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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. | :
Book Review
Eleonora di Toledo e l’invenzione della corte dei Medici a Firenze
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 510–512
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Reviewer:
Sterpetti, Lunarita (Sterpetti, Lunarita)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
1520-1549 / 1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562
places:
Florence
subjects:
Italian art / Patronage / Commissions / Taste (aesthetics)
subjects:
Collecting / Collections
subjects:
Medici family
Reviewed Items
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Eleonora di Toledo e l’invenzione della corte dei Medici a Firenze Edited by Bruce Edelstein and Valentina Conticelli. 432 pp. incl. 390 col. + b. & w. ills. (Sillabe, Livorno, 2023), €35. ISBN 978–88–3340–347–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Deposition, by Gérard David. 1515–20. Oil on panel, 20 by 14 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. Deity mask. Mexico, late 15th–early 16th century. Wood, resin, turquoise and motherof- pearl, 24 by 14.5 by 1.35 cm. (Museo delle Civiltà, Rome).
Book Review
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Second Commentary in Context, with a New Transcription, English Translation, and Commentary
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 425–426
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Reviewer:
Dalvit, Giulio (Dalvit, Giulio)
Subjects
artists:
Ghiberti, Lorenzo
subjects:
Commentaries / Art historiography / Art history / Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Second Commentary in Context, with a New Transcription, English Translation, and Commentary By Janice L. Hurd. 333 pp. incl. 10 b. & w. ills. (Janice L. Hurd, Scarborough MA, 2022), $50. ISBN 979–8–218–00864–2. | :
Article
A rediscovered ‘Pietà’ by Andrea del Sarto
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 236–243
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Author:
Franklin, David (Franklin, David)
Subjects
art literature:
Vasari, Giorgio
artists:
Andrea del Sarto
buildings:
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Italy
dates:
1500-1519
subjects:
Italian art / Florentine art / Jesus Christ: Pietà / Copies / Panel paintings / Attributions / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Infra-red image of Fig.2. (Courtesy Institute of Fine Arts, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Pietà, by Andrea del Sarto. c.1515. Oil on panel, 76.8 by 59 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Christ the Redeemer, by Andrea del Sarto. c.1511–12. Oil on panel, 47 by 27 cm. (SS. Annunziata, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Pietà, by Perugino. c.1494–98. Oil on panel, 71.8 by 92.6 cm. (Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA).
Attributed works:
5. Pietà with three angels, by Agostino Veneziano after Andrea del Sarto. 1516. Engraving on paper, 28.8 by 21.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
6. Two studies of a right hand, by Andrea del Sarto. c.1515. Red chalk on paper, 8 by 18.9 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
7. Baptism of the multitudes, by Andrea del Sarto. 1515–16. Fresco, 192 by 205 cm. (Chiostro del Scalzo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Lord Cowper: Un conte inglese a Firenze nell’età dei Lumi
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 330–331
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Reviewer:
Benassai, Silvia (Benassai, Silvia)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Cowper, 3rd Earl, George Nassau Clavering
places:
Florence
subjects:
Italian art / Collecting / Collections / Grand tours / Renaissance art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lord Cowper: Un conte inglese a Firenze nell’età dei Lumi By Charles S. Ellis and Paola Gibbin. 408 pp. incl. 32 col. + b. & w. ills. (Polistampa, Florence, 2022), €25. 978–88–596–2238–3 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Large Cowper Madonna, by Raphael. 1508. Oil on panel, 80.7 by 57.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Book Review
Images on a Mission in Early Modern Kongo and Angola
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 328-330
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1650-1749
places:
Congo / Angola
subjects:
Missionaries / Friars / Italian art / Watercolours
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Images on a Mission in Early Modern Kongo and Angola By Cécile Fromont. 336 pp. incl. 126 col. + 52 b. & w. ills. (Penn State University Press, University Park, 2022), $109.95. ISBN 978–0– 271–09218–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Kongo Ambassador to Recife, Brazil, from the Libri Picturati, by Albert Eckhout. c.1637– 44. Oil on paper, 30 by 50 cm (Jagiellonian Library, Krakow; MS A 34; fol. 3).
Book Review
Aiutando l’arte: Les inscriptions dans les décors post-tridentins d’Italie / Le iscrizioni nella pittura posttridentina italiana
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 327–328
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Reviewer:
Fontana, Mauro Vincenzo (Fontana, Mauro Vincenzo)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1599
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian art / Counter-Reformation / Inscriptions / Council of Trent (1545-1563) / Italian painting
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Aiutando l’arte: Les inscriptions dans les décors post-tridentins d’Italie / Le iscrizioni nella pittura posttridentina italiana Edited by Gwladys Le Cuff and Anne Lepoittevin. 323 pp. incl. 45 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Peter Lang, Brussels, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–2–8076–1780–3. | :
Book Review
Luca Giordano: Maestro barocco a Firenze
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 306–309
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Reviewer:
Volpi, Caterina (Volpi, Caterina)
Subjects
artists:
Giordano, Luca
buildings:
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Italian art / Sketches / Frescoes / Paintings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Luca Giordano: Maestro barocco a Firenze Edited by Riccardo Lattuada, Giuseppe Scavizzi and Valentina Zucchi. 192 pp. incl. 105 col. + b. & w. ills. (Officina Libraria, Rome, 2023), €30. ISBN 978–88–336–7236–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Installation view of Luca Giordano: Maestro barocco a Firenze at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, 2023.
Attributed works:
2. Triumph of the Riccardi, detail of the Apotheosis of the Medici in the Galleria degli Specchi, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, by Luca Giordano. 1682–85. Fresco. (Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence).
Attributed works:
3. Apotheosis of the Medici, by Luca Giordano. 1682–85. Oil on canvas, 139 by 65.2 cm. (National Gallery London).
Exhibition Review
Moroni 1521–1580: Il ritratto del suo tempo
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 297–300
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Reviewer:
Couilleaux, Benjamin (Couilleaux, Benjamin)
Subjects
artists:
Moroni, Giovanni Battista
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Galleria d'Italia, Milan, Italy
subjects:
Italian art / Portraits / Religious art / Renaissance art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Moroni 1521–1580: Il ritratto del suo tempo Gallerie d’Italia, Milan 6th December 2023–1st April 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Alessandro Vittoria, by Giovanni Battista Moroni. c.1551–52. Oil on canvas, 82.5 by 65cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
Attributed works:
5. Donors in prayer before the Virgin and Child and St Michael, by Giovanni Battista Moroni. c.1560. Oil on canvas, 89.5 by 97.8 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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6. Last Supper, by Giovanni Battista Moroni. 1566–69. Oil on canvas, 295 by 195 cm. (S. Maria Assunta e S. Giacomo Maggiore Apostolo, Romano di Lombardia; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
Short Notice
A new document for Luca della Robbia and his Portuguese patron Afonso of Braganza, 1st Marquis of Valença
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 156–159
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Shorter Notice by:
Aimi, Francesca (Aimi, Francesca)
Subjects
artists:
Robbia, Luca della / and workshop
dates:
1450-1469
patrons:
Braganza, Afonso, 1st Marquis of Valença
subjects:
Italian art / Reliefs / Terracotta / Commissions / Patronage / Documents / Contracts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Resurrection, by Luca della Robbia. 1442–45. Glazed terracotta, 200 by 260 cm. (Florence Cathedral; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Ascension, by Luca della Robbia. 1446–51. Glazed terracotta, 200 by 260 cm. (Florence Cathedral; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Madonna della Misericordia with Sts Peter and Benedict, by Andrea della Robbia or follower. c.1490. Glazed terracotta, 260 by 233 cm. (S. Maria in Gradi, Arezzo).
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