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Book Review
Figuring Faith and Female Power in the Art of Rubens
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1214-5
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Reviewer:
Whaley, Susannah (Whaley, Susannah; Lyon-whaley, Susannah)
Subjects
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
subjects:
Patrons / Women / Famous women / Iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Figuring Faith and Female Power in the Art of Rubens By J. Vanessa Lyon. 256 pp. incl. 9 col. + 58 b. & w. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, 2020), £99. ISBN 978–94–6298–551–3. | :
Exhibition Review
The First Actresses. London
02/2012 | 1307 | 154
Pages: 134-135
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Reviewer:
Retford, Kate (Retford, Kate)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Actors and actresses
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Actors and actresses / Portraits / Women / Famous women
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons | institution: National Portrait Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Frances Abington as Miss Prue in ‘Love for Love’, by Joshua Reynolds. 1771. Canvas, 76.8 by 63.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
48. Eleanor (‘Nell’) Gwyn, by Simon Verelst. c.1680–85. Canvas, 93.5 by 74 cm. (Private collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
49. Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, from the studio of Joshua Reynolds. 1784. Canvas, 238 by 146 cm. (Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Publication Received
Lived in London: Blue Plaques and the Stories Behind them
01/2010 | 1282 | 152
Pages: 49
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Reviewer:
Hopcraft, Alice (Hopcraft, Alice)
Subjects
places:
London
print:
Blue Plaques
print:
London
subjects:
Famous men / Famous women / Houses / Cities / Commemorative monuments
subjects:
English Heritage
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lived in London: Blue Plaques and the Stories Behind them | author: Cole, Emily , introduction by: Fry, Stephen
Publication Received
Spectacular Flirtations: Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theatre
04/2009 | 1273 | 151
Pages: 250
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Reviewer:
Moulden, Sarah (Moulden, Sarah)
Subjects
dates:
1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1829
print:
British art
subjects:
British painting / Portraits / Actors and actresses / Theatre (discipline) / Famous women / Women
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Spectacular Flirtations: Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theatre | author: Perry, Gillian
Article
The Nine Worthies
07/1932 | 352 | 61
Pages: 13-15+19
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Author:
Marillier, H. C. (Marillier, H. C.; M., H. C.)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1699
places:
France / England
subjects:
Nine Worthies / Iconography / Chivalry
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries / Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Famous men / Famous women
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
A-The Nine Worthies, from a Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century. The Nine Worthies
Western art unattributed:
B-King Arthur. French, Fourteenth to Fifteenth Century (Mr. Clarence H. Mackay). The Nine Worthies
Western art unattributed:
C-Julius Cœsar, from a Geubels Set. Brussels, Late Sixteenth Century. The Nine Worthies
Western art unattributed:
D-Friedrich Barbarossa. French, c. 1460. The Nine Worthies
Western art unattributed:
E-Guy de Lusignan. French or Flemish, Late Fifteenth Century. The Nine Worthies
Article
Tapestries at Eastnor-I
10/1915 | 151 | 28
Pages: 23-25+29
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Author:
Kendrick, A. F. (Kendrick, A. F.; K., A. F.; K., A.; Kendrick, Albert Frank)
Subjects
artists:
Caron, Antoine
buildings:
Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire, Great Britain
dates:
1550-1599
patrons:
Medici, Caterina de', Queen consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
places:
Italy / France / Flanders / England
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries / Iconography
subjects:
Artemisia II of Caria / Famous women
subjects:
Netherlandish painting
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. "The History of Artemisia." French Tapestries of the 17th Century (The Lord Somers). (A) Decorative Group, 4.11 × 3.12 m. (B) Decorative Group, 4.11 × 3.16 m. Tapestries at Eastnor-I
Short Notice
Notes on the Inventory of Paintings Belonging to John, Lord Lumley, in 1590, and on the Painter Using the Monogram He, Usually Assigned to Lucas D'Heere
03/1909 | 72 | 14
Pages: 366-368
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Author:
Cust, Lionel (L. C.) (Cust, Lionel (L. C.); C., L.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Lumley, John, First Baron Lumley, ca. 1533-1609
dates:
1550-1599
places:
England / Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch painting / Attributions
subjects:
Documents / Inventories
subjects:
Portraits / Famous men / Famous women
subjects:
Sources
Short Notice
The Revenge of Tomyris (A Composition after the Master of Flémalle)
09/1907 | 54 | 11
Pages: 388-390
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Author:
Sobotka, Georg (Sobotka, Georg; Sobotka, George)
Subjects
artists:
Campin, Robert
artists:
Master of Flemalle, now identified with Robert Campin
dates:
1400-1449
places:
Netherlands
subjects:
Paintings / Iconography / Attributions
subjects:
Famous women / Classical literature / Inscriptions
subjects:
Literature in art / Tomyris
Illustrations
Attributed works:
The Revenge of Tomyris. Fifteenth Century Copy of a Composition Attributed to the Master of Flémalle. in the Royal Gallery, Berlin. The Revenge of Tomyris
Attributed works:
The Revenge of Tomyris. Late Sixteenth Century Copy of the Same Composition. In the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. The Revenge of Tomyris