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Recent acquisitions at the J. Paul Getty Museum (2017–21)
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 97-116
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Author:
Potts, Timothy (Potts, Timothy; Potts, Timothy F.)
Subjects
artists:
Stoss, Veit / Giovanni di Balduccio / Desiderio da Settignano / Metsys, Quinten / Parmigianino / Andrea del Sarto / Michelangelo / Beccafumi, Domenico / Bronzino, Agnolo / Gentileschi, Artemisia / Bassano, Jacopo, il vecchio, 1510-1592 / Rubens, Peter Paul / Hoogstraten, Samuel van / Carracci, Annibale / Cuyp, Aelbert / Mellan, Claude / Merian, Maria Sibylla / Watteau, Antoine / Wright of Derby, Joseph, painter, 1734-1797 / Mengs, Anton Raphael / Labille-Guiard, Adélaïde / Rodin, Auguste / Claudel, Camille / Martin, John, 1789-1854 / Degas, Edgar / Caillebotte, Gustave / Segantini, Giovanni / Mondrian, Piet / Cunningham, Imogen / Bertillon, Alphonse / Blumenfeld, Erwin / Hammershøi, Vilhelm / Mann, Sally / Ruscha, Edward
artists:
Ghoukas (Armenian artist) / Uyeda (1092–1980), Shigemi / Ueki (1905–1991), Noburu / Smith (b.1950), Ming / Aguilar (1959–2018), Laura / Edmonds (b. 1939), John
artists:
Bisson Frères / Bertillon, Alphonse
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Corpus Christi, by Veit Stoss (German, 1447–1533). c.1490–1500. Wood, 34.5 by 33 by 6.5 cm. 2019.94.
Attributed works:
12. Annunciation, by Giovanni di Balduccio (Italian, c.1300– after 1349). c.1333–34. Marble with traces of polychromy, angel: 75 by 22.5 by 20 cm.; Virgin: 78.5 by 24 by 19 cm. 2019.117.
Attributed works:
13. Bust of a young boy, by Desiderio da Settignano (Italian, c.1430–64). c.1460–64. Marble, 25 by 24.5 by 14 cm. 2018.5.
Attributed works:
14. Christ as the man of sorrows, by Quentin Metsys (Netherlandish, 1465 or 1466–1530). c.1520–25. Oil on panel, 49.5 by 37 cm. 2018.54.
Attributed works:
15. Anne of Brittany enthroned and accompanied by her ladies-in-waiting, from Ovid, excerpts from Heroides; Octovien de Saint-Gelais, Letters, by the Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (French, active c.1493–1510). c.1493. Tempera colours, gold and ink on parchment, 26.5 by 19 cm. MS. 121, fol.55, 2021.7.
Attributed works:
16. Head of a young man, by Francesco Mazzola, il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–40). c.1539–40. Pen and brown ink, 16 by 10.5 cm. 2017.79.
Attributed works:
17. Study for the head of St Joseph (recto); Two studies of legs (verso), by Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486–1530). c.1526–27. Red and black chalk (recto); red chalk (verso), 37.5 by 22.6 cm. 2017.73.
Attributed works:
18. Study of a mourning woman, by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564). c.1500–05. Pen and brown ink, heightened with white lead opaque watercolour, 26 by 16.5 cm. 2017.78.
Attributed works:
19. Head of a youth, by Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, 1484–1551). c.1530. Oil on paper, 27.6 by 21.1 cm. 2020.54.
Attributed works:
20. Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist, by Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503–72). c.1540–45. Oil on panel, 102.7 by 83.4 cm. 2019.116.
Attributed works:
21. Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene, by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–40). c.1535–40. Oil on paper, laid down on panel, 75.9 by 59.7 by 3 cm. 2017.22.
Attributed works:
22. Lucretia, by Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–after 1654). c.1627. Oil on canvas, 92.9 by 72.7 cm. 2021.14.
Attributed works:
23. The Miracle of the Quails, by Jacopo dal Ponte, called Jacopo Bassano (Italian, c.1510–92). 1554. Oil on canvas, 150 by 235 cm. 2021.60.
Attributed works:
24. Study for Balthazar, by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640). c.1609–11. Oil on paper laid down on panel, 54 by 47.3 cm. 2018.48.
Attributed works:
25. Gospel book, by Ghoukas (Armenian, 16th century). 1583. Tempera colours and ink on paper, 27 by 19 cm. MS. 119, 2020.3.
Attributed works:
26. Crucifixion, by Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dutch, 1627–78). c.1650. Pen and brown ink with grey wash, red chalk and heightening with white opaque watercolour, corrections in white opaque watercolour, 24.5 by 25 cm. 2020.39.
Attributed works:
27. Head of a woman, by Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560–1609). c.1582. Oil on paper, laid on canvas, 42.8 by 29.5 cm. 2019.4.
Attributed works:
28. Panoramic view of Dordrecht and the River Maas, by Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–91). c.1645–52. Brush and dark brown ink with grey wash and ochre watercolour heightened with gum arabic over black chalk, 15.9 by 50.5 cm. 2017.74.
Attributed works:
29. Portrait of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, by Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688). 1636. Black chalk, 14.5 by 11 cm. 2019.11.
Attributed works:
3. Intaglio with bust of Demosthenes, by Dioskourides (Greek, active late 1st century BC). Roman, c.25 BC. Amethyst, 2 by 1.4 by 0.5 cm. 2019.13.15.
Attributed works:
30. Metamorphosis of a small emperor moth on a damson plum, by Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647–1717). From the Caterpillar Book, Nuremburg 1679, plate 13. Translucent and opaque watercolour over counterproof print on parchment, 18.7 by 14.9 cm. 2020.10.
Attributed works:
31. La surprise, by Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684– 1721). 1718–19. Oil on panel, 36.4 by 28.2 cm. 2017.72.
Attributed works:
32. Box. Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, France, 1730–40. Soft-paste porcelain with glaze and enamel, 9.1 by 10.2 by 8.9 cm. Gift of MaryLou Boone. 2019.135.
Attributed works:
33. Two boys with a bladder, by Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734–97). c.1769–70. Oil on canvas, 92.7 by 73 cm. 2020.20.
Attributed works:
34. José Nicolás de Azara, Marquis of Nibbiano, by Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–79). After 1774. Oil on canvas, 82.6 by 63.5 cm. Gift of Fabrizio Moretti in honour of Davide Gasparotto. 2019.132.
Attributed works:
35. Madame Charles Mitoire with her children, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (French, 1749–1803). 1783. Pastel on three sheets of blue paper, mounted on canvas, 98.5 by 79 cm. 2021.37.
Attributed works:
36. Bust of John the Baptist, by Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Model 1880; cast 1886. Bronze, 48 by 38.8 by 27 cm. 2018.33.
Attributed works:
38. The destruction of Pharaoh’s host, by John Martin (English, 1789–1854). 1836. Watercolour and oil paint with brown ink and scraping out on paper, 58.4 by 85.7 cm. 2018.45.
Attributed works:
39. House at 66 Avenue Montaigne, Paris, attributed to Bisson Frères (French, active 1840–64). c.1857. Hand-coloured salted paper print from a glass negative, 41.7 by 33 cm. 2019.8.
Attributed works:
40. After the bath (woman drying herself), by Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). c.1896. Pastel on paper laid down on board, 72 by 58 cm. 2017.75.1.
Attributed works:
41. Young man at his window, by Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–94). 1876. Oil on canvas, 116 by 81 cm. 2021.67.
Attributed works:
42. Spring in the Alps, by Giovanni Segantini (Italian, 1858–99). 1897. Oil on canvas, 116 by 227 cm. 2019.3.
Attributed works:
43. Landscape near Arnhem, by Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872–1944). 1900–01. Translucent and opaque watercolour over graphite, 52 by 74.8 cm. 2020.43.
Attributed works:
44. Self-portrait with plaster cast of the Elgin Marbles, by Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883–1976). 1909–10. Platinum print, 16.7 by 12.4 cm. 2020.24.1. (© Imogen Cunningham Trust).
Attributed works:
45. The Peugniez affair – view of the kitchen, 5th June, from Crime Album, by Alphonse Bertillon (French, 1853–1914). 1898. Gelatin silver print, 17.1 by 23.1 cm. 2019.22.41.
Attributed works:
46. Reflections on the oil ditch, by Shigemi Uyeda (American, born Japan, 1902–80). c.1925. Gelatin silver print, 33.5 by 26.5 cm. 2019.58.1. (© Family of Shigemi Uyeda).
Attributed works:
47. Hitlerfresse, by Erwin Blumenfeld (American, born Germany, 1897–1969). 30th January 1933. Gelatin silver print collage, 29.2 by 21.3 cm. 2017.108. (© The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld).
Attributed works:
48. Interior with an easel, Bredgade 25, by Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864–1916). 1912. Oil on canvas, 78.7 by 70.5 cm. 2018.59.
Attributed works:
49. Untitled, by Noboru Ueki (Japanese, 1905–91). c.1948. Hand-coloured gelatin silver print, 55.9 by 45.9 cm. 2020.59.1. (© Estate of Noboru Ueki, courtesy MEM, Tokyo).
Attributed works:
50. Aunt Stella, by Ming Smith (American, active 1970s to present). 1992. From the series August Wilson. Gelatin silver print, 48 by 34.5 cm. Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. 2019.125.4. (© Ming Smith).
Attributed works:
51. Three eagles flying, by Laura Aguilar (American, 1959–2018). 1990. Three gelatin silver prints, each approx. 61 by 50.8 cm. Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. 2019.15.1. (© Laura Aguilar Trust of 2016).
Attributed works:
52. Untitled (Self-portrait), by Sally Mann (American, b.1951). 2012. Tintype, each image 25.4 by 20.3 cm. 2018.3 (© Sally Mann, Inc.).
Attributed works:
53. Enduring, by John Edmonds (American, b.1989). 2019. Pigment print, 77.5 by 77.5 cm. In memory of George Floyd with our commitment to continue the fight for justice and racial equality, 25th May 2020; a gift from members of the Photographs Council. 2020.91. (© John Edmonds).
Attributed works:
54. The End, by Ed Ruscha (American, b.1937). 2017. Editioned Hologram, 29.5 by 39.4 cm. Gift of AMPC LLC through the auspices of Guy and Nora Barron. 2018.26.11. (© Ed Ruscha).
Attributed works:
Gallery view of the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Western art unattributed:
1.Votive statuette of a male youth (kouros). Greek (Lakonian), 550–530 BC. Bronze, height 18.3 cm. 2019.127.
Western art unattributed:
10. Rothschild Pentateuch. French or German, 1296. Tempera colours, gold and ink on parchment, 27.5 by 21 cm. Acquired with the generous support of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder. MS. 116, 2018.43.
Western art unattributed:
2. Appliqué depicting the Sun God Usil. Etruscan (Vulci), 500–475 BC. Bronze, 20.7 by 18 cm. 2017.126.
Western art unattributed:
4. Intaglio with bust of Antinous (the Marlborough Antinous). Roman, 131–38 AD. Black chalcedony set in a modern gold mount, 3.5 by 2.9 cm. 2019.13.17.
Western art unattributed:
5. Bust of Germanicus. Roman, c.20–40 AD. Marble, height 52.1 cm. 2021.66.
Western art unattributed:
6. Portrait bust of a man. Roman, 140–60 AD. Marble, height 76.5 cm. 2018.31.
Western art unattributed:
7. Funerary relief of Hadirat Katthina, daughter of Sha’ad. Palmyran, 200–20 AD. Limestone with traces of pigment and gold, 50.8 by 40.6 by 20.3 cm. 2019.12.
Western art unattributed:
8. Head of a man (pseudo-Seneca/Hesiod(?) type). Roman, 1st century AD. Marble, height 35.6 cm. 2019.128.
Western art unattributed:
9. Bifolium from the Pink Qu’ran. Spanish, 13th century. Tempera colours, gold, silver and ink on dyed paper, 31.8 by 50.2 cm. MS. 122, 2021.44.
Supplement
Recent Acquisitions (1999-2002) at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth: Supplement
12/2002 | 1197 | 144
Pages: 787-792
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Author:
Potts, Timothy (Potts, Timothy; Potts, Timothy F.)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States
places:
United States
print:
Collections, Public / Fort Worth / Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States
subjects:
Collections, Public / Art museums / United States / Acquisitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
II. Kylix showing the death of Pentheus, by Douris (active c. 500-460 B.C.). c. 480 B.C., Athens. Red-figure terracotta, rim diam. 29.2 cm. (Acquired 2000.) An outstanding example of early Classical vase painting by one of the leading masters of his day, this cup shows the unusual subject of Pentheus's gruesome death at the hands of the frenzied women of Thebes, watched by the vengeful instigator of the attack, the god Dionysus. The complex scene allows Douris full scope to display his skill at representing the human body in twisting poses and oblique angles - the revolutionary interest that lay at the heart of the inchoate Classical style.
Attributed works:
III. St John the Baptist, by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (1396-1472). c. 1450-56. Gilt bronze, 57.5 cm. high. (Acquired 1999.) This graceful figure of the Baptist once surmounted the holy water stoup in the church of S. Maria dei Servi (the SS. Annunziata) in Florence. Vasari mentions the work among the renovations in the church carried out by Michelozzo under the patronage of Piero de' Medici, referring to it as a cosa bellissima ('most beautiful thing'). It was removed from the church and presumably sold in the early nineteenth century. Among the earliest Renaissance sculptures of significant scale conceived fully in the round, its reidentification as the missing Michelozzo restores a celebrated masterpiece both to the œuvre of this artist and to the corpus of Early Renaissance Florentine sculpture.
Attributed works:
IV. Virgin and Child. South German, possibly from a model by Michel Erhart (c. 1440/45-after 1522). Dated 1486. Silver, parcel-gilt, with gemstones, 53 cm. high. (Acquired 2002.) Standing on a crescent moon, and originally framed by a mandorla of sunrays, Mary appears as the Virgin of the Apocalypse, a common devotional type in Late Gothic German art. The statuette was probably one of the donations to Eichstätt Cathedral made by Bishop Wilhelm von Reichenau, whose coat of arms appears on the plinth. The drapery and facial types recall Michel Erhart, the leading sculptor in Ulm, and may reflect a wooden model provided by him to the goldsmith. Formerly in the collection of the German Rothschilds, this work had not been publicly displayed until its recent inclusion in the exhibition Michel Erhart and Jörg Syrlin d. Ä. at the Ulm museum.
Attributed works:
VII. Bamboo and rocks. Attributed to Tan Zhirui (active late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries), c. 1275. Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 100.3 by 38.1 cm. (Acquired 2002.) The Chinese painter Tan Zhirui, whose work is extremely rare, is credited with establishing the landscape composition of bamboo and rocks that was to become a traditional motif in Chinese and Japanese nature painting. The lines of poetry were inscribed by the Chinese Zen priest Yishan Yining, probably while he was living in Japan in the early years of the fourteenth century.
Attributed works:
X. A dentist by candlelight, by Gerrit Dou (1613-75). c. 1660-65. Panel, arched top, 37.2 by 27.7 cm. (Acquired 2002.) The meticulous detail in Dou's paintings serves not only as a display of craftsmanship but also as an opportunity for pictorial wit. Here, in this scene of nocturnal dentistry, he juxtaposes the old man opening his mouth with a chair finial in the form of a gaping lion's head and a stuffed crocodile hanging from the ceiling. The first owner of the work was probably the collector Jan Six, subject of the well-known portrait by Rembrandt.
Non-western art unattributed:
IX. Vessel showing an enthroned Lord and seated figure. Dated A.D. 765. Maya, Late Classic. Xcalumkín, Mexico. Ceramic, 23 cm. high. (Acquired 2000.) An enthroned Lord with a monkey headdress gestures to a seated official (military chief?) in the scene on this rare incised vessel which would have been used for drinking chocolate. As well as providing a date, the accompanying Mayan inscription suggests that the Lord depicted is the son of the reigning king of Xcalumkín, and that that king was also the artist/scribe of the vessel. The finely executed drawing includes rare traces of lightly scratched pentimenti.
Non-western art unattributed:
V. Court lady. Chinese, probably Shaanxi province. Tang dynasty, first half of the eighth century. Grey earthenware with painted polychrome decoration, 41.8 cm. high. (Acquired 2001.) This fashionably dressed and amply proportioned figure of a court lady would have been among the mingqi ('spirit goods') made to accompany the deceased into the afterlife. It is probably from one of the royal or aristocratic tombs surrounding the Tang capital of Chang'an (modern-day Xi'an).
Non-western art unattributed:
VI. Earth spirit. Chinese, probably Shaanxi province. Tang dynasty, first half of the eighth century. Grey earthenware with painted polychrome decoration, 82.6 cm. high. (Acquired 2001.) In Tang dynasty tombs fantastic hybrid figures such as this, known as zhenmushou ('grave-quelling beasts'), were included among the retinue of the deceased to guard them against demons.
Non-western art unattributed:
VIII. Four mandalas of the Vajravali series. Central Tibet, Tsang (Ngor Monastery). Between 1429 and 1456. Gouache on cotton, 88.9 by 73.7 cm. (Acquired 2000.) The inscriptions on this outstandingly well-preserved Tibetan tangka identify it as part of a series commissioned by Kunga Sangpo, a Buddhist monk of the Sakya order, who founded the Ngor monastery in 1429 and died in 1456. The series illustrates the sacred text of the Vajravali. In addition to the four individual mandalas (cosmic diagrams), each centred on its own goddess, the work contains an all-encompassing mandala of the five Pancharaksha goddesses, popular deities who protected against sickness, misfortune, and calamity.
Western art unattributed:
I. Head of an athlete. c.second-first century B.C. Hellenistic or Roman, after a fourth-century B.C. Greek original. Bronze, 30 cm. high. (Acquired 2000.) This is the finest of the surviving heads from a celebrated ancient type showing a standing naked athlete scraping oil from his arm with a strigil. The expressive treatment of the hair and complete figure fit well with Pliny's description of the style of Lysippus (c. 365-310 B.C.), court sculptor to Alexander the Great, suggesting that this was the artist's Apoxyomenos ('scraper'). The sixteenth-century Venetian (Lombardo workshop?) draped shoulders (not shown here) cast to support the head indicate a discovery date in the Renaissance or before.