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Art and festivities in eighteenth-century Rome: letters from a Portuguese priest, 1721–22
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 387-393
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Author:
Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
Subjects
artists:
Fuga, Ferdinando / Rainaldi, Carlo / Michelangelo / Maratti, Carlo / Rosa, Salvator / Cornacchini, Agostino / Legros, Pierre, II, 1666-1719 / Rusconi, Camillo / Domenichino / Raphael / Reni, Guido
buildings:
Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy
dates:
1700-1749
media:
Architecture / Bronzes / Drawings / Interiors / Paintings / Sculpture / Reliefs / Reliquaries / Textiles / Silks / Silverwork
patrons:
John V, King of Portugal, 1689-1750 / Clement XI, Pope, 1649-1721 / Gregory XV, Pope, 1554-1623
places:
Italy / Rome / Portugal / Lisbon
subjects:
Italian painting / Italian sculpture / Italian architecture / Churches / Chapels / Apparati (Italian pageants) / Pageants / Religious ceremonies / Collections, Private / Patronage / Papacy / Diplomacy / Travel / Catholicism / Jesuits / Correspondence
works:
Apollo Belvedere / Belvedere Torso / Laocoön (Vatican Museums, Rome)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. and 2. A mechanism to raise and lower lamps in churches, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.395r and 396v of Jesuitas, Armário Jesuítico, Livro 27; Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, hereafter ANTT).
Attributed works:
11. The instruments for the making of the Agnus Dei, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fol.385r of Jesuitas, Livro 27; ANTT).
Attributed works:
12, 13 and 14. Decorations for the Corpus Domini procession, Rome, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.403r, 403v and 404r of Jesuitas, Livro 27, ANTT).
Attributed works:
3. Piazza del Esquilino and S. Maria Maggiore, Rome, by Alessandro Specchi. 1702. Engraving, 44.5 by 68.1 cm. (Photograph Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. The altar of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Gesù, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona. 1669. (Fondo Edifici di Culto, Ministero dell’Interno, Florence; photograph Scala, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. The gallery in Palazzo Colonna, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fol.378v of Jesuitas, Livro 27; ANTT).
Attributed works:
6. Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga in glory, by Pierre Legros. 1697–99. Marble. (S. Ignazio, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. Charlemagne, by Agostino Cornacchini. 1725. Marble. (St Peter’s Basilica, Rome).
Attributed works:
8 and 9. The decoration of the interior of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli on the occasion of the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.421v and 422r of Jesuitas, Livro 27 ANTT).
Western art unattributed:
10. The decoration of the interior of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli for the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal, July 1722. Black ink on paper, 45 by 60 cm. (Gabinetto Comunale delle Stampe, Rome, GS 3673).
Editorial
Civilisation(s)
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 274
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Subjects
art literature:
Beard, Mary
art literature:
Olusoga, David
art literature:
Ruskin, John
art literature:
Clark, Kenneth
art literature:
Nicolson, Benedict (B. N)
art literature:
Schama, Simon
dates:
2010-2019 / 1960-1969
subjects:
Editorials / Television / Documentaries / Civilisation / Cultural history / Natural disasters
works:
Apollo Belvedere
Short Notice
Antico and Monte Cavallo
06/1982 | 951 | 124
Pages: 353-355+357
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Author:
Nesselrath, Arnold (Nesselrath, Arnold)
Subjects
artists:
Antico
artists:
Praxiteles
artists:
Phidias
dates:
1450-1499
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Statuettes / Bronzes
subjects:
Apollo Belvedere
subjects:
Marbles / Horses (animals) / Inscriptions
subjects:
Greek (ancient) sculpture / Horses (animals) / Conservation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
37. Horse of the 'Opus Praxitelis' on the Quirinal, by Raphael and an Assistant. Red Chalk, with Notes in Pen and Brown Ink, 21.8 by 27.2 cm. (Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement).
Attributed works:
38. Inscription: Anticus Mantvanvs RF; Back Face of Supporting Pier for 'Opus Praxitelis'. (Monte Cavallo, Rome).
Attributed works:
39. Inscription: Anticus Mantvanvs RF; Back Face of Supporting Pier for 'Opus Praxitelis'. (Monte Cavallo, Rome).
Letter
Reynolds's 'Captain Orme'
09/1976 | 882 | 118
Pages: 650
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Author:
Mannings, David (Mannings, David)
Subjects
artists:
Reynolds, Joshua
dates:
1750-1799
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Portraits
subjects:
Orme, Robert
subjects:
Visual sources / Apollo Belvedere