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Exhibition Review
Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1339–1343
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid From 28th June 2023 | :
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5. Votive cross. Spain, c.650– 700. Gold and sapphires, 21.7 by 11.8 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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6. Installation view of the Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, 2023, showing four columns from the altar of the chapel of the Hospital of the Virgin of Monserrat, Madrid (1674–78). (Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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7. St Michael, by Luisa Ignacia Roldán (La Roldana). 1692. Polychrome walnut with estofado, height 264 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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8. Installation view of the gallery for the Trastámara and Habsburg dynasties, Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid, 2023. (Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
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9. Isabel Farnese, by Louis-Michel van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 341 by 263.5 cm. (Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid; courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Spain).
Exhibition Review
Fit for a Queen: Symbols and Values of Sovereignty
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1013-1015
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Woodacre, Elena (Woodacre, Elena)
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Fit for a Queen: Symbols and Values of Sovereignty National Gallery, London from 2nd June | :
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7. Virgin and Child, by Giovanni Bellini. 1480–90. Oil, probably with egg tempera, on panel, 90.8 by 64.8 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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8. Esther before Ahasuerus, by Sebastiano Ricci. c.1730–34. Oil on canvas, 47 by 33 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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9. Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, by Gerrit von Honthorst. 1642. Oil on canvas, 205.1 by 130.8 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Book Review
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1046
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Martin, Gregory (Martin, Gregory)
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Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court By Simon Thurley. 560 pp. incl. 25 col. + 138 b. & w. ills. (William Collins, Glasgow, 2021), £10.99. ISBN 978–0–00–838996–3 | :
Article
The Emotan Panel in the Penn Museum
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 888-897
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Curnow, Kathy (Curnow, Kathy)
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1. Decorative plaque (the Emotan Panel), by Isaac O. Edokpolo. c.1959–66. Wood, 39 by 29.5 by 2 cm. (Penn Museum, Philadelphia).
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10. Detail of Fig.1, showing the medallion.
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11. Isaac O. Edokpolo’s business card. 9 by 7 cm. (Photograph Norma Wolff).
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12. Decorative plaque, by Isaac O. Edokpolo. Before 1966. Wood, approximately 38.53 by 26 cm. (Private collection; photograph Norma Wolff).
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2. Emotan, by John Alexander Danford. 1954. Bronze, height 182.9 cm. without base. (Photograph Barbara Blackmun, 1994).
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3. John Danford working on Emotan in his studio in Chelsea, London, 3rd April 1953. (Keystone Press; Alamy).
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4. A group of chiefs’ wives at a palace ceremony, their hair decorated with coral ornaments and brass feathers. 1994. (Photograph the author).
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5. The Emotan shrine as it appears today. (Photograph 21st June 2018, courtesy AllTimePost.com).
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6. The newly crowned O. ba of Benin Kingdom, Eheneden Erediauwa, is guided through a symbolic bridge by the palace chiefs during his coronation in Benin City, Nigeria, 20th October 2016. (Photograph Reuters / Akintunde Akinleye; Alamy).
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7. Decorative plaque, by Isaac O. Edokpolo. c.1960s. Wood, 30 by 28 cm. (Private collection; photograph Michael Graham Stewart).
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8. Carved container. Late 19th century. Coconut, height 12.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Prototype medallion for the London Royal Society of Arts, by Thomas Pingo. 1790. Silver, diameter 4.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Britain and the Continent 1660–1727: Political Crisis and Conflict Resolution in Mural Paintings at Windsor, Chelsea, Chatsworth, Hampton Court and Greenwich
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 940-941
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Bold, John (Bold, John)
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Britain and the Continent 1660–1727: Political Crisis and Conflict Resolution in Mural Paintings at Windsor, Chelsea, Chatsworth, Hampton Court and Greenwich By Christina Strunck. 528 pp. incl. 117 col. + 124 b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin, 2021), £104.40. ISBN 978–3–11–072961–0. | :
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5. Mural on the south wall of the Queen’s Drawing Room, Hampton Court, Middlesex, by Antonio Verrio. 1703. Oil on plaster. (© Historic Royal Palaces; photograph James Brittain; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 792-794
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Hearn, Karen (Hearn, Karen)
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The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 21st May–29th August | :
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5. Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1537. Oil on panel, 91.5 by 73.5 cm. (Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and North East Somerset Council; exh. Holburne Museum, Bath).
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6. Battle off the Isle of Wight, 4th August 1588. 1589. Pen, ink and watercolour on linen rag paper, 27 by 37 cm. (Courtesy National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth).
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7. Installation view of The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2022, showing the Westminster Tournament Roll, 1511 (The College of Arms, London).
Article
Spatial rhetoric: echoes of Madrid’s Alcázar in palaces overseas
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 236-243
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Luengo, Pedro (Luengo, Pedro)
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1. The proclamation of Philip V in front of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Filippo Palotta. 1700. Pen, ink and wash, 47.3 by 135 cm. (Museo de Historia de Madrid).
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2. Plan of the first floor of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. 1626. Pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 49 by 62 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).
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3. The tribune in the transept of the chapel, El Escorial, Spain. (Photograph © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).
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4. Plan of the chapel in the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. c.1660. Pen and ink on paper, 19.5 by 28.6 cm. (Madrid, Archivo General de Palacio, Sección Histórica, caja 51 (1), fol.186r; © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).
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5. Reconstruction of the plan of a proposed royal palace, Naples, by Domenico Fontana. c.1600. (From P.C. Verde: Domenico Fontana a Napoli. 1592–1607, Naples 2007, p.78).
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6 and 7. Plans of the ground and first floor of the viceregal palace, Mexico City. c.1771. Ink and red gouache on paper, 42.5 by 49 cm; and 40 by 48 cm. (Archivo General de Indias, Mexico City, MP-MEXICO,105).
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8. Detail of a map of Lima, showing the viceregal palace between the fountain and the river. Engraving, 38 by 53 cm. (From J. Mulder: Lima, Ciudad de los Reyes, 1688; photograph National Library of Spain, Madrid).
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9. Plan of the top floor of the viceregal palace, Bogotá, by Juan Jimenez Donoso. 1781. Coloured manuscript on paper, 54 by 54 cm. (Archivo General Militar, Madrid).
Article
The Apollo Coach by Cristoforo Schor
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 938-945
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Arranz, Raúl Martinez (Arranz, Raúl Martinez)
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1. The Apollo Coach, designed and made in the workshop of Cristoforo Schor. 1697 with later alterations. Carved and gilded wood and iron, c.250 by 200 by 550 cm., without the shrine. (Courtesy the Brotherhood of the Holy Virgin of Charity, Camarena, Toledo; © photograph Fernando Maselli).
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10. Modello for a sculpture of Clytia, here attributed to the workshop of Cristoforo Schor. Terracotta, 42 by 21 by 18.5 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome; © SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma).
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2. The Apollo Coach photographed at the celebrations for the centennial of the declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Toledo. 1954. (Archivo Municipal de Toledo, Colección Pareja).
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3. Detail of the coach in Fig.1, showing the rear frame. (Courtesy the Brotherhood of the Holy Virgin of Charity, Camarena, Toledo; © photograph Fernando Maselli).
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4. Detail of the coach in Fig.1, showing the rear frame and the supporting iron bars. (Courtesy the Brotherhood of the Holy Virgin of Charity, Camarena, Toledo; © photograph Fernando Maselli).
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5. Design for the rear frame of a coach with Apollo slaying the Python, by the workshop of Cristoforo Schor. c.1696–97. Ink and bistre on paper, 19.5 by 25.4 cm. (Nationalmuseum Stockholm; Cecilia Heisser/Nationalmuseum).
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6. Design for a coach with figures of Justice and Abundance, by the workshop of Cristoforo Schor. c.1696–97. Black chalk, pen and black ink on paper, 19.7 by 20.6 cm. (Nationalmuseum Stockholm; Cecilia Heisser/Nationalmuseum).
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7. Design for a carriage wheel with carved decoration of sunflowers, here attributed to the workshop of Cristoforo Schor. c.1696–97. Pencil and brown ink, lacquered in brown, on paper, 26.1 by 18.6 cm. (Nationalmuseum Stockholm; Cecilia Heisser/ Nationalmuseum).
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8. Detail of the coach in Fig.1, showing one of the back wheels. (Courtesy the Brotherhood of the Holy Virgin of Charity, Camarena, Toledo; © photograph Fernando Maselli).
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9. Detail of the coach in Fig.1, showing the sculpture of Clytia. (Courtesy the Brotherhood of the Holy Virgin of Charity, Camarena, Toledo; © photograph Fernando Maselli).
Book Review
Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 719-720
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Yarker, Jonathan (Yarker, Jonathan)
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Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society Edited by Olivia Fryman. 392 pp. incl. 448 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018), £55. ISBN 978–0–300– 23653–8. | :
Exhibition Review
George IV: Art and Spectacle. Queen's Gallery, London; King George IV: Royalty, Racing and Reputation. Palace House, Newmarket
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 338-341
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Jacobsen, Helen (Jacobsen, Helen)
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George IV: Art and Spectacle Queen’s Gallery, London 5th November 2019–4th May King George IV: Royalty, Racing and Reputation Palace House, Newmarket 28th November 2019–19th April | :
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13. The Blue Velvet Room, Carlton House, by Charles Wild. c.1816. Watercolour with bodycolour and gum arabic over pencil on paper, 20.1 by 25.2 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. the Queen’s Gallery, London).
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14. The third and last challenge by the champion during King George IV’s coronation banquet at Westminster Hall, by Denis Dighton. 1821. Watercolour on paper, 42.5 by 54.8 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. Palace House, Newmarket).
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14. The third and last challenge by the champion during King George IV’s coronation banquet at Westminster Hall, by Denis Dighton. 1821. Watercolour on paper, 42.5 by 54.8 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. Palace House, Newmarket).
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15. Bottle cooler (one of pair), design attributed to John Flaxman, made by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. 1827–28. Silver gilt, height 58 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. the Queen’s Gallery, London).
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