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Urban VIII and the Barberini
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 772–777
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Author:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Poussin, Nicolas / Sacchi, Andrea / Mochi, Francesco / Ottoni, Lorenzo / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Gagliardi, Filippo / Lauri, Filippo / Carracci, Lodovico / Mastelletta
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Barberini family / Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 / Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679 / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini, Taddeo
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian art / Patronage / Architecture / Popes / Cardinals / Social history / Art history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e i Barberini, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 18th May–30th July 2023. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Maffeo Barberini, by Caravaggio. c.1595. Oil on canvas, 124 by 90 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. Urban VIII visits the Gesù, Rome, to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Jesuit order, by Andrea Sacchi with Filippo Gagliardi and Jan Miel. 1642. Oil on canvas, 321 by 248 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali e del Turismo; Scala Archives).
Attributed works:
3. Carlo Barberini, by Francesco Mochi. c.1630. Bronze, height 58 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. St Sebastian thrown into the Cloaca Maxima, by Ludovico Carracci. 1612. Oil on canvas, 163.5 by 232.4 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
5. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 2023, showing the tapestries hung in the Salone. (Photograph Alberto Novelli).
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, showing Urban VIII, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1632–33. Marble, height 103 cm. with pedestal. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. Marc’Antonio Pasqualini crowned by Apollo, by Andrea Sacchi. 1642. Oil on canvas, 243.8 by 194.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Book Review
Disegni, argenti e argentieri dall’Archivio Barberini (Studi e Testi, 542–543)
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 806–807
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Reviewer:
Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
Subjects
patrons:
Barberini family
sources:
Inventories / Account books
subjects:
Italian art / Decorative arts / Silverwork / Patronage / Silversmiths / Baroque / Jewellery / Collecting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Disegni, argenti e argentieri dall’Archivio Barberini (Studi e Testi, 542–543) By Francesca Barberini and Micaela Dickmann. 2 vols, 960 pp. incl. 167 col. ills. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2021), €150. ISBN 978–88–210–1058–3. | :
Article
Carlo Maratti’s additions to the ‘Barberini Venus’
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 260-265
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Author:
Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)
Subjects
artists:
Maratti, Carlo / Mazzoni, Giulio / Calandrucci, Giacinto
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
1650-1699 / 1990-2009
patrons:
Barberini family / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671
subjects:
Italian art / Murals / Restoration (process) / Tempera / Venus / Putti
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Barberini Venus, attributed to Giulio Mazzoni, shortly after 1550 (?) with additions by Carlo Maratti, 1693. Mural in oil with tempera, 163 by 190 cm. Photographed before the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. Fig.1, photographed after the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. Schematic reconstruction of the painting shown in Fig.1. From P. Iazurlo: ‘La Venere Barberini: un dipinto di Giulio Mazzoni da Palazzo Capodiferro’, Storia dell’arte 22–23 (2009), p.82.
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Venus.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.2, showing the face of Venus.
Attributed works:
6. Fig.1, photographed during the restoration of 1999–2000. (Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Mauro Coen; courtesy Ministero della Cultura, Rome).
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The ‘sovrapporta’ of the studiolo in Urbino
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 744-747
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Author:
Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt (Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt)
Subjects
artists:
Wassenhove (Justus of Ghent), Joos van / Hispanus, Petrus
buildings:
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
dates:
1470-1479
subjects:
Studiolo, Palazzo Ducale, Urbino / Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482 / Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1472-1508 / Family portraits / Interiors / Barberini family / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The north wall of the studiolo in the Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, showing the beginning of the series of Learned Men by Justus of Ghent and ‘Petrus Hispanus’, as briefly reunited in an exhibition in 2015. (Photograph Amanda Lillie).
Attributed works:
2. Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his son Guidobaldo, by ‘Petrus Hispanus’. c.1476. Oil on fir panel. 138.5 by 82.5 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; su concessione del Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo; Archivio fotografico).
Attributed works:
3. Reconstruction of the entrance from the Sala delle Udienze to the studiolo in the Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, as it would have appeared c.1476, showing the painting illustrated at Fig.2 above the door. (Photograph Scala; montage the author).
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New evidence for the ‘Barberini Apostles’ by Andrea Sacchi and Carlo Maratti
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 653-659
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Author:
Fidanza, Giovan Battista (Fidanza, Giovan Battista)
Subjects
artists:
Sacchi, Andrea / Maratti, Carlo
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
1650-1699
museums and institutions:
Archivio Barberini, Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini family
sources:
Bellori, Giovanni Pietro
subjects:
Commissions / Patronage / Payments / Italian art / Dating / Christian iconography / Apostles / Frames / Gilding
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Peter, by Andrea Sacchi. 1631/44. Canvas, 223 by 151 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. St Matthew, by Carlo Maratti. 1660/61. Canvas, 223 by 151 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. St Matthias, by Carlo Maratti. 1696. Canvas, 221 by 152 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome).
Book Review
L’arte del dissenso: Pittura e libertinismi nell’Italia del Seicento. By Dalma Frascarelli
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 604-605
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Reviewer:
Lo Bianco, Anna (Lo Bianco, Anna )
Subjects
dates:
1600-1699
patrons:
Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657 / Barberini family
subjects:
Collectors / Patrons / Academies / Art market / Philosophy / Science / Nature / Animals / Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 / Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’arte del dissenso: Pittura e libertinismi nell’Italia del Seicento By Dalma Frascarelli. 280 pp. incl. 50 col. ills. (Giulio Einaudi Editore, Turin, 2016), | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Flight into Egypt, by Adam Elsheimer. 1609. Copper, 31 by 41 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Bridgeman Images).
Article
The provenance of Raphael’s ‘Madonna of the pinks’ – II
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 836-839
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Author:
Puddu, Pier Ludovico (Puddu, Pier Ludovico)
Subjects
artists:
Raphael / Giovanni da Rimini / Brueghel, Jan, the Elder / Perino del Vaga / Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco, called Il Guercino / Carracci, Annibale
collectors and dealers:
Percy, Algernon, Tenth Earl of Northumberland, 1602-1668 / Camuccini, Vincenzo / Camuccini, Pietro
dates:
1800-1849
media:
Paintings / Documents
patrons:
Oddi, Maddalena degli
places:
Great Britain / Italy / Rome / France / Paris
subjects:
Italian painting / Provenance / Patronage / Acquisitions / Attributions / Collections / Collecting / Art market / Inventories / Archives / Catalogues / Account books / Barberini family / Oddi family / Colonna family / Scientific analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Scenes from the lives of the Virgin and other saints, by Giovanni da Rimini. c.1300–05. Panel, 54.4 by 36.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. The Garden of Eden, by Jan Brueghel the Elder. 1613. Oil on copper, 23.7 by 36.8 cm. (Private collection, on loan to the National Gallery, London).
Article
The provenance of Raphael’s ‘Madonna of the pinks’ – I
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 833-835
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Author:
Cavazzini, Patrizia (Cavazzini, Patrizia)
Subjects
art literature:
Penny, Nicholas, London, Great Britain / Vasari, Giorgio
artists:
Raphael / Farrugia, Giovanni / Couvay, Jean / Boulanger, Jean, printmaker; 1608 - c. 1680 / Ricci, Archita / Sacchi, Andrea / Maratti, Carlo
collectors and dealers:
Camuccini, Vincenzo / Camuccini, Giovanni-Battista / Percy, Algernon, Tenth Earl of Northumberland, 1602-1668 / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671
dates:
1600-1699 / 1700-1799
media:
Paintings / Engravings / Documents
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy / Alnwick Castle, nr. Alnwick, Great Britain
patrons:
Oddi, Alessandra degli / Oddi, Maddalena degli
places:
Great Britain / London / Italy / Rome / France / Paris
subjects:
Italian painting / Provenance / Patronage / Attributions / Collections / Collecting / Inventories / Archives / Catalogues / Barberini family / Oddi family / Colonna family
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Madonna of the pinks, by Jean Boulanger, after Raphael. c.1665–80? Engraving, 44.8 by 31.5 cm. (Wellcome Collection, London).
Attributed works:
2. Madonna of the pinks (‘Madonna dei garofani’), by Raphael. c.1506–07. Panel, 27.9 by 22.4 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Article
Giovanni Francesco Arrighi: a newly discovered account book
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 824-832
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Author:
Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
Subjects
artists:
Arrighi, Antonio / Arrighi, Giovanni Francesco / Giardini, Giovanni / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Girardon, François / Rossi, Angelo de
dates:
1650-1699 / 1700-1749 / 1750-1799
media:
Silverwork / Reliquaries / Reliefs / Inscriptions / Bronzes / Jewellery / Candlesticks / Metalwork / Sculpture / Drawings / Documents
museums and institutions:
Archivio di Stato di Roma, Rome, Italy
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Goldsmiths / Workshops (Organisations) / Account books / Commissions / Patrons / Patronage / Altars / Crosses / Crucifixes / Lamps / Relics / Maces / Plates / Dishes / Vessels / Heraldry / Ornament / Guilds / Engravers / Archives / Gilding / Angels / Putti / Churches / Barberini family / Altieri family / Cardinals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Reliquary, by Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. 1722. Silver, height 120 cm. (S. Maria di Monserrato, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. Reliquary, by Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. 1727/28. Silver, height 77 cm. (Museo Diocesano, Jesi).
Attributed works:
3. Above Detail of Fig.4.
Attributed works:
4. Right Crucifix, by Giovanni Giardini. c.1706. Bronze, ebony and ivory, height 230 cm. (Notre-Dame, Paris).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Pietà, by Giovanni Giardini. 1688–1702. Gilt bronze on velvet, 54.5 by 33.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph Sotheby’s, London).
Attributed works:
6. The Agony in the garden, after Angelo de Rossi, attributed to Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. c.1700. Copper, 53 by 46.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Book Review
Artemisia Gentileschi in a Changing Light. Edited by Sheila Barker.
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 796-797
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Reviewer:
Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Garrard, Mary D., Washington DC, United States / Bissell, R. Ward / Solinas, F. / Locker, Jesse
artists:
Gentileschi, Artemisia / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Gentileschi, Orazio / Michelangelo / Donatello / Rembrandt van Rijn / Cesari, Giuseppe, called Il Cavaliere d'Arpino / Vouet, Simon / Sirani, Elisabetta
artists:
Vaiani, Anna Maria
dates:
1600-1649
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Medici Archive Project, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679 / Dal Pozzo, Cassiano, 1588-1657
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Catalogues raisonnés / Attributions / Attributions, former / Attribution / Archives / Correspondence / Monographs / Conferences / Style / Dating / Study and teaching / Poetry / Music / Iconography / Christian iconography / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Medea / Literature / Literature in art / Classical literature / Influence / Portraits / Self-portraits / Barberini family / Patronage / Feminism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Mary Magdalene in ecstasy, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1620–25. Canvas, 80 by 106 cm. (Private collection).
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