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‘Upon his visit to see my paintings’: sonnets by Artemisia Gentileschi and Pietro della Valle
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 115–125
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Barker, Sheila (Barker, Sheila)
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Bianchi, Eric (Bianchi, Eric)
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1. Right hand of Artemisia Gentileschi holding a brush, by Pierre Dumonstier II. 1625. Black and red chalk on paper, 21.9 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).
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10. Jael and Sisera, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1620. Oil on canvas, 86 by 125 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
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11. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638–39?. Oil on canvas, 96.8 by 75.2 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
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12. Detail of Pittura, by Cesare Ripa. 1603. Engraving. (From the title page of D. Pietersz, ed.: Iconologia, of uytbeeldingen des verstands, Amsterdam 1644).
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2. Pietro della Valle, by Gilliam van der Gouwen. c.1717. Engraving, 14.6 by 18.6 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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3. Penitent Magdalene, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1617. Oil on canvas, 108 by 146.5 cm. (Pitti Palace, Florence).
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4. Christ with Mary and Martha, by Alessandro Allori. 1605. Oil on canvas, 125 by 118 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Allegory of Inclination, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1617. Oil on canvas, 152 by 61 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence).
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6. Sitti Maani Gioerida, by Thomas Hirschmann. c.1670. Engraving, 21.9 by 17.9 cm. (Vienna Museum).
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7. The musicians, by Caravaggio. 1597. Oil on canvas, 92.1 by 118.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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8. St Cecilia playing a lute, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1614. Oil on canvas, 108 by 78.5 cm. (Galleria Spada, Rome).
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9. Barbara Strozzi, by Bernardo Strozzi. 1639. Oil on canvas, 125 by 99 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
Book Review
Orazio Gentileschi e l’immagine di san Francesco: La nascita del caravaggismo a Roma
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1234-1235
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Gash, John (Gash, John)
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Orazio Gentileschi e l’immagine di san Francesco: La nascita del caravaggismo a Roma Edited by Giuseppe Porzio and Yuri Primarosa. 168 pp. incl. 98 col. + 7 b. & w. ills. (Officina Libraria, Rome, 2023), €25. ISBN 978–88–336–7229–8. | :
Illustrations
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1. Ecstasy of St Francis, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1613–15(?). Oil on canvas, 98 by 73 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Ecstasy of St Francis, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1601–05. Oil on canvas, 103 by 76.5 cm. (Private collection).
Article
Artemisia Gentileschi’s ‘Susanna and the elders’ painted for Henrietta Maria
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1053–73
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Izat, Adelaide (Izat, Adelaide)
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Munz, Niko (Munz, Niko)
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1. The painting illustrated in Fig.3, before conservation treatment and prior to structural treatment to remove non-original additions.
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10. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.1, showing former non-original canvas extension.
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing a pinnacle or water-jet and possible part of a wall.
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12. Detail of Fig.10, showing a scroll-like form above the satyr’s head.
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13. Birth of St John the Baptist, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 184 by 258 cm. (© NPL - DeA Picture Library; G. Dagli Orti; Bridgeman Images; Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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14. David and Goliath, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1610–12. Oil on canvas, 173 by 142 cm. (Palazzo Spada, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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15–17: Details of Fig.8 outlined in orange, overlaid with the corresponding lines in green from Fig.3 in three positions: (Fig.15) showing the match around the shoulder and back with the orange dots following where the Royal Collection pentiment lines up with Susanna’s back in the Burghley House painting; (Fig.16) shifted to show the match of the shoulder, arm and hand; and (Fig.17) lining up the Royal Collection knee tracing over the visible pentiment (shown with green dashed lines) of Susanna’s knee in the Burghley House painting.
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18. Detail of Fig.19 outlined in blue overlaid with a tracing in orange from Fig.3.
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19. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1627–30?. Oil on canvas, 90 by 75.4 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; photograph © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638–39?. Oil on canvas, 96.8 by 75.2 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. Detail of Fig.13, showing the midwife outlined in green, overlaid with an inverted tracing in orange of the right-hand elder in Fig.3.
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21. Detail of Fig.3, showing Susanna’s raised foot with pentiment and early drawing line visible in the white drapery.
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22. Bathsheba at her bath, attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1640– 45. Oil on canvas, 288 by 228 cm. (Private collection).
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23. Detail of a design for a painted vertical panel with grotesque ornament, by Inigo Jones, showing Henrietta Maria’s cipher. 1630s. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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24. Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel for the Queen’s House, Greenwich, by Inigo Jones. c.1637. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 19.3 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Institute of British Architects, London).
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25. Detail of Fig.10, showing carbon-based markings to denote positioning.
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26. X-radiograph of Fig.7, showing the hooded reserve left for the elders (showing dark) against the sky, similar in technique and handling to the early reserve left for the elders and visible in Fig.9.
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27. X-radiograph of Fig.14, showing the broad sweeping contour around the shoulder to lay in David’s form and echoing in style and technique the preliminary placing of Susanna’s outline as seen in Fig.9.
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28. Detail of Fig.13, showing the grid-like craquelure resulting from the relatively open weave of the canvas substrate.
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29. Detail of Fig.3, showing the wider craquelure resulting from the finer-woven canvas.
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3. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1638–39. Oil on canvas, 188.9 by 143.2 cm. (after structural treatment to remove non-original additions). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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30. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the area to the right of Susanna’s lower foot.
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31. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from the right edge in the elder’s green brocade .
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32. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the left side of the sky; the warm red preparatory layer is absent from this sample but it shows the lower pale brown preliminary layer that was used under much of the sky area, followed by a bright blue layer containing indigo and lead white. The discoloured smalt layer lies above this.
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33. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the sky area above the elder’s head.
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34. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from a shadow area of Susanna’s hip with some reflected light, showing the thick preparatory layer containing red ochre, followed by the darker brown underpaint for the flesh tones, and finally the bright, densely encrusted aggregates of lead-tin-antinomy yellow near the top.
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4. Detail of the reverse of Fig.3, showing ‘CR’ brand.
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5. The Queen’s Bedchamber, Kensington Palace, by Richard Cattermole. c.1818. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 20.2 by 26.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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6. Photograph of the painting illustrated in Fig.3, from the inventory ‘Pictures in the Royal Collections’, by Richard Redgrave (29th May 1862). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Library, Royal Collection Trust).
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7. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1610. Oil on canvas, 170 by 119 cm. (Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden; Scala, Florence).
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8. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1622. Oil on canvas, 162.5 by 121.9 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. X-radiography of Fig.3.
Exhibition Review
Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 192-195
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Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
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Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento Palazzo Barberini, Rome 26th November 2021– 27th March 2022 | :
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11. Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1621–24. Oil on canvas, 136 by 159 cm. (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT; exh. Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
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12. Judith beheading Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1612. Oil on canvas, 159 by 126 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
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13. Installation view of Caravaggio e Artemisia: la sfida di Giuditta. Violenza e seduzione nella pittura tra Cinquecento e Seicento at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 2021–22. (Photograph Alberto Novelli).
Exhibition Review
By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 64-66
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Cropper, Elizabeth (Cropper, Elizabeth; Cropper, E.)
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By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford 30th September 2021– 9th January 2022 | :
Illustrations
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11. Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1623–25. Oil on canvas, 184 by 141.6 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts; exh. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford).
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12. A hedgehog in a landscape, by Giovanna Garzoni. c.1643– 51(?). Tempera with graphite on parchment, 23.5 by 38 cm. (Private collection; exh. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford; Bridgeman Images).
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13. Bouquet of flowers, by Anna Maria Vaiani. 1633. Engraving on paper, 25 by 17 cm. (From G.B. Ferrari, De Florum Culturam, Rome 1633; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; courtesy Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington; exh. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford).
Article
Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi and ‘Judith and her maidservant’ in Oslo
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 532-543
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Ford, Thierry (Ford, Thierry)
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Gram Bischoff, Nina (Gram Bischoff, Nina)
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Papi, Gianni (Papi, Gianni)
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1. Detail of Fig.4.
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10. Virgin and Child, by Orazio Gentileschi. 1609. Canvas, 98.5 by 75 cm. (National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest).
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11. Weaning Virgin, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1611. Canvas, 131 by 91 cm. (Galleria Corsini, Rome).
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12. Opposite Susanna and the Elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1610. Canvas, 170 by 119 cm. (Graf von Schönborn, Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden).
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13. David and Goliath, by Orazio Gentileschi. 1607–08. Canvas, 185.5 by 136 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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14. Virgin and Child, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1614–15. Canvas, 99.5 by 85 cm. (Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge MA).
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14. Virgin and Child, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1614–15. Canvas, 99.5 by 85 cm. (Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge MA).
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15. Portrait of a lady, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1550. Panel, 109 by 85 cm. (Galleria Sabauda, Turin).
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16. Lucretia, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1612. Canvas, 100 by 77 cm. (Private collection).
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17. Judith slaying Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1620–21. Canvas, 199 by 162.5 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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18. Detail of Fig.4, showing Judith’s hair and ornamentation.
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19. Micro-graph of Fig.4, showing the helical decoration of Athena’s helmet on Judith’s brooch.
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2. Opposite left Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, by Orazio Gentileschi. 1612. Canvas, 132 by 100 cm. (Private collection).
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20. Detail of Fig.17, showing the arc of blood and Judith’s bracelet.
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3. Opposite right Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1613–14. Canvas. 114 by 93.5 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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4. Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, here attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1611–12. Canvas. 136 by 159 cm. (National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo).
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5. Judith with the head of Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1609. Canvas, 129 by 96.3 cm. (Lemme Collection).
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6. Judith slaying Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1612. Canvas, 158.8 by 125.5 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples).
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7. X-radiograph of Fig.4 (National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo).
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8. Detail of Fig.4, showing Judith holding the sword, with infra-red detail showing dark indentation lines.
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9. Detail of Fig.7, showing a change in the positioning of the thumb.
Book Review
Artemisia Gentileschi in a Changing Light. Edited by Sheila Barker.
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 796-797
Exhibition Review
The last Caravaggio
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 325-327
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Brigstocke, Hugh (Brigstocke, Hugh)
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1. Return of the Prodigal Son, by Giulio Cesare Procaccini. 1618–20. Canvas, 142 by 191 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Christ carrying the Cross, by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo. 1614. Canvas, 133 by 183.5 cm. (Università degli Studi, Turin; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Piazza Scala, Milan).
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3. The martyrdom of St Ursula, by Bernardo Strozzi. 1615–18. Canvas, 104 by 130 cm. (Private collection; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Piazza Scala, Milan).
Exhibition Review
Charles I: King and Collector
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 277-282
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Reviewer:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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1. Charles I in the hunting field, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1636. Canvas, 266 by 207 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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3. The miraculous draft of fi shes, Mortlake tapestry after Raphael, with borders designed by Francis Cleyn. c.1639–40. Wool, silk and gilt thread, 530 by 580 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris).
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4. Detail of Fig.3.
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5. The conversion of St Paul, by Palma Giovane. c.1590–95. Canvas, 207 by 337 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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6. St George and the Dragon, by Peter Oliver (after Raphael). 1628. Bodycolour and gold paint on vellum, 22 by 16.5 cm. (Royal Collection / © HM Queen Elizabeth II).
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7. The toilet of Venus, by Guido Reni. c.1620–25. Canvas, 281.9 by 205.7 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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9. Installation view of Charles I: King and Collector at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, showing Charles I, by François Dieussart (1636; Arundel Castle) and Charles I in three positions, by Anthony van Dyck (1635–36; The Royal Collection; photograph Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Western art unattributed:
2. Claudius, Roman, AD43–45. Sardonyx cameo, 20.5 by 16 cm. (Royal Collection / © HM Queen Elizabeth II).
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8. Aphrodite (‘The crouching Venus’). Roman, second century AD. Marble, height 119 cm. (The Royal Collection / © HM Queen Elizabeth II.)
Letter
The Gentileschi and Sauli
08/2003 | 1205 | 145
Pages: 588
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Author:
Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
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