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Article
Becoming ‘obeliscal’: Van Gogh, ancient Egypt and the global Orient – I: figures
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 280-301
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Author:
Hall, James (Hall, James)
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1. Pots and apples, by Emile Bernard. 1887. Oil on canvas, 46.2 by 55.2 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Hervé Lewandowski).
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10. Hathoric capital from Dendera. Egyptian, 332–30 BC. Limestone, 52.5 by 46 by 11.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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11. Nude girl, seated, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Oil on canvas, 27.1 by 23.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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12. Seated girl and Venus statuette, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Chalk on paper, 47.5 by 62 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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13. Self-portrait as a sphinx, by Léopold Armand Hugo. 1871. Etching on paper, 34 by 25 cm. (Rodin Museum, Paris).
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14. Self-portrait, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54.2 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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15. Galerie Henri IV, the Louvre, looking northwards. 1885. (From C. Aulanier: Le musée Charles X et le département des antiquités égyptiennes (Histoire du palais et du musee du Louvre 8), Paris 1961, p.60).
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16. Bonaparte before the Sphinx (‘Oedipus’), by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1886. Oil on canvas, 61.6 by 101.9 cm. (Hearst Castle, San Simeon CA; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Self-portrait at the easel, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Oil on canvas, 46.5 by 38.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; © Fine Art Images; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Self-portrait at the easel, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 65.1 by 50 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; © Fine Art Images; Bridgeman Images).
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19. Napoleon, after a plaster model by Antoine-Denis Chaudet. 1807–09. Marble, 59 by 28.5 by 26.0 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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21. Aristotle, by Nicola Billy, after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. 1750. Engraving, 23 by 16.5 cm. (including text). (From G.G. Bottari: Musei Capitolini tomus primus(-quartus), Rome 1750, I, no.8).
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22. Egyptian figure, by Carlo Gregorii after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. 1755. Engraving, 34.5 by 17.5 cm. (including text). (From G.G. Bottari: Musei Capitolini tomus primus(-quartus), Rome 1755, III, no.86).
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23. Brutus, drawn after a plaster cast. 1869. Lithograph, 45 by 62 cm. (From C Bargue and J.-L. Gérôme: Cours de dessin, Paris 1869, I, pl.52).
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24. Portrait statue. Engraving, 19 by 13 cm. (internal frame). (From Comte de Caylus, Recueil d’antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grecques, romaines et gauloises, Paris 1752, I, pl.1)
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25. Dante, drawn after a plaster cast. 1869. Lithograph, 45 by 62 cm. (From C Bargue and J.-L. Gérôme: Cours de dessin, Paris 1869, I, pl.34).
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26. Study and Genius unveil ancient Egypt to Greece, by François- Edouard Picot. c. 1827. Oil on canvas, 478 by 600 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Photo Josse; Bridgeman Images).
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28. Julian Père Tanguy, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 92 by 75 cm. (Rodin Museum, Paris; © Peter Willi; Bridgeman Images).
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29. Predominance of the Dimension of Width: Egyptian Temple, by Lé on Gaucherel. 1876. Engraving, 4.3 by 11.5 cm. (From C. Blanc: Grammaire des Arts du Dessin, Paris 1876, p.88).
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3. Exposition Universelle: L’Histoire de L’Habitation Humaine. Wood engraving. (From Le Monde Illustré, 25th May 1889, p.344).
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30. Maurice Appert seated, by Georges Seurat. Before 1888. Conté crayon and gouache on paper, 31 by 24 cm. (Private collection; Lefevre Fine Art Ltd, London; Bridgeman Images).
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31. Self-portrait with bandaged ear, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 60.5 by 50 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Egyptian House, Exposition Universelle of 1889, by Charles Garnier. 1889. Watercolour on paper, 94.7 by 63.5 cm. (Archives nationales, Paris, CP/F/12/4055/D/A, pièce 10).
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5. Egyptian head, by Vincent Van Gogh, 1890. Chalk on paper, 31.4 by 23.8 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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6. View in North Transept, by Matthew Digby Wyatt after P.H. Delamotte. 1854. Chromolithograph, 18.2 by 26.4 cm. (From Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham, London 1854; photograph Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT).
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7. The Egyptian Hall of the Louvre, visitors in front of the Grand Sphinx, by Guillaume Larrue. c.1880. Oil on canvas, 69 by 88 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Josse; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Middle Egypt – the Sphinx, by Maxime du Camp. December 1849; printed 1851. Salted paper print from paper negative, 42.8 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © His Majesty King Charles III 2022).
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9. Head of a woman (Gordina de Groot), by Vincent Van Gogh. 1885. Oil on canvas, 42.7 by 33.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. The god Re-Horakhty being brought offerings, with fruit on his lap. Egyptian, 943–735(?) BC. Painted wood, 20.8 by 15.7 by 3.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
27. Detail of a statue of Ankh. Egyptian, 2700–2620 BC. Diorite, 62.5 by 20.5 by 32.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
20. Sepa. Egyptian, 2700–2620 BC. Painted limestone, 169 by 44 by 50.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
‘After the duel’: an early painting by Paul Delaroche
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1190-1195
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Bann, Stephen (Bann, Stephen)
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1. ‘Salon de 1835, “Assassinat du duc de Guise”, tableau de M. Paul Delaroche’, by Andrew Best Leloir and Charles Émile Wattier. 1835. Engraving, 12 by 21.5 cm. (From Le Magasin Pittoresque 22, 1835, p.169).
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2. After the duel, by Paul Delaroche, 1825. Oil on canvas, 66 by 82 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Duel after the masquerade, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1857–59 (third version). Oil on canvas, 39.1 by 56.3 cm. (The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore).
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4. St Bartholomew scene, by R.J. Bingham after Paul Delaroche. 1857– 58. Albumen print. (From Oeuvre de Paul Delaroche, Paris 1858).
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5. A duel, by Pierre Roch Vigneron. 1829. Lithograph, 25 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Detail of St Vincent de Paul preaching to the court of Louis XIII on behalf of the abandoned children, by Zachee Prevost after Paul Delaroche. 1834 Salon. Engraving.
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7. The students of Baron Gros in 1820, by Louis Léopold Boilly, 1820. Black and white chalk on paper, 59.5 by 29.1 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; Alamy Stock photo).
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8. Study for the ‘Assassination of the duc de Guise’, by Paul Delaroche. c.1832 or before 1830. Pencil on paper, 13.5 by 24.2 cm. (Private collection).
Article
From Athens to Constantinople: ‘The watchman’ by Alphonse Isambert
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 437-443
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Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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1. Young Greeks forcing cocks to fight, by Jean-Leon Gérôme. 1846. Oil on canvas, 143 by 204 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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2. The departure of Ulysses, by Alphonse Isambert. 1846. Oil on canvas, 32 by 40.5 cm. (Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Scala).
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3. Artists at ‘Le Chalet’, 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, by Gustave Le Gray. Jean-Léon Gérôme is on the far right. Salt-print photograph, 10.9 by 139 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris;   RMN-Grand Palais; photograph Hervé Lewandowski).
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4. The watchman, by Alphonse Isambert. 1867. Oil on board, 51.7 by 40 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Arab greeting, by Alexandre Evariste Fragonard after Godefroy Engelmann. 1819. Lithograph, page 67 by 50.3 cm. (From L.N.P.A. Forbin: Voyage dans le Levant en 1817 et 1818, Paris 1819).
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6. Detail of View of Hounkiar-Iskelessi, Echelle du Grande Seigneur, by Antoine Ignace Melling. 1819. Copper engraving, plate size 73.66 by 50.8 cm. (From A.I. Melling, C. Lacretelle, J.D. Barbié de Bocage et al.: Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore (d’après les dessins de Mr Antoine Ignace Melling dessinateur et architecte de la Sultane Hadigé sa soeur), Paris 1819, II, pl.35; Alamy).
Book Review
Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830–1920 Journey to the Maghreb and Andalusia, 1832
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 720-721
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Humphreys, Andrew (Humphreys, Andrew)
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Journey to the Maghreb and Andalusia, 1832 By Eugène Delacroix, translated by Michèle Hannoosh. 216 pp. incl. 8 b. & w. ills. (Penn State University Press, Pennsylvania, 2019), £27.95. ISBN 978–0–271–08334–6. | :
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Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830–1920 By James Parry. 304 pp. incl. 105 col. ills. (The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 2018), £45. ISBN 978–977–416–835–2. | :
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6. The offering, by Ludwig Deutsch. 1897. Oil on panel, 61.5 by 80 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Painting and Narrative in France, from Poussin to Gauguin. Edited by Peter Cooke and Nina Lübbren
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 801
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Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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3. The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero, by Eugène Delacroix. 1825–26. Canvas, 145.6 by 113.8 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Book Review
La Peinture d’Histoire en France, 1860–1900: La Lyre ou le Poignard, P. Sérié
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 793-794
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Shelton, Andrew Carrington (Shelton, Andrew Carrington)
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71. Andromache, by Georges Rochegrosse. 1883 (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen)
Article
‘A lion who painted lions’: Jean-Léon Gérôme’s ‘St Jerome’ rediscovered
04/2012 | 1309 | 154
Pages: 251-252
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Krämer, Felix (Krämer, Felix)
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21. St Jerome, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1874. Canvas, 69 by 93 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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22. Job and his comforters, by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ. 1867. (Present whereabouts unknown). Photogravure published by Goupil & Cil.
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Advertisements February 2012 (front)
02/2012 | 1307 | 154
Pages: s.p.
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[C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf. 13 Kasernenstr 13. USA 23 East 73rd Street, New York. Johannes Riepenhausen (1788 Gottingen - Rome 1860). The Virgin Mary with the Christ and John the Baptist. Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 37.5 cm. Signed at lower right]
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[Daxer & Marschall. Barer Strasse 44. Munich. Jakob Philipp Hackert. View over the Gulf of Pozzuoli towards Ischia and Capri, 1798. Signed, inscribed and dated Filippo Hackert.]
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[Galerie Canesso. 26 rue Laffitte, Paris. Lavinia Fontana. Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614. Portrait of Laura Gonzaga in Green. Oil on canvas, 88 x 112 cm (34 5/8 x 44 1/8 in)]
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[Galerie Neuse, Kunsthandel GmbH. Contrescarpe 14. D-28203, Bremen, Germany. Renaissance Stacking Beaker May. Silver-gilt. Augsburg, 1559-1586. Gregor Beir (Pair), born in Meran (goldsmith in Augsburg 1573-1604). Height: 8,6 cm, weight: 204 g]
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[Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert. 38 Bury Street. St. James’s, London SW1Y 6BB. Lucian Freud and Kate Moss in Bed. 2010]
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[Koller. Hardturmstrasse 102. CH-8031, Zurich. Roelant Savery. A flower still life in a glass vase. 1612. Oil on copper. 16.8x13.5 cm]
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[Schlichte Bergen. P.C. Hooftstraat 53”, 1071 BN Amsterdam. Jean-Léon Gerome (Vé soul 1824 - 1904 Paris). Portrait of a Roman Girl. Oil on canvas 59 x 49.5 cm. Signed. Situated and dated 'Roma 1844']
Exhibition Review
Gérôme. Los Angeles, Paris and Madrid
09/2010 | 1290 | 152
Pages: 642-643
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Plotek, Ariel (Plotek, Ariel)
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The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme | institution: J. Paul Getty Museum , institution: Musée d'Orsay , institution: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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94. The death of Caesar, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1859–67. Canvas, 85.5 by 145.5 cm. (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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95. The snake charmer, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. c.1870. Canvas, 83.4 by 122.1 cm. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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Advertisements February 2005 (Front)
02/2005 | 1223 | 147
Pages: i-xvi
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[Agnew, LTD, 43 Old Bond Street, London, W.1. A swag of roses and other flowers hanging from a nail, by Nicolaes van Verendael (1640-1691). Canvas (Unlined), 52,8 x 45,8 cm. Signed (upper left): Ni V/Verendael.]
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[Agnew, LTD, 43 Old Bond Street, London, W.1. Honore Daumier (1808-1879). Joueurs de Cartes. Panel, 10 5/8 x 13 1/2 in (26.9 x 34.3 cm) Signed H. Daumier (lower right)]
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[Artemis, Fine Arts. C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf. 13 Kasernenstr 13. USA 23 East 73rd Street, New York. England. 15 Duke Street, St. James’s London, SW1Y 6DB. Portrait of Countess Karoly, 1865, by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 65 cm. Signed and dated lower right: G. Courbet Dauville [sic] 65.]
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[Beddington & Blackman Ltd. 16 Saville Row, London, W1S 3PL. A gypsy telling a soldier's fortune as a girl picks his pocket, by Paolo de Matteis (1662-1728). Oil on canvas.]
Attributed works:
[Beddington & Blackman Ltd. 16 Saville Row, London, W1S 3PL. Philips Konick 1619 - Amsterdam - 1688. A panoramic Landscape with Trees on a Knoll by a River in the Foreground, a Church and other Buildings beyond. On canvas, 34 x 43 in. ((86.4 x 109.2 cm)]
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[Detroit Institute of Arts. Interior of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem, 1676, by Jacob Berckheyde. Oil on canvas, 103 x 88 cm. Mother nursuring her child, circa 1674-76, by Pieter de Hooch. Oil on canvas, 79.4 x 58.1 cm.]
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[Detroit Institute of Arts. Portrait of Philip Rubens, 1610-11, by Peter Paul Rubens. Oil on panel, 68.5 x 53.5 cm. Flowers in a glass vase, 1704, by Rachel Ruysch. Oil on canvas, 83.8 x 67.0 cm. Bull in a city street, circa 1670, by Jan van der Heyden and Adriaen van de Velde. Oil on canvas, 31.4 x 40.3 cm. Pond in a wooden landscape, circa 1665-70, by Jacob van Ruisdael. Oil on canvas, 53 x 62.2 cm. Portrait of Hendrick Swalmius, circa 1639, by Frans Hals. Oil on pnel, 27 x 20 cm. Job, circa 1610, by Jacob Jordaens. Oil on panel, 67 x 52 cm.]
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[Galerie Canesso, Paris. Rinaldo by Armida, by Gregorio de Ferrari (1647-1726). Oil on canvas, 141 x 167 cm.]
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[Galerie Canesso. 8 rue Rossini, Paris. Valerio Castello. Genoa 1624-1659. The Massacre of the Innocents. Oil on canvas, 122 x 172 cm. (48 x 67 1/2 in)]
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[Galerie Neuse, Kunsthandel GmbH. Contrescarpe 14. D-28203, Bremen, Germany. Jacob de Backer (Antwerp c. 1540 - c. 1595). Salome with the head of St. John the Baptiste. Oil on Panel. 18.5 x 24.8 in. (47 x 63 cm)]
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[Galerie Neuse, Kunsthandel GmbH. Contrescarpe 14. D-28203, Bremen, Germany. Susannah and the elders, Master of the Prodigal Son (1530-1560). Oil on panel.]
Attributed works:
[Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox. 38 Bury Street, St. James’s London. SW1Y 6BB. Louis Gauffier (1761-1801) The Angel releasing St. Peter from Prison. Oil on paper laid down on canvas. 19 x 12.7 cm (7 1/2 x 5 in)]
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[Johnny van Haeften Ltd, London. Diana resting after the hunt, with shepherdesses and two greyhounds, a landscape beyond, by Gerrit van Honthorst (1592-1656)]
Attributed works:
[Johnny van Haeften Ltd. 13 Duke Street, St. James’s, London SW1Y 6DB. Jacob Jordaens (1593 - Antwerp - 1678) A portrait of the artist's daughter Elizabeth, half lenght, wearing a straw hat with a sprig of honeysuckle and an ostrich plume, holding a basket. On canvas. 29 x 23 1/8 in. 73.7 x 59 cm.]
Attributed works:
[Koopman Rare Art Ltd. London. A pair of George III silver-gilt wine ewers and a set of six goblets by Andrew Fogelberg and Stephen Gilbert. London, 1780. Height: 38 cm. Weight: 210 ozs.]
Attributed works:
[Moretti. 43 New Bond Street, London W1S 2SA. Piazza Ottaviani 17/r, 50123 Florence. Bernardino Zaganelli. Catignola, c. 1470-1513. Madonna and CHild enthroned with two angels. Panel, 91 x 47 cm.]
Attributed works:
[Moretti. 43 New Bond Street, London W1S 2SA. Piazza Ottaviani 17/r, 50123 Florence. Madonna and Child worshipped by two angels, by Sano di Pietro (Siena 1406-1481). Tempera on panel, 52 x 35.2 cm.]
Attributed works:
[Rafael Valls, London. A young girl at prayer, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805). Oil on panel, 20.5 x 31.3 cm. Signed and dated 1779.]
Attributed works:
[Rafael Valls. 11 Duke Street, St. James’s, London. Jan Davidsz. de Heem 1660-1684. Dutch School. A still life of Bunches of Grapes hanging from a Nail, with numerous insects including a Bumble Bee, a Grasshopper, Beetles, a Red Admiral Butterfly, and a Silver Gilt embossed Cup and Cover and Glasses on a Ledge draped with a velvet Cloth. 28 1/2 x 34 3/4 inches (72.3 x 88.1 cm). Signed.]
Attributed works:
[Robert Bowman Ltd. London. Polyphemus, by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Signed 'A.R. Rodin' and inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris'. Bronze, rich dark brown/black patination with green and red highlights. Height: 24 cm.]
Attributed works:
[Schlichte Bergen. P.C. Hooftstraat 53’, 1071 BN Amsterdam. Jean-Léon Gérome (Vésoul 1824-1904 Paris). A Wadi (Dray riverbed). Oil on canvas, 25 x 33 cm. Painted around 1867/68. Prov.: Estate of the artist; Mme Renault, thence by descent in the Renault family, until 2004.]
Attributed works:
[Schlichte Bergen. P.C. Hooftstraat 53’, 1071 BN Amsterdam. Madame Guillaumin allaitant sa fille, by Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927). Red chalk, 20 x 17 cm.Signed and dated 1896.]
Attributed works:
[Tradart, Geneva. Golden aureus struck in Rome under the reign of Macrinus. 217-218 B.C. Obverse: bust of Macrinus, wearing laurel leaves and breastplate and draped with the paludamentum, the purple cloak of generals. Reverse: Security upright, fancing forward, holding a sceptre and leaning on a column.]
Western art unattributed:
[Selective Art, sa. Via Prevedina 3, CH-6834. Switzerland. A sculptor close to Giotto, Maestro Espressionista di S. Chiara? S. Lucia. First quarter of the 14th century. Polychromed wood with gold pastiglia. Height: 127 cm.]
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