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Book Review
Private Collectors in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent, ca.1780–1914: Between Public Relevance and Personal Pleasure
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 522–3
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
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Private Collectors in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent, ca.1780–1914: Between Public Relevance and Personal Pleasure By Ulrike Müller. 376 pp. incl. 18 b. & w. + 128 col. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), €150. ISBN 978–2–503–60619–4. | :
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4. Still life with chinoiseries, by James Ensor. 1906–09. Oil on canvas, 78.5 by 98.5 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Mapping Art Collecting in Europe, 1860–1940: Eastern and Western Sociocultural Perspectives
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 304
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Reviewer:
Legé, Alice S. (Legé, Alice S.)
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Mapping Art Collecting in Europe, 1860–1940: Eastern and Western Sociocultural Perspectives Edited by Milena Woźniak-Koch. 328 pp. incl. 22 col. + 54 b. & w. ills. (Brill, Leiden, 2023), €120.56. ISBN 978–3–506–79543–4. | :
Short Notice
Ménage de Pressigny and his art collection
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 157–161
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Author:
Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
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1. Portrait of Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non, by Bihi-Almaric de Bréhan after Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1773. Pastel on paper, 80 by 63 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Portrait of Anne-Pauline Le Breton (?), by Bihi-Almaric de Bréhan after Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1773. Pastel on paper, 80 by 63 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Shipwreck on a rocky coast, by Claude- Joseph Vernet. 1775. Oil on canvas, 73.8 by 107.8 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Harbour scene at sunset, by Claude- Joseph Vernet. 1775. Oil on canvas, 73.8 by 107.8 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Sketch of Young woman lifting a veil, by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. 1777. (From Explication des peintures, sculptures et gravures, de MM de l’Académie Royale dont l’Exposition a été ordonnée [. . .] suivant l’intention de Sa Majesté [. . .] pour l’année 1777 [. . .], Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Cabinet des estampes et de la photographie, Rés Yd2 1134, p.8).
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6. Young woman lifting a veil, by Nicolas-Guy Brenet. 1776. Oil on walnut panel, 27 by 21.5 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Old beggar and child, by Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. 1774. Oil on canvas, 41.5 by 33 cm. (Horvitz Collection).
Article
‘Une pièce fort singulière’: the rediscovery of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s ‘Andromeda and the sea monster’
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1101–1122
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Author:
Clemente, Maichol (Clemente, Maichol)
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1. Andromeda and the sea monster, here attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 53 by 34 by 24 cm. (Private collection; photograph Tony Fisher).
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10. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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11. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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12. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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13. Detail of the Bust of Antonio Coppola, by Pietro Bernini with Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1612. Marble. (Museo di Arte Sacra di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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14. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph the author).
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15. Detail of Fig.26. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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16. Detail of a putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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17. Detail of the Virgin Mary from the relief of the Assumption, by Pietro Bernini. 1607–10. Marble. (Baptistery, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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18. Anima Beata, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1619. Marble, 41.5 by 29 by 24 cm. (Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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19. Bacchanal: faun teased by children, by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1615–16. Marble, 132.4 by 73.7 by 47.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. View of the back of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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20. Detail of Fig.19.
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21. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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22. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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23. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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24. Detail of Fig.25.
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25. Boy with a dragon, by Gian Lorenzo (and Pietro?) Bernini. c.1616. Marble, 55.9 by 52 by 41.5 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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26. St Lawrence on the gridiron, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c.1616–17. Marble, 66 by 108 cm. (MiC – Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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27. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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28. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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29. Detail of Fig.26, rotated 90 degrees. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV, by Claude Lefebvre. 1666. Oil on canvas, 130 by 96 cm. (Musée et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon; Bridgeman Images).
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30. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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31. St Sebastian, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1617. Marble, 98 by 42 by 49 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Museum Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid).
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32. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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33. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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34. Detail of Fig.31.
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35. Detail of Fig.31.
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36. Detail of Fig.31.
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37. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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38. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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39. Detail of the back of Fig.31, rotated 180 degrees.
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4. Letter from Elpidio Benedetti to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 19th March 1682. (Archives Nationales, Paris, Contrôle général des finances, G/7/551, fol.9).
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40. Detail of Fig.31.
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41. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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42. Detail of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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43. Detail of a Putto, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1618. Marble. (Barberini Chapel, Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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44. Detail of Fig.47.
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45. Detail of Fig.46.
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46. Neptune and Triton, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1622–23. Marble, height 182.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
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47. Rear view of Rape of Proserpina, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1621–22. Marble, height without base 255 cm. (MiC – Galleria Borghese, Rome).
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5. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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6. Side view of Fig.1. (Photograph Tony Fisher).
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7. Side view of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
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8. Andromeda, by Pietro Bernini. c.1615. Marble, 105 by 52.5 by 40 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo; photograph Mauro Magliani).
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9. Detail of Fig.8. (Photograph Mauro Magliani).
Short Notice
Collecting modern Italian sculpture in Britain: Charles Meek and Medardo Rosso
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1154-1157
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Author:
Hecker, Sharon (Hecker, Sharon)
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2. Bookplate for Charles Meek, by Jean Emile Laboureur. 1923. Etching and engraving, 8 by 6.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. The Emperor Vitellius, by Medardo Rosso. c.1895. Gilded bronze, height 34 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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4. Sick man in the hospital, by Medardo Rosso. Original 1889, this cast pre-1924. Bronze with white investment on surface, 19.4 by 21 by 29.5 cm. (Gilgore Collection, Naples FL).
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5. Jewish boy, by Medardo Rosso. Original 1892–94, this cast pre-1923. Wax cast with plaster support, height 23.1 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Peter Freeman, Inc., New York; photograph Jerry Thompson).
Western art unattributed:
1. Medardo Rosso in his Paris studio. 1890. Photograph. (Private collection).
Editorial
Restoring the ‘belle époque’
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 995–6
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museums and institutions:
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1. Façade of the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, facing the courtyard, designed by Henri Parent. (© Culturespaces; Sophie Lloyd).
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2. Library of the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, looking towards Rembrandt’s Supper at Emmaus. (© Culturespaces; Sophie Lloyd).
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3. Half of the double-flight staircase in the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris; at the upper left is Giambattista Tiepolo’s Henry III being welcomed by the Doge Contarini. (© Culturespaces; Nicolas Héron).
Book Review
John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1087–8
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Reviewer:
Baker, Christopher (Baker, Christopher)
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John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and his Collection By Bruce Boucher. 224 pp. incl. 155 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2024), £35. ISBN 978–0–300–27569–8. | :
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5. Soane office, section through museum and breakfast room, by Frank Copland. 1817. Pen and watercolour on paper, 54.5 by 64 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1062–4
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Reviewer:
Falino, Jeannine (Falino, Jeannine)
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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | :
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7. Vase, by Tiffany & Co. 1879. Silver, copper, gold and silver-copperzinc alloy, 29.2 by 16.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Swan centrepiece, by Tiffany & Co. 1874. Silver with gilding, 36.8 by 34.3 by 61 cm. (Rough Point Collection/Doris Duke, Newport Restoration Fund, Newport, Rhode Island; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Footed bowl with an eagle emblem. Probably Syria, mid-thirteenth century. Dipmoulded, blown, enamelled and gilded glass, 18.3 by 20.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
Guercino’s ‘Moses’: a recent addition to the artist’s ‘prima maniera’
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 912-20
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Author:
Treves, Letizia (Treves, Letizia)
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1. Moses, by Guercino. c.1618–19. Oil on canvas, 72 by 63 cm. (Rothschild Foundation, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; photograph Moretti Fine Art).
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2. Detail of Fig.1.
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3. King David, by Guercino. c.1617–18. Oil on canvas, 88.5 by 72 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Head of an old man, by Guercino. c.1619–20. Oil on canvas, 63 by 48.3 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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5. Elijah fed by ravens, by Guercino. 1620. Oil on canvas, 195 by 156.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Moses, by Bernardino Cervi after Guercino. 1624. Engraving, 13.5 by 7.4 cm. (Fondo Corsini, Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome).
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7. Moses, by Adam Bartsch after Guercino. Engraving. (location unknown).
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8. Detail of Fig.9.
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9. Moses with raised hands; mount depicts a fanciful border with leaves, a shell, humanoid figures, and a cartouche that has been cut, by Jan de Bisschop. Brown wash and ink on antique laid paper, framing line in gold; mount: graphite, brown wash and gold, 26.3 by 22.1 cm. (mount), 39.5 by 22.5 cm. (including strip at bottom). (Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA; photograph President and Fellows of Harvard College).
Book Review
Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art and Curiosity Cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 976-7
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Reviewer:
Sandbichler, Veronika (Sandbichler, Veronika)
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Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art and Curiosity Cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire By Jeffrey Chipps Smith. 319 pp. incl. 179 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion Books, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–78914–612–7. | :
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Western art unattributed:
3. Cabinet of Archduke Ferdinand II. Nuremberg or Mantua, c.1582. Ebony, maple, walnut and silver, 75 by 62 by 45 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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