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Article
Rembrandt's 'Alexander the Great'
05/1992 | 1070 | 134
Pages: 286-298
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Author:
Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)
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Roy, Ashok (Roy, Ashok)
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1. Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).
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10. Cross section of paint photographed in reflected light at 250x from the dark red table cloth in Aristotle contemplating a bust of Homer, by Rembrandt (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). The two layers of colour contain mixtures of red earth pigment with red lake over a double ground (only the upper layer of ground is present in the sample).
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11. Unmounted sample photographed in transmitted light at 280x of a fragment of smalt glaze in oil from the lining of the cloak, main field, in Fig.1. There is extreme discoloration of both pigment and medium in the paint layer. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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12. Cross section of paint from Fig.1 showing the dull green patch just below the forearm containing azurite, smalt and ochre. Beneath is a layer of mixed pigment duplicating the colour of the brown quartz ground. Incomplete layer structure, photographed in reflected light at 250x. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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13. X-Radiograph Detail of Fig.1 Showing the Partially Completed Earlier Figure Beneath the Surface on the Main Canvas. The Image Has Been Turned Anticlockwise Through 90°. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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14. X-Radiograph Detail of Fig.1, Lower Left Corner, Showing the Junction of the Main Canvas and Added Strips. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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15. X-Radiograph of Self Portrait at the Age of Sixty-Three, by Rembrandt. 86 by 70.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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16. Detail of the Red Sleeve of the Woman Spilling Wine, Lower Right, in Belshazzar's Feast, by Rembrandt (National Gallery, London). Some Blanching Is Evident in the Red Glaze Layers.
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17. Infra-Red Photograph Detail of Fig.1, Showing the Use of Vermilion (Light Areas) in the Paint of the Cloak at the Shoulder. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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2. The Arrangement of Canvas Pieces in Fig.1, with Dimensions in Centimetres; The Drawing Is Not to Scale. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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3. X-Radiograph of Fig.1. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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4. Detail of Fig.1. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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5. Cross section of paint from Fig.1, photographed in reflected light at 250x, showing the red cloak extended on to the lower canvas addition (D in Fig.2). A double ground, orange below and light greyish brown above, is present with a further layer of paint containing lead white over this. The cloak comprises several layers of red and yellow lake combined with a little vermilion. There is a thin underpaint containing bone black and other translucent dark-coloured pigments. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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6. Cross section of paint from Fig.1, photographed in reflected light at 250x, from the dark background above the figure extended on to the upper canvas addition (A in Fig.2). Two layers of ground are present: a mid-orange lower priming and a light orange upper priming containing a significant proportion of lead white. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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7. Cross Section of Paint from Fig.1, Photographed in Reflected Light at 250x, Showing a White Impasto Touch on the Armour Applied Directly on to the Brown Quartz Ground. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
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8. Cross section of paint from Fig.15, photographed in reflected light at 250x, showing pentimento of the turban. As in Fig.1, lead white impasto is applied directly on to the textured brown ground (layers of paint forming the finished background pass over the white paint of the turban). [Self Portrait at the Age of Sixty-Three, by Rembrandt. 86 by 70.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).]
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9. Cross section of paint from Fig.1, photographed in reflected light at 250x, showing orange-coloured impasto of the bow tied at the man's throat, made up of yellow ochre and yellow lake. The translucent dark-brown layer beneath represents the sketched design brushed directly on to the quartz ground, seen here as the lowest layer. [Man in Armour, by Rembrandt, Photographed after Cleaning and Restoration. 137.5 by 104.5 cm. (Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).]
Article
Poussin Studies VII: Poussins in Neapolitan and Sicilian Collections
03/1958 | 660 | 100
Pages: 76-87
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Author:
Blunt, Anthony (A. B.; A. F. B) (Blunt, Anthony (A. B.; A. F. B); Blunt, Anthony Frederick; Blunt, Professor; Blunt, A. F.; A. F. B.; B., A.)
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Illustrations
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10. Christ Driving the Traders Out of the Temple. Engraving after a Drawing by Hubert Robert (Based on a Sketch by Fragonard) of a Composition by Giordano.
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11. Riposo, by Nicolas Poussin. Canvas, 76.2 by 63 cm. (Dr and Mrs Rudolf Heinemann, New York.)
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12. Venus, Bacchus, Cupid and Putti (?), by Nicolas Poussin. Canvas, 71 by 56 cm. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)
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13. Venus, Adonis and Putti, by Nicolas Poussin. Canvas. (Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.)
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14. Venus Bringing Arms to Aeneas, by Nicolas Poussin. Canvas, 107 by 134 cm. (Art Gallery, Toronto.)
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15. Group of Putti. Fragment of a Drawing by Nicolas Poussin. (Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.)
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16. Venus and Putti, by Giacinto Gimignani. Traces of Signature. Canvas, 72 by 58 cm. (Marquess of Exeter, Burghley.)
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19. X-ray of a Painting by Nicolas Poussin of Two Heads (A Fragment of a Golden Calf) in the Collection of Captain Guy Liddell, Showing Underneath the Colosseum and Other Roman Buildings.
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2. Midas, by Nicolas Poussin. Canvas, 50 by 66 cm. (Musée Fesch, Ajaccio.)
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3. X-ray of the Midas Reproduced in Fig. 2.
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4. X-ray of the Landscape with the Virgin Protecting the Town of Spoleto, by Nicolas Poussin. (Alleyn's College of God's Gift, Dulwich.)
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5. God the Father Supported by Putti from an Annunciation. Engraving after a Drawing by Fragonard of a Composition by Poussin.
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6. Riposo. Engraving after a Drawing by Fragonard of a Composition by Poussin.
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7. Annunciation, by Nicolas Poussin. Canvas, 75 by 95 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly.)
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8. Christ Driving the Traders Out of the Temple, by Luca Giordano. (Church of the Gerolomini, Naples.)
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9. Flight into Egypt. Engraving after a Drawing by Fragonard of a Composition by Poussin.