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Exhibition Review
John Brett’s portraits. Birmingham, London and Cambridge
07/2010 | 1288 | 152
Pages: 488-489
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Reviewer:
Treuherz, Julian (Treuherz, Julian)
Subjects
artists:
Brett, John
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain / Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
places:
London / England / Cambridge / Birmingham
print:
Brett, John
private galleries:
Fine Art Society, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Objects of Affection. Pre-Raphaelite Portraits by John Brett | institution: Barber Institute of Fine Arts , institution: Fine Art Society , institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
42. Christina Rossetti, by John Brett. 1857. Panel, 13.3 by 10.1 cm. (Private collection; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
Attributed works:
43. Georgina Weldon with her dog, by John Brett. 1866. Pencil, 26 by 17.8 cm. (Private collection; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
Exhibition Review
Charles Darwin and the visual arts. New Haven and Cambridge
10/2009 | 1279 | 151
Pages: 717-718
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Reviewer:
Shafe, Laurence (Shafe, Laurence)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
places:
United States / New Haven / England / Cambridge
print:
Darwin, Charles
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Science / British painting / Darwin, Charles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts | institution: Fitzwilliam Museum , institution: Yale Center for British Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Pegwell Bay, Kent – A Recollection of October 5th, 1858, by William Dyce. 1858–60. Canvas, 63.5 by 88.9 cm. (Tate, London; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
62. The artists’ wives, by James Tissot. 1885. Canvas, 146 by 101.6 cm. (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
63. Vivien, by Frederick Sandys. 1863. Canvas, 64 by 52.5 cm. (Manchester City Art Galleries; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Exhibition Review
Cockerell and the Fitzwilliam
01/2009 | 1270 | 151
Pages: 46-47
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Reviewer:
Waterfield, Giles (Waterfield, Giles)
Subjects
art literature:
Cockerell, Sydney C.
dates:
1900-1929 / 1930-1939 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
print:
Collections, Public / Cambridge / Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
print:
Cockerell, Sydney C.
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Collections, Public / Museum directors / Acquisitions / Centenaries
Reviewed Items
subjects:
I Turned It Into a Palace: Sydney Cockerell and the Fitzwilliam Museum | institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. Siegfried Sassoon, by Glyn Warren Philpot. 1917. Canvas, 61 by 50.8 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Non-western art unattributed:
51. Guan Jar. China, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368). Porcelain, painted underglaze in blue, 30.5 cm. high. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Western art unattributed:
50. Blessing of an abbot, fols.72v–73r of the Pontifical of Renaut de Bar. Metz or Verdun, 1303–16. Tempera on parchment, 32 by 24.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, MS 298).
Exhibition Review
Barocci drawings. Cambridge
04/2006 | 1237 | 148
Pages: 285-286
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Reviewer:
Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
Subjects
artists:
Barocci, Federico
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
places:
Cambridge / England
print:
Barocci, Federico
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Touch of the Divine: Drawings by Federico Barocci in British Collections | institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Study for the Institution of the Eucharist, by Federico Barocci. 1604. Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, heightened in white with grisaille oil paint, 51.5 by 35.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
48. Landscape with a bank and trees, by Federico Barocci. ?c.1580–90. Black chalk with grey and brown wash and green and white bodycolour, 39.3 by 24.9 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
49. Portrait of Count Federico Buonaventura, by Federico Barocci. 1602. 118 by 95 cm. (Italian Embassy, London; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Exhibition Review
Cambridge illuminations. Cambridge
11/2005 | 1232 | 147
Pages: 767-768
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C.M. (Kauffmann, C.M.)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain / Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, Great Britain
places:
Cambridge / England
print:
Illuminations
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Medieval / Collections, Public
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Cambridge Illuminations: Ten Centuries of Book Production in the Medieval West | institution: Cambridge University Library , institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
47. St Mark with his symbol, from the book of Cerne, fol.12V. Mercia, c.820-40. Illumination on parchment, size of folio 28.5 by 22.5 cm. (University Library Cambridge, MS L1.I.10; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Western art unattributed:
48. Moses with Aaron expounding the Law to the people of Israel; Moses expounding the Law of the unclean beasts, from the Bury Bible, fol.94. c.1135. Illumination on parchment, size of folio 52.4 by 35 cm. (Corpus Christi College Cambridge, MS 2; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Western art unattributed:
49. Chaucer addressing an aristocratic audience, from Chaucer's Troilus and Creseyde, fol. I. c.1415-25. Illumination on parchment, size of folio 31.4 by 22 cm. (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 61; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Western art unattributed:
50. Imago ecclesiae (diagram of the hierarchy of the Church), from Gilbert of Limerick's De Statu ecclesie, fol.238. Durham, c.1190. Illumination on parchment, size of folio 29.5 by 20 cm. (University Library, Cambridge, MS Ff.I.27).
Western art unattributed:
51. 'Throne of mercy' (Trinity, with patrons), from the Clifford-Pabenham Hours, fol.28V. c.1315. Illumination on parchment, size of folio 24.8 by 17 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, MS 242).