impression, early eighteenth century.
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22. Top row. A. Intaglio, with impression, probably c.1744. Second row, left to right: B. Seal, French, after 1763. C. Impression of eighteenth-century intaglio set in a seal. D. Etching of similar impression in Stosch's collection from Mariette's Recueil (1732). Third row, left to right: E. Hardstone seal, third quarter of eighteenth century. F. Impression of intaglio, second century A. D., set in it. G. Tassie impression No.7282 of Mars, by Charles Brown, c.1781. Bottom row, left to right: H. Impression of intaglio after the Mars by Brown, and the seal in which it is set. J. Impression of intaglio probably by C. Brown, 1771, and the deal in which it is set. K. Intaglio, and impression, mid-eighteenth century.
Western art unattributed:
23. Top row, left to right: A. Intaglio, with impression, probably first half of eighteenth century. B. Engraving of intaglio (No.23A) in The Marlborough Gems. Second row. C. Intaglio, with impression, c.1820. Third row, left to right: D. Intaglio, with impression, by Parry, after 1815. E. Intaglio, with impression, from Poniatowski Collection, early nineteenth century. Bottom row, left to right: F. Impression of an intaglio, by Luigi Pichler. G. Impression of intaglio from the Poniatowski Collection.
Article
The 'Bibliotheca Graeca': Castagno, Alberti, and Ancient Sources
11/1970 | 812 | 112
Pages: 724-736
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Yuen, Toby (Yuen, Toby)
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10. Bibliotheca Graeca: North Wall. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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11. Bibliotheca Graeca: North and East Walls. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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12. Bibliotheca Graeca: South Wall. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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13. Detail of False Architrave from the Bibliotheca Graeca. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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14. Bibliotheca Graeca: West Wall, South Lunette. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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15. Bibliotheca Graeca: West Wall, North Lunette. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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16. Detail of the Left Portrait, Illustrated in Fig. 10. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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17. Detail of Head from Christ and St Julian, by Andrea del Castagno. Fresco. (Annunziata, Florence.)
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18. Detail of Niccolò Acciaioli from the Uomini Illustri, by Andrea del Castagno. Fresco. (Sant'Appollonia, Florence; ex-Villa Carducci a Legnaia.)
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19. Detail of the Right Portrait, Illustrated in Fig.10. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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20. Detail of Niccolò Tolentino, by Andrea del Castagno. 1456. Fresco (Duomo, Florence.)
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21. Bibliotheca Latina: Cleobolus, West Wall, South Lunette, by Workshop of Domenico and David Ghirlandaio. Tempera. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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22. Wall of Uomini Illustri Cycle, by Andrea del Castagno. Fresco. (Sant'Apollonia, Florence; ex-Villa Carducci a Legnaia.)
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6. Diagram of the Building Nucleus Around the Cortile del Papagallo: Innocent III-Alexander VI. Author's Revision of Redig de Campos: I Palazzi Vaticani, Grafico 1.
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7. Bibliotheca Graeca after Restoration: East and South Walls. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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8. Bibliotheca Graeca: East and South Walls. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
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9. Bibliotheca Graeca after Restoration: South and West Walls. Fresco. (Floreria Apostolica, Vatican, Rome.)
Western art unattributed:
23. Ambiente delle Maschere. Fresco. (Palatine, Rome.)
Western art unattributed:
24. Casa di Livia: Tablinum. Fresco. (Palatine, Rome.)
Short Notice
Edward Francis Burney and the 'Corinthian Maid'
08/1970 | 809 | 112
Pages: 537+539-540
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Author:
Allentuck, Marcia (Allentuck, Marcia)
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64. The Origin of Painting, by Edward Francis Burney. Pen and Ink and Wash, 8.3 by 11.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)
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