Search

Advertisements

Illustrations

Attributed works:

[Charles Ratton & Guy Ladriere, 14, rue de Marignan and 11, quai Voltaire, Paris, France] Felix-Joseph Barrias (Paris 1827 - Paris 1902) Head of a bearded man, turned towards the right Charcoal and pink chalk on blue paper, 321 x 274 mm.

Attributed works:

[Chris Beetles Ltd., 8/9 Ryder Street, London, UK] Ecstasy of a Sainted Nun 223.5 x 131.5 cm., arched top.

Attributed works:

[Hall & Knight Ltd., 43 New Bond Street, London, UK] Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-1734 Venice) The Last Communion of St. Mary of Egypt Oil on canvas, 209 x 142 cm 82 1/4 x 55 7/8 inches)

Attributed works:

[Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 38 Bury Street, London, UK] Severo Calzetta da Ravenna, (fl. 1496-1543) A candlestick in the form of a mermaid with twin tails Bronze, height 23.5 cm (9¼ in)

Attributed works:

[Liliane Fredericks, Flat 1, 32 Stanhope Gardens, London, UK] Giulio Carpioni (Venice 1611 - 1678 Venice). Two Male Heads Looking to the Right Red chalk on blue paper (152 x 165 mm)

Attributed works:

[Lowell Libson Ltd., 3 Clifford Street, London, UK] Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680) The Honourable Leonard Grey. Oil on canvas Size: 29¾ x 25 inches (75.5 x 63.5 cm) Signed with initials Painted circa 1646-50

Attributed works:

[Mia N. Weiner, Mountain Road, Norfolk, CT, USA] Bernardino Gatti, Il Sojaro (Pavia? ca. 1495 - 1576 Cremona) Leg Study, preparatory for the altarpiece Virgin Mourning Dead Christ commissioned for San Domenico, Cremona but since 1797 in the Louvre. red chalk, brush & white gouache. 196 x 110 mm. squared in red chalk.

Attributed works:

[Yale University Press advertisement] Van Dyck. A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings. Susan J. Barnes, Nora De Poorter, Oliver Millar and Horst Vey. This stunning book is the long-awaited catalogue raisonné of Sir Anthony Van Dyck's painted oeuvre. Handsomely designed and illustrated, it includes a reproduction of every known authentic painting by the artist, the provenance and the significant facts and literature on each.

Attributed works:

[Yale University Press advertisement] Whistler, Women and Fashion. Margaret F. MacDonald, Susan Grace Galassi and Aileen Ribeiro, with Patricia de Monfort. Costume and fashion were a lifelong obsession for James McNeill Whistler. This lavishly illustrated book focuses on fashion in Whistler's art as a key to understanding his life and work and as a new means of exploring his relationship with women and his portraits of them.

Western art unattributed:

Interior of St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, November 15th 1940, by John Piper. 1940. Oil on Canvas Laid on Board, 50 by 61 cm. (Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry).

Western art unattributed:

[Cambridge University Press advertisement] Book covers. The Cambridge History of Western Textiles Edited by David Jenkins. An authoritative study on the production and uses of textiles in Europe since ancient times. The Roman House and Social Identity Shelley Hales Examines house types from Britain to Syria to understand how people imagined and articulated their place in the Roman world. The Cambridge Companion to Titian Edited by Patricia Meilman. An introduction to one of the giants of Western art.

Western art unattributed:

[Yale University Press advertisement] A Private Passion 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection. Harvard University Stephan Wolohojian et al. The Winthrop Collection of French, British and American art includes the best group of Delacroix and Ingres drawings outside France, the most significant group of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside Britain, and a world-renowned collection of Sargent watercolours. This book is the catalogue for an international travelling exhibition on show at The National Gallery, London from June to September.

Western art unattributed:

[Yale University Press advertisement] Goddess The Classical Mode Harold Koda This beautifully illustrated book explores the continually evolving influence of classical dress through the ages, presenting a historical survey of this fascinating theme.

Western art unattributed:

[Yale University Press advertisement] The Pleasures of Antiquity. Jonathan Scott. In this first comprehensive history of the collecting of antiquities in Great Britain, Jonathan Scott examines how the great British antiquities collections were put together and displayed, from Lord Arundel's collection of marbles in the seventeenth century to the Grand Tour acquisitions of the eighteenth century, and the greatest art acquisition of all time, that of the Elgin Marbles.

Supplement

Recent Acquisitions - And Some Rediscoveries Made by the Department of Western Art in the Ashmolean Museum: Supplement

01/1987 | 1006 | 129

Pages: 56-60

Subscribe to read

related names

Author:

Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)

Subjects

artists:

Cockerell, Charles Robert, 1788-1863

artists:

Picasso, Pablo

artists:

Philpot, Glyn

artists:

Nicholson, Ben

artists:

Hughes-Stanton, Blair Rowlands

artists:

Austin, Robert

artists:

Barrias, Félix Joseph

artists:

Grandi, Giuseppe

artists:

Niessen, Johannes

artists:

Westmacott, Henry

artists:

Wilkie, David

artists:

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique

artists:

Bacon, John, I, 1740-1799

artists:

Aubry, Étienne

artists:

Guarana, Jacopo

artists:

Maes, Nicolaes

artists:

Dieussart, François

dates:

1980-1989

museums and institutions:

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain

subjects:

Italian painting / Italian sculpture / British painting / French painting

subjects:

Art museums / Acquisitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

After Augustin Pajou (1730-1809). Blaise Pascal. (Fig.63). Biscuit de Sèvres, Probably 1784. 32.5 cm High.

Attributed works:

Atributed to Nicholaes Maes (1632-93). Holy Family, after Rembrandt. (Fig.59). Red Chalk, Pen Drawing in Brown Inks, with Washes, on Vellum. 22.3 by 28 cm (Arched Top).

Attributed works:

Attributed to Jacopo Guarana (1720-62). The Hand of a Young Man and the Head of an Old Man. (Fig.62). Black Crayon and White Chalk on Pinky Buff Paper. 41.3 by 27.8 cm.

Attributed works:

Ben Nicholson (1894-1982). View of the Harbour, St Ives, 1929. (Fig.76). Pencil on Yellowed Paper (From a Sketch Pad). Inscribed on Verso (See Below). 33 by 42 cm.

Attributed works:

Blair Rowlands Hughes-Stanton (1902-81). Troisième Classe, 1925. (Fig.73). Wood Engraving. Signed 'Blair H. S.', Dated and Numbered 8/30. 11.9 by 9.6 cm. Actual Size.

Attributed works:

Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863). Study of a Greek Antefixa. (Fig.66). Water-Colour Brushed over Pen Drawing with Ink, over Faint Pencil Drawing, on Paper. 35.6 by 27.4 cm.

Attributed works:

Etienne Aubry (1745-81). Portrait of a Gentleman. (Fig.60). Oil on Canvas, Signed. 63.5 by 54 cm.

Attributed works:

Félix Joseph Barrias (1822-1907). Figure Studies, Perhaps for a Group of Captives. (Fig.68). Black Chalk on Paper. Studio Stamp Lower Left. 13.4 by 20.9 cm.

Attributed works:

François Dieussart (c. 1600-61). Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, c. 1636. (Fig.58). Marble, with Some Plaster Repairs. 115 cm. High (Including a Socle of 24.8 cm).

Attributed works:

Giuseppe Grandi (1843-94). Alessandro Volta. (Fig.71). Bronze. Lost Wax Cast. Inscribed 'Grandi' in the Cold Metal and A Volta - The A Interlaced with the V - in the Wax on the Integral Plinth. 66 cm High.

Attributed works:

Glyn Philpot (1884-1937). Man with a Gun, 1933. (Fig.75). Oil on Canvas. Signed 'G. P.'. 114.5 by 92 cm.

Attributed works:

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). Portrait of a Man. (Fig.64). Graphite on Paper. Signed. 7.5 cm (Diameter).

Attributed works:

Johannes Niessen (1821-1910). Head of a Young Woman, 1847. (Fig.70). Pencil on Brown Paper. Signed and Dated 'J. Niessen 4/7 1847', with an Inscription Vertically at the Right. 32.3 by 27 cm.

Attributed works:

John Bacon the Elder R. A. (1740-99). Preparatory Study for the Statue of Samuel Johnson in St Paul's Cathedral. (Fig.65). Some Wash Brushed over Pen Drawing in Ink on Whatman Paper, Inscribed with Observations on Size and Scale in the Artist's Hand. 47.3 by 32.5 cm.

Attributed works:

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Untitled Nocturnal Scene (Bloch 1589). (Fig.74). Aquatint, Dated '25-5-68'. Signed by the Artist in Pencil and Numbered 7/50). 29.5 by 34.6 cm. (Plate).

Attributed works:

Robert Sargent Austin (1895-1973). Two Riders. (Fig.72). Charcoal, with Red-Brown and White Crayon on Cream Paper. 31.6 by 27.5 cm.

Attributed works:

Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841). A Lady Descending from Her Carriage. (Fig.67). Some White Body-Colour and Water-Colours Brushed over Drawing in Black Chalk, on Paper. Signed and Dated, 1822. 13.5 by 18.9 cm.

Attributed works:

Sir Richard Westmacott, R. A. (1775-1856). Fragment of a Cast of the Original Clay Model for 'The Gypsy', 1832. (Fig.69). Plaster Coated in Stone Coloured Paint (Probably Original, Now Darkened). 29 cm High (From Fractured Chest to Top of Head).

Western art unattributed:

Anon. Probably Italian (Before 1693). Reduced Copy of an Ancient Roman Marble Relief. (Fig.61). Terracotta, with Some Old Plaster Repairs. 30 by 24.8 cm.

Sign up to our newsletter