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Book Review
Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1244-1246
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Riemenschneider, Tilman
dates:
1350-1399 / 1400-1499 / 2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
subjects:
Alabasters / Sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster Edited by Gerhard Lutz. 180 pp. incl. 100 col. ills. (Cleveland Museum of Art and D. Giles Limited, Lewes, 2023), £21.95. ISBN 978–1–913875–43–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Jerome and the lion, by Tilman Riemenschneider. c.1495. Alabaster with traces of paint and gilding, 37.8 by 28.1 by 15.9 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Western art unattributed:
2. St George and the dragon. English, c.1400. Alabaster, painted and gilded, 81.5 by 60.5 by 20.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Exhibition Review
Timeless Wonder: Painting on Stone in Rome in the Cinquecento and Seicento
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 188-191
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Reviewer:
Weston, Giulia Martina (Weston, Giulia Martina)
Subjects
artists:
Sebastiano del Piombo / Raphael / Tempesta, Antonio / Carracci, Agostino / Saraceni, Carlo / Turchi, Alessandro / Ottino, Pasquale / Mignard, Pierre, I, 1612-1695 / Bassano, Francesco, il giovane, 1549-1592
artists:
Salviati, Francesco
artists:
Poelenburgh, Cornelis van / Rosa, Salvator
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Stone / Alabasters / Lapis lazuli / Pietre Dure
museums and institutions:
Museo e Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Timeless Wonder: Painting on Stone in Rome in the Cinquecento and Seicento Galleria Borghese, Rome 25th October 2022– 29th January 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Roberto di Filippo Strozzi, by Francesco de’Rossi known as Francesco Salviati. c.1550. Oil on red and black African marble, diameter 16 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Attributed works:
22. Installation view of Timeless Wonder: Painting on Stone in Rome in the Cinquecento and Seicento showing on the right the Borghese- Windsor Cabinet. Roman, c.1620. Fir, poplar, ebony and chestnut, ivory, semiprecious hardstones, gilt bronze, silver and gilt silver, 178 by 126 by 54 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Galleria Borghese, Rome; photograph A. Novelli).
Attributed works:
23. Latona turning the Lycian peasants into frogs, by Cornelis van Poelenburgh. c.1620. Oil on lapis lazuli, 23 by 33 cm. (Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence; exh. Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Exhibition Review
Alabaster
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 176-178
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Reviewer:
Frisch, Anja Katharina (Frisch, Anja Katharina)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
M [letter M] Museum, Leuven, Belgium
subjects:
Alabasters / Sculpture / Alabaster carvings / Altarpieces / Reliefs / Effigies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Alabaster M Leuven 14th October 2022– 26th February 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, attributed to Jean Mone. Probably after 1529. Alabaster, 37 by 29 cm. (Gaasbeek Castle, Gaasbeek; exh. M Leuven).
Western art unattributed:
8. The Virgin and Child with St Anne, by Damián Forment. c.1522– 25. Alabaster, 76 by 58 by 36 cm. (Chapel of St Anne, Huesca Cathedral; exh. M Leuven).
Western art unattributed:
9. Allegory of Death (‘La Mort Saint-Innocent’). Île-de-France, c.1530, covered with a wash resembling bronze at the end of the 18th century. Alabaster, 120 by 55 by 27 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. M Leuven).
Book Review
Cut in Alabaster: A Material of Sculpture and its European Traditions 1330–1530. By Kim Woods
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 167-168
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Reviewer:
de Beer, Lloyd (de Beer, Lloyd)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1599
media:
Alabasters
places:
Europe / England / Spain
subjects:
Sculpture / Techniques / Art market / Patronage / Altarpieces / Effigies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cut in Alabaster: A Material of Sculpture and its European Traditions 1330–1530 By Kim Woods. 422 pp. incl. 194 col. + 5 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2018), £140. ISBN 978–1–909400–26–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Christ as a Man of Sorrows. First half of the 15th century. Alabaster, height 40 cm. (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp).