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Letter
A Classical source for Michelangelo’s Florence ‘Pietà’
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 112–113
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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1. Studies from the Antique with rams’ heads, barbarian trophies and figures of Victory, by the workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. c.1755–65. Red and black chalk on paper, 46.7 by 37.4 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
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2. Pietà, by Michelangelo. 1553. Marble, height 277 cm. (Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing a fallen Amazon supported by a companion in a Phrygian cap.
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4. Mould-made pottery lamp decorated with an Amazon assisting a fallen comrade, here reproduced in reverse. Roman (Italy), c.40–75. Terracotta, 10.4 by 8.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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Dante 1321–2021
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 270-275
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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John Dickson Batten: Illustrations for Dante’s ‘Inferno’. By Peter Hainsworth. 124 pp. incl. 48 col. ills (Panarc Publishing, Ringwood, Hampshire, 2021) £20, ISBN 978–19–161–5666–1. | :
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Scaramuzza: Le tavole per la Divina Commedia, with a preface by Carlo Ossola and texts by Vittorio Sgarbi, Lina Bolzoni and Simone Verde. 316 pp. incl. 283 col. + b. & w. ills. (Allemandi, Turin, 2021), €50. ISBN 978–88–422–2544–7. | :
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Visions of Heaven: Dante and the Art of Divine Light, by Martin Kemp. 240 pp. incl. 122 col. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2021), £45. ISBN 978–18–482–2467–4. | :
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Dante: The Invention of Celebrity, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. (17th September 2021– 9th January 2022) | :
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An Ancient and Honourable Citizen of Florence: The Bargello and Dante, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (21st April–31st July 2021). | :
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Dante a Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona and elsewhere (2020-21) | :
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Dante e la cultura del Trecento a Mantova, Museo di Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (15th October 2021–9th January 2022), | :
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Dante: La visione dell’arte, Musei San Domenico, Forlì (30th April–11th July 2021) | :
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Inferno, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome (15th October 2021–9th January 2022). | :
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Un splendor mi squarciò il velo: Dante illustrato: dal codice 3285 a Scaramuzza, Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta, Parma (20th November 2021–13th February 2022). | :
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1. Virgil, by the Master of Campionese. c.1220. Red Verona marble, 124 by 73 by 40 cm. (Musei Civici, Mantua; Bridgeman Images; exh. Musei San Domenico, Forlì).
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2. Frontispiece of Purgatory, from the Divine Comedy by Dante, copied by Francesco di ser Nardo da Barberino, illuminated by the Master of the Dominican Effigies. 1337. (Codex Trivulsiano 1080, fol.36r; Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan; exh. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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3. Dante Alighieri, by Andrea del Castagno. c.1450. Fresco transferred to canvas, 247 by 153 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Musei san Domenico, Forlì).
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4. That is the man who went to Hell and came back, by Francesco Saverio Altamura. 1860–65. Oil on canvas, 88 by 203 cm. (Museo dell’ Ottocento, Pescara; exh. Galleria d’Arte Moderna ‘Achille Forti’, Verona).
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5. Cope of Pope Boniface VIII. Opus cyprense, second half of the 13th century. Red silk and gold thread, 140 by 325 cm. (Chapter of the Cathedral Basilica, Anagni; exh. Musei San Domenico, Forlì).
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6. Tree of Life, by Pacino di Buonaguida. 1310–15. Tempera on panel, 248 by 170 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence; exh. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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7. Dante in Oxford, from The Poet’s Corner, by Max Beerbohm, London 1904. Lithograph, 37 by 28 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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8. Antaeus, by John Dickson Batten. 1897–1900. Pen-and-ink on paper, 18.4 by 27.7 cm. (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; courtesy the Principal and Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford).
Short Notice
Four paintings in search of a provenance: gleanings from the Aldobrandini inventories
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1075-1077
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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4. St Andrew kneeling, fragment of an altarpiece, by Bronzino. 1556. Oil on panel, 160.3 by 90.2 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome).
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5. St Bartholomew flayed, fragment of an altarpiece, by Bronzino. 1556. Oil on panel, 155.7 by 93.7 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome).
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6. Putto crowning a skull, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1523–24. Oil on canvas, 52 by 51 cm. (Alnwick Castle; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Descent into Limbo, by Lelio Orsi. c.1560–70. Oil on canvas, 68.5 by 55 cm. (Private collection).
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Correggio’s reclining ‘Magdalen’ rediscovered
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 556-561
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1. St Mary Magdalen, here attributed to Correggio. c.1519. Panel, 22.5 by 28 cm. (Private collection).
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2. St Mary Magdalen, here identified as a painting after Correggio. Before 1609. Copper, 29 by 39.5 cm. (Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
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3. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1.
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4. St Mary Magdalen, by Cristofano Allori after Correggio. c.1600. Copper, 29.6 by 43 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing a seascape and a monastic building.
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6. St Mary Magdalen, by Raffaello Morghen (1758–1833), after Correggio. Engraving, 15.6 by 20.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
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7. St Mary Magdalen, by Correggio. c.1518–19. Canvas, 38.1 by 30.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Book Review
Museo Statale Ermitage – La pittura italiana dal XIII al XVI secolo: Catalogo della Collezione
10/2012 | 1315 | 154
Pages: 713
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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49. Visitation, by Denys Calvaert. c. 1580-90. Panel, 36.3 by 28.5 cm. (Rothschild Collection, Rothschild Family Trust, Waddesdon Manor).
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A painting of Tomyris by Georg Pencz in Zagreb
01/2011 | 1294 | 153
Pages: 28-29
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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33. Tomyris with the head of King Cyrus, by Georg Pencz. c.1541. Canvas, 89 by 83 cm. (Mimara Museum, Zagreb).
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34. Tomyris with the head of King Cyrus, by Georg Pencz. 1541. Canvas, 97 by 76 cm. (In 1966 in a private collection, New York).
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35. Detail of Fig.33 showing the monogram ‘GP’.
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36. Tomyris with the head of King Cyrus, by Georg Pencz. c.1539. Engraving, 11.7 by 7.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
Letter
Not by Amico Aspertini
03/2009 | 1272 | 151
Pages: 169
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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Picasso’s first drawing and its source
12/2008 | 1269 | 150
Pages: 825
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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23. Hercules, by Pablo Picasso. 1890. Pencil on paper, 49 by 32 cm. (Museu Picasso, Barcelona).
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24. Hercules wielding his club, by or after Giambologna. c.1600. Bronze, 42.2 cm. high. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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25. Hercules and the hydra, from a model by a follower of Giambologna. Eighteenth century. Bronze, 85.5 cm. high. (Present whereabouts unknown).
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A rediscovered ‘Allegory’ by Johannes Stradanus
02/2008 | 1259 | 150
Pages: 98-99
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30. Allegory, by Johannes Stradanus. c.1572. Panel, 54.1 by 43.3 cm. (Seattle Art Museum).
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31. Allegory, by Johannes Stradanus. 1572. Panel, 70 by 57 cm. (Present whereabouts unknown).
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32. Allegory, by Johannes Stradanus. c.1572. Black chalk on light brown paper, 54.3 by 40.4 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Parmigianino
07/2007 | 1252 | 149
Pages: 493
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Franklin, David (Franklin, David)
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Parmigianino | author: Ekserdjian, David
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