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Book Review
Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 326–327
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Subjects
dates:
1520-1549 / 1550-1649
subjects:
English art / Tudor / Stuart
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England By Christina J. Faraday. 198 pp. incl. 120 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2023), £45. ISBN 978–1–913107–37–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Unknown man clasping a hand from a cloud, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1588. Watercolour on vellum mounted on brown card, height 6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Holbein in exhibitions in Frankfurt and London
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 166–170
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Holbein, Hans the Elder, ca.1465-1524 / Burgkmair, Hans, the elder
artists:
Holbein, Ambrosius / Hilliard, Nicholas / Eyck, Jan van
dates:
1500-1549
museums and institutions:
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany / Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, Great Britain
subjects:
German painting / British painting / Tudor / Courts (social groups) / Portraits / Attributions / Sitters
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Holbein and the Renaissance in the North, Städel Museum, Frankfurt,(2nd November 2023–18th February 2024) | :
subjects:
Holbein at the Tudor Court, Queen's Gallery, London, (10th November 2023–14th April 2024) | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a man with the surname Fischer, by Hans Holbein the Elder. c.1512. Silverpoint on prepared paper, reworked with brush and ink, 13.5 by 9.5 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
Attributed works:
2. Portrait of a man with the surname Fischer, by Hans Holbein the Younger (?). 1512. Oil on panel, 35 by 26.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
Attributed works:
3. The wife of a man with the surname Fischer, by Ambrosius Holbein (?). 1512. Oil on panel, 35 by 26.6 cm. (Kunstmuseum Basel; Bridgeman Images; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
Attributed works:
4. Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1527. Black and coloured chalks, pricked for transfer to a wooden panel, 39.8 by 29.9 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
5. Unidentified man, perhaps George Cornwall, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1535–40. Oil and tempera on panel, diameter 32.4 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
Attributed works:
6. Anne Boleyn, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1532–36. Black and coloured chalks on pink prepared paper, 28.2 by 19.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
7. Unidentified man, perhaps George Cornwall, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1543? Black and coloured chalks with black and brown inks on pink prepared paper, 27.9 by 19.1 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 74-76
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Hilliard, Nicholas / Eworth, Hans / Horenbout, Lucas / Metsys, Quinten / Geeraerts, Marcus, the elder, 1520 - bef. 1604
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Tapestries / Carpets / Silver plate / Stained glass / Medals / Jewellery / Furniture / Embroidery / Sculpture
media:
Miniatures (paintings) / Books / Manuscripts
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
patrons:
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
subjects:
British art / Tudor / Courts (social groups)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Angel bearing a candlestick (one of a pair), by Benedetto da Rovezzano. 1524–29. Bronze, 101 by 50 by 33 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
11. Elizabeth I (Sieve Portrait), by Quentin Metsys the Younger. 1583. Oil on canvas, 124.5 by 91.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
12. Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1537. Oil on panel, 28 by 20 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
London’s ‘Golden Mile’: The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550–1650. By Manolo Guerci.
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1290-1291
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Reviewer:
Saint, Andrew (Saint, Andrew)
Subjects
places:
London / The Strand (London)
subjects:
Jacobean / Tudor / Architecture / Palaces / Urban history / Maps
Reviewed Items
subjects:
London’s ‘Golden Mile’: The Great Houses of the Strand, 1550–1650 By Manolo Guerci. 336 pp. incl. 220 col. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for the Study of British Art, London, 2021), £50. ISBN 978–1–913107–23–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail from West Central District, by Wenceslaus Hollar, showing Worcester House, the Savoy and Somerset House on the south side of the Strand, and Exeter (otherwise Burghley) House opposite on the north side. c.1660. Etching, 34.8 by 45.6 cm. (Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington).
Exhibition Review
The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 792-794
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Reviewer:
Hearn, Karen (Hearn, Karen)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Elder, ca.1465-1524 / Geeraerts, Marcus, the younger, 1561-1635
museums and institutions:
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Great Britain / Holburne Museum, Bath, Great Britain
patrons:
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 / Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of Henry VIII, King of England / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 / Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England
subjects:
Tudor / Monarchy / Royalty / Politics / Portraits / Cultural history / Tournaments / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 21st May–29th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1537. Oil on panel, 91.5 by 73.5 cm. (Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and North East Somerset Council; exh. Holburne Museum, Bath).
Attributed works:
6. Battle off the Isle of Wight, 4th August 1588. 1589. Pen, ink and watercolour on linen rag paper, 27 by 37 cm. (Courtesy National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth).
Attributed works:
7. Installation view of The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2022, showing the Westminster Tournament Roll, 1511 (The College of Arms, London).
Book Review
Elizabethan Globalism: England, China and the Rainbow Portrait
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 637-638
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Great Britain
patrons:
Cecil, Robert, First Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612
subjects:
East-West trade / Tudor
works:
The Rainbow Portrait (Elizabeth I)
Reviewed Items
works:
Elizabethan Globalism: England, China and the Rainbow Portrait By Matthew Dimmock. 336 pp. incl. 90 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019), £50. ISBN 978–1–913107–03–1. | :
Book Review
Tudor Textiles
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 294-295
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Reviewer:
Hayward, Maria (Hayward, Maria)
Subjects
subjects:
Tudor / Textiles / Velvets / Damask / Silks / Embroidery
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tudor Textiles By Eleri Lynn. 208 pp. incl. 132 col. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, in association with Historic Royal Palaces, London, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–0–300–24412–0. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of the Stonyhurst chasuble. 15th century, much altered. Cloth of gold and red silk damask velvet. (© Stonyhurst College; courtesy Historic Royal Palaces).
Article
Meynnart Wewyck and the portrait of Lady Margaret Beaufort in the Master’s Lodge, St John’s College, Cambridge
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 314-319
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Author:
BOLLAND, Charlotte (BOLLAND, Charlotte)
Author:
Chen, Andrew (Chen, Andrew)
Subjects
artists:
Wewyck, Meynnart / Lockey, Rowland
dates:
1500-1519
media:
Paintings / Stained glass
places:
St John's College, Cambridge, Great Britain
subjects:
Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509 / Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509 / Documentation / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Archives / Attributions / Provenance / Portraiture / Netherlandish School / Tudor / Frames
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Lady Margaret Beaufort, by Meynnart Wewyck. c.1510. Panel, 180 by 122 cm. (St John’s College, Cambridge; courtesy the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lower edge of the engaged frame. (Courtesy National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.6, showing the lower edge of the engaged frame. (Courtesy Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
4. Right Reverse of Fig.1. (Courtesy Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
5. Lady Margaret Beaufort, by Rowland Lockey, after Meynnart Wewyck. 1596. Panel, 180.1 by 115.9 cm. (St John’s College, Cambridge; courtesy the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
6. Henry VII, here attributed to Meynnart Wewyck. c.1501–09. Panel, 38 by 24.5 cm. (Society of Antiquaries, London).
Attributed works:
7. Margaret Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset [?], installed by Simon Symondes and Thomas Peghe. c.1510. Stained glass. (Christ’s College, Cambridge).
Book Review
English Silver before the Civil War: The David Little Collection, by Timothy Schroder
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 648
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Reviewer:
Kennedy, Kirstin (Kennedy, Kirstin)
Subjects
subjects:
Collections, Private / Silverwork / English
subjects:
Tudor
Publication Received
Heralds and Heraldry in Shakespeare’s England. Edited by Nigel Ramsay.
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 357
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Subjects
subjects:
Essays / Heraldry / Portraits / Tudor / Jacobean / Interior design
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