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Article
A crazy cook: Menander’s ‘Fake Herakles’ on a Roman gem
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1217–1221
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Gradel, Ittai (Gradel, Ittai)
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6. Intaglio set into a modern gold ring. Intaglio: Roman, 2nd–1st century BCE. Carnelian, 2.1 by 1.1 cm. (Private collection; photograph Gabriele de Vangelli de Cresci).
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1. Intaglio, shown actual size. Roman, mid- to late 1st century BCE. Carnelian, height 8.5 mm, thickness 1.5 mm. (Private collection; photograph the author).
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2. Fig.1 backlit.
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3. Six-spouted oil lamp featuring New Comedy theatre masks (the maison type is third from the left). Greek, 1st century BCE. Terracotta, 9.3 by 23 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
4. Cast copy of a 1st century BCE Roman intaglio. 18th century. Glass, 2.1 by 1.4 cm. (From E. Zwierlein-Diehl, Glaspasten im Martin-von-Wagner- Museum der Universität Würzburg, Munich 1986, Taf.109, no.604).
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7. Hercules and Omphale. Roman, 54–79 CE. Fresco, 103 by 88 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
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Opposite 5. Figs.1 and 2, shown enlarged.
Exhibition Review
Revoir Watteau: Un comédien sans réplique. Pierrot, dit le ‘Gilles’
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1238–40
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Reviewer:
Rand, Richard (Rand, Richard)
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Revoir Watteau: Un comédien sans réplique. Pierrot, dit le ‘Gilles’ Musée du Louvre, Paris 16th October 2024–3rd February 2025 | :
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1. Jean-Louis Barrault in the role of Jean-Gaspard (‘Baptiste’) Deburau, still from the film Les Enfants du paradis, dir. M. Carné. 1945. (Pathé Films; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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2. Pierrot (formerly called Gilles), by Antoine Watteau. c.1719. Oil on canvas, 184 by 155 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
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3. Les Comédiens italiens, here attributed to Antoine Watteau and collaborators. c.1720. Oil on canvas, 129 by 93 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
Victorine Meurent: new evidence from America and Paris
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 817–827
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Fairhead, James (Fairhead, James)
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1. Victorine Meurent, from Édouard Manet’s album of cartesde- visite. 1860–83. Albumen print, 31 by 24 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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10. Self-portrait, by Victorine Meurent. c.1876. Oil on canvas, 35 by 27 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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11. The railway (or Gare Saint-Lazare), by Édouard Manet. 1872. Oil on canvas, 93.2 by 111.6 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; Bridgeman Images).
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12. Le Skating, by Édouard Manet. 1877. Oil on canvas, 88.3 by 69.9 cm. (Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge MA).
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2. A young lady in 1866, by Édouard Manet. 1866–67. Oil on canvas, 185.1 by 128.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Mlle V. . . in the costume of an espada, by Édouard Manet. 1862. Oil on canvas, 165.1 by 127.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; photograph Photo Josse; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Victorine Meurent, by Édouard Manet. c.1862. Oil on canvas, 42.9 by 43.8 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Olympia, by Édouard Manet. 1863. Oil on canvas, 130.5 by 190 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Colombine, by Maurice Sand. 1863. Coloured engraving, 26.3 by 18.1 cm. (From M. Sand: Masques et bouffons: Comédie italienne, Paris 1860, I, p.204; Lebrecht Music Arts; Bridgeman Images).
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7. The street singer, by Édouard Manet. 1862. Oil on canvas, 175.2 by 108.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Bridgeman Images).
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8. The Parisian sphinx, by Alfred Stevens. c.1872–73. Oil on canvas, 72 by 53 cm. (© Art in Flanders; Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp; Bridgeman Images).
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9. The young girl and Death, by Léon Gaucherel after a lost painting by Sarah Bernhardt. 1880. Etching, 33.3 by 18.3 cm. (From L’Art 21 (1880); © Look and Learn; Bridgeman Images).
Short Notice
New questions about Sickert’s ‘Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford’
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 305-307
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Author:
Rough, Billy (Rough, Billy)
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1. Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford, by Walter Sickert. c.1890. Oil on board, 36.8 by 23.5 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford, by Walter Sickert. c.1890. Black chalk with white heightening, pen and ink, 34.6 by 23.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Art Resource; Scala, Florence).
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3. Vesta Victoria, from the ‘Actors and Actresses’ series issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. c.1890. Albumen print, 6.4 by 3.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE, PORTRAIT, STILL LIFE. London
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 666-669
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Paterson, Dominic (Paterson, Dominic)
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1. Still from Mario Merz, by Tacita Dean. 2002. 16mm. colour film. (Courtesy the artist; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
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2. Detail of GAETA (fifty photographs plus one), by Tacita Dean. 2015. Photographs and cibachromes. Dimensions variable. (Courtesy the artist; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
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3. Still from His Picture in Little, by Tacita Dean. 2017. 35mm. colour anamorphic film, reduced to spherical 16mm. for exhibition as miniature. (Courtesy the artist; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
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4. Still from Antigone, by Tacita Dean. 2018. Two synchronised 35mm. colour anamorphic films. (Courtesy the artist; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
The First Actresses. London
02/2012 | 1307 | 154
Pages: 134-135
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Retford, Kate (Retford, Kate)
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The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons | institution: National Portrait Gallery
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47. Frances Abington as Miss Prue in ‘Love for Love’, by Joshua Reynolds. 1771. Canvas, 76.8 by 63.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
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48. Eleanor (‘Nell’) Gwyn, by Simon Verelst. c.1680–85. Canvas, 93.5 by 74 cm. (Private collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
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49. Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, from the studio of Joshua Reynolds. 1784. Canvas, 238 by 146 cm. (Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Publication Received
Spectacular Flirtations: Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theatre
04/2009 | 1273 | 151
Pages: 250
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Moulden, Sarah (Moulden, Sarah)
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Spectacular Flirtations: Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theatre | author: Perry, Gillian
Short Notice
Newly discovered photographic sources for Walter Sickert’s theatre paintings of the 1930s
04/2006 | 1237 | 148
Pages: 272-276
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Daniels, Rebecca (Daniels, Rebecca)
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39. Jessica Tandy and John Gielgud in Hamlet, by Walter Richard Sickert. 1935. Size and present whereabouts unknown.
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40. Jessica Tandy and John Gielgud in Hamlet, performed at the New Theatre, London. 1934. Photograph by Bertram Park. 12.8 by 10 cm. (Private collection).
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41. The Taming of the Shrew, by Walter Richard Sickert. 1937. 99 by 61 cm. (Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage, Cartwright Hall, Bradford).
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43. The Taming of the Shrew, by Walter Richard Sickert. c.1937. 51 by 78 cm. (Private collection).
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45. Marie Tempest, by Walter Richard Sickert. 1935. Size and present whereabouts unknown.
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42. Edith Evans and Leslie Banks in The Taming of the Shrew, performed at the New Theatre, London, 1937. Photograph by Houston Rogers. 16.5 by 10 cm. (Private collection).
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44. The Taming of the Shrew, performed at the New Theatre, London. 1937. Photograph from The Times (24th March 1937), p.14.
Western art unattributed:
46. Marie Tempest. Photograph from the Daily Telegraph (29th May 1935), p.15.
Short Notice
Northcote's Portrait of a Black Actor
12/1983 | 969 | 125
Pages: 741-742+744
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Cowhig, Ruth (Cowhig, Ruth)
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17. Detail from Fig. 15. 18. Ira Aldridge, by James Northcote. 1826. 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (City of Manchester Art Galleries). 19. The anger of Achilles at the loss of Briseis, by Alexander Runciman. c. 1770. Pen, ink and wash, 18.9 by 25.4 cm. (Collection Lord Runciman).
Article
Fetti's 'Portrait of an Actor' Reconsidered
02/1978 | 899 | 120
Pages: 59-65
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Askew, Pamela (Askew, Pamela)
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2. Portrait of an Actor, by Domenico Fetti. (Hermitage, Leningrad). Photo: Hermitage Museum.
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3. Lute Player, by Annibale Carracci. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden). Photo: Deutsche Fotothek Dresden.
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4. Giovanni Gabrielli, by Agostino Carracci. Engraving.
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5. Claudio Monteverdi. Frontispiece to G. B. Marinoni, Fiori poetici raccolti nel funerale del Molto Illustre e Molto Reverendo Signor Claudio Monteverdi, Venice, 1644.
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6. Xylographic Insignia of Girolamo Mascheroni, Bologna. Photo: Biblioteca Comunale, Bologna.
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7. Claudio Monteverdi, Attributed to Bernardo Strozzi (Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck).
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8. Portrait of an Actor. Copy after Domenico Fetti. (Accademia, Venice.) Photo: Soprintendenza.
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