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Beyond the naked eye: Details from the National Gallery
09/2006 | 1242 | 148
Pages: 638
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Martineau, Jane (Martineau, Jane; Martineau, Jane; M., J.T.)
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Beyond the naked eye: Details from the National Gallery | author: Billinge, Rachel , author: Dunkerton, Jill
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Leonardo da Vinci's use of underdrawing in the 'Virgin of the Rocks' in the National Gallery and 'St Jerome' in the Vatican
07/2005 | 1228 | 147
Pages: 450-463
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Billinge, Rachel (Billinge, Rachel)
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Syson, Luke (Syson, Luke)
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1. The Virgin of the rocks, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1483-91. Canvas transferred from panel, 198 by 123 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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10. Head of St Philip in the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci in Milan with a diagram of the underdrawing for the Virgin's head in Composition A reversed and overlaid.
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11. Study for the head of St Philip, by Leonardo da Vinci. 1493. Black chalk, 19 by 15 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor, no.12551).
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12. St Jerome praying in the wilderness, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c.1491-93. Panel, 102.8 by 73.5 cm. (Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie, Vatican City).
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13. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.12 showing St Jerome's head and part of landscape.
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14. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.12, showing St Jerome's feet and part of lion.
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15. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2, showing the angel (Composition B).
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16. Head of a child in three-quarter view, cartoon for the head of St John in Fig.1, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1483. Metalpoint largely reworked with pen, brush and brown ink and highlighted with white gouache on prepared grey-beige paper, pricked for transfer, irregularly cut, max. 13.4 by 11.9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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17. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2, showing the head of the Christ Child (Composition B).
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2. The Virgin of the rocks, by Leonardo da Vinci and collaborators. Here dated c.1491-1508. Panel, 189.5 by 120 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. Infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2.
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4. Outline diagram of the first underdrawing of Fig.2 (Composition A).
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5. Outline diagram of the second underdrawing of Fig.2 (Composition B), laid over the painting.
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6. Detail of infra-red reflectography scan (Fig.3), showing right arm and hand in Composition A.
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7. Detail infra-red reflectogram mosaic of Fig.2, showing the head in Composition A above the painted Virgin.
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8. Detail from an ultraviolet photograph of Studies of architecture and machinery, male head in profile and of a Virgin adoring the Christ Child, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c.1491-93. Silverpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink on light blue prepared surface, 18.3 by 13.7 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor, no.12560).
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9. Design for a Nativity or an Adoration of the Christ Child; perspectival projection, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c. 1485-90. Metalpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink on pink prepared paper, and lines ruled with metalpoint, 19.4 by 16.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1917 17.142.1).
Article
The Underdrawing of Pontormo's 'Joseph with Jacob in Egypt'
11/2002 | 1196 | 144
Pages: 660-670
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Billinge, Rachel (Billinge, Rachel)
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Plazzotta, Carol (Plazzotta, Carol)
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1. Joseph with Jacob in Egypt, by Pontormo. Probably 1518. Panel, 96.5 by 109.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing Joseph on his chariot.
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11. Study for the Israelites drinking the water in the wilderness, by Pontormo. 1522-25. Black chalk heightened with white, 28.5 by 28.3 cm. (Uffizi, Florence).
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12. Joseph's brothers beg for help, by Pontormo. c. 1515. Panel, 36.2 by 142.4 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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13. Joseph sold to Potiphar, by Pontormo. c. 1515. Panel, 61 by 51.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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14. Pharaoh with his butler and baker, by Pontormo. c. 1515. Panel, 61 by 51.9 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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15. Infra-red reflectogram mosaic detail of Fig.14, showing the heads of Pharaoh, his wife and the butler.
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16. Infra-red reflectogram mosaic detail of Fig.12, showing kneeling brother on the left.
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17. Study for the kneeling brother in Fig.16, by Pontormo. c. 1515. Red chalk, 35.9 by 26.4 cm. (Uffizi, Florence).
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18. Detail of Fig.13, showing man descending steps in background.
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19. Study for the man in Fig.18, and for another seated figure, by Pontormo. c. 1515. Red chalk, 26.5 by 39.5 cm. (École Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris).
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2. Infra-red reflectogram mosaic of Fig.1.
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20. Study for Joseph on his chariot in Fig.1, by Pontormo. 1517-18. Black chalk heightened with white on brown paper, 40.1 by 26.3 cm. (Uffizi, Florence).
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21. Detail of Fig.2, showing Joseph on his chariot.
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22. Infra-red reflectogram mosaic detail of Fig.13, showing an Ishmaelite bending to pick up a coin.
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23. Ecce Homo, by Lucas van Leyden. 1510. Engraving, 28.7 by 45.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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24. Detail of Fig.13, showing an Ishmaelite holding out his cap.
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25. Christ before Annas, by Lucas van Leyden. 1509. Engraving, diameter, 29.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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26. Detail of Fig.14, showing the butler kneeling.
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27. Detail of Adoration of the Magi, by Lucas van Leyden. 1513. Engraving, 30 by 42.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. Diagram showing initial layout of the composition of Fig.1.
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4. Detail of Fig.2, showing the figure approaching Pharaoh, below left.
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5. Detail of Fig.2, showing the first deathbed scene.
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6. Detail of Fig.2, showing Pharaoh, Joseph and figures behind.
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7. Detail of Fig.2, showing Joseph and his son ascending the stairs.
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing Jacob kneeling before Pharaoh.
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the youthful Bronzino on the steps in the foreground.
Short Notice
The Underdrawing of Altdorfer's 'Christ Taking Leave of His Mother'
10/1993 | 1087 | 135
Pages: 687-691
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Billinge, Rachel (Billinge, Rachel)
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Foister, Susan (Foister, Susan)
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33. Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, by Albrecht Altdorfer. Panel, 139.2 by 108.7 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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34. Computer-Assembled Infra-Red Reflectogram Mosaic of the Lower Half in Fig.33.
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35. Christ Carrying the Cross, by Albrecht Altdorfer. Pen and Ink with Wash and White Heightening on Red Tinted Paper, 25 by 20.1 cm. (Graphische Sammlung der Universität, Erlangen).
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36. Pyramus and Thisbe, by Albrecht Altdorfer. Pen and Ink with Wash, 13.4 by 10.6 cm. (Graphische Sammlung der Universität, Erlangen).
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37. Computer Assembled Infra-Red Reflectogram Mosaic of Detail of the Central Part of the Sky in Fig.33.