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Obituary
Richard Verdi (1941–2022)
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 351-352
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Author:
Spencer-Longhurst, Paul (Spencer-Longhurst, Paul)
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Richard Verdi, photographed at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in 2004. (Photograph Edward Moss).
Exhibition Review
Dürer: The Making of a Renaissance Master
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 906-909
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Viehweger, Lea (Viehweger, Lea)
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Dürer: The Making of a Renaissance Master Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham 17th June–25th September | :
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4. Pupila Augusta, by Albrecht Dürer. c.1498. Pen and ink on paper, 25.4 by 19.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
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5. Great triumphal cart of Emperor Maximilian, by Albrecht Dürer. 1523. Woodcut from eight blocks, 47.9 by 230 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
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6. A woman abducted by a man on a unicorn, by Albrecht Dürer. 1516. Etching, 30.7 by 20.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
Exhibition Review
Sights of Wonder
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 887-889
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Stein, Lisa (Stein, Lisa)
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Sights of Wonder Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham 12th June–ongoing | :
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11. Portion of the propylon of the Temple from the Great Court [Temple of Horus, Edfu], by Francis Bedford. 14th March 1862. Albumen print, 23.8 by 29.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
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12. Acropolis and Temple of Jupiter Olympus [Olympieion], by Francis Bedford. 31st May 1862. Albumen print, 22 by 29.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
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13. The Prince of Wales at Thebes, 18 March 1862, by Jemima Blackburn. 1862. Watercolour on paper, 22.7 by 28.8 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
Book Review
‘Truly Bright and Memorable’: Jan de Beer’s Renaissance Altarpieces. By Dan Ewing, Peter van den Brink and Robert Wenley
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 168-169
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Silver, Larry (Silver, Larry)
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‘Truly Bright and Memorable’: Jan de Beer’s Renaissance Altarpieces By Dan Ewing, Peter van den Brink and Robert Wenley. 96 pp. incl. 50 col. ills. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, and Paul Holberton, London, 2019), £16.50. ISBN 978–1–911300–72–4. | :
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4. Joseph and the suitors, by Jan de Beer. Oil on panel, 138.4 by 138.4 cm (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham).
Article
A Renaissance bronze in Birmingham, the bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 928-937
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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
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10. Allegorical figure, by Jean-Robert Ango after a terracotta relief by François Berruer. 1767. Red chalk, 43.8 by 28.4 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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11. The Callipygian Venus, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a marble statue attributed to Jean Louis Breton after a drawing by Laurent Guiard. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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12. A Furietti centaur, one of a pair, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes after the antique statues. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28.4 by 22 cm. and 28.7 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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13. Satyr holding grapes with panther, and Figure of a warrior, known as the Executioner, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes attributed to Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi and François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 21.7 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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14. Assemblage with a vase and a plaque depicting Henri IV, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a model attributed to Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 47.5 by 34.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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15. Seated Rome, by Luigi and Giuseppe Valadier. 1780–86. Hardstones, silver- and bronze-gilt, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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3. Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil, by Louis Jacques Pilon. 1785. Plaster, height 87 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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4. Boy riding upon a horse, by the workshop of Severo Calzetta (Severo da Ravenna). c.1510–30. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome. c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 18 by 22 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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5. The salon of the bailli de Breteuil in Palazzo Malta, Rome, by Hubert Robert. c.1765. Red chalk, 34.9 by 48.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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6. Agrippina as Minerva, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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7. Figure of a boy (‘Souffleur de bulles de savon’), by Jean-Robert Ango after a bronze statuette, model by François Duquesnoy. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 21.7 by 18.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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8. Detail from Antique vases and statuettes and a modern vase, by Jean-Robert Ango after antique models and a bronze model by Luigi Valadier, incorporating designs by François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk. 27.5 by 43.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
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9. A dog, by Jean-Robert Ango after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).
Western art unattributed:
1. Boy riding upon a goat. Italian, probably Padua, early sixteenth century. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome, c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 21.7 by 22.1 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the shell.
Exhibition Review
Jan Steen
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 412-414
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White, Christopher (White, Christopher; White, Christopher John; White; W., C. J.; White, Christoper)
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7. The toilet of Bathsheba, by Jan Steen. c.1670–75. Panel, 57.5 by 44.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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8. Amnon and Tamar, by Jan Steen. c.1668–70. Panel, 67 by 83 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Fondation Corbaud, Cologne; exh. Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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9. Lucelle and Ascagnes, by Jan Steen. c.1668–70. Panel, 38.2 by 32.4 cm. (Bute Collection, Mount Stuart; exh. Mauritshuis, The Hague).
Obituary
Hamish Miles (1925–2017)
12/2017 | 1377 | 159
Pages: 1029-1030
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Spencer-Longhurst, Paul (Spencer-Longhurst, Paul)
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Hamish Miles, 1980s. (Photograph Alexander Miles).
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Advertisements September 2016 (front)
09/2016 | 1362 | 158
Pages: s.p.
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
[Bottegantica XIX century paintings. Via A. Manzoni 45. Milano. Giovanni Boldini. Statue in the Park of Versailles]
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[Bottegantica, Milan. Female nude with black stockings, by Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931). Oil on panel, 33 by 55 cm]
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[Charles Beddington Limited. 16 Saville Row, London, W1S 3PL. Carlo Maratti (Camerano 1625 - 1713 Rome) and Jan Frans van Bloemen, called Orizzonte (Antwerp 1662 - 1749 Rome). Diana and Actaeon. Oil on canvas, 76 3/4 x 57 7/8 in. (195 x 147 cm.)]
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[Charles Beddington Ltd, London. An African in profile, by Lorenz Frølich (1820-1908). Oil on paper laid on canvas, 43.5 by 29.5 cm]
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[Charles Ratton & Guy Ladrière. 11, quai Voltaire. Paris. Joseph Chinard (1756 - Lyon - 1813). Officer of the republican army. Terracotta, diameter 22.3 cm. Signed on the shoulder "Chinard Lyon".]
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[Frieze Masters. Regent's Park, London. Sassetta, San Sepolcro. Altarpiece (detail). The National Gallery, London.]
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[Galerie Canesso, Paris. Still life with basket of grapes, pomegranates, quinces and pears, fig branch and a barrel of grapes, by Carlo Manieri (1662-1700). Oil on canvas, 145 by 195 cm]
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[Galerie Canesso. 26 rue Laffitte, Paris. Carlo Manieri. Taranto (?), Documented in Rome between 1662 and 1700. Still Life with a Basket of Grapes, Pomegranates, Quinces and Pears, with a Fig Branch and Cask of Grapes.]
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[Galerie de Jonckheere, Geneva and Paris. The Temptation of St. Anthony (a pair), School of Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). Oil on panel, 115.4 by 43 cm]
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[Galerie Michel Descours, Lyon. Self-Portrait. Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-64). Oil on canvas. 24.4 by 34.9 cm]
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[Galerie Widmer. 9001 St Gallen. Unterstrasse 11. Switzerland. Pieter Pietersz (1540-1603). Adoration of the Shepherds, 1568-69. 44 x 67 cm]
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[Haboldt Pictura Fine Arts, Paris, Amsterdam, New York.A Trompel'Oeil hunting trophy of two ducks and heron, by Johannes Leemans (1633-88). Oil on canvas, 108 by 134 cm]
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[Hazlitt. 38 Bury Street, St. James’s London. SW1Y 6BB. Joris Hoefnagel. 1532-1600. Nonesuch Palace from the South. Black chalk, pen and brown and black ink, watercolour brightened with white and gold on paper. 8 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches]
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[Jean-Luc Baroni. 7/8 Mason’s Yard, Duke Street, St. James’s, London. Giovanni Boldini (Ferrara 1842-1931 Pais). The audience at the Opera Garnier. Oil on panel. 87.5 x 39 cms. (34 1/4 x 15 1/4 in)]
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[Landau Fine Art, Montreal. Menace, by Le Corbusier (1887-1965). Oil on canvas, 162 by130 cm]
Attributed works:
[Maurizio Nobile, Bologna and Paris. Moonlit seascape, by Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-89). Oil on canvas. 135 by 100 cm]
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[Mayoral, Barcelona. Femmes V, by Joan Mirò (1893-1983). Oil and charcoal on canvas, 66 by 81 cm.]
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[Sphinx Fine Art. 125 Kensington Church St. London. Adriaen Thomasz. Key. Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman. Bust-Length, in a Black Doublet with a White Lace Ruff (detail)]
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[Talabardon & Gautier, Paris. The porter's lodge of the Villa Borghese, Rome, by Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810-90). Oil on canvas mounted on board, 34 by 62.3 cm]
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[Talabardon & Gautier. 134, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honorè. Paris. Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686 - Beauvais 1755). Âne chargé de légumes. Oil on canvas, 48 x 61 cm. Signed et dated bottom right JB. Oudry/1741]
Western art unattributed:
[Mullany Haute Epoch Fine Art, London. Virgin and Child. Limestone, with traces of original polychrome. France, the border of Burgundy and Champagne. Mussy sur Seine, Aube (c. 1300-25). Height: 89 cm. Depth: 28 cm]
Western art unattributed:
[Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art. 16 Carlisle Mansions, Carlisle Place. London. Holy Water Font. Carved ivory relief of Maria Lactans with bloodstone bowl, mounted in gold old inventory label verso. Italy, early 17th century. Height: 12.2 cm. Width: 6.2 cm]
Western art unattributed:
[Peter Finer. 38&39 Duke Street. St. James’s. London. An Italian chiselled fluted iron powder-flask bearing the Arms of the Princes Medici, Grand-Dukes of Tuscany, Third Quarter of the 16th Century]
Western art unattributed:
[Venator & Hanstein. Cacilienstrasse 48. 50667 Cologne. Germany. Queen Victoria & Prince Albert. Hitherto unknown presentation album with 62 etchings. 1840-44. Handwritten dedication for F. X. Winterhalter.]
Exhibition Review
Govert Flinck
02/2016 | 1355 | 158
Pages: 153-155
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Buvelot, Quentin (Buvelot, Quentin)
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91. Self-portrait, by Govert Flinck. 1643 (The Leiden Collection, New York; exh. Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Cleves)
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92. Salomon's prayer for wisdom, by Govert Flinck. c.1658 (Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery, Greenville; exh. Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Cleves)
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93. Portrait of a boy, presumably David Leeuw, by Govert Flinck. 1640 (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham)
Publication Received
In Front of Nature. The European Landscapes of Thomas Fearnley. Edited by Ann Sumner and Greg Smith, with contributions by Ernst Haverkamp, David Jackson, Kate Lowry, Greg Smith and Ann Sumner.
02/2015 | 1343 | 157
Pages: 110
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Cornelis, Bart (Cornelis, Bart; C., B.)
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