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The permanence of ephemera: a rediscovered fragment by Frans Floris
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 244–251
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Author:
Galassi, Maria Clelia (Galassi, Maria Clelia; Galassi, M. C.)
Subjects
art literature:
Grapheus, Cornelius
artists:
Floris, Frans, the Elder, 1519-1570 / Coecke van Aelst, Pieter the elder, 1502-1550 / Vredeman de Vries, Hans / Lombard, Lambert
dates:
1520-1549
places:
Antwerp
sources:
Schiappalaria, Stefano Ambrogio
subjects:
Triumphal arches / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Flemish painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Capture of the heretics, here attributed to Frans Floris. 1549. Oil on canvas, 170 by 112 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
10. Victory taming a barbarian, by Lambert Lombard. After 1536–37. Pen, ink and black chalk on white paper, 25.5 by 12.9 cm (Arenberg and Clérembault albums, Cabinet des Estampes et des Dessins, Liège).
Attributed works:
11. Giants attacking Olympus, by Balthasar Bos after Frans Floris. 1558. Engraving, 44.2 by 43.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Victory surrounded by prisoners and trophies, by Frans Floris. 1552. Etching, 31.4 by 43.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
3. The triumphal arch of the Genoese nation, after Pieter Coecke van Aelst. 1550. Woodcut, 22.6 by 20.5 cm. (From C. Grapheus: Le triomphe d’Anvers faict en la susception du Prince Philips, Prince d’Espaign[e], Antwerp 1550; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing physiognomies characteristic of Frans Floris’s style.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the texture of the palin-weave linen canvas.
Attributed works:
6. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.1. (Photograph Paolo Triolo).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.3, indicating the space allocated for the scene depicting the Capture of the heretics.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan, by Frans Floris. 1547. Oil on panel. (Formerly Staatliche Museen, Berlin; destroyed in Second Word War).
Attributed works:
9. Column pedestal base on the north side of the Arch of Constantine, Rome, showing Victory taming a barbarian. (Courtesy Roberto Averardi).