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Article
Dāvūd Gürcü, Ottoman refugee and Girodet’s first Mamluk model
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 479-487
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Dowad, Thadeus (Dowad, Thadeus)
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1. The revolt of Cairo, 21st October 1798, by Anne-Louis Girodet. 1810. Oil on canvas, 365 by 500 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Katchef Dahouth, by Anne-Louis Girodet. 1804. Oil on canvas, 144.7 by 133 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Mustapha, by Anne-Louis Girodet. 1819. Oil on canvas, 59 by 46 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Portrait of a Mamelouk, by Horace Vernet. 1810. Oil on canvas, 75 by 61.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Portrait of Jean Baptiste Belley, by Anne-Louis Girodet. 1797. Oil on canvas, 158 by 111 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Roustam Raza, by Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert. 1806. Oil on canvas, 152 by 125.5 cm. (Musée de l’Armée, Paris).
Article
Becoming ‘obeliscal’: Van Gogh, ancient Egypt and the global Orient – I: figures
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 280-301
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Hall, James (Hall, James)
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1. Pots and apples, by Emile Bernard. 1887. Oil on canvas, 46.2 by 55.2 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Hervé Lewandowski).
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10. Hathoric capital from Dendera. Egyptian, 332–30 BC. Limestone, 52.5 by 46 by 11.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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11. Nude girl, seated, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Oil on canvas, 27.1 by 23.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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12. Seated girl and Venus statuette, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Chalk on paper, 47.5 by 62 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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13. Self-portrait as a sphinx, by Léopold Armand Hugo. 1871. Etching on paper, 34 by 25 cm. (Rodin Museum, Paris).
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14. Self-portrait, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54.2 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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15. Galerie Henri IV, the Louvre, looking northwards. 1885. (From C. Aulanier: Le musée Charles X et le département des antiquités égyptiennes (Histoire du palais et du musee du Louvre 8), Paris 1961, p.60).
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16. Bonaparte before the Sphinx (‘Oedipus’), by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1886. Oil on canvas, 61.6 by 101.9 cm. (Hearst Castle, San Simeon CA; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Self-portrait at the easel, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Oil on canvas, 46.5 by 38.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; © Fine Art Images; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Self-portrait at the easel, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 65.1 by 50 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; © Fine Art Images; Bridgeman Images).
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19. Napoleon, after a plaster model by Antoine-Denis Chaudet. 1807–09. Marble, 59 by 28.5 by 26.0 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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21. Aristotle, by Nicola Billy, after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. 1750. Engraving, 23 by 16.5 cm. (including text). (From G.G. Bottari: Musei Capitolini tomus primus(-quartus), Rome 1750, I, no.8).
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22. Egyptian figure, by Carlo Gregorii after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. 1755. Engraving, 34.5 by 17.5 cm. (including text). (From G.G. Bottari: Musei Capitolini tomus primus(-quartus), Rome 1755, III, no.86).
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23. Brutus, drawn after a plaster cast. 1869. Lithograph, 45 by 62 cm. (From C Bargue and J.-L. Gérôme: Cours de dessin, Paris 1869, I, pl.52).
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24. Portrait statue. Engraving, 19 by 13 cm. (internal frame). (From Comte de Caylus, Recueil d’antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grecques, romaines et gauloises, Paris 1752, I, pl.1)
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25. Dante, drawn after a plaster cast. 1869. Lithograph, 45 by 62 cm. (From C Bargue and J.-L. Gérôme: Cours de dessin, Paris 1869, I, pl.34).
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26. Study and Genius unveil ancient Egypt to Greece, by François- Edouard Picot. c. 1827. Oil on canvas, 478 by 600 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Photo Josse; Bridgeman Images).
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28. Julian Père Tanguy, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 92 by 75 cm. (Rodin Museum, Paris; © Peter Willi; Bridgeman Images).
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29. Predominance of the Dimension of Width: Egyptian Temple, by Lé on Gaucherel. 1876. Engraving, 4.3 by 11.5 cm. (From C. Blanc: Grammaire des Arts du Dessin, Paris 1876, p.88).
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3. Exposition Universelle: L’Histoire de L’Habitation Humaine. Wood engraving. (From Le Monde Illustré, 25th May 1889, p.344).
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30. Maurice Appert seated, by Georges Seurat. Before 1888. Conté crayon and gouache on paper, 31 by 24 cm. (Private collection; Lefevre Fine Art Ltd, London; Bridgeman Images).
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31. Self-portrait with bandaged ear, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 60.5 by 50 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Egyptian House, Exposition Universelle of 1889, by Charles Garnier. 1889. Watercolour on paper, 94.7 by 63.5 cm. (Archives nationales, Paris, CP/F/12/4055/D/A, pièce 10).
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5. Egyptian head, by Vincent Van Gogh, 1890. Chalk on paper, 31.4 by 23.8 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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6. View in North Transept, by Matthew Digby Wyatt after P.H. Delamotte. 1854. Chromolithograph, 18.2 by 26.4 cm. (From Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham, London 1854; photograph Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT).
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7. The Egyptian Hall of the Louvre, visitors in front of the Grand Sphinx, by Guillaume Larrue. c.1880. Oil on canvas, 69 by 88 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Josse; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Middle Egypt – the Sphinx, by Maxime du Camp. December 1849; printed 1851. Salted paper print from paper negative, 42.8 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © His Majesty King Charles III 2022).
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9. Head of a woman (Gordina de Groot), by Vincent Van Gogh. 1885. Oil on canvas, 42.7 by 33.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. The god Re-Horakhty being brought offerings, with fruit on his lap. Egyptian, 943–735(?) BC. Painted wood, 20.8 by 15.7 by 3.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
27. Detail of a statue of Ankh. Egyptian, 2700–2620 BC. Diorite, 62.5 by 20.5 by 32.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
20. Sepa. Egyptian, 2700–2620 BC. Painted limestone, 169 by 44 by 50.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
Carle Van Loo at the 1737 Salon
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 473-477
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Dmitrieva, Sofya (Dmitrieva, Sofya)
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1. A pasha having his mistress’s portrait painted, by Carle Van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 66 by 76 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).
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2. The Grand Turk giving a concert to his mistress, by Carle Van Loo. 1737. Oil on canvas, 72.5 by 91 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
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3. Allegories of the Arts: Painting, by Carle Van Loo. 1753. Oil on canvas, 87.5 by 84.5 cm. (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
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4. Allegories of the Arts: Music, by Carle Van Loo. 1753. Oil on canvas, 87.5 by 84.5 cm. (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the painter.
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6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the musician.
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7. Apelles painting Campaspe, by Nicolas Vleughels. 1716. Oil on canvas, 126 by 97 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Scala Archives).
Exhibition Review
Rembrandt’s Orient: West Meets East in Dutch Art of the Seventeenth Century Rembrandt in Amsterdam
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1186-1190
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Ketelsen, Thomas (Ketelsen, Thomas)
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Rembrandt in Amsterdam Städel Museum, Frankfurt 6th October 2021–30th January 2022 | :
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Rembrandt’s Orient: West Meets East in Dutch Art of the Seventeenth Century Museum Barberini, Potsdam 13th March–18th July | :
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17. Bust of an old man with a turban, by Rembrandt. c.1627/28. Oil on panel, 26.7 by 20.3 cm. (Kremer Collection, Amsterdam; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt, and Barberini Museum, Potsdam).
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18. Portrait of a woman in black satin with a fan, by Bartholomeus van der Helst. 1644. Oil on panel, 104.6 by 76 cm. (National Gallery, London; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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19. The angel departing from the family of Tobias, attributed to Ferdinand Bol. c.1637–40. Oil on panel, 66 by 49.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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20. A party in a tavern or living room, by Esaias Boursse, 1662. Brush and ink on paper, 14.8 by 19.6 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; exh. Barberini Museum, Potsdam).
Book Review
Historische Topographien: Bilder europäischer Reisender im Osmanischen Reich um 1700
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 971-972
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Hähnle, Mirjam (Hähnle, Mirjam)
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Historische Topographien: Bilder europäischer Reisender im Osmanischen Reich um 1700 By Annette Kranen. 384 pp. incl. 13 col. + 173 b. & w. ills. (Brill, Leiden, and Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn, 2020), €89. ISBN 978–3–7705–6502–3. | :
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4. Frontispiece from J. Spon: Voyagie door Italien, Dalmatien, Grieckenland, en de Levant, Amsterdam 1689, by Jan Luyken. Etching, 18.9 by 14.9 cm. (Abteilung Historische Drucke, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz).
Article
From Athens to Constantinople: ‘The watchman’ by Alphonse Isambert
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 437-443
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Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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1. Young Greeks forcing cocks to fight, by Jean-Leon Gérôme. 1846. Oil on canvas, 143 by 204 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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2. The departure of Ulysses, by Alphonse Isambert. 1846. Oil on canvas, 32 by 40.5 cm. (Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Scala).
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3. Artists at ‘Le Chalet’, 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, by Gustave Le Gray. Jean-Léon Gérôme is on the far right. Salt-print photograph, 10.9 by 139 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris;   RMN-Grand Palais; photograph Hervé Lewandowski).
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4. The watchman, by Alphonse Isambert. 1867. Oil on board, 51.7 by 40 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Arab greeting, by Alexandre Evariste Fragonard after Godefroy Engelmann. 1819. Lithograph, page 67 by 50.3 cm. (From L.N.P.A. Forbin: Voyage dans le Levant en 1817 et 1818, Paris 1819).
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6. Detail of View of Hounkiar-Iskelessi, Echelle du Grande Seigneur, by Antoine Ignace Melling. 1819. Copper engraving, plate size 73.66 by 50.8 cm. (From A.I. Melling, C. Lacretelle, J.D. Barbié de Bocage et al.: Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore (d’après les dessins de Mr Antoine Ignace Melling dessinateur et architecte de la Sultane Hadigé sa soeur), Paris 1819, II, pl.35; Alamy).
Book Review
Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830–1920 Journey to the Maghreb and Andalusia, 1832
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 720-721
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Humphreys, Andrew (Humphreys, Andrew)
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Journey to the Maghreb and Andalusia, 1832 By Eugène Delacroix, translated by Michèle Hannoosh. 216 pp. incl. 8 b. & w. ills. (Penn State University Press, Pennsylvania, 2019), £27.95. ISBN 978–0–271–08334–6. | :
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Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830–1920 By James Parry. 304 pp. incl. 105 col. ills. (The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 2018), £45. ISBN 978–977–416–835–2. | :
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6. The offering, by Ludwig Deutsch. 1897. Oil on panel, 61.5 by 80 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Inspired by the East: How the Islamic World Influenced Western Art. British Museum, London
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1051-1053
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Weeks, Emily M. (Weeks, Emily M.)
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21. Basin, by Theodore Deck. 1860–80. Glazed ceramic, diameter 41.5 cm. (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur; exh. British Museum, London).
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22. Rabat (The red gate), by Edwin Lord Weeks. 1879. Oil on canvas, 72.5 by 99.2 cm. (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur; exh. British Museum, London).
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23. Alhambra model, by Diego Fernández Castro. Late nineteenth century. Wood, enamel, plaster, bone inlay and alabaster, 185 by 77 by 45 cm. (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur; exh. British Museum, London).
Book Review
John Frederick Lewis: Facing Fame. By Briony Llewellyn
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 973-974
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Weeks, Emily M. (Weeks, Emily M.)
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John Frederick Lewis: Facing Fame By Briony Llewellyn. 55 pp. incl. 30 col ills. (Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village, Guildford, 2019), £9.99. ISBN 978–0–9933902–4–1. | :
Exhibition Review
A Taste for the Exotic: European Silks of the Eighteenth Century. Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 960-962
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Browne, Clare (Browne, Clare)
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13. Woven silk, France or Italy. 1700–10, 259 by 226 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
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14. Woven silk, France or Italy. 1725–30, 99 by 77.5 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
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15. Woven silk, Amsterdam. c.1735, 143 by 52 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
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