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Exhibition Review
Siena: The Rise of Painting
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 586–591
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Reviewer:
Dalvit, Giulio (Dalvit, Giulio)
Subjects
artists:
Duccio di Buoninsegna / Martini, Simone / Lorenzetti, Ambrogio / Lorenzetti, Pietro / Tino di Camaino
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
Siena
subjects:
Paintings / Sculpture / Metalwork / Manuscripts / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Siena: The Rise of Painting National Gallery, London 8th March–22nd June 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Reconstruction of the inner and outer faces of the Orsini polyptych. (Courtesy Matilde Grimaldi).
Attributed works:
2. Pieve polyptych, by Pietro Lorenzetti. c.1320. Tempera on panel, 312 by 295 by 9 cm. (S. Maria della Pieve, Arezzo; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Crucifixion, attributed to Guccio di Mannaia. c.1310– 20. Marble and coloured wax, 44.8 by 28 by 3.2 cm. (Palazzo Arcivescovile, Siena; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
4. Angel presenting a bishop, by Tino di Camaino. 1318–21. Marble, 81.5 by 32 by 14 cm. (Liebieghaus, Frankfurt; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
6. Entombment, by Simone Martini. c.1326– 34. Tempera on poplar, 23.7 by 16.7 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; exh. National Gallery, London).
Western art unattributed:
5. Reconstruction of portable reliquary. 1347. Frame: gilded wood, modelled gesso, gilded glass, glass and cabochons, 66.7 by 51.3 by 25.3 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art; exh. National Gallery, London). Panel: Virgin and Child with saints and the Annunciation. Gilded glass, 25.1 by 10.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; exh. National Gallery, London).
Book Review
Siena and the Angevins, 1300–1350: Art, Diplomacy, and Dynastic Ambition
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 379
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Reviewer:
Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
Subjects
artists:
Tino di Camaino / Lorenzetti, Ambrogio
places:
Siena / Naples
subjects:
Early Italian art / Angevin / Royalty / Patronage
subjects:
Louis of Anjou, Saint
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Siena and the Angevins, 1300–1350: Art, Diplomacy, and Dynastic Ambition By Diana Norman. 272 pp. incl. 50 col. + 55 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2018),  106.50. ISBN 978–2–503–57436–3. | :
Book Review
A Connoisseur and His Clients: The Correspondence of Charles Fairfax Murray with Frederic Burton, Wilhelm Bode and Julius Meyer (1867–1914). Edited by Paul Tucker
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 883-884
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Reviewer:
Avery-Quash, Susanna (Avery-Quash, Susanna; Quash, Susanna Avery-)
Subjects
art literature:
Murray, Charles Fairfax / Burton, Frederic William / Bode, Wilhelm von / Buchanan, William / Smith, John, English dealer and writer, 1781-1855 / Burckhardt, Jacob / Condivi, Ascanio
art literature:
Meyer, Julius / Hauser, Alois, the elder
artists:
Kettle, Tilly / Rossetti, Dante Gabriel / Bellini, Giovanni / Correggio / Benvenuto, Girolamo di / Lorenzetti, Ambrogio / Lorenzetti, Pietro / Sansovino, Jacopo / Lippi, Filippino / Matteo di Giovanni
dates:
1850-1899 / 1900-1949 / 1900-1909 / 1910-1919
media:
Documents / Drawings / Prints / Sculpture / Metalwork / Maiolica
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Welbeck Abbey, London, Great Britain / New Gallery, London, Great Britain / Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Great Britain / Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain / Agnew's, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Durlacher Bros., London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain
subjects:
British painting / Italian painting / Dutch painting / Northern European / Art dealers / Connoisseurs / Collectors / Curators / Museum directors / Restorers / Donors / Art market / Collections / Collecting / Collections, Public / Collections, Private / Libraries / Gifts / Hanging (installation technique) / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Attribution / Attributions / Attributions, former / Copies / Reproductions / Correspondence / Exhibition reviews
Book Review
Rugs in Late Medieval Siena; Carpet Studies 1300–1600. By Marco Spallanzani
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 429-430
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Reviewer:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
Subjects
art literature:
Bode, Wilhelm von
artists:
Niccolò di Buonaccorso / Mantegna, Andrea / Giovanni da Udine / Leonardo da Vinci / Gozzoli, Benozzo / Lorenzetti, Ambrogio / Giovanni di Paolo
collectors and dealers:
Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530
dates:
1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Carpets / Textiles / Paintings
museums and institutions:
Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574 / Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609
places:
Italy / Florence / Siena
subjects:
Italian painting / Oriental rugs / Ornament / Geometric patterns / Influence / Visual sources / Medici family / Archives
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Marriage of the Virgin, by Niccolo di Buonaccorso. c.1380. Egg tempera on poplar, 50.9 by 33 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Book Review
Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Edited by Alessandro Bagnoli, Roberto Bartalini and Max Seidel
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 346-347
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Reviewer:
Lubbock, Jules (Lubbock, Jules)
Subjects
art literature:
Ghiberti, Lorenzo / Vasari, Giorgio
artists:
Lorenzetti, Ambrogio / Giotto / Martini, Simone
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Frescoes
museums and institutions:
Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
places:
Italy / Siena
subjects:
Italian painting / Exhibition catalogues / Attributions / Iconography / Philosophy / Fresco painting
subjects:
Dante Alighieri
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Detail from Presentation at the Temple, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. 1342. Tempera on wood, 257 by 168 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Book Review
Images-within-Images in Italian Painting (1250–1350). Reality and Reflexivity, P. Bokody
03/2016 | 1356 | 158
Pages: 206-207
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Reviewer:
Schmidt, Victor M. (Schmidt, Victor M.)
Subjects
artists:
Giotto / Daddi, Bernardo / Lorenzetti, Ambrogio / Lorenzetti, Pietro
artists:
Gaddi, Taddeo
buildings:
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua, Italy
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1349
subjects:
Italian painting / Paintings within paintings / Frescoes / Realism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
55. Presentation in the Temple, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. 1342 (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)
Short Notice
Ambrogio Lorenzetti at Montesiepi
03/1977 | 888 | 119
Pages: 187-188
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Author:
Luchs, Alison (Luchs, Alison)
Subjects
artists:
Lorenzetti, Ambrogio
buildings:
San Galgano, Montesiepi, Italy
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Italy / Siena
subjects:
Italian painting / Attributions
Article
Towards a Relative Chronology of the Frescoes in the Lower Church of San Francesco at Assisi
06/1976 | 879 | 118
Pages: 361-366
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Author:
Simon, Robin (Simon, Robin)
Subjects
artists:
Lorenzetti, Ambrogio
artists:
Martini, Simone
artists:
Lorenzetti, Pietro
buildings:
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Italy / Assisi
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes
subjects:
Chapels / Dating
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Madonna and Child with Saints, by Simone Martini. (Right Transept, Lower Church of S. Francesco, Assisi). Photo: Alinari.
Western art unattributed:
13. Detail Showing Changes to Ribs at North-East Corner of Crossing. (Lower Church of S. Francesco, Assisi). Photo: Author.
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail Showing Changes to Ribs at South-East Corner of Crossing. (Lower Church of S. Francesco, Assisi). Photo: Author.
Western art unattributed:
15. Exterior of the Madgalen Chapel (Lower Church of S. Francesco, Assisi). Photo: Author.
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail of Junction of St Nicholas Chapel with Magdalen Chapel. (Lower Church of S. Francesco, Assisi). Photo: Author.
Western art unattributed:
17. Exterior of St Martin Chapel. (Lower Church of S. Francesco, Assisi). Photo: Author.
Western art unattributed:
19. Exterior of St Nicholas Chapel. (Lower Church of S. Francesco, Assisi). Photo: Author.
Short Notice
The Will of Ambrogio Lorenzetti
08/1975 | 869 | 117
Pages: 543-544
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Author:
Wainwright, Valerie (Wainwright, Valerie)
Subjects
artists:
Lorenzetti, Ambrogio
dates:
1300-1349
places:
Italy / Siena
subjects:
Italian painting / Documents / Wills
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: The Great Age of Fresco in New York [Metropolitan Museum]
01/1969 | 790 | 111
Pages: 50-53+55
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Reviewer:
Schulz, Juergen (Schulz, Juergen)
Reviewer:
Schulz, Anne Markham (Schulz, Anne Markham)
Subjects
artists:
Lorenzetti, Ambrogio
dates:
1960-1969
dates:
1300-1499
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
sources:
Cennini, Cennino di Drea
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes
subjects:
Sinopie
subjects:
Techniques / Sources
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: The Great Age of Fresco in New York [Metropolitan Museum] | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
74. The Annunciation (Incarnation), by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Sinopia, 240 by 344 cm. (Oratory of San Galgano, Montesiepi.)
Attributed works:
75. The Annunciation, by the Workshop of Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Fresco, 240 by 344 cm. (Oratory of San Galgano, Montesiepi.)
Attributed works:
76. The Trinity and St Jerome with Saints Paula and Eustochium, by Andrea del Castagno. c. 1454-1455. Fresco, 300 by 179 cm. (Santissima Annunziata, Florence.)
Attributed works:
77. St Jerome with Saints Paula and Eustochium, Here Attributed to an Anonymous Master and Andrea del Castagno. c. 1454-1455. Simopia, 300 by 179 cm. (Santissima Annunziata, Florence.)
Attributed works:
78. The Resurrection, by Andrea del Castagno. c. 1445-1450. Sinopia, 401 by 180 cm. (Refectory of Sant'Apollonia, Florence.)
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