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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. | :
Book Review
Roger Fry and Italian Art
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 552
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Reviewer:
Rose, Sam (Rose, Sam)
Subjects
artists:
Fry, Roger (R. F.; R. E. F.)
subjects:
Italian art / Renaissance art / Art history / Art criticism / Connoisseurship
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Roger Fry and Italian Art By Caroline Elam. 452 pp. incl. 250 col. + b. & w. ills. (Ad Ilissvm and The Burlington Magazine, London, 2019),  100. ISBN 978–1–912168–08–8. | :
Article
Supplementing the eye: the technical analysis of Frans Hals’s paintings – i
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 934-941
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Author:
Tummers, Anna (Tummers, Anna)
Subjects
artists:
Hals, Frans
museums and institutions:
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Research / Attributions / Connoisseurship / Forgeries / Radiographs / Infrared photography / Dutch art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a woman, by Frans Hals. c.1632–35. Oil on canvas, 76 by 61.4 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie).
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10. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element iron (Fe).
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11. Neutron-Autoradiograph of Fig.1 (second recording).
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12. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element copper (Cu).
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13. Neutron-Autoradiograph of Fig.1 (fifth recording).
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14. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element calcium (Ca).
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15. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element mercury (Hg).
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16. Hyperspectral image of Fig.1 (detail), juxtaposing the ground layer with the adjacent collar.
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17. Hyperspectral image of Fig.1, showing the partially exposed ground layer.
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18. Hyperspectral image of Fig.1, showing the spectral characteristics of flesh tones in the face and hands.
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2. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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3. Details of Fig.2 showing bottom strip aligned with top part.
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4. Automated Canvas Analysis, showing the cusping (thread intersection angle in degrees).
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5. Photomicrograph of Fig.1, showing the incised line at the right edge.
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6. Reconstruction of the formats of Fig.1. Yellow margins: format of 1767, probably identical to the original dimensions; Blue margins: format of 1786, when the image was clearly reduced in size (the cuffs were covered by the frame at the bottom and slightly at the left edge); Red margins: present format, with extensions at lower and left edges.
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7. Infrared reflectogram of Fig.1.
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8. Neutron-Autoradiograph of Fig.1 (first recording).
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9. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element manganese (Mn).
Article
‘Mantegna and Bellini’ in London and Berlin
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 660-665
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Author:
Campbell, Caroline (Campbell, Caroline)
Subjects
artists:
Mantegna, Andrea / Bellini, Giovanni / Bellini, Jacopo
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Drawings / Prints / Paintings
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Italian art / Venetian art / Exhibitions / Connoisseurship / scholars / Dating / Influence / Curators / Conservation / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of The Agony in the Garden, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1458–60. Egg tempera on panel, 80.4 by 127 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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2. Crucifixion, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1465. Oil or egg tempera on panel, 71 by 63 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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3. Detail of Three stories of Drusiana and St John the Evangelist, showing the raising of Drusiana, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1465. Oil or egg tempera on panel, 32 by 202 cm. (Schlossmuseum, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria).
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4. Dead Christ supported by two angels, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1485– 1500. Egg tempera on panel, 78 by 48 cm. (Statens Museum, Copenhagen).
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5. Installation view of Mantegna and Bellini at the National Gallery, London, showing three canvases from Mantegna’s Triumphs of Caesar. (Photograph National Gallery Image Library).
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6. Nativity, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1480. Pen and brush and brown ink on laid paper, 21.1 by 21.1 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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7. St Mark healing Ananias, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1485. Pen and brown ink on paper, 18.4 by 17.2 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin).
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8. Two studies of the Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Andrea Mantegna. Early 1460s. Pen and brown ink on paper, 15.1 by 10 cm. (Private collection; photograph Art Photo Studio di Paolo Manusardi).
Book Review
Il disegno veneziano, 1580–1650: Ricostruzioni storico-artistiche, B.W. Meijer
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 440-442
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Reviewer:
Whistler, Catherine (Whistler, Catherine; Whistler, Caroline)
Subjects
art literature:
Ridolfi, Carlo, 1594-1658
dates:
1550-1649
subjects:
Venetian art / Drawings / Academies / Connoisseurship / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Assumption of the Virgin with St Francis, attributed by Bert W. Meijer to Fra Santo da Venezia. c.1609. Pen, brown ink and wash, squared in black chalk, 39.8 by 21.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
The Eye: An Insider’s Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art. By Philippe Costamagna, transl. Frank Wynne
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 262-263
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Reviewer:
Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
Subjects
subjects:
Connoisseurship / Memoirs / Collecting / Attributions / Forgeries / Italian art / Sixteenth-century
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Eye: An Insider’s Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art. By Philippe Costamagna, transl. Frank Wynne | :
Exhibition Review
The Orléans Collection. New Orleans Museum of Art
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 67-69
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Reviewer:
Zafran, Eric (Zafran, Eric)
Subjects
art literature:
Haskell, Francis / Dante Alighieri / Cervantes, Miguel de
artists:
Dieu, Antoine / Santerre, Jean-Baptiste / Coypel, Antoine / Coypel, Noël-Nicolas / Poussin, Nicolas / Le Sueur, Eustache / Sebastiano del Piombo / Veronese, Paolo / Andrea del Sarto / Giulio Romano / Vasari, Giorgio / Carracci, Lodovico / Domenichino / Albani, Francesco / Reni, Guido / Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Dürer, Albrecht / Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van / Rembrandt van Rijn / Schalcken, Godfried / Dou, Gerrit
collectors and dealers:
Crozat, Pierre, 1661–1740
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Drawings / Sketches
museums and institutions:
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, United States
patrons:
Philippe II, duc d'Orléans, 1674–1723 / Christina, Queen of Sweden
places:
United States / New Orleans
subjects:
Collections / Collecting / Collections, Private / Patronage / Commissions / Exhibition catalogues / Inventories / Portraits / Allegories / Taste (aesthetics) / Connoisseurship / Religious art / Iconography / Christian iconography / Classical mythology / Classical literature / Aeneid / Eroticism / Baroque / Renaissance / Northern European / Eclecticism / Study and teaching
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. The Meeting of David and Abigail, by Guido Reni. c.1615–20, Canvas, 155.5 by 163.8 cm. (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
14. Allegory of Philippe II, duc d’Orléans, Regent of the Realm, by Antoine Dieu. 1718. Canvas, 106 by 77 cm. (Musée National du Château de Versailles; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
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15. Preciosa recognised, by Godfried Schalcken. Late 1660s. Panel, 44.2 by 31.2 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; exh. New Orleans Museum of Art).
Book Review
On Display: Henrietta Maria and the Materials of Magnificence at the Stuart Court. By Erin Griffey
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1070-1071
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Reviewer:
Serres, Karen (Serres, Karen)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Reni, Guido
buildings:
Queen's House, London, Great Britain / Somerset House, London, Great Britain
dates:
1600-1699 / 1600-1649 / 1650-1699
media:
Architecture / Tapestries / Jewellery / Carpets / Clocks / Furniture / Costume / Paintings / Sculpture
patrons:
Henrietta Maria, Queen, Consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Patronage / Collections / Collecting / Politics / Cultural history / Courts (social groups) / Connoisseurship / Inventories / Estate inventories / Catholicism / Chapels / Commissions / Portraits / Busts / Civil War (England: 1642–1651) / Taste (aesthetics)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson, by Anthony van Dyck. 1633. Canvas, 219.1 by 134.8 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Book Review
Dans l’oeil du connaisseur: Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694–1774) et la construction des savoirs en histoire de l’art. By Valérie Kobi
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1072-1073
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
Subjects
art literature:
Mariette, Pierre-Jean, collector and art critic, 1694-1774
artists:
Bouchardon, Edmé
dates:
1700-1799
media:
Books
patrons:
Eugene Francis of Savoy, Prince of Savoy-Carignan, 1663-1736
places:
France
subjects:
Art criticism / Criticism / Art history / Collections / Collecting / Connoisseurship / Catalogues / Illustrated books / Correspondence / Aesthetics / Courts (social groups) / Travel / Collaborators / Dictionaries / Writings
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