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Guardi and the English tourist: a postscript
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 578–583
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Guardi, Francesco
dates:
1760-1769
patrons:
Fitzpatrick, John, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory
places:
Venice
subjects:
Patronage / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Venice: the Piazzetta with S. Giorgio Maggiore, by Francesco Guardi. Early 1760s. Oil on canvas, 69 by 86.5 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Venice: the Giudecca Canal with the Zattere, by Francesco Guardi. c.1769. Oil on canvas, 120 by 205 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Venice: the Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi, by Francesco Guardi. c.1764. Oil on canvas, 119.7 by 204.3 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Venice: the Bacino with the Piazzetta and the Ducal Palace, by Francesco Guardi. 1780. Oil on canvas, 69.5 by 102.2 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
5. Venice: the entrance to the Grand Canal with the Dogana and S. Maria della Salute, by Francesco Guardi. c.1790. Oil on canvas, 83.6 by 128.6 cm. (Private collection).
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Letter: Spalliera panels at Longleat House
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 180
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
buildings:
Longleat House, Warminster, Wiltshire, Great Britain
subjects:
Displays / Interiors / Spalliere
Article
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and his collecting in Venice
08/2011 | 1301 | 153
Pages: 527-528
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Stuart, John, Third Earl of Bute, 1713-1792
places:
Italy / Venice
print:
Crichton-Stuart, John, Fifth Marquess of Bute, 1907–1956
subjects:
Collectors / Collections, Private / Collecting / Correspondence / Documents / Acquisitions / Italian painting / Venetian / Inventories / Frames
Article
An overlooked triptych by Vecchietta
03/2010 | 1284 | 152
Pages: 171
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Lorenzo di Pietro, il Vecchietta
dates:
1450-1469
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen, Great Britain
print:
Lorenzo di Pietro, il Vecchietta
subjects:
Italian painting / Altarpieces / Triptychs / Collections, Public / Humility / Mary, Virgin: and Child / Bequests
Illustrations
Attributed works:
40. Madonna of Humility, by Lorenzo di Pietro called Il Vecchietta. c.1450. Triptych panel, overall dimensions 47 by 40.5 cm. (Aberdeen Art Gallery).
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A portrait of a young man in black by Pontormo
10/2008 | 1267 | 50
Pages: 675-677
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Pontormo
dates:
1520-1539
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
print:
Pontormo
subjects:
Exhibitions / Portraits / Italian painting / Italian / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Portrait of a young man in black, by Pontormo. c.1529–30. Panel, 92.1 by 73 cm. (Private collection; on long-term loan to the National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
26. Portrait of a halberdier, by Pontormo. c.1529–30. Canvas, 92 by 72 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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Piranesi and Sir Roger Newdigate: a footnote
08/2008 | 1265 | 150
Pages: 547
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
collectors and dealers:
Newdigate, Roger
dates:
1770-1779
print:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
subjects:
Diaries / Gifts / Patrons / Candelabras (candleholders)
Obituary
Donald Garstang (1946-2007)
11/2007 | 1256 | 149
Pages: 789
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
print:
Garstang, Donald
subjects:
Art historians / Obituaries / Garstang, Donald
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Addenda to Wright of Derby: Two Boston Sitters and an Eton Leaving Portrait
08/2001 | 1181 | 143
Pages: 489-490
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Wright of Derby, Joseph, painter, 1734-1797
dates:
1750-1799
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Portrait of Mrs Fydell, by Joseph Wright of Derby. 1760. 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
32. Portrait of Richard Staunton Wilmot, by Joseph Wright of Derby. c.1764-66. 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (Eton College, Windsor).
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33. Portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz. Massa, by Frans Hals. 1626. 79.5 by 65 cm. (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto).
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Lord Grantham and the Taste for Velázquez: 'The Electrical Eel of the Day'
10/1999 | 1159 | 141
Pages: 598-605
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Author:
Glendinning, Nigel (Glendinning, Nigel)
Author:
Harris, Enriqueta (E. H; E. E. H) (Harris, Enriqueta (E. H; E. E. H); Frankfort, Enriqueta Harris; H., E.; Frankfort, Enriqueta; H., E. E.)
Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Velázquez, Diego
collectors and dealers:
Robinson, Thomas, Second Baron Grantham, 1738-1786
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Spain / England
subjects:
Spanish painting / Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham, by Anton Raphael Mengs. (Newby Hall, Yorkshire).
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12. Copy of Velázquez's Philip IV on Horseback, by Wenceslaus Pohl. 57 by 54 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
13. Copy of Velázquez's Queen Isabel of Bourbon on Horseback, by Wenceslaus Pohl. 57 by 54.6 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
14. Copy of Velázquez's Conde-Duque de Olivares on Horseback, by Wenceslaus Pohl. 56.8 by 45 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
15. Copy of Velázquez's Las Meninas, by Wenceslaus Pohl. 60.6 by 52 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
16. Copy of Murillo's Christ and St John the Baptist as Children, by Agustín Esteve. 127 by 130.8 cm. (The National Trust, Saltram, Devon).
Attributed works:
17. Copy of Murillo's Holy Family, by Agustín Esteve. 127 by 128 cm. (The National Trust, Saltram, Devon).
Western art unattributed:
18. Group of Men under an Archway, Pastiche after Velázquez. 78 by 93 cm. (Private Collection).
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A Batoni Patron Identified
10/1998 | 1147 | 140
Pages: 682-683
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Author:
Russell, Francis (Russell, Francis; Russell, F.)
Subjects
artists:
Batoni, Pompeo
dates:
1700-1799
patrons:
Milles, Richard
places:
Italy / England
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Sitters / Identification
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Portrait of a Man, Here Identified as Richard Milles, by Pompeo Batoni. c.1758. 97.7 by 72.3 cm. (Whereabouts Unknown).
Attributed works:
37. Portrait of a Man, Here Identified as Richard Milles, by Pompeo Batoni. c.1758. 134.5 by 96.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
38. Portrait of a Man, Here Identified as Richard Milles, by Pompeo Batoni. c.1758. Water-Colour on Ivory, 3.2 by 2.7 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
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