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Book Review
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Documenti, fonti e inventari 1513–1883
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 533–534
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Reviewer:
Gash, John (Gash, John)
Subjects
art literature:
Documents / Bibliographies
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
subjects:
Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Documenti, fonti e inventari 1513–1883 By Stefania Macioce. 746 pp. (Ugo Bozzi Editore, Rome, 2023), €100. ISBN 978–88–7003–068–6. | :
Article
‘Upon his visit to see my paintings’: sonnets by Artemisia Gentileschi and Pietro della Valle
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 115–125
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Author:
Barker, Sheila (Barker, Sheila)
Author:
Bianchi, Eric (Bianchi, Eric)
Subjects
artists:
Gentileschi, Artemisia / Gentileschi, Orazio / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1620-1629
sources:
Ripa, Cesare
subjects:
Sonnets / Poetry / Correspondence / Commissions / Patronage / Musicians
subjects:
Valle, Pietro della / Caccini, Francesca / Baroni, Caterina / Baroni, Leonora / Buonarroti the Younger, Michelangelo (1568–1647) / Loredan, Giovan Francesco
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Right hand of Artemisia Gentileschi holding a brush, by Pierre Dumonstier II. 1625. Black and red chalk on paper, 21.9 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. Jael and Sisera, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1620. Oil on canvas, 86 by 125 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
Attributed works:
11. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638–39?. Oil on canvas, 96.8 by 75.2 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Pittura, by Cesare Ripa. 1603. Engraving. (From the title page of D. Pietersz, ed.: Iconologia, of uytbeeldingen des verstands, Amsterdam 1644).
Attributed works:
2. Pietro della Valle, by Gilliam van der Gouwen. c.1717. Engraving, 14.6 by 18.6 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
3. Penitent Magdalene, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1617. Oil on canvas, 108 by 146.5 cm. (Pitti Palace, Florence).
Attributed works:
4. Christ with Mary and Martha, by Alessandro Allori. 1605. Oil on canvas, 125 by 118 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Allegory of Inclination, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1617. Oil on canvas, 152 by 61 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence).
Attributed works:
6. Sitti Maani Gioerida, by Thomas Hirschmann. c.1670. Engraving, 21.9 by 17.9 cm. (Vienna Museum).
Attributed works:
7. The musicians, by Caravaggio. 1597. Oil on canvas, 92.1 by 118.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
8. St Cecilia playing a lute, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1614. Oil on canvas, 108 by 78.5 cm. (Galleria Spada, Rome).
Attributed works:
9. Barbara Strozzi, by Bernardo Strozzi. 1639. Oil on canvas, 125 by 99 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
Article
Urban VIII and the Barberini
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 772–777
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Author:
Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Poussin, Nicolas / Sacchi, Andrea / Mochi, Francesco / Ottoni, Lorenzo / Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Gagliardi, Filippo / Lauri, Filippo / Carracci, Lodovico / Mastelletta
buildings:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Barberini family / Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 / Barberini, Francesco, Cardinal, 1597-1679 / Barberini, Antonio, the Younger, Cardinal, 1607-1671 / Barberini, Taddeo
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian art / Patronage / Architecture / Popes / Cardinals / Social history / Art history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e i Barberini, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 18th May–30th July 2023. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Maffeo Barberini, by Caravaggio. c.1595. Oil on canvas, 124 by 90 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. Urban VIII visits the Gesù, Rome, to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Jesuit order, by Andrea Sacchi with Filippo Gagliardi and Jan Miel. 1642. Oil on canvas, 321 by 248 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; courtesy the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali e del Turismo; Scala Archives).
Attributed works:
3. Carlo Barberini, by Francesco Mochi. c.1630. Bronze, height 58 cm. (Private collection; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. St Sebastian thrown into the Cloaca Maxima, by Ludovico Carracci. 1612. Oil on canvas, 163.5 by 232.4 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
5. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 2023, showing the tapestries hung in the Salone. (Photograph Alberto Novelli).
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of L’immagine sovrana: Urbano VIII e I Barberini at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, showing Urban VIII, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1632–33. Marble, height 103 cm. with pedestal. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. Marc’Antonio Pasqualini crowned by Apollo, by Andrea Sacchi. 1642. Oil on canvas, 243.8 by 194.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, exh. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Article
New perspectives on Gérard Douffet in Italy and Malta
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 128-139
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Author:
Gash, John (Gash, John)
Subjects
artists:
Douffet, Gerard / Boulogne, Valentin de / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Ribera, Jusepe de / Tournier, Nicolas / Manfredi, Bartolomeo / Vouet, Simon / Flémal, Bertholet
dates:
1620-1629
places:
Rome / Lille / Malta
subjects:
Attributions / Dating / Caravaggism / French painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Pope Nicholas V visiting the tomb of St Francis, by Gérard Douffet. c.1627. Oil on canvas, 404 by 347 cm. (Staatsgalerie, Neuburg an der Donau).
Attributed works:
10. St John the Baptist with a ram, by Caravaggio. 1602. Oil on canvas, 129 by 95 cm. (Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome).
Attributed works:
11. Death of Hyacinth, copy (?) after Gérard Douffet. 1620s. Oil on canvas, 131 by 96.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
12. St Roch and St Carlo Borromeo interceding with the Virgin on behalf of the plague-stricken, by Gérard Douffet (or/and Bertholet Flémal?). c.1620. Oil on canvas, 240 by 172 cm. (Sainte-Véronique, Liège; © KIKIRPA, Brussels).
Attributed works:
13. Detail of Fig.12, showing a dead mother and her child.
Attributed works:
14. Penitent Mary Magdalene, here attributed to Gérard Douffet, c.1627. Oil on canvas, 144 by 102 cm. (Schaezlerpalais, Augsburg).
Attributed works:
2. St Helena discovering the True Cross, by Gérard Douffet. 1624. Oil on canvas, 309 by 367 cm. (Staatsgalerie, Neuburg an der Donau).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing a man with ringlets looking up.
Attributed works:
4. Christ appearing to St James the Great, by Gérard Douffet. 1633–34. Oil on canvas, 227 by 169 cm. (Schloss Schleissheim, Munich).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.4, showing the free-floating strands of hair on Christ’s head.
Attributed works:
6. Taking of Christ, here attributed to Gérard Douffet (and Valentin de Boulogne?). c.1618–20. Oil on canvas, 147 by 194 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Attributed works:
7. St Paul killing the serpent on Malta, here attributed to Gérard Douffet (and assistants?). c.1621–23. Oil on canvas, 163.5 by 220.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
8. Death of Hyacinth, here attributed to Gérard Douffet. c.1618–24. Oil on canvas, 132 by 91.2 cm. (Musée Thomas Henry, Cherbourg).
Attributed works:
9. The choice of Hercules, by Bartolomeo Manfredi or his circle (Gérard Douffet?). c.1616–22. Oil on canvas, 104.1 by 146.7 cm. (Fondation Albert Vandervelden, Ferrières).
Article
Cross-cultural diplomacy: a Safavid shield in the Medici armoury
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 968-975
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Author:
Rokhgar, Negar Sarah (Rokhgar, Negar Sarah)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1590-1609
media:
Mother of pearl / Gilding
museums and institutions:
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Shah Abbas, 1571-1629
places:
Persia / Tuscany
sources:
Archives / Correspondence
styles:
Safavid / Mughal
styles:
Indo-Persian School
subjects:
Shields (Armour) / Gifts / Ottomans (people) / Crusades / East-West trade / Diplomacy / Military art and science / Medici family / Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Detail of the painted ceiling in the Sala dell’Armeria (Room 21), Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, depicting a Persian soldier by Ludovico Buti. 1588–89. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
6. Medusa, by Caravaggio. 1595–98. Oil on canvas applied on a wooden shield, 60 by 55 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Shield. Persia, late 16th century. Gold damascened steel, Indian cane, silk, mother-of-pearl, leather and velvet, diameter 64.5 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Detail of Fig.1, showing figures serving food to an authority on a higher seat.
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing men on horseback and on foot using spears and arrows to hunt lions.
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Silk fragment with a figured motif. Yazd, Persia, late 16th or early 17th century. Silk lampas, 70.5 by 36 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Shield. Persia, 17th century. Indian cane covered with silk, metal umbo painted in black with golden arabesque engravings and originally embellished with turquoises and other precious stones, 20 by 62 cm. (Palazzo Ducale, Venice).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Tray with a scene of lovers in a pavilion. Gujarat, late 16th or early 17th century. Mother-of-pearl and lacquer on wood, diameter 43.5 cm. (Aga Khan Museum, Toronto).
Book Review
Caravaggio’s ‘Cardsharps’ on Trial: Thwaytes v. Sotheby’s
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 944-945
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Reviewer:
White, Michael (White, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
collectors and dealers:
Mahon, Denis
museums and institutions:
Sotheby's, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Auction houses / Attributions / Connoisseurs / Connoisseurship
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caravaggio’s ‘Cardsharps’ on Trial: Thwaytes v. Sotheby’s By Richard E. Spear. 384 pp. incl. 66 col. + 20 b. & w. ills. (Burlington Press, London, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–1–916237–81–0. | :
Article
‘The crucifixion of St Peter’: Gerard Seghers, Michelangelo and Caravaggio
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 145-154
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Author:
Delvingt, Anne (Delvingt, Anne)
Subjects
artists:
Seghers, Gerard / Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Michelangelo / Manfredi, Bartolomeo / Rubens, Peter Paul / Sallaert, Antonis / Crayer, Gaspar de
dates:
1620-1629
museums and institutions:
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
subjects:
Flemish painting / Attributions / Typology / Formal analysis / Christian iconography / Peter, Saint
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The crucifixion of St Peter, here attributed to Gerard Seghers. c.1620– 22. Canvas, 232 by 201 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
10. The crucifixion of St Peter, by an anonymous painter. c.1601–50. Oil on canvas, 245 by 225 cm. (Formerly Castello Santa Margherita Ligure).
Attributed works:
2. The resurrection, by Gerard Seghers. c.1620. Oil on canvas, 324 by 240 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. The raising of the Cross, by Gerard Seghers. c.1623–25. Oil on canvas, 535 by 395 cm. (St Charles Borromeo church, Antwerp; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Christ at the column, by Gerard Seghers, c.1630–35. Oil on canvas, 268 by 144 cm. (St Michael’s church, Ghent; © photograph the author).
Attributed works:
5. The ecstasy of St Francis, by Gerard Seghers. c.1622–24. Oil on canvas, 236 by 161 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
6. The crucifixion of St Peter, by Antoon Sallaert. c.1630s. Oil on canvas, 400 by 280 cm. (St Peter’s church, Denderwindeke; © 2014 Kerat bv Kunstatelier-Frederik Cnockaert).
Attributed works:
7. The martyrdom of St Lievin, by Gerard Seghers, 1633. Oil on canvas, 259 by 194 cm. (St Bavo’s cathedral, Ghent; © Lukasweb).
Attributed works:
8. The crucifixion of St Peter, by Michelangelo. c.1545–50. Fresco, 625 by 661 cm. (Pauline chapel, Vatican City; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. The conversion of St Paul, by Caravaggio. c.1600–01. Oil on cypress panel, 237 by 189 cm. (Palazzo Odescalchi, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 192-195
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Reviewer:
Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Gentileschi, Artemisia / Gentileschi, Orazio / Foschi, Pier Francesco / Tintoretto, Jacopo / Boulogne, Valentin de / Bigot, Trophime / Liss, Johann / Cagnacci, Guido / Preti, Mattia
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Judith / Holofernes / Italian painting / Baroque
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento Palazzo Barberini, Rome 26th November 2021– 27th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1621–24. Oil on canvas, 136 by 159 cm. (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT; exh. Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
12. Judith beheading Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1612. Oil on canvas, 159 by 126 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
13. Installation view of Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 2021–22. (Photograph Alberto Novelli).
Article
The Italian Caravaggio, among others
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 50-55
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Author:
Mctighe, Sheila (Mctighe, Sheila)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
subjects:
Art history / art history publishing / Electronic publishing / Italian painting / scholars / Art historians / Archives / Essays / Attributions / Dating / Exhibition catalogues / Conferences / Biographies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caravaggio a Napoli: Nuove Date Nuove Idee. Edited by Maria Cristina Terzaghi. 214 pp. with numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Studi di Storia dell’Arte Speciali, Todi: Ediart Editrice, 2021) | :
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Caravaggio e i letterati. Edited by Sybille Ebert-Schifferer and Laura Teza. 199 pp. with 120 b. & w. ills. (Studi di Storia dell’Arte Speciali, Todi: Ediart Editrice, 2020) | :
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Caravaggio, la Natività di Palermo: Nascita e scomparsa di un capolavoro. By Michele Cuppone. 127 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Campisano Editore, Rome, 2021) | :
subjects:
Ecce Caravaggio: Da Roberto Longhi a oggi. Coordinamente della ricerca di Michele Cuppone, con saggi di Giacomo Berra, Michele Cuppone, Francesca Curti, Sara Magister, Barbara Savina; contributi di Antonella di Pinto, Mina Gregori, Giani Pappi. By Vittorio Sgarbi. 264 pp. with numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (La Nave di Teseo, Rome, 2021) | :
subjects:
Il Giovane Caravaggio ‘Sine Ira et Studio’. Edited by Alessandro Zuccari. 207 pp. incl. 35 col. + 65 b. & w. ills. (Rome, De Luca Editore d’Arte, 2018) | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Ecce Homo, attributed to Caravaggio. c.1605–10. Oil on canvas, 111 by 86 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Colnaghi).
Attributed works:
2. The lute player, by Caravaggio. c.1595–97. Oil on canvas, 94 by 119 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Adoration of the Shepherds, by Caravaggio. 1609. Oil on canvas, 314 by 211 cm. (Museo Nazionale, Messina; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Nativity with St Lawrence and St Francis, by Caravaggio. 1600. Oil on canvas, 268 by 197 cm. (Present whereabouts unknown; formerly Oratorio di S. Lorezo, Palermo, Sicily; Scala Images).
Attributed works:
5. Supper at Emmaus, by Caravaggio. 1606–07?. Oil on canvas, 141 by 175 cm. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Caravaggio’s ‘Entombment of Christ’ and the birth of Christian archaeology
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 34-40
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Author:
Danesi Squarzina, Silvia (Danesi Squarzina, Silvia; Squarzina, Silvia Danesi)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Camuccini, Vincenzo
buildings:
Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy
dates:
1600-1649
sources:
Bosio, Antonio / Aringhi, Paolo / Neri (Saint), Philip
subjects:
Early Christian / Catacombs / Archaeology / Wall paintings / Jesus Christ: Entombment / Antiquarianism / Antiquities
subjects:
Italian art
subjects:
Mosaics
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The entombment of Christ, after Caravaggio, by Pietro Fontana after a drawing by Luigi Cochetti. c.1821, published 1834. Engraving, 51.9 by 35.6 cm. (Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome).
Attributed works:
10. St Philip Neri at prayer in the Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Engraving. (From P. Aringhi: Unterirdisches Rom, ed. J.F. Haagen, Arnheim 1668, p.238; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
Attributed works:
2. The entombment of Christ, by Caravaggio. c.1602–04. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Vatican Museums).
Attributed works:
3. The entombment of Christ, by Filippo and Vincenzo Cocchi, Domenico Cerasoli and Antonio Castellini after Caravaggio. c.1821. Mosaic, 300 by 190 cm. (Sacristy of St Peter’s, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. The entombment of Christ, by Vincenzo Camuccini after Caravaggio. 1796. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Private collection; photograph A. Vasari).
Attributed works:
5. Woman in prayer. Mural painting, 2nd–3rd century. Cuniculum of the Five Saints, Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Chromolithograph by G. Mariani. (From G.B. de Rossi: La Roma sotterranea cristiana, Rome 1877, III, pl.3).
Attributed works:
6. Frontispiece from P. Aringhi, ed.: Roma subterranea novissima, Rome 1651, by Giuseppe Baroni. Engraving, 41 by 26 cm. (Photograph Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
Attributed works:
8. The burial of St Lucy, by Caravaggio. 1608. Oil on canvas, 408 by 300 cm. (S. Lucia, Syracuse; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. St Philip Neri at prayer in the Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Engraving. (From P. Aringhi: Roma subterranea novissima, Rome 1651, p.195; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
Western art unattributed:
7. Wall tombs in the Catacombs of S. Sebastiano, Rome. 2nd century. (Photograph Granger; Bridgeman Images).
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