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Article
The Lavoisiers by David: technical findings on portraiture at the brink of revolution
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 780-791
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Mahon, Dorothy (Mahon, Dorothy)
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Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
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1. Antoine-Laurent and Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier, by Jacques-Louis David. 1788. Oil on canvas, 259.7 by 194.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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10. Chapeau à la Tarare, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 17.9 by 19.9 cm. Detail of plate 2 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 36 (10th November 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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10. Chapeau à la Tarare, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 17.9 by 19.9 cm. Detail of plate 2 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 36 (10th November 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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11. Marie-Antoinette and her children, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1787. Oil on canvas, 275 by 216.5 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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12. Louis-Elisabeth de France and her son, by Adélaïde Labille- Guiard. 1788. Oil on canvas, 275 by 160 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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13. Detail of Salon of 1787, by Pietro Antoni Martini. 1787. Etching with engraving, 35.6 by 50.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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14. Alphonse Leroy, by Jacques-Louis David. 1783. Oil on canvas, 72 by 91 cm. (Musée Fabre, Montpellier).
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15. The Chabanel family, by Antoine Vestier. 1786. Oil on canvas, 165.3 by 220.5 cm. (Private collection).
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16. An architect and his family, by Marguerite Gérard. c.1788–89. Oil on panel, 30.5 by 24.1 cm. (Baltimore Museum of Art).
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17. The poorly defended rose, by Michel Garnier. 1789. Oil on canvas, 46.2 by 37.6. (Minneapolis Institute of Art).
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18. Experiments in respiration, by Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier. c.1790. Graphite, pen and ink on paper. (Private collection).
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2. Infra-red reflectogram (IRR) of Fig.1. (Department of Paintings Conservation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Combined elemental distribution map for lead (white) and mercury (red) obtained by macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF). (Department of Scientific Research, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. A line drawing, produced by tracing information obtained by IRR and XRF, suggesting the appearance of the portrait before J.-L. David made significant changes to the composition.
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5. Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1784. Oil on canvas, 155.5 by 130.3 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021).
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6. Madame Élisabeth, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. 1787. Oil on canvas, 146.7 by 155 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Sketch for Charles-Roger, Prince de Bauffremont, by Adélaide Labille-Guiard. 1789–91. Oil on canvas, 34 by 23 cm. (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris).
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8. Baronne de Crussol Florensac, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1785. Oil on canvas, 113.8 by 84 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
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9. Chapeau à la Basile, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 18.2 by 10.2 cm. Detail of plate 3 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 31 (20th September 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Exhibition Review
Lorenzo Lotto: Portraits. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 669-672
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Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
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5. Bishop Bernardo de’ Rossi, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1505. Panel, 54.7 by 43.5 cm. (Museo e Gallerie (Nazionali di Capodimonete, Naples. exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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6. Messer Marsilio Cassotti and his wife Faustina, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1523. Canvas, 71 by 84 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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7. Young man with a lamp, by Lorenzo Lotto. c.1506. Panel, 42.3 by 53.3 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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8. Bishop Tommaso Negri, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1527. Panel, 42 by 53.8 cm. (Franciscan monastery of St Anthony of Padua, Split, exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s Paris portraits 1915–17
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 311-318
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Buckley, Barbara (Buckley, Barbara)
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Duffy, Michael (Duffy, Michael)
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Langley, Allison (Langley, Allison)
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Porell, Mina (Porell, Mina)
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1. Madam Pompadour, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1915. Canvas, 61.1 by 50.2 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
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10. Anna Zborowska, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 130.2 by 81.3 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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11. X-radiograph of Fig.10.
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12. Chromium (left) and calcium (right) XRF mapping images for Fig.10.
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2. Béatrice (Portrait of Beatrice Hastings), by Amedeo Modigliani. 1916. Canvas, 55.2 by 38.2 cm. (The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
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3. Early black-and-white photograph of Fig.2 (Paul Guillaume Archives; © Institut Restellini, Paris).
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4. The pretty housewife, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1915. Canvas, 110.5 by 49.8 cm. (The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
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5. X-radiograph of Fig.4.
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6. Composite of inscription details from (from the top): Fig.4, Fig.9, Fig.2 and Fig.1.
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7. Details of Fig.4 (clockwise from top left): a) green and grey-green peeking through the corners of the proper left eye; b) hairline with underlying warm green tone; c) dark green-black paint tamped or sponged to texture the collar; d) scraping through the background.
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8. X-radiograph of Fig.9.
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9. Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1916. Canvas, 81.3 by 54.3 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
Article
A double-portrait attributable to Marietta Tintoretto
10/2009 | 1279 | 151
Pages: 678-681
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Bull, Duncan (Bull, Duncan; B., D.)
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22. Portrait of a man and a boy, possibly by Marietta Tintoretto. ?1565. Canvas, 103 by 83 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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24. Portrait of Ottavio Strada, by Jacopo Tintoretto. 1567–68. Canvas, 129.3 by 103.6 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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25. Head and drapery studies, from the workshop of Tintoretto. Black and white chalk on blue paper, 43.3 by 27.3 cm. (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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26. X-radiograph of Fig.24.
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27. Tracing from Fig.26, showing the underlying composition.
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28. Portrait of Jacopo Strada, by Titian. 1567–58. Canvas, 123 by 95 cm. (Kunst­historisches Museum, Vienna).
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29. Double-portrait, here tentatively identified as a self-portrait with Jacopo Strada, by Marietta Tintoretto. 1567–68. Canvas, 99.5 by 121 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
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30. Detail of Fig.27 in reverse.
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23. Portrait of a woman (called a self-portrait of Marietta Tintoretto). Veneto school, c.1560. Canvas, 93.5 by 91.5 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Article
Reversing the roles: Van Dyck's portrait of Lady Elizabeth Thimbleby with her sister Dorothy Savage
02/2009 | 1271 | 151
Pages: 79-83
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Liedtke, Walter A. (Liedtke, Walter A.; Liedtke, Walter)
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Safer, Michelle (Safer, Michelle)
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4. Lady Elizabeth Thimbleby with her sister Dorothy Savage (?), by Anthony van Dyck. c.1635. Canvas, 132 by 149.9 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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5. Lady Elizabeth Thimbleby with her sister Dorothy Savage (?), probably from the workshop of Anthony van Dyck. c.1635–37?. Canvas, 130.8 by 154.3 cm. (Private Collection, New York).
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6. Dorothy, Viscountess Andover (?) (formerly known as Elizabeth, Lady Thimbleby), by Anthony van Dyck. c.1637. Canvas, 113 by 99 cm. (Private Collection).
Short Notice
An ambivalent image: Lely’s double-portrait of Charles I and the Duke of York
03/2007 | 1248 | 149
Pages: 180-182
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Harris, Frances (Harris, Frances)
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36. Charles I with James, Duke of York, by Peter Lely. 1647. 126.4 by 146.7cm. (Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Middlesex).
Article
Titian's Portrait of the Empress Isabella
08/1903 | 6 | 2
Pages: 280-283+285
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Gronau, Georg (Gronau, Georg; G., G.; Gronau, Georgio)
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Oakley, P. H. (Oakley, P. H.; Williams, P.H. Oakley; Oakley Williams, P.H.)
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Copy of the Portrait of the Empress Isabella from Which Titian Painted the Portrait Now in the Prado Gallery, Madrid; In a Private Collection at Florence
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Portrait of the Empress Isabella by Tiziano Vecellio; In the Prado Museum, Madrid.
Book Review
The Ambassadors Unriddled
08/1903 | 6 | 2
Pages: 367-369
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Reviewer:
Colvin, Sidney (Colvin, Sidney; C., S.)
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The Ambassadors Unriddled | author: Dickes, W. F.