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November 2011

Vol. 153 | No. 1304

Sculpture

Editorial

A memorial too far

THE PLEASURE TO be had from walking through the squares, parks and streets of London is by no means unalloyed for anyone sensitive to their visual surroundings. We are not solely referring to the eyesores and inconvenience of continuous roadworks, the vast empty spaces left by the demolition of familiar buildings or the disruption of countless ‘events’ which, for example, turn Trafalgar Square into a cheap fairground. No, we are referring to the constant fear of coming across a newly sited public sculpture or subscribed-for memorial. The subject is not new to this Editorial page but we feel it is only fair to warn readers of what they might discover and, in one particular instance, what Westminster City Council has in store for them next year.

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La Collezione Mario Scaglia. Placchette

The subject of this catalogue is the finest privately owned collection of the small cast metal reliefs known as plaquettes, assembled over the last three decades by the Milanese industrialist Mario Scaglia.

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  • MA.NOV.CALDWELL.Fig

    A neglected papal commission in Naples Cathedral: the tomb of Cardinal Alfonso Carafa

    By Dorigen Caldwell

    An examination of the tomb monument of Cardinal Carafa in Naples Cathedral (1567-68) by Nanni di Baccio Bigio and Giovanni Domenico Bersaglia, and the unpublished contract of its commission.

  • MA.NOV.COLA.Fig

    A bust of Bartolomeo Ruspoli by Filippo Carcani

    By Maria Celeste Cola

    A bronze bust of Bartolomeo Ruspoli in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1683) is here identified as by Filippo Caracani.

  • MA.NOV.BAILEY.Fig

    The ‘St Sebastian’ of Los Andes: a Chilean cultural treasure re-examined

    By Gauvin Alexander Bailey,Fernando Guzmán

    A discussion of the polychrome statue of St Sebastian (c.1730-35) in Los Andes, Chile, which is here attributed to Adam Engelhard.

  • MA.NOV.TEOLATO.Fig

    Roman bronzes at the court of Gustavus III of Sweden: Zoffoli, Valadier and Righetti

    By Chiara Teolato

    The provenance and installation of Roman bronzes by Giacomo Zoffoli, Luigi Valadier and Giovan Battista Piranesi in the collection of Gustavus II of Sweden.

  • MA.NOV.BOGGI.Fig

    John Hogan’s busts for Bantry, and Viscount and Lady Berehaven’s tour of Rome in 1842–43

    By Flavio Boggi

    Unpublished extracts from the diary of Lady Berehaven describe her and her husband sitting for their portraits in Rome (1842-43) by the Irish sculptor John Hogan.

  • MA.NOV.GETSY.Fig

    John Chamberlain’s pliability: the new monumental aluminium works

    By David J. Getsy

    Recent large-scale aluminum sculptures (2008) by John Chamberlain.