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The Art of Conservation XI. Mary Merrifield’s quest: a new methodology for technical art history

06/2017 | 1371 | 159

Pages: 465-475

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Author:

Veliz, Zahira (Veliz, Zahira; Véliz Bomford, Zahira; Veliz, Z.)

Subjects

art literature:

Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia

dates:

1840-1849 / 1850-1899

subjects:

Conservation / Restoration (process) / Techniques / Technical analysis / Art historians / Manuscripts / Transcriptions / Pigments / Scientific analysis / Methodology

subjects:

Writings

Illustrations

Attributed works:

23. Key to the Picture of the Meeting of the Fine Arts Commission 1846, by George Scharf. 1872 (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Attributed works:

24. Title page of A Practical Treatise on Painting in Fresco, Oil & Distemper. By Cennino Cennini, edited by Giuseppe Tambroni, translated and annotated by Mary P. Merrifield, London 1844 (National Gallery Library, London, NG Tech.Lib.75.02 CEN)

Attributed works:

25. A page from Mary Philadelphia Merrifield's copybook of letters (East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, Brighton)

Attributed works:

26. The family of Darius before Alexander, by Paolo Veronese. 1565-67 (National Gallery, London)

Attributed works:

27. Portrait of Felice Schiavoni, by Natale Schiavone. c.1825 (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venice)

Attributed works:

28. St Sebastian, by Titian. 1570 (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)

Attributed works:

29. St Mary Magdalene, by Titian. 1565 (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)

Attributed works:

30. Sporochinus comosus, by Mary Philadelphia Merrifield. 1870-80 (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge)

Western art unattributed:

22. Mary Philadelphia Merrifield. c.1870 (East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, Brighton)

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