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A rediscovered ‘Madonna and Child with angels’ by Lorenzo d’Alessandro da San Severino
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 4-15
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Author:
Hilliam, Amanda (Hilliam, Amanda)
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1. Madonna and Child with angels (after conservation), by Lorenzo d’Alessandro da San Severino. c.1475. Tempera on panel, 70.4 by 40.5 cm. (Private collection; A.R.T & Co., Unicam).
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10. Virgin and Child, by Carlo Crivelli. 1472. Tempera on panel, 98.4 by 43.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Crucifixion, St Adrian on horseback, Martyrdom of St Bartholomew and Adoration of the Magi, by Luca di Paolo and Lorenzo d’Alessandro da San Severino. c.1475. Tempera on panel, 213 by 244 cm. (Museo Piersanti, Matelica).
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11. Crucifixion, St Adrian on horseback, Martyrdom of St Bartholomew and Adoration of the Magi, by Luca di Paolo and Lorenzo d’Alessandro da San Severino. c.1475. Tempera on panel, 213 by 244 cm. (Museo Piersanti, Matelica).
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12. Detail of Fig.11, showing the Virgin and Child.
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13. Virgin and Child with angels, by Luca di Paolo. c.1470–75. Tempera on panel, 93 by 53.5 cm. (Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia; courtesy the Italian Ministry of Culture; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Madonna and Child with saints, by Vittore Crivelli (painting) and Domenico Indivini (frame). 1489. Tempera on panel, 381 by 253 cm. (Pinacoteca Comunale, San Severino; Alamy Stock Photo).
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3. Madonna and Child with saints, by Lorenzo d’Alessandro da San Severino (painting) and Domenico Indivini (frame). c.1493. Tempera on panel. (Church of San Francesco, Serrapetrona).
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4. Mystic marriage of St Catherine of Siena, by Lorenzo d’Alessandro da San Severino. After 1481. Tempera on panel, 144.8 by 145.4 cm. (National Gallery, London; Alamy Stock Photo).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing the Virgin’s mantle clasp.
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6. Detail of Fig.7 showing the underdrawing of the kneeling donors.
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7. Digital infra-red reflectography of Fig.1. (A.R.T & Co., Unicam).
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8. Madonna and Child with saints, by Niccolò di Liberatore da Foligno. 1468. Tempera on panel, 282 by 268 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, San Severino).
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9. Virgin and Child from the Massa Fermana Altarpiece, by Carlo Crivelli. 1468. Tempera on panel. (Pinacoteca Comunale di Massa Fermana; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Michelangelo’s Bruges Madonna: its patron, material and meaning
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1123–1139
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Author:
Nuttall, Paula (Nuttall, Paula)
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1. The Bruges Madonna in situ in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Church of Our Lady, Bruges. (Photograph the author).
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10. Virgin and Child, by Benedetto da Maiano. Before 1497, completed 1575. Marble, height 140 cm. (Oratorio della Misericordia, Florence).
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11. Detail of the Barbadori Altarpiece, by Filippo Lippi. 1438. Tempera on panel. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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12. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph the author).
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13. Virgin and Child, by Gentile da Fabriano. 1425. Fresco. (Orvieto Cathedral; photograph Jeff Cotton).
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14. Detail of Fig.13, showing left hands of the Virgin and Child. (Photograph Jeff Cotton).
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15. Detail of Fig.2, showing the hands of the Virgin and Child. (Photograph the author).
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16. Virgin and Child, by Tino da Camaino. 1320–21. Marble, height 78 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Studies for the Apostles, Battle of Cascina, the Bruges Madonna and an architectural element, by Michelangelo. c.1503–04. Black chalk, dark brown ink, pen and lead point on paper, 27.3 by 26.2 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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19. Detail of Fig.18 (top right of sheet), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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2. Madonna and Child (the Bruges Madonna), by Michelangelo. 1504–05. Marble, height 128 cm. (Church of Our Lady, Bruges; Bridgeman Images).
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20. Detail of Fig.18 (centre of sheet), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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21. Detail of Fig.18 (top of left-hand edge), showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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22. Detail of Fig.18 (centre and bottom of left-hand edge), showing studies for the Bruges Madonna.
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23. Three studies of nude men and the Virgin and Child, by Michelangelo. c.1504–05. Black chalk, dark and light brown ink, pen and lead point on paper, 31.5 by 27.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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24. Tomb of Pieter Moscron. 1829, with original sixteenth-century brass coats-of-arms. (Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Church of Our Lady, Bruges; photograph Brit Vanraepenbusch).
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25. Detail of Fig.23, showing a study for the Bruges Madonna.
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26. Detail of Fig.1, showing the Moscron coat-of-arms, here attributed to Joost Aerts and Jan de Smet. c.1558–65. (Photograph the author).
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27. Detail of Fig.1, showing the 17th-century swag above the central niche. (Photograph the author).
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3. Margaret of York and Mary of Burgundy kneeling before a white statue of St Anne, fol.2v of the Register of the Guild of St Anne, by Circle of Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy. c.1476. Gold and bodycolour on vellum, height 33 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited, 2024; Bridgeman Images).
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4. White Virgin of Jean de Berry. French, c.1400. Marble, height 146 cm. (Bourges Cathedral; Alamy Stock Photo).
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5. Detail of a cast of the Bruges Madonna, showing the different treatment of the front and back of the base. 1871. Plaster. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph the author).
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6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the chisel marks on the base. (Photograph the author).
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7. Detail of Fig.2, seen from the left. (Photograph the author).
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8. Detail of Fig.2. (Photograph the author).
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9. Detail of Judith and Holofernes, by Donatello. c.1456. Bronze. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Photo Scala, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
17. Our Lady of Leuven. Netherlandish, 13th century (reworked 1442). Polychromed and gilded wood and rock crystal, height 160 cm. (Church of St Peter, Leuven).
Article
New documents for Vincenzo Foppa and Ludovico Brea in Liguria
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 921-27
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Author:
Zurla, Michela (Zurla, Michela)
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1. Madonna and Child enthroned, with saints and the donor Giuliano Della Rovere (Della Rovere Altarpiece), by Vincenzo Foppa and Ludovico Brea. 1487–90. Tempera and oil on wood. (Oratory of S. Maria di Castello, Savona).
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2. Madonna and Child enthroned, with saints and the donor Manfredo Fornari (Polyptych of the Madonna del Libro), by Vincenzo Foppa. 1489, Tempera on wood, 210 by 181 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Savona; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Martyrdom of St Sebastian, by Vincenzo Foppa. 1485–90. Detached fresco on canvas, 265 by 170 cm. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan; courtesy Italian Ministry of Culture; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Madonna and Child enthroned with angels playing music, by Ludovico Brea. 1510–20. Oil on wood, 110 by 70 cm. (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan; Photo Scala, Florence).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing Giuliano della Rovere as well as some of the sculpted elements of the polyptych.
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6. St Stephen, by Vincenzo Foppa. 1460–62. Tempera on wood, 89 by 34 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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7. Archangel Michael, by Vincenzo Foppa. 1460–62. Tempera on wood, 91 by 34 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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8. Detail of Fig.1, showing the Virgin and Child.
Short Notice
Parmigianino, Damiano Pieti and the beauty of architecture in the ‘Madonna of the long neck’
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 932-37
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Shorter Notice by:
Vaccaro, Mary (Vaccaro, Mary)
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1. Detail of Fig.2, showing the unfinished colonnade.
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2. Madonna of the long neck, by Parmigianino. c.1534–40. Oil on panel, 216.5 by 132.5 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Leo Baptista de Albertis Florentinus de Architectura, by Damiano Pieti. 1538. (Biblioteca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia, MSS Rari G3, fol.240r)
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4. Study for Madonna of the long neck, by Parmigianino. 1530s. Red chalk heightened with white on paper, 20 by 12 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
The Embroidered Altarpiece from El Burgo de Osma
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 879–80
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Reviewer:
Monnas, Lisa (Monnas, Lisa)
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The Embroidered Altarpiece from El Burgo de Osma Edited by Evelin Wetter and Martha Wolff. 428 pp. incl. 308 col. + b. & w. ills. (Abegg- Stiftung, Riggisberg, 2022), CHF 85. ISBN 978–3–905014–72–3. | :
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Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of the embroidered altarpiece from Burgo de Osma, showing Christ. Spain, mid-1450s–mid-1460s. Linen, silk, gilt and silvered-metal silk threads, seed pearls and metal spangles. (Art Institute of Chicago).
Book Review
Jean Bellegambe (c.1470–1535/36): Making, Meaning and Patronage of His Works
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 748–9
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
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Jean Bellegambe (c.1470–1535/36): Making, Meaning and Patronage of His Works By Anna Koopstra. 160 pp. incl. 105 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2022), €100. ISBN 978–2–503–57437–0. | :
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1. Pottier Triptych (right wing, interior), by Jean Bellegambe. 1526. Oil on panel, 224 by 93 cm. (Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai).
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2. Anchin Polyptych (first opening), by Jean Bellegambe. c.1511–20. Oil on panel, 161 by 112 cm (central panel); 162 by 78 cm (wings). (Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai).
Article
Avignon around 1500: the workshop of Jean II Changenet
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 44–53
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Author:
Elsig, Frédéric (Elsig, Frédéric)
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1. Annunciation, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1485–90. Oil on wood, 80 by 59 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).
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10. St Sebastian destroying the idols, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1490–95. Oil on panel, 81.6 by 54.6 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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11. St Sebastian pierced by arrows, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1490–95. Oil on panel, 82.5 by 55.7 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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12. St Sebastian cured by St Irene, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1490–95. Oil on panel, 82.5 by 55.2 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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13. Death of St Sebastian, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1490–95. Oil on panel, 82.4 by 55.5 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Intervention of St Sebastian during the plague in Rome, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1490–95. Oil on panel, 81.8 by 55.4 cm. (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Bridgeman Images).
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15. St Sebastian before Diocletian and Maximian, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1490–95. Oil on panel, 81.5 by 55.7 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; Bridgeman Images; Fine Art Images).
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16. Reconstruction of the Life of St Sebastian altarpiece in its opened state.
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17. Three prophets, by the Master of the Three Prophets (Josse Lieferinxe?). c.1500. Oil on panel, 61 by 95 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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18. Crucifixion, by the Master of the Crucifixion of the Parliament of Burgundy (Henri Changenet?). c.1511–12. Oil on panel, 170 by 126 cm. (Bridgeman Images; Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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19. Crucifixion of the Parliament of Burgundy, by L. Gaultier. 1618. Engraving. (From H. Picardet: Remonstrances faictes en la cour de parlement de Bourgogne..., Paris 1618, p.248).
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2. St Michael, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1485–90. Oil on wood, 80 by 59 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon; Bridgeman Images).
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20. Adoration of the Magi, Flight into Egypt and Assumption, by Giovanni Grassi (based on a design by Jean II Changenet). 1491–95 (conception) and 1500–01 (completion). Oil on panel, each panel 124 by 62 cm. (© Yvan Bourhis; Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Gretz-Armainvilliers).
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21. Group of men, by the Master of the Three Prophets (Josse Lieferinxe?). c.1490–1500. Oil on panel. (Private collection).
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3. Marriage of the Virgin, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1485–90. Oil on panel, 80 by 60 cm. (Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels).
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4. Visitation, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1485–90. Oil on panel, 37 by 45 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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5. Circumcision, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1485–90. Oil on panel, 78 by 58.5 cm. (NPL – DeA Picture Library and G. Dagli Orti; Bridgeman Images; Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).
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6. Adoration of the Christ Child, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1485–90. Oil on panel, 38 by 47 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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7. Reconstruction of the Life of the Virgin altarpiece in its opened (above) and closed (below) states.
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8. Assumption, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1485–90. Oil on wood, 80 by 60 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).
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9. Pilgrims in front of the tomb of St Sebastian, here attributed to Jean II Changenet. c.1490–95. Oil on panel, 82 by 55 cm. (Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Barberini, Rome; photograph Luisa Ricciarini; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Italians in Avignon in the late fourteenth century: in search of the painters
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 38–43
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Author:
Castelnuovo, Guido (Castelnuovo, Guido)
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1. Virgin of humility, by Simone Martini. 1341. Fresco. (Musée du Palais des Papes, Avignon; formerly in the porch of the cathedral, Notre-Damedes- Doms, Avignon; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Adoration of the Cross (Pérussis altarpiece), by an artist in the circle of Nicolas Froment. 1480. Three panels, each 138.4 by 58.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Anglic Grimoard kneeling before the Virgin and Child (from the Terrier of Anglic Grimoard), by Bernard of Toulouse and Marie. 1366–68. Illumination on parchment, 44.5 by 34.5 cm. (Archives départementales de Vaucluse, Avignon, MS 1.G.10, fol.unnumbered).
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4. Madonna della Misericordia, by Enguerrand Quarton. c.1452. Oil on panel, 66 by 187 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Detail of Prophets, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1353. Fresco. (Great Audience, Papal Palace, Avignon; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
6. A detail of the frescos in the Cardini Chapel, Saint-Didier, Avignon. c.1360–65. (Photograph Zoë Opačić).
Book Review
Toulouse 1300–1400: L’éclat d’un gothique méridional
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 92–93
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
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Toulouse 1300–1400: L’éclat d’un gothique méridional Edited by Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot and Charlotte Riou. 320 pp. incl. 240 col. ills. (Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, Paris, 2022), €39. ISBN 978–2–7118–7501–6. | :
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Western art unattributed:
1. Jean Tissendier with a model of the Rieux Chapel. French (Toulouse), c.1333–43. Limestone, with paint and gilding, 132.5 by 60 by 42 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of St Paul. French (Toulouse), c.1333– 43. Limestone, with paint and gilding, 185 by 63 by 45 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
Article
Alonso Cano’s rediscovered ‘Immaculate Conception’ for San Alberto, Seville
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1290–1299
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Author:
Prieto Navarrete, Benito (Prieto Navarrete, Benito)
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1. Immaculate Conception, here attributed to Alonso Cano. c.1628–29. Oil on canvas, 148.7 by 96 cm. (Private collection).
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10. Detail of Fig.6, showing the Immaculate Conception.
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11. Immaculate Conception with Miguel Cid, by Francisco Pacheco. 1619. Oil on canvas, 160 by 110 cm. (Cathedral of St Mary, Seville).
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12 and 13. Details of Fig.1 showing cherubs painted over angels in the top corners.
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14. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, by Alonso Cano. c.1628–29. Oil on canvas, 116 by 55 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Seville).
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15. The drawing shown in Fig.6 with the surviving paintings from the altarpiece superimposed.
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2. St Francis of Borja, by Alonso Cano. 1624. Oil on canvas, 186 by 120 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Seville).
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3. The Crucified Christ appears to St Teresa, by Alonso Cano. c.1628–29. Oil on canvas, 99 by 43.5 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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4. Christ the Saviour appears to St Teresa, by Alonso Cano. c.1628–29. Oil on canvas, 99 by 43.5 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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5. Christ bearing the Cross (Via Dolorosa), by Alonso Cano. c.1628–29. Oil on canvas, 166.5 by 101 cm. (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA).
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6. Preparatory drawing for an altarpiece with Christ bearing the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and the Immaculate Conception, by Alonso Cano. c.1628– 29. Pencil, pen and brown ink on paper, 38.9 by 27.9 cm. (Félix Palacios Remondo collection, Zaragoza).
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7. Detail of Fig.9, showing the upper part of the body and head.
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8. Detail of Fig.1, showing the upper part of the body and head.
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9. Immaculate Conception, by Diego Velázquez. c.1622. Oil on canvas, 142 by 98.2 cm. (Fundación Focus, Seville).
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