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Albanimania
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1214-1219
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Aymonino, Adriano (Aymonino, Adriano)
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Cardinal Alessandro Albani: collezionismo, diplomazia e mercato nell’Europa del Grand Tour: Collecting, Dealing and Diplomacy in Grand Tour Europe (Studi sul Settecento Romano 37). Edited by Clare Hornsby and Mario Bevilacqua. 399 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Edizioni Quasar, Rome, 2021), €60. ISBN 978–88–5491–188–8. | :
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Villa Albani Torlonia: architetture, collezioni, giardino. Edited by Carlo Gasparri. 379 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Electa, Milan, 2022), €49. ISBN 978–88–918–2134–7. | :
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Villa Albani Torlonia: The Cradle of Neoclassicism. Photographs by Massimo Listri with texts by Salvatore Settis, Carlo Gasparri, Alvar González-Palacios and Raniero Gnoli. 335 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Rizzoli, New York, 2021). $150. ISBN 978–8–8918–3214–6. | :
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1. Cardinal Alessandro Albani, by Ludovico Mazzanti. c.1721–24. Oil on canvas, 96 by 73 cm. (Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome; © Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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2. Casino Nobile, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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3. Loggia, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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4. Galleria del Parnaso, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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5. Antique bas-relief of Antinous, Sala di Antinoo, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
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6. Detail of the Galleria del Parnaso, Villa Albani Torlonia, Rome, showing the marble and mosaic revetments. (© Fondazione Torlonia; photograph Massimo Listri).
Book Review
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768): Ein Europ isches Rezeptionsph nomen / Fenomeno Europeo della Ricezione
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 217-218
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Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768): Ein Europäisches Rezeptionsphänomen / Fenomeno Europeo della Ricezione Edited by Ortwin Dally, Maria Gazzetti and Arnold Nesselrath. 200 pp. incl. 39 col. + 2 b. & w. ills. (Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2021), €42. ISBN 978–3–7319–1115–9. | :
Article
The reopening of the Dresden Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 992-977
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Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
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1. Hall of antiquities, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und Skulpturensammlung bis 1800 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; photograph H.C. Krass).
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2. Christ flagellated, by Balthasar Permoser. 1728. Coloured marble, 81 by 27 by 25 cm. (Skulpturensammlung bis 1800, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; photograph David Brandt).
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3. Plan of the first storey of the Gemäldegalerie, with the south-side at the top. c.1845. Lithograph, 23 by 41.5 cm. (Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).
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4. Installation view of the Italian galleries, looking towards Raphael’s Sistine Madonna, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; photograph H.C. Krass).
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5. Frederick III of Saxony, called the Wise, by Adriano Fiorentino. 1498. Bronze, 62.8 by 51 by 30.6 cm. (Skulpturensammlung bis 1800, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).
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6. Madonna of the Cuccina family, by Paolo Veronese. c.1571. Oil on canvas, 167 by 416 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).
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8. Installation view of the ‘Rubens and Van Dyck’ gallery, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und Skulpturensammlung bis 1800 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
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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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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).
Article
J.J. Winckelmann and the Society of Antiquaries of London: new documents
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 126-135
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Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
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1. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, by Anton von Maron. 1767. Oil on canvas, 136 by 99 cm. (Stadtschloss, Weimar; Bridgeman Images).
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2. The Villa Albani, Rome, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1760–78. Etching, 44.5 by 69.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. Thomas Jenkins, by Anton von Maron. 1791, possibly after an original of 1761. Oil on canvas, 66.5 by 50 cm. (Accademia di San Luca, Rome).
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4. Thomas Hollis, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Oil on canvas, 56.5 by 44.4 cm. (Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA).
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5. Votive stele, known as the ‘Mantheos relief’. Ancient Peloponnese Greek or eighteenth-century pastiche. Marble, 39 by 52 cm. (Wilton House, Wiltshire).
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6. The Albani-Farnese Athena. Roman, after a fifth century BC Greek original, with additions by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, c.first– second century AD. Marble, height 224 cm. (Museo Archaeologico, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Canova’s copper head of Medusa
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 916-923
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Gustin, Melissa L. (Gustin, Melissa L.)
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1. Triumphant Perseus, by Antonio Canova. Second version, 1804–06. Marble, 242.6 by 191.8 by 102.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. Head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1797–1800. Embossed copper with bronze additions, 31 by 40.5 by 29.8 cm. (Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the head of Medusa.
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4. Head of Medusa, cast after Antonio Canova. 1806–07. Plaster, height 31.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Detail of Perseus and Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1798–99. Oil on canvas, 24 by 73 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
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7. Fig.2 during restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
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8. Five dancers with garlands of flowers, by Antonio Canova. 1799. Mixed media on canvas, 72 by 178 cm. (© Museo e Gipsoteca Antonio Canova, Possagno).
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9. Fig.2 prior to restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
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10. Archaising bust of a youth (bust of Apollo). Roman. Bronze, height 25 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples).
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10. Ptolemy Apion. Roman. Bronze, height 29 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples; photograph the author).
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5. The Rondanini Medusa. Roman copy after a bronze original of c.170 BC. Marble, height 29 cm. (Glypthotek, Munich; photograph © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro).
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9. Ptolemy Apion, from De’ bronzi di Ercolano e contorni incisi con qualche spiegazione: Tomo Primi: Busti, Naples 1767. Table LIX, p.203.
Exhibition Review
Napoleon: Power and Splendour. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 676-678
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Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
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15. General Armand-Samuel de Marescot with his wife, Cécile, his son, Antoine-Samuel, his daughter, Joséphine-Cécile, and his motherin-law, Marie-Charlotte d’Artis de Thiézac, by Fortuné Dufau. 1806. Canvas, 240 by 195 cm. (Private collection; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA).
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16. Triumphal march of Napoleon to the Temple of Immortality, by Jean-Baptiste Regnault. 1804–05. Paper mounted on canvas, 52.4 by 93 cm. (Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA).
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17. Etruscan Scroll Vase, called the Londonderry Vase. Sèvres Imperial Manufactory, after a design by Charles Percier and Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart père, decoration by Gilbert Drouet and Christophe-Ferdinand Caron. 1813. Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, gilding and ormolu mounts, height 137.2 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
Short Notice
Richard Wilson and Danish Artists in Rome in the 1750s
07/1979 | 916 | 121
Pages: 439-440+442-443+449
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Hjorth Nielsen, Inger (Hjorth Nielsen, Inger; Nielsen, Inger Hjorth)
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72. A Roman Table-Support, by Johan Mandelberg. Black Chalk Heightened with White on Grey Paper, 18.5 by 25.3 cm. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen).
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73. Ionic Capitals, by Johan Mandelberg. Black Chalk Heightened with White on Grey Paper, 20 by 24 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen).
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74. Temple of Bacchus (S. Constanza), by Johan Mandelberg. Black Chalk, Brush, Grey Wash, 24.7 by 39.8 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen).
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75. The Temple of Minerva Medica, by Johan Mandelberg. Signed: M. White and Red Chalk on Grey Paper, c.40 by 51 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen).
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76. Antique Ruins Surrounded by Trees, in the Foreground a Shepherd and Some Goats, by Johan Mandelberg. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen).
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77. Landscape with Bridge and Tower (Tivoli?), by Johan Mandelberg. Signed Black Chalk, Brush and Grey Wash on Grey Paper, 38.8 by 27.2 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen).
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78. Italian Landscape, Here Ascribed to Johan Mandelberg. (Sold in England a Few Years Ago as Richard Wilson).
Book Review
Winckelmann: Writings on Art
01/1974 | 850 | 116
Pages: 51-52
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Kruft, Hanno-Walter (Kruft, Hanno-Walter)
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Winckelmann: Writings on Art | author: Irwin, David , author: Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
Article
Aspects of Neo-Classicism in France
03/1973 | 840 | 115
Pages: i-xii
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Cailleux, Jean (Cailleux, Jean; Cailleaux, Jean; Cailleux, J.)
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1. Ruins of the Aqueduct from Salona to Spalato, by Hubert Robert. 1766.
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10. Baigneuses dans un Paysage, by Jean François Hüe. c.1791
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11. Portrait of Legendre, by Jean Louis Lanenville. 1795.
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12. Mars, by Moitte. 1784.
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13. First Modello for Monument to Nicolas Poussin, by Julien. 1787-89.
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14. Study for a Monument to Jean-Jacques Rosseau, by Jean Antoine Houdon. 1791.
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15. Loth et ses Filles, by J. Ch. Marin.
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2. Ruins of the Aqueduct from Salona to Spalato, by Robert Adam. 1769.
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3. First Sketch for Antiochus et Stratonice, by Jacques-Louis David. 1772.
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4. Head of Brutus, by Jacques-Louis David. 1790
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5. First Idea for Le Déluge, by Anne Louis de Roussy Girodet-Troison. c 1806.
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6. Joseph reconnu par ses frères, by Charles Meynier. 1789.
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7. Le Gentilhomme Bienfaisant, by Louis Philibert Debucourt. 1781.
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8. Le Départ d'un Braconnier, by Nicholas Bernard Lépicié. 1780.
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9. Roman Buildings with Figures, by Hubert Robert
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