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Exhibition Review
The Romance of Ruins: The Search for Ancient Ionia, 1764
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 745-747
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Reviewer:
Gunn, Ann (Gunn, Ann)
Subjects
artists:
Pars, William / Chandler, Richard / Revett, Nicholas
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Watercolours / Prints
museums and institutions:
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Greece / Turkey
subjects:
Classical / Antiquity / Greek Revival / Society of Dilettanti
subjects:
British art / British architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Romance of Ruins: The Search for Ancient Ionia, 1764 Sir John Soane’s Museum, London 19th May–5th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Miletus with the river over the Meander, by William Pars. 1764. Pen and black ink with watercolour and gum arabic on paper, 29.6 by 47.1 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Attributed works:
13. Study of the Parthenon, South Metope II, by William Pars. 1765–66. Graphite, pen and ink and red-brown wash on paper, 27 by 38.1 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. The temple at Sunium, by William Pars. 1765. Pen and brown and black ink and watercolour with some gum arabic on paper, 23.7 by 47.3 mm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Book Review
The Athenaeum: More Than Just Another London Club
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 193-194
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Reviewer:
Boucher, Bruce (Boucher, Bruce)
Subjects
artists:
Burton, Decimus
buildings:
The Athenaeum (club), London, Great Britain
styles:
Greek Revival
subjects:
Architecture / Cultural history / Social history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Athenaeum: More Than Just Another London Club By Michael Wheeler. 440 pp. incl. 37 col. + 2 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–0–300–24677–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. The Athenaeum from across Waterloo Place, painted for Decimus Burton by an unknown artist. 1832–38. Pencil and wash, 48.5 by 72.5 cm. (© The Athenaeum, London).
Article
A Renaissance bronze in Birmingham, the bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 928-937
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Author:
Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
Subjects
art literature:
Planiscig, Leo / Sewter, A. C. / Fletcher, Jennifer / Radcliffe, Anthony / Bergeret de Grancourt, Pierre Jacques Onésyme, 1715-1785 / Sciberras, Keith / Miles, Hamish / Bodkin, Thomas
artists:
Valadier, Luigi / Severo da Ravenna / Riccio, Andrea / Cavaceppi, Bartolomeo / Nollekens, Joseph / Robert, Hubert / Ango, Jean-Robert / Guiard, Laurent / Giambologna / Duquesnoy, François / Michelangelo / Soldani-Benzi, Massimiliano (1656-1740) / Valadier, Giuseppe
artists:
Pécheux, Laurent / Lavallée, Etienne de / Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de / Bridan, Charles Antoine / Breton, Jean Louis
collectors and dealers:
Tonnelier, Jacques-Laure le / Michiel, Marcantonio / Lebrun, Jean Baptiste Pierre / Julliot, Claude-François / Julliot, Philippe-François, fils, / Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
dates:
1750-1799
media:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Marbles / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Knights of Malta / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
Great Britain / Birmingham / Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Neo-classicism / Venetian / Greek Revival / Supports / Casts (sculpture) / Shells (animal material) / Animals / Ornament / Albums / Vases / Portraits / Dinner services / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Commissions / Patronage / Art market / Provenance / Attributions / Attribution / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Inventories / Sales catalogues / Acquisitions / Slavery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Allegorical figure, by Jean-Robert Ango after a terracotta relief by François Berruer. 1767. Red chalk, 43.8 by 28.4 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
11. The Callipygian Venus, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a marble statue attributed to Jean Louis Breton after a drawing by Laurent Guiard. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
12. A Furietti centaur, one of a pair, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes after the antique statues. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28.4 by 22 cm. and 28.7 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
13. Satyr holding grapes with panther, and Figure of a warrior, known as the Executioner, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes attributed to Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi and François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 21.7 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
14. Assemblage with a vase and a plaque depicting Henri IV, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a model attributed to Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 47.5 by 34.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
15. Seated Rome, by Luigi and Giuseppe Valadier. 1780–86. Hardstones, silver- and bronze-gilt, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil, by Louis Jacques Pilon. 1785. Plaster, height 87 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
4. Boy riding upon a horse, by the workshop of Severo Calzetta (Severo da Ravenna). c.1510–30. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome. c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 18 by 22 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
5. The salon of the bailli de Breteuil in Palazzo Malta, Rome, by Hubert Robert. c.1765. Red chalk, 34.9 by 48.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
6. Agrippina as Minerva, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
7. Figure of a boy (‘Souffleur de bulles de savon’), by Jean-Robert Ango after a bronze statuette, model by François Duquesnoy. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 21.7 by 18.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
8. Detail from Antique vases and statuettes and a modern vase, by Jean-Robert Ango after antique models and a bronze model by Luigi Valadier, incorporating designs by François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk. 27.5 by 43.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Attributed works:
9. A dog, by Jean-Robert Ango after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Western art unattributed:
1. Boy riding upon a goat. Italian, probably Padua, early sixteenth century. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome, c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 21.7 by 22.1 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the shell.
Book Review
François Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal
12/2007 | 1257 | 149
Pages: 862-864
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Reviewer:
Scholten, Frits (Scholten, Frits)
Subjects
artists:
Duquesnoy, François
dates:
1600-1649
print:
Duquesnoy, François
subjects:
Baroque
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Antiquity / Classicism / Baroque / Greek Revival
subjects:
Collecting / Antiquarianism
subjects:
Flemish sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
François Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal | author: Lingo, Estelle
Short Notice
A Postscript on Lalive de Jully's Furniture 'à la grecque'
05/1989 | 1034 | 131
Pages: 350-353
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Author:
Roberts, Hugh (Roberts, Hugh)
Subjects
artists:
La Live de Jully, Ange-Laurent de
artists:
Houdan, J.
dates:
1700-1799
places:
France
subjects:
Furniture / Greek Revival
subjects:
Neo-classicism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
35. Drawing of a Chair, Front Elevation. Attributed to J. Houdan. c. 1770. Red Chalk. 15 by 11.2cm. (Archive, Great Tew, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
36. Drawing of a Chair, Side Elevation. Attributed to J. Houdan. c. 1770. Red Chalk. 15 by 11 cm. (Archive, Great Tew, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
37. Drawing of a Cabinet, Front Elevation. Attributed to J. Houdan. c. 1770. Red Chalk. 17.7 by 15 cm. (Archive, Great Tew, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
38. Drawing of a Cabinet, Side Elevation. Attributed to J. Houdan. c. 1770. Red Chalk. 17.7 by 10.2 cm. (Archive, Great Tew, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
39. Drawing of a Table. Attributed to J. Houdan. c. 1770. Red Chalk. 16.5 by 22 cm. (Including Integral Ruled Borders). (Archive, Great Tew, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
41. Drawing of a Table. Attributed to J. Houdan. c. 1770. Red Chalk. 14.2 by 14.5 cm (Including Integral Ruled Borders). (Archive, Great Tew, Oxfordshire).
Attributed works:
42. Rear view of cabinet of oak veneered with ebony and mounted with ormulu, showing the vertical and horizontal joins in the carcase. Probably part of the coquillier made for A. L. Lalive de Jully before 1757 to the designs of L. J. Le Lorrain. Transformed after 1770 by J. F. Leleu. 94 by 162 by 50 cm. (Houghton Hall, Norfolk).
Attributed works:
43. Front View of Fig.42. [ Rear view of cabinet of oak veneered with ebony and mounted with ormulu, showing the vertical and horizontal joins in the carcase. Probably part of the coquillier made for A. L. Lalive de Jully before 1757 to the designs of L. J. Le Lorrain. Transformed after 1770 by J. F. Leleu. 94 by 162 by 50 cm. (Houghton Hall, Norfolk).]
Western art unattributed:
40. Filing Cabinet Made for A. L. Lalive de Jully. Before 1757. 161 by 108 by 54.5 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly).
Short Notice
Adam Buck and the Vogue for Greek Vases
06/1988 | 1023 | 130
Pages: 448-457
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Author:
Jenkins, Ian (Jenkins, Ian; J., I.)
Subjects
artists:
Buck, Adam
dates:
1800-1849
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Greek Revival
subjects:
Family portraits
subjects:
Documents
subjects:
Collections, Private / Visual sources / Greek (ancient) / Vases
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. Portrait of a Family with the Bust of a Deceased Child, by Adam Buck. Signed and Dated 1813. Water-Colour on Board, 45.5 by 43 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
Attributed works:
59. Alfred Buck, 5 3/4 years old, by Adam Buck. Pencil with Touches of Red and Blue Colour, 30.2 by 23.2 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
Attributed works:
60. Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Later Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, by Pompeo Batoni. 1767. 137 by 99 cm. (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick).
Attributed works:
61. Detail of Fig.58. [Portrait of a Family with the Bust of a Deceased Child, by Adam Buck. Signed and Dated 1813. Water-Colour on Board, 45.5 by 43 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).]
Attributed works:
62. Expiation of Orestes, by Adam Buck. 1813. Pencil and Water-Colour, 22.5 by 24.5 cm. (Whereabouts Unknown).
Attributed works:
63. Youthful Dionysos Reclining, with a Maenad (Left) and Satyr (Right). Engraving after a Drawing by Adam Buck. c.1810. 22 by 28 cm. (Trinity College Library, Dublin).
Attributed works:
64. Anonymous Woman and Child with Antiquities in the Background, by Adam Buck. c.1820. Water-Colour on Board, 41.3 by 31.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
65. Woman and Youth at a Funerary Stele, by Adam Buck. c.1810. Pen and Brown Ink, with Red and Blue Wash. (Trinity College Library, Dublin).
Attributed works:
67. Eros at a term with a Satyr and a Youth and Woman (Right), by Adam Buck. Pen and Ink, c.1810.
Attributed works:
68. Apulian Volute-Crater, Name Piece of the Capodimonte Painter. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
69. Main scene of Fig.22, by Adam Buck, c.1810. Pen and Ink, 32 by 45 cm. (Trinity College Library, Dublin). The Lower Register Shows Amazons Fighting Greeks, the Upper Herakles among the Gods.
Western art unattributed:
66. The Library at Castle Howard (Now the Long Gallery). Late Nineteenth-Century Photograph, Showing Vases on the Cabinets to the Left. (Castle Howard Archives).
Exhibition Review
Greeks, Goths and Navvies. London
07/1987 | 1012 | 129
Pages: 476-477
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Reviewer:
O'Donnell, Roderick (O'Donnell, Roderick)
Subjects
dates:
1980-1989
places:
England / London
private galleries:
Gallery Lingard, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
Architectural drawings / Gothic Revival / Greek Revival
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. A Reconstruction of the Temple for the Mysteries Held in Honour of Demeter, by John Peter Gandy. c.1812. Water-Colour over Pencil, 10.9 by 16.5 cm. (Exh. Gallery Lingard, London).
Attributed works:
77. Design for a Church Floor?, by William Butterfield. c.1855. 23 by 37 cm. (Exh. Gallery Lingard, London).
Article
The Baseless Roman Doric Column in Mid-Eighteenth-Century English Architecture: A Study in Neo-Classicism
05/1986 | 998 | 128
Pages: 328+331-337+339
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Author:
Worsley, Giles (Worsley, Giles)
Subjects
artists:
Palladio, Andrea
artists:
Donowell, John
artists:
Worsley, Thomas
artists:
Robinson, Thomas, architect, ca. 1702-1777
buildings:
Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire, Great Britain
buildings:
Doric Temple, Rievaulx Terraces, Rievaulx, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, Great Britain
buildings:
Temple of Piety, Studley Royal, Ripon, North Yorkshire, Great Britain
buildings:
Mereworth Church, Mereworth, Kent, Great Britain
dates:
1700-1799
places:
England / Greece
subjects:
British architecture / Visual sources
subjects:
Greek (ancient) architecture / Doric order
subjects:
Columns (architectural components)
subjects:
Greek Revival
subjects:
Palladianism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. The South Front of West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire.
Attributed works:
15. The Portico on the South Front of Rokeby Park, North Yorkshire.
Attributed works:
16. Early Elevation Design for the Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza, by Andrea Palladio, 39.6 by 56.3 cm. (R. I. B. A., London).
Attributed works:
18. The Temple of Piety at Studley Royal, North Yorkshire.
Attributed works:
19. Elevation for a Hexastyle Baseless Doric Temple by Andrea Palladio, 32.3 by 27.3 cm. (R. I. B. A., London).
Attributed works:
20. The Temple of Piety, from Libro d'Antonio Labacco, 1552.
Attributed works:
21. Detail from View in the Park at Shugborough by Nicholas Dall (Shugborough, National Trust).
Attributed works:
22. The Samson Hall, Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire.
Attributed works:
23. The Riding School, Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire.
Attributed works:
24. The Doric Rotunda at the Rievaulx Terraces, North Yorkshire.
Attributed works:
25. Interior of Mereworth Church, Kent.
Attributed works:
26. The Drawing Room Chimneypiece, Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire.
Attributed works:
27. Interior Elevation of a Basilica, from Daniele Barbaro's Edition of Vitruvius, 1556.
Western art unattributed:
17. A Nineteenth-Century Drawing Showing Proposed Alterations to the East Façade of the West Wing at Castle Howard, North Yorkshire (Castle Howard Archives).
Short Notice
The First Greek Revival Architecture
04/1985 | 985 | 127
Pages: 226-227+229
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Author:
Worsley, Giles (Worsley, Giles)
Subjects
artists:
Stuart, James Athenian
artists:
Leadbetter, Stiff
buildings:
Nuneham House, Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, Great Britain
dates:
1750-1799
patrons:
Harcourt, Simon, First Earl of Harcourt, 1714-1777
places:
England / Oxford
subjects:
British architecture / Greek Revival
Illustrations
Attributed works:
54. Venetian Window on the West façade of Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire.
Attributed works:
55. Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire, from the South-West.
Attributed works:
56. The Aqueduct of Hadrian from The Antiquities of Athens.
Short Notice
Two Unknown Suites of Early Neo-Classical Designs
06/1984 | 975 | 126
Pages: 342-347
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
Subjects
artists:
La Live de Jully, Ange-Laurent de
artists:
Le Lorrain, Louis-Joseph
dates:
1750-1799
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Furniture
subjects:
Greek Revival
subjects:
Neo-classicism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Design for a Chair (Front Elevation), Here Attributed to Louis Joseph Le Lorrain. 1754 (?). Etching, Here Attributed to Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully, 16.5 by 11.3 cm. (Print Room, V. & A.).
Attributed works:
28. Design for a Chair (Side Elevation), Here Attributed to Louis Joseph Le Lorrain. 1754 (?). Etching, Here Attributed to Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully, 16 by 10.7 cm. (Print Room, V. & A.).
Attributed works:
29. Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. c. 1759. 117 by 88.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.).
Attributed works:
30. Design for a Table, Here Attributed to Louis Joseph Le Lorrain. 1754 (?). Etching Here Attributed to Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully, 11.2 by 16.3 cm. (Print Room, V. & A.).
Attributed works:
31. Design for a Cabinet, Here Attributed to Louis Joseph Le Lorrain. 1754 (?). Etching, Here Attributed to Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully, 16.4 by 11.3 cm. (Print Room, V. & A.).
Attributed works:
32. Two Vases and Stands. Vases by Louis Félix de La Rue, the Design of the Stands Here Attributed to Louis Joseph Le Lorrain 1754 (?). Vases of terracotta, Height 35 cm; Stands of Gilt and Painted Wood, Height 110 cm. (Doucet Catalogue 1912; Present Whereabouts Unknown).
Attributed works:
33. Writing-Table and Filing-Cabinet, Designed by Louis Joseph Le Lorrain; Made for Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully. 1754 (?); Bronze Mounts by Philippe Caffiéri. (Musée Conde, Chantilly).
Attributed works:
34. Design for Vases, by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. 1754. Etching, 24 by 15.7 cm. Bottom Left, a Tiny Scene Depicting Lalive de Jully's Cabinet.
Attributed works:
35. Recueil de Nouveaux Ornements. Title Page, Designed by Clément Pierre Marillier. 1763. Engraving, 20.2 by 15.3 cm.
Attributed works:
36. Recueil de Nouveaux Ornements: 'Lampe, Benitiers, Navette et Ensenssoir', Designed by Clément Pierre Marillier. 1763. Etching, 20.3 by 15.4 cm.
Attributed works:
37. Recueil de Nouveaux Ornements: 'Differents Vazes de Table', Designed by Clément Pierre Marillier. 1763. Engraving, 20.2 by 15.4 cm.
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