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Exhibition Review
Hugo van der Goes: Between Bliss and Pain
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 778–781
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Reviewer:
Jones, Susan (Jones, Susan; Jones, Susan Frances)
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Hugo van der Goes: Between Bliss and Pain Gemäldegalerie, Berlin 31st March–16th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Virgin and Child (Madonna of the crescent moon), by Hugo van der Goes. After 1476. 40.5 by 27 cm. (Musei Civici, Pavia; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
2. Triptych of the Martyrdom of St Hippolytus, by Hugo van der Goes. c.1475 and 1479. Oil on panel, 91 by 40 cm. (St Salvator’s Cathedral, Bruges; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
3. St Luke drawing the Virgin, attributed to Hugo van der Goes. c.1475–80. Oil on oak, 104 by 62.8 cm. (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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4. Christ on the Cross, by Hugo van der Goes. c.1480. Brush in dark brown, heightened with white, on violetgrey primed paper. 25.8 by 20.4–21 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
Donatello in Florence, Berlin and London
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 761–771
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Author:
Röstel, Alexander (Röstel, Alexander )
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Donatello. Inventor of the Renaissance, Berlin, 2nd September 2022–8th January 2023. | :
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Donatello. Sculpting the Renaissance, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 11th February–11th June 2023. | :
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Donatello. The Renaissance, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 19th March–31st July 2022. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Virgin and Child (The Pazzi Madonna), by Donatello. c.1420–25. Marble, 74.5 by 73 by 6.5 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Installation view of Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2023, showing a group of sculptures depicting the Virgin and Child.
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11. Virgin and Child (The Piot Madonna), by Donatello and workshop. c.1440. Terracotta with traces of gilding, inset with wax medallions under glass, diameter 75 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
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12. Virgin and Child (The Dudley Madonna), by Donatello. c.1440. Marble, 27 by 16.5 by 2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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13. Flagellation and Crucifixion (The Forzori Altar), by Donatello. c.1450. Terracotta, 54.5 by 30.4 by 4.5 cm. (Flagellation), 53.5 by 27 by 5 cm. (Crucifixion) and 11.6 by 48.4 by 2.3 cm. (predella). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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2. Amor–Attis, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Bronze, partially gilded, 103 by 55 by 45 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. The feast of Herod, by Donatello. c.1423–27. Gilded bronze, 60 by 59.7 by 9 cm. (Baptistery of S. Giovanni, Siena; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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4. Installation view of Donatello: The Renaissance at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 2022, showing on the right St Louis of Toulouse by Donatello.
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5. Ascension with Christ giving the keys to St Peter, by Donatello. c.1428–30. Marble, 40.6 by 114.3 by 5.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Capital for the pulpit of Prato Cathedral, by Donatello and Michelozzo. 1433. Bronze, 94.5 by 143.5 by 50 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. David, by Donatello. c.1408–16. Marble, 191 by 57.5 by 32 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Installation view of Donatello: Inventor of the Renaissance at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 2022, showing the Martelli David and Bronzino’s portrait of Ugolino Martelli.
Attributed works:
9. Installation view of Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2023.
Article
The man who never was – almost
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 57-65
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Author:
Nesselrath, Arnold (Nesselrath, Arnold)
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Attributed works:
1. The Trinity with Sts Sebastian and Roch and The creation of Eve, by Raphael, photographed after its recent restoration. c.1499. Oil on canvas, each 266 by 94 cm. (Pinacoteca Comunale, Città di Castello).
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10. Portrait of a woman (‘La donna velata’), by Raphael. c.1513–14. Oil on canvas, 82 by 60.5 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
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11. St Cecilia, attributed to Giovanfrancesco Penni. c.1514. Graphite, pen and ink and wash with white lead on paper, 26.8 by 16.3 cm. (Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris).
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2. View of the Logge in the Vatican, by Ludwig Gruner. 1844. Chromolithograph, 54.8 by 37.3 cm. (page). (From Fresco Decorations and Stuccoes of Churches and Palaces in Italy during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, with Descriptions by Lewis Gruner, London 1844; Royal Collection Trust; © HM King Charles III 2023).
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3. St Paul preaching in Athens, by the Mortlake Tapestry Manufactory after a cartoon by Raphael. After 1625. Wool, silk and linen tapestry, 433 by 538 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
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4. Virgin and Child (‘The Tempi Madonna’), by Raphael. 1507–08. Oil on panel, 75 by 51 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
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5. Dead boy on a dolphin, attributed to Lorenzetto, after a design by Raphael. Marble, 39 by 106 cm (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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6. Detail of Procession to Calvary, by an unknown collaborator of Rapahel. c.1504–05. Oil on panel, 24.4 by 85.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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7. St George, by Raphael. c.1505. Oil on panel, 30.7 by 26.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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8. Holy Family with a pomegranate, by Raphael. c.1507–08. Pen and ink and black and red chalk on paper, 35.3 by 23.4 cm. (Palais de Beaux-Arts, Lille).
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9. Vault of the Chapel of St Helena, S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, designed by Baldassare Peruzzi. 1496–1509. Mosaic. (Alamy).
Exhibition Review
Late Gothic: The Birth of Modernity
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 840-842
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Reviewer:
Lutz, Gerhard (Lutz, Gerhard)
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Late Gothic: The Birth of Modernity Gemäldegalerie, Berlin 21st May–5th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Annunciation, by Konrad Witz. c.1440. Oil on panel, transferred to board, 158.1 by 120.6 cm. (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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6. Bust of a man, by Niclaus Gerhaert. c.1463. Sandstone, 44 by 30 by 34 cm. (Musée de l’oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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7. The resurrected Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene, by Tilman Riemenschneider. 1490–92. Limewood, 143.5 by 101.5 cm. (Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin; exh. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Short Notice
Aby Warburg’s ‘Bilderatlas Mnemosyne’: systems of knowledge and iconography
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1078-1084
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Author:
Zöllner, Frank (Zöllner, Frank)
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Reviewed Items
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Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne – The Original, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (1st September–30th November). | :
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Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Between Cosmos and Pathos: Berlin Works from Aby Warburg’s Mnemosyne Atlas (8th August–1st November), | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Panel B from Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, photographed in October 1929. (Warburg Institute, London).
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2. Panel 77 from Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, as reconstructed in the exhibition Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne – The Original, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. (Photograph Wootton / fluid).
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3. Panel C from Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, photographed in October 1929. (Warburg Institute, London).
Western art unattributed:
4. A detail from Fig.2, showing W. Riemer: Eßt Fisch dann bleibt ihr schlank gesund u[nd] frisch (Eat fish and you will stay slim, healthy and fresh). 1927. Lithograph poster, 71 by 47.5 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek).
Article
The Nobili altarpiece from S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 14-25
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Author:
Gordon, Dillian (Gordon, Dillian)
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1. Hypothetical reconstruction of the Nobili altarpiece, S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence, by Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood. Reconstruction by the author with Rachel Billinge. Main tier: Virgin and Child enthroned with Sts John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, James and Bartholomew, each panel: 186 by 70 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin). Predella: left to right Bernardo di Cino Bartolini de’ Nobili and his sons (see Fig.6); Feast of Herod, Crucifixion and St James and the sorcerer Hermogenes, each panel 43 by 67 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris); Piera degli Albizzi and her daughters (see Fig.7). Pinnacles: Angel Gabriel; Blessing Redeemer; Annunciate Virgin, each panel 67.3 by 30.5 cm. (Collezione Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti, on permanent loan to Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino). Pilasters: Outer left side, top to bottom Deacon saint (see Fig.9); Mary Magdalene (see Fig.8); and Baptism of Christ (see Fig.3). Inner left side, top to bottom St Peter (see Fig.9); and St Benedict (see Fig.8). Inner right side St Paul (see Fig.9); and St Bernard (see Fig.8). Outer right side Bishop saint (see Fig.9); St Catherine (see Fig.8); and Hermogenes throwing books on sorcery into a river (see Fig.4).
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10. Virgin and Child with Sts Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels, by Agnolo Gaddi. c.1387. Tempera on poplar panel, left panel 197 by 80 cm.; middle panel 204 by 80 cm.; right panel 194.6 by 80 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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2. Nobili arms as granted to Bernardo di Cino by Charles V of France in 1379 (repr. R. Ciabani: Le famiglie di Firenze, Florence 1992, III, p.806).
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3. Baptism of Christ, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on panel, 38.4 by 28.7cm. (National Gallery, London).
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4. Hermogenes throwing books on sorcery into a river, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on panel, 30.00 by 21.6 cm. (Alana Collection, Newark DE).
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5. Detail of Fig.6.
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6. Bernardo di Cino Bartolini de’ Nobili and his sons, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood, 38.1 by 28.9 cm. (Richard L. Feigen Collection, New York).
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7. Piera degli Albizzi and her daughters, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Tempera on wood, 27.4 by 21.7 cm. (Alana Collection, Newark DE).
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8. St Mary Magdalene (73.5 by 19cm.); St Benedict (73.7 by 19.4 cm.); St Bernard of Clairvaux (73.7 by 20 cm.), by Agnolo Gaddi. St Catherine of Alexandria (73.6 by 19.4 cm.), by Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco. 1387. Tempera on wood; all now framed together as a single unit. (Clowes Collection, Indianapolis/Newfields Museum of Art).
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9. Bishop saint, St Peter, St Paul and Deacon saint, by Lorenzo Monaco. 1387–88. Now framed together as a single unit, 55.8 by 75 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; formerly in Göttingen Universitätsmuseum).
Western art unattributed:
11. Charles V of France and his sons, the future Charles VI, and Louis d’Orléans, with Sts John the Baptist, Charlemagne and Louis of Toulouse; Eighteenth-century watercolour copy of parts of an embroidery once belonging to the duc de Berry. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, Réserve, OA 13, fol.16, Gaignières 444).
Western art unattributed:
12. Queen Jeanne de Bourbon with two of her daughters and Sts Catherine and Louis of France. c.1374. Eighteenth-century watercolour copy of parts of an embroidery once belonging to the duc de Berry. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, Réserve, OA 13, fol.17, Gaignières 445).
Article
Supplementing the eye: the technical analysis of Frans Hals’s paintings – i
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 934-941
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Author:
Tummers, Anna (Tummers, Anna)
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1. Portrait of a woman, by Frans Hals. c.1632–35. Oil on canvas, 76 by 61.4 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie).
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10. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element iron (Fe).
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11. Neutron-Autoradiograph of Fig.1 (second recording).
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12. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element copper (Cu).
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13. Neutron-Autoradiograph of Fig.1 (fifth recording).
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14. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element calcium (Ca).
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15. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element mercury (Hg).
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16. Hyperspectral image of Fig.1 (detail), juxtaposing the ground layer with the adjacent collar.
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17. Hyperspectral image of Fig.1, showing the partially exposed ground layer.
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18. Hyperspectral image of Fig.1, showing the spectral characteristics of flesh tones in the face and hands.
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2. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
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3. Details of Fig.2 showing bottom strip aligned with top part.
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4. Automated Canvas Analysis, showing the cusping (thread intersection angle in degrees).
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5. Photomicrograph of Fig.1, showing the incised line at the right edge.
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6. Reconstruction of the formats of Fig.1. Yellow margins: format of 1767, probably identical to the original dimensions; Blue margins: format of 1786, when the image was clearly reduced in size (the cuffs were covered by the frame at the bottom and slightly at the left edge); Red margins: present format, with extensions at lower and left edges.
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7. Infrared reflectogram of Fig.1.
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8. Neutron-Autoradiograph of Fig.1 (first recording).
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9. MA-XRF scan of Fig.1, showing the element manganese (Mn).
Book Review
Gestatten Suermondt! Sammler, Kenner, Kunstmäzen. Edited by Peter van den Brink and Wibke Vera Birth
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 695-696
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Reviewer:
Tuohy, Thomas (Tuohy, Thomas)
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Gestatten Suermondt! Sammler, Kenner, Kunstmäzen Edited by Peter van den Brink and Wibke Vera Birth. 440 pp. incl. 660 col. + b. & w. ills. (Belser Verlag, Stuttgart, 2018), | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Catharina Hooft with her nurse, by Frans Hals. 1619–20. Oil on canvas, 91.8 by 68.3 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Article
‘Mantegna and Bellini’ in London and Berlin
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 660-665
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Author:
Campbell, Caroline (Campbell, Caroline)
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1. Detail of The Agony in the Garden, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1458–60. Egg tempera on panel, 80.4 by 127 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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2. Crucifixion, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1465. Oil or egg tempera on panel, 71 by 63 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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3. Detail of Three stories of Drusiana and St John the Evangelist, showing the raising of Drusiana, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1465. Oil or egg tempera on panel, 32 by 202 cm. (Schlossmuseum, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria).
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4. Dead Christ supported by two angels, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1485– 1500. Egg tempera on panel, 78 by 48 cm. (Statens Museum, Copenhagen).
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5. Installation view of Mantegna and Bellini at the National Gallery, London, showing three canvases from Mantegna’s Triumphs of Caesar. (Photograph National Gallery Image Library).
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6. Nativity, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1480. Pen and brush and brown ink on laid paper, 21.1 by 21.1 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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7. St Mark healing Ananias, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1485. Pen and brown ink on paper, 18.4 by 17.2 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin).
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8. Two studies of the Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Andrea Mantegna. Early 1460s. Pen and brown ink on paper, 15.1 by 10 cm. (Private collection; photograph Art Photo Studio di Paolo Manusardi).
Exhibition Review
Mantegna and Bellini. National Gallery, London
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1038-1041
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Reviewer:
Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Presentation of Christ in the Temple, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1454. Egg tempera on canvas, 77.5 by 94.4 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. National Gallery, London).
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2. Presentation of Christ in the Temple, by Giovanni Bellini, c.1470–75. Panel, 80 by 105 cm. (Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice; exh. National Gallery, London).
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3. Dead Christ supported by four angels, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1470. Egg tempera (?) on panel, 80.5 by 120 cm. (Museo della Città ‘Luigi Tonini’, Rimini; exh. National Gallery, London).
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4. Death of the Virgin, by Andrea Mantegna. c.1460–64. Egg tempera on panel, 54.5 by 42 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. National Gallery, London).
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