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Exhibition Review
Northern Renaissance gallery Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 395–398
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Reviewer:
Boivin, Katherine (Boivin, Katherine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Northern Renaissance / Displays / Art museums / Kunstkammer / Sculpture / Decorative arts / Stained glass / Automata
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Northern Renaissance gallery Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 3rd October 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Orpheus cup, by Hans Georg Bramer, Johann Wilhelm Baur, Jan Vermeyen and others. 1641– 42. Gold, enamel and ruby, 18.1 by 13 by 8.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of the Northern Renaissance gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2023. (photograph Anna-Marie Kellen).
Western art unattributed:
7. Kneeling Black woman. Early 17th century. Brazilian rosewood, lapis lazuli, marble and gilded metal, height 11.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 697-699
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Reviewer:
Kirchweger, Franz (Kirchweger, Franz)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Kunstkammer / Cabinets of curiosities / Courts (social groups) / Collecting / Science / Automata / Clocks / Goldsmiths
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe Edited by Wolfram Koeppe. 308 pp. incl. 300 col. ills. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2019), £50. ISBN 978–1–58839–677–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Writing box, by Wenzel Jamnitzer. c.1560–70. Silver, 6 by 22.7 by 10.2 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
5. Objects in turned ivory, from C. Plumier: L’art de Tourner, ou De Faire en Perfection Toutes Sortes d’Ouvrages au Tour, Paris 1749. By François Baillieul after Charles Plumier. Engraving, 40.5 by 26.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
6. Celestial globe with clockwork, by Gerhard Emmoser. 1579. Silver (partially gilt), brass (gilt) and steel, height 27.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Publication Received
Animating Empire: Automata, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Early Modern World. By Jessica Keating
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 465-466
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Reviewer:
Jowitt, Claire (Jowitt, Claire)
Subjects
places:
Holy Roman Empire / Augsburg
subjects:
Automata / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Animating Empire: Automata, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Early Modern World By Jessica Keating. 184 pp. incl. 37 col. + 23 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA, 2018),  49.95. ISBN 978–0–271–08002–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Diana automaton, attributed to Joachim Freiss. c.1620. Partially gilded silver, enamels, jewels, iron and wood, height 37.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Francis Picabia Catalogue Raisonné. Edited by Beverley Calté, William A. Camfield, Candace Clements and Arnauld Pierre
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 780-781
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Reviewer:
Stark, Trevor (Stark, Trevor)
Subjects
artists:
Picabia, Francis
dates:
1900-1929
styles:
Dada / Orphist / Abstract art / Automata
subjects:
Catalogues raisonnés / French art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Chapeau de Paille?, by Francis Picabia. 1921. Oil, string and card on canvas, 92.3 by 73.5 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; ADAGP Paris).
Article
James Cox (c. 1723-1800): A Revised Biography
06/2000 | 1167 | 142
Pages: 353-361
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Author:
Smith, Roger (Smith, Roger)
Subjects
artists:
Cox, James, 1723-1800
dates:
1700-1799
places:
England
subjects:
Clocks
subjects:
Automata / Jewellery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Trade Card of James Cox. c.1750. Engraving, 21 by 16.2 cm. (Heal Coll. 67.99, British Museum, London.)
Attributed works:
17. Musical Clock, by James Cox. c.1770. Gilt-Metal and Agate, 38.1 cm. High (London Art Market, 1954).
Attributed works:
18. Snuffbox, by James Cox (Attributed on Basis of Similarity to a Signed Example). c.1770. Gold and Moss-Agate, 7.6 by 6.4 by 5.1 cm. (London Art Market, 1956).
Attributed works:
19. Musical Automaton Clock, by James Cox. c.1770. Silvered and Gilt Brass, Silver Mounts, c.40 cm. High (John Carlton-Smith).
Attributed works:
20. Swan Automaton, by James Cox. c.1773-74. Silver Plumage, 80 cm. High (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle).
Attributed works:
21. Calendar Clockwatch, by James Cox. 1774. Gilt Metal and Shagreen Case, diam. 11.2 cm. (London Art Market, 1996).
Attributed works:
22. Musical Clock, by James Cox. c.1770? Ormolu, 65 by 33 by 19.7 cm. The Stuart Arms and Lion Supporter Are Considered to be Later Additions. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Attributed works:
23. Buckle-Watch, Signed by James Cox, (Watch Probably Swiss, Buckle Possibly Cantonese). c.1785. Gilt Metal, Coloured Glass and Pearls, 8 cm. Wide (Geneva Art Market, 1994).
Attributed works:
24. Scent Flask with Repeating Watch, Signed by James Cox. c1780? Gold, Enamel and Pastes, 14 cm. High (London Art Market, 1999).
Article
James Cox: A Biographical Review
06/1970 | 807 | 112
Pages: 351-358
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Author:
Le Corbeiller, Clare (Le Corbeiller, Clare; Corbeiller, Clare Le)
Subjects
artists:
Cox, James, 1723-1800
dates:
1700-1799
places:
London / England
places:
China
subjects:
Clocks / Automata
subjects:
Metalwork / Formal analysis / Attributions
subjects:
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
subjects:
Documents / Trade cards
subjects:
Museums
subjects:
Horologists / Horology
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Cabinet Clock, by James Cox. 1766-72. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of Admiral F. R. Harris, 1946.)
Attributed works:
10. Nécessaire, by James Cox. c.1770. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of Mrs Florence Harris Schlubach 1957.)
Attributed works:
11. Another View of the Nécessaire Reproduced in Fig.10. [by James Cox. c.1770. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of Mrs Florence Harris Schlubach 1957.)]
Attributed works:
12. Nécessaire, by James Cox. c.1770. (Royal Collection.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. The Queen.
Attributed works:
13. Another View of the Nécessaire Reproduced in Fig.12. [by James Cox. c.1770. (Royal Collection.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. The Queen.]
Attributed works:
14. Another View of the Nécessaire Reproduced in Fig.10. [by James Cox. c.1770. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Gift of Mrs Florence Harris Schlubach 1957.)]
Attributed works:
2. Trade Card of James Cox. c.1751. (British Museum.) Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum.
Attributed works:
3. Trade Card of Cox and Edward Grace. 1756-59. (The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, Conn.)
Attributed works:
4. Chariot Clock, by James Cox. 1766. (Collection Mr and Mrs Jack Linsky.) Photo Taylor and Dull.
Attributed works:
5. Casket, by James Cox. Possibly before 1766. (The Irwin Untermyer Collection.)
Attributed works:
6. Cabinet Clock. The Watch Movement by James Hagger, 1735; The Goldsmiths' Work by James Cox. c.1766. (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.)
Attributed works:
7. Cabinet Clock, by James Cox. 1766-72. (H. Blairman & Sons.)
Attributed works:
8. Watch. Movement Signed by James Cox. c.1770. (Private Collection). Photo. Courtesy A la Vieille Russie, New York.
Attributed works:
9. Cabinet Clock, by James Cox. c.1766. (Royal Collection). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. The Queen.
Book Review
Automata
12/1958 | 669 | 100
Pages: 449
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Reviewer:
Ward, F. A. B. (Ward, F. A. B.)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1799
subjects:
Automata
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Automata | author: Chapuis, A. , author: Droz, E.