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Editorial
A ‘grand life’: Belle da Costa Greene
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1203–1204
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Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Morgan, J. Pierpont / Berenson, Bernard
museums and institutions:
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
subjects:
Greene, Belle / Libraries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Nude, by Henry Matisse. 1912. Pen and ink on paper, 31.4 by 22.2 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; and DACS, London; Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Belle da Costa Greene, by Clarence H. White. Digital positive from a gelatin dry plate negative, 25.4 by 20.3 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum).
Attributed works:
3. Calligraphy commissioned for Muhammad Shāh Qājār, written by Asad-Allāh Shīrāzī. 1841. Ink and gold leaf on paper on card, 28.5 by 42.5 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
Book Review
Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 759–80
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Reviewer:
Campbell, James (Campbell, James)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
patrons:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
subjects:
Book collecting / Libraries / American architecture (United States of America)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise By Colin B. Bailey, Daria Rose Foner, Barry Bergdoll, Andrew Dolkart, Christine Nelson and Brian Regan. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Scala Arts and the Morgan Library and Museum, New York), £34. ISBN 978–1– 78551–399–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Façade of the Morgan Library and Museum, designed by Charles McKim. Completed 1906.
Article
Paul Durand-Ruel and James Duncan of Benmore
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 558-571
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Author:
WATSON, Andrew M. (WATSON, Andrew M.)
Subjects
art literature:
Chesneau, Ernest
artists:
Rousseau, Théodore / Delacroix, Eugène / Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille / Courbet, Gustave / Verboeckhoven, Eugène / Lecomte du Nouy, Jean / Millet, Jean-François, 1814-1875 / Henner, Jean-Jacques / Lefebvre, Jules Joseph / Lorrain, Claude / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Boudin, Eugène / Bouguereau, William-Adolphe / Degas, Edgar / Detti, Cesare Auguste / Steen, Jan / Cuyp, Aelbert / Masaccio / Bonheur, Rosa / Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest / Jettel, Eugen / Veyrassat, Jules-Jacques / Daubigny, Charles François
artists:
Billet, Pierre / Díaz, Narcisse Virgilio / Leys, Jan August Hendrik
collectors and dealers:
Durand-Ruel, Paul / Duncan, James / Petit, Francis / Arthur, Thomas Glen / Durand-Ruel, Charles / Morgan, J. Pierpont / Johnson, John G., 1841-1917 / Davis, Theodore M. / Altman, Benjamin
dates:
1850-1899 / 1870-1879 / 1880-1889
media:
Paintings / Documents
museums and institutions:
National Academy of Design, New York, United States
places:
France / Paris / United States / New York / Great Britain / London / Glasgow
private galleries:
Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York, United States / Society of French Artists [gallery], London, Great Britain / Messr. Dowdeswell (dealers), London, Great Britain / Boussod, Valadon & Co
subjects:
French painting / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collectors / Art dealers / Correspondence / Landscapes (visual works) / Inventories / Auctions / Art market / Romanticism / Impressionism / Barbizon (style) / Attributions / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Landscape with figures (‘La toilette’), by Camille Corot. 1859. Canvas, 150 by 89.5 cm. (Private collection, Paris).
Attributed works:
10. A eunuch’s dream, by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ. 1874. Panel, 39.3 by 65.4 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
11. The Death of Sardanapalus, by Eugène Delacroix. 1827. Canvas, 392 by 496 cm. (Musée du Louvre).
Attributed works:
12. The triumph of Ariadne, by Hans Makart. 1874. Canvas, 784 by 476 cm. (Upper Belvedere, Vienna).
Attributed works:
13. The Bay of Naples (morning), by Auguste Renoir. 1881. Canvas, 59.7 by 81.3 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
15. Diana surprised, by Jules Joseph Lefèbvre. 1879. Canvas, 279 by 371.5 cm. (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina).
Attributed works:
4. Morning, by Théodore Rousseau. 1865. 200 by 136 cm. Whereabouts unknown. (From Catalogue de tableaux modernes composant la collection de M. Duncan de Londres, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 15th April 1889, no.29).
Attributed works:
5. Evening, by Théodore Rousseau. 1865. 200 by 136 cm. Whereabouts unknown. (From Catalogue de tableaux modernes composant la collection de M. Duncan de Londres, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 15th April 1889, no.30).
Attributed works:
6. Interior of a Dominican convent in Madrid, by Eugène Delacroix. 1831. Canvas, 130.2 by 161.9 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
7. The sheepshearers, by Jean François Millet. c.1857–61. Canvas, 41.2 by 28.5 cm. (The Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
8. Crossing the ford, evening by Camille Corot. c. 1868.Canvas. 99 by 135 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes).
Attributed works:
9. The wood-gatherers, by Pierre Billet. 1874. Canvas, 113 x 148 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
Fig.14. Night, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. 1883. Canvas, 208.3 by 107.3 cm. (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington).
Western art unattributed:
2. The Duncan family, showing James Duncan far right. c.1870–75. Photograph, 14.5 by 17.2 cm. (Private collection).
Western art unattributed:
3. Benmore House. Argyllshire. Duncan’s picture gallery is on the right. c.1889–90. Photograph, 13.3 by 20.6 cm (Private collection).
Article
Benjamin Altman’s loans to the 1909 Hudson–Fulton exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 305-310
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Author:
Mascolo, Marco M. (Mascolo, Marco M.)
Subjects
art literature:
Haskell, Francis / Cox, Kenyon / Justi, Carl / Valentiner, Wilhelm R.
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn / Vermeer, Johannes / Hals, Frans / Hooch, Pieter de / Ruisdael, Jacob van / Rousseau, Théodore
collectors and dealers:
Altman, Benjamin / Duveen, Joseph, 1869-1939 / Morgan, J. Pierpont / Johnson, John G., 1841-1917 / Widener, P. A. B., 1834-1915 / Kann, Maurice / Kann, Rodolphe
dates:
1900-1919
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Tapestries / Enamels / Furniture / Porcelain
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
United States
private galleries:
Knoedler & Co, New York, United States
subjects:
Dutch painting / Collecting / Art market / Bequests / Acquisitions / Exhibitions / Exhibition catalogues / Exhibition reviews / Correspondence / American Art News
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a man (‘The Auctioneer’), by Rembrandt van Rijn. c.1658. Canvas, 108.6 by 86.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Man with a magnifying glass, by Rembrandt van Rijn. c.1660. Canvas, 91.4 by 74.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
3. Woman with a pink, by Rembrandt van Rijn. c.1660. Canvas, 92.1 by 74.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
4. Wheat fields, by Jacob van Ruisdael. c.1670. Canvas, 100 by 130.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Merrymakers at Shrovetide, by Frans Hals. c.1616–17. Canvas, 131.4 by 99.7 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
6. A maid asleep, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1656–57. Canvas, 87.6 by 76.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
J.P. Morgan: mind of the collector. Hartford
12/2017 | 1377 | 159
Pages: 1022-1024
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Reviewer:
Zafran, Eric (Zafran, Eric)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
museums and institutions:
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
subjects:
Collections / Bequests
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Morgan: The Mind of the Collector at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
89. J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq., by Edward J. Steichen. 1903 (printed 1904) (Private collection, courtesy Laurence Miller Gallery, New York; exh. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford).
Attributed works:
90. Basket of flowers, Vincennes and Meissen porcelain factories. c.1750 (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford).
Attributed works:
91. Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1635. (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford).
Attributed works:
92. Chief Joseph–Nez Perce, by Edward S. Curtis. 1903 (Special Collections, Auerbach Library, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford).
Book Review
French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J. Pierpont Morgan Collection
06/2002 | 1191 | 144
Pages: 363
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Reviewer:
Préaud, Tamara (Préaud, Tamara)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
dates:
1700-1799
museums and institutions:
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, United States
places:
France
subjects:
Ceramics / Porcelain
Reviewed Items
subjects:
French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J. Pierpont Morgan Collection | author: Le Corbeiller, Clare , author: Roth, Linda H.
Article
A Crucifixion by Duccio with Wings by Simone Martini
05/1946 | 518 | 88
Pages: 106-112
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Author:
Edgell, G. H. (Edgell, G. H.)
Subjects
artists:
Duccio di Buoninsegna
artists:
Martini, Simone
collectors and dealers:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
dates:
1300-1349
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
places:
Italy / United States / Siena
subjects:
Italian painting / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Saints / Attributions
subjects:
Provenance / Conservation
subjects:
Painted crosses
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate II. The Crucifixion. Detail of Frontispiece. Here Attributed to Duccio. 61 by 39.4 cm. A Crucifixion by Duccio with Wings by Simone Martini
Attributed works:
Plate III. A-St. Gregory. Detail of Frontispiece. Here Attributed to Simone Martini. A Crucifixion by Duccio with Wings by Simone Martini
Attributed works:
Plate III. B-St. Gregory. By Simone Martini. A Panel of a Polyptych. (Museum, Pisa). A Crucifixion by Duccio with Wings by Simone Martini
Attributed works:
Plate III. C-Detail of Frontispiece. A Crucifixion by Duccio with Wings by Simone Martini
Attributed works:
Plate III. D-Crucifixion. Detail of Duccio's Majestas. (Museo Dell'opere Della Cattedrale, Siena). A Crucifixion by Duccio with Wings by Simone Martini
Attributed works:
Triptych, Representing the Crucifixion between St. Nicholas and St. Gregory. The Central Panel Here Attributed to Duccio, the Wings to Simone Martini. Dimensions of Whole Triptych, 61 by 78.4 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Article
Frans Hals and Jan de Bray: Some Newly Identified Portraits
12/1939 | 441 | 75
Pages: 236-237+239
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Author:
Erasmus, Kurt (Erasmus, Kurt)
Subjects
artists:
Hals, Frans
artists:
Bray, Jan de
collectors and dealers:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
dates:
1600-1699
patrons:
Horn, Andries van der
places:
Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch painting / Portraits / Sitters / Patronage
subjects:
Horn, Andries van der
Illustrations
Attributed works:
A-Andries van der Horn. By Frans Hals. Dated 1638. Canvas, 78.5 by 63.5 cm. (Formerly in the Pierpont Morgan Collection). Frans Hals and Jan de Bray: Some Newly Identified Portraits
Attributed works:
B-Maria Pietersdr. Olycan. By Frans Hals. About 1638. Canvas, 78.5 by 63.5 cm. (Formerly in the Pierpont Morgan Collection). Frans Hals and Jan de Bray: Some Newly Identified Portraits
Attributed works:
C-Andries van der Horn. By Jan de Bray. Signed and Dated 1662. Canvas. (Formerly in the Six Collection, Amsterdam). Frans Hals and Jan de Bray: Some Newly Identified Portraits
Attributed works:
D-Detail of The Meeting of the Officers by Frans Hals, Representing a. van der Horn. 1633. (Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem). Frans Hals and Jan de Bray: Some Newly Identified Portraits
Short Notice
Twenty Masterpieces at Messrs. Knoedler's
06/1935 | 387 | 66
Pages: 258+299
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Subjects
artists:
Crivelli, Carlo
artists:
David, Gerard
collectors and dealers:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
dates:
1930-1939
places:
England / Italy / Netherlands
private galleries:
Knoedler (art gallery), London, Great Britain
subjects:
Exhibitions / Italian painting / Netherlandish painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, by Gerard David. Panel, 43.8 by 43.8 (The Pierpont Morgan Collection)
Editorial
To Avoid a National Disgrace
12/1929 | 321 | 55
Pages: 271
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Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
dates:
1920-1929
places:
England
subjects:
Loan of works of art / Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Psalters / Books of hours
works:
Luttrell Psalter (British Library, London)
works:
Bedford Book of Hours (British Library, London)
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