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Obituary
Alastair David Laing (1944–2024)
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1094–6
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Rowell, Christopher (Rowell, Christopher)
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1. La vie champêtre, by François Boucher. c.1728. Oil on canvas, 61 by 48 cm. (Belton House, Lincolnshire).
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2. Alastair Laing in in the Long Gallery at Osterley Park, where he was responsible for the hang, July 2001. (© Lucy Dickens; National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Yevonde: Life and Colour
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1140–1143
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Stein, Lisa (Stein, Lisa)
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Yevonde: Life and Colour National Portrait Gallery, London 22nd June–15th October | :
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19. Lord and Lady Derwent (Comtesse Sabine Czaykowska and George Harcourt Vanden-Bampde- Johnstone, 3rd Baron Derwent), by Yevonde. (Mark Evans Picture Library; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
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20. Muhammadu Kabir Usman (son of Usman Nagogo) and Ibrahim (son of Yusifu Lamba), grandsons of Muhammadu Dikko, Emir of Katsina, by Yevonde. 1933. Tri-colour separation negative, modern print exhibited. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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21. Self-portrait with Vivex One- Shot Camera, by Yevonde. 1937. Tricolour separation negative, modern print exhibited. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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22. Venus surrounded by mask and deep sea fish, by Yevonde. 1938. Tri-colour separation negative, modern print exhibited. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Painted Love: Renaissance Marriage Portraits
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1005-1007
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Hearn, Karen (Hearn, Karen)
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Painted Love: Renaissance Marriage Portraits Holburne Museum, Bath 26th May–1st October | :
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5. Dish painted with depiction of lovers, by Giacomo Mancini. c.1550. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 26.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Holburne Museum, Bath).
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6. Marriage portrait of Jakob Fugger and Sybilla Artzt, by Hans Burgkmair the Elder. 1498. Oil on panel, 51 by 75 cm. (Private collection; exh. Holburne Museum, Bath).
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7. Portrait of a lady, by Alesso Baldovinetti, c.1465. Tempera and oil on panel, 62.9 by 40.6 cm. (National Gallery, London; exh. Holburne Museum, Bath).
Book Review
Van Dyck and the Making of English Portraiture
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1037-38
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Shawe-Taylor, Desmond (Shawe-Taylor, Desmond)
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Van Dyck and the Making of English Portraiture By Adam Eaker. 256 pp. incl. 101 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–913107–34–5. | :
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4. Thomas Killigrew and William, Lord Crofts (?), by Anthony van Dyck. 1638. Oil on canvas, 132.9 by 144.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © His Majesty King Charles III 2023).
Book Review
Anthony van Dyck and the Art of Portraiture
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 321-322
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Hearn, Karen (Hearn, Karen)
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Anthony van Dyck and the Art of Portraiture By Christopher White. 300 pp. incl. 251 col. + 5 b. & w. ills. (Modern Art Press, London, 2021), £35. ISBN 978–0–9568007–9–4. | :
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8. Detail of Agostino Pallavicini, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1622. Oil on canvas, 216 by 141 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Book Review
The Political Portrait: Leadership, Image and Power
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1211-1212
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Pieri, Giuliana (Pieri, Giuliana)
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The Political Portrait: Leadership, Image and Power Edited by Luciano Cheles and Alessandro Giacone. 368 pp. incl. 200 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, Abingdon, 2020), £120. ISBN 978–1–138–05423–3. | :
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5. Benito Mussolini promoting the ‘Battle for Grain’ in Aprilia. 1938. Postcard.
Book Review
Kunst. Macht. Image: Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici (1667–1743) im Spiegel ihrer Bildnisse und Herrschaftsräume
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 303
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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Kunst. Macht. Image: Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici (1667–1743) im Spiegel ihrer Bildnisse und Herrschaftsräume By Laura Windisch. 331 pp. incl. 26 col. + 39 b. & w. ills. (Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, Cologne and Weimar, 2019), €55. ISBN 978–3–412–51178–4. | :
Exhibition Review
Jean Ranc: Un Montpelliérain à la cour des rois
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1091-1092
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Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
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Jean Ranc: Un Montpelliérain à la cour des rois Edited by Michel Hilaire, Stéphan Perreau and Pierre Stépanoff. 320 pp. incl. 210 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Musée Fabre, Montpellier, and Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2020), £45. ISBN 978–88–366–4416–2. | :
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10. Jeanne Catillon, by Jean Ranc. 1706. Oil on canvas, 72 by 60 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée Fabre, Montpellier).
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9. Ferdinand VI as boy, by Jean Ranc. c.1723. Oil on canvas, 144 by 116 cm. (Museo Nacional de Prado, Madrid).
Article
In search of Hanako: fifty portraits by Rodin
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 850-859
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Ariot, Chloé (Ariot, Chloé)
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Cascio, Agnès (Cascio, Agnès)
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Mary, Guylaine (Mary, Guylaine)
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1. Portraits of Hanako by Auguste Rodin assembled in the conservation studio of the Musée Rodin, Meudon, February 2019. (© Musée Rodin – Jérôme Manoukian).
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10. Diagram showing the development of Auguste Rodin’s portraits of Hanako. (© Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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11. Detail of Type F bust, S.00029, showing traces of the cruciform network of seam lines from the first mould. (© Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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12. Juxtaposition of the profiles of Types A to G. (© Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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13 and 14. Details (enlarged 3x) demonstrating the progression from Type F to Type C. The star-shaped seam-line network in the mould M.00579 appears first on the Type F bust, S.00559 and then on the Type C mask, S.00538. (© Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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15 and 16. Details (enlarged 2x) demonstrating the progression from Type B (S.00552) to Type D (S.00544). (Photograph © Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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17. Hanako-Beethoven, by Auguste Rodin. 1912. Plaster reworked with modelling clay, height 53.5 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.02242; photograph © Musée Rodin).
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18. Detail of Hanako, mask (Type C) in clay, by Edward Steichen. c.1910–11. Platinotype, 31.6 by 24.3 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris; © Musée Rodin).
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2. Hanako, mask (Type A), by Auguste Rodin. 1907. Terracotta, height 16.4 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00196; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
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3. Hanako standing, by the Fudji (New York studio). 1909[?]. Photograph. (Musée Rodin, Paris).
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4. Hanako, mask on a disc (Type B), by Auguste Rodin. c.1910–11. Plaster, height 22.5 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00552; photograph © Musée Rodin).
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5. Hanako, mask on a disc (Type C), by Auguste Rodin. c.1910–11. Plaster, height 26 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00538; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
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6. Hanako, mask (Type D), by Auguste Rodin. c.1910–11. Plaster, height 24.7 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00554; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq)
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7. Hanako, mask (Type E), by Auguste Rodin. c.1907–08. Terracotta, height 26.6 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00194; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
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8. Hanako, bust portrait (Type F), by Auguste Rodin. 1907, cast made in 1910. Plaster, height 47.7 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00559; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
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9. Hanako, mask (Type G), by Auguste Rodin. c.1907?. Terracotta, height 21.3 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00549; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
Short Notice
A lost portrait by F.G. Stephens
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 598-601
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Wilkes, Robert (Wilkes, Robert)
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11. Charles Bridger, by Frederic George Stephens. 1855. Oil on canvas, approx. 12 by 8.2 cm. (Photograph Tate Archives).
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12. Dorothy Mary Stephens (The artist’s stepmother), by Frederic George Stephens. c.1852. Oil on canvas, approx. 52 by 38 cm. (Repr. in J.B. Manson: Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, London 1920, pl.4).
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13. Septimus Stephens (The artist’s father), by Frederic George Stephens. 1852–53. Oil on canvas, approx. 52 by 38 cm. (Repr. in J.B. Manson: Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, London 1920, pl.3).
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14. The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The eve of St Agnes), by William Holman Hunt. 1848. Oil on canvas, 75 by 113 cm. (Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London Corporation; Bridgeman Images).
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15. John Key, by William Holman Hunt. c.1846– 47. Oil on canvas, 35.6 by 30.5 cm. (Tate).
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16. Dorothy Mary Stephens, by Frederic George Stephens. c.1850–52. Graphite on paper, 19.4 by 17.5 cm. (Tate).
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