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05/2024 | 1454 | 166
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National Gallery, London, Great Britain
Obituary
Jacob Rothschild (1936–2024)
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 538–540
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Great Britain / Spencer House, London, Great Britain / National Gallery, London, Great Britain / National Heritage Memorial Fund / Heritage Lottery Fund
patrons:
Rothschild, Jacob
subjects:
Patronage / Commissions / Country houses / Collecting / Collectors / French art / French decorative art / Restoration (process)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (‘Man in a Chair’), by Lucian Freud. 1989. Oil on canvas, 114.3 by 79.7 cm. (Private collection, on loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Louis XVI, by Antoine-François Callet, in a frame attributed to François-Charles Buteux. 1781–82. Oil on canvas in gilded oak frame, 280 by 180 cm. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).
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3. Boy building a house of cards, by Jean-Siméon Chardin. 1735. Oil on canvas, 81 by 101 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 434–435
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Reviewer:
Clarke, Michael (Clarke, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Impressionism / Post-Impressionism / Modern art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art By MaryAnne Stevens, with contributions by Maria Alambritis, Julien Domercq, Charlotte de Mille, John Milner, Daniel Sobrino Ralston, Christopher Riopelle, Camilla Smith and Sabine Wieber. 272 pp. incl. 150 col. ills. (National Gallery Global, London, 2023) £20. ISBN 978–1–85709–695–8. | :
Book Review
Lucian Freud: New Perspectives Friends and Relations: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 316–319
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Reviewer:
Farey, Luke (Farey, Luke)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Freud, Lucian / Auerbach, Frank / Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 / Andrews, Michael
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Gagosian Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Friends and Relations: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews By Richard Calvocoressi et al. 128 pp. incl. 83 col. + 16 b. & w. ills. (Gagosian, London, 2023), $100. ISBN 978–1–951449–47–6. | :
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Lucian Freud: New Perspectives By Daniel F. Herrmann et al. 224 pp. incl. 142 col. ills. (National Gallery Global, London, and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–85709–686–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Frank Auerbach, by Lucian Freud. 1975–76. Oil on canvas, 40 by 26.5 cm. (© Lucian Freud Archive and Bridgeman Images; private collection).
Attributed works:
13. Lorenza Mazzetti in Italy, by Michael Andrews. 1954. Oil on canvas, 196.3 by 145.3 cm. (© Estate of Michael Andrews and Tate; private collection).
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14. Large interior, W9, by Lucian Freud. 1973. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 91 cm. (© Lucian Freud Archive and Bridgeman Images; Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth).
Editorial
The National Gallery
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 223
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Subjects
art literature:
The Burlington Magazine
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Angerstein, John Julius
subjects:
Anniversaries
Exhibition Review
Frans Hals
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1351–1354
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Reviewer:
Buvelot, Quentin (Buvelot, Quentin)
Subjects
artists:
Hals, Frans
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Dutch art / Portraits / Group portraits / Companion portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Frans Hals National Gallery, London 30th September 2023– 21st January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Banquet of the officers of the St George Civic Guard, by Frans Hals. c.1627. Oil on canvas, 179 by 257.5 cm. (Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem; exh. National Gallery, London).
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20. Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, by Frans Hals. c.1622. Oil on canvas, 140 by 166.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; exh. National Gallery, London).
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21. Malle Babbe, by Frans Hals. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 78.5 by 66.2 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; courtesy Scala, Florence, and bpk, Bildagentur für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin; exh. National Gallery, London).
Book Review
The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1238-1239
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Reviewer:
Tantardini, Lucia (Tantardini, Lucia)
Subjects
artists:
Metsys, Quinten / Leonardo da Vinci
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Satire / Grotesques / Beauty / Flemish art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance By Emma Capron, with contributions by Martin Clayton and Charlotte Wytema. 80 pp. incl. 52 col. + b. & w. ills. (National Gallery Global, London, 2023), £16.99. ISBN 978–1–85709–694–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. An old woman (‘The ugly duchess’), by Quinten Massys. c.1513. Oil on panel, 62.4 by 45.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
7. A grotesque old woman, attributed to Francesco Melzi after Leonardo da Vinci. c.1510–20. Red chalk, 17.2 by 14.3 cm. (© Royal Collection Trust, HM King Charles III).
Article
Poussin and opera: the subject of ‘Landscape with a man killed by a snake’
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 590–600
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Author:
Jewitt, James R. (Jewitt, James R.)
Subjects
artists:
Poussin, Nicolas
dates:
1640-1649
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Pointel, Jean
subjects:
French painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Classical mythology / Classical mythology / Opera / Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal, 1602-1661 / Iconography / Orpheus / Aristaeus / Eurydice / Snakes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, here identified as Landscape with Aristaeus and Python, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118.2 by 197.8 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
10. Landscape with Polyphemus, by Nicolas Poussin. 1649. Oil on canvas, 148.5 by 197.5 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; photograph Vladimir Terebenin).
Attributed works:
2. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, by Étienne Baudet after Nicolas Poussin. 1701. Engraving with etching, 57.5 by 76.0 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, by J.M.W. Turner after Nicolas Poussin. 1799. Ink and watercolour with scraping-out on white wove paper, 7.9 by 13 cm. (Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
4. Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1650. Oil on canvas, 124 by 200 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. The Arcadian shepherds, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1638–40. Oil on canvas, 85 by 121 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the running figure.
Attributed works:
7. The death of Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1626. Oil on canvas, 63 by 77 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Robilant+Voena).
Attributed works:
8. The death of Eurydice, by Niccolò dell’Abate. c.1552–71. Oil on canvas, 189.2 by 237.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Aristaeus. Roman. c. AD 130–38. Marble, height 196 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Article
The man who never was – almost
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 57-65
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Author:
Nesselrath, Arnold (Nesselrath, Arnold)
Subjects
artists:
Raphael
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Architectural drawings / Tapestries / Frescoes / Prints
museums and institutions:
Scuderie Papali al Quirinale, Rome, Italy / National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany / Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany / Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany / Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
subjects:
Centenaries / Exhibitions / Exhibition catalogues / Monographs / Renaissance art / Attributions / Restoration (process) / Facsimiles / FACTUM ARTE
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Trinity with Sts Sebastian and Roch and The creation of Eve, by Raphael, photographed after its recent restoration. c.1499. Oil on canvas, each 266 by 94 cm. (Pinacoteca Comunale, Città di Castello).
Attributed works:
10. Portrait of a woman (‘La donna velata’), by Raphael. c.1513–14. Oil on canvas, 82 by 60.5 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
Attributed works:
11. St Cecilia, attributed to Giovanfrancesco Penni. c.1514. Graphite, pen and ink and wash with white lead on paper, 26.8 by 16.3 cm. (Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris).
Attributed works:
2. View of the Logge in the Vatican, by Ludwig Gruner. 1844. Chromolithograph, 54.8 by 37.3 cm. (page). (From Fresco Decorations and Stuccoes of Churches and Palaces in Italy during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, with Descriptions by Lewis Gruner, London 1844; Royal Collection Trust; © HM King Charles III 2023).
Attributed works:
3. St Paul preaching in Athens, by the Mortlake Tapestry Manufactory after a cartoon by Raphael. After 1625. Wool, silk and linen tapestry, 433 by 538 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
Attributed works:
4. Virgin and Child (‘The Tempi Madonna’), by Raphael. 1507–08. Oil on panel, 75 by 51 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
Attributed works:
5. Dead boy on a dolphin, attributed to Lorenzetto, after a design by Raphael. Marble, 39 by 106 cm (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Procession to Calvary, by an unknown collaborator of Rapahel. c.1504–05. Oil on panel, 24.4 by 85.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
7. St George, by Raphael. c.1505. Oil on panel, 30.7 by 26.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
8. Holy Family with a pomegranate, by Raphael. c.1507–08. Pen and ink and black and red chalk on paper, 35.3 by 23.4 cm. (Palais de Beaux-Arts, Lille).
Attributed works:
9. Vault of the Chapel of St Helena, S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, designed by Baldassare Peruzzi. 1496–1509. Mosaic. (Alamy).
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