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Editorial
A one billion pound gift
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 3
Article
The art of Qing imperial afterlife: the ‘Pictures of ancient playthings’ (Guwantu 古玩圖) revisited
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 597–611
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Author:
Brosch, Ricarda (Brosch, Ricarda)
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Attributed works:
5. Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor in court dress, by Giuseppe Castiglione. 1736. Ink and colour on silk, 242.2 by 176 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Detail of one section of Pictures of ancient playthings. Chinese. 1728. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Sheet nos.1–9 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, viewed from right to left.
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Sheet nos.11–16 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Detail of the BM scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, showing a Ru-bowl.
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Ru-bowl. Chinese, Northern Song Dynasty. 1086–1125. Glazed stoneware and copper, height 7.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Detail of the BM scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, showing a jade ewer.
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Ewer. Chinese, Yuan period. (1271–1368). Jade, height 17 cm. (Ralph Wanger Collection of Chinese Jades, Chicago).
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Detail of the first section of the BM scroll.
Non-western art unattributed:
17. Part one of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings showing how each antiquity sheet corresponds with a display cabinet.
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Part two of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings showing how each antiquity sheet corresponds with a display cabinet.
Non-western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Fig.21, showing the decoration of the cabinet.
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Title slip of the BM scroll. Chinese. 1728. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Detail of Fig.9, showing the middle part of the second cabinet from the top right with the same form as Fig.21.
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Cabinet. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 19th century?. Wood with black and gold lacquer, 98 by 95.5 by 17.2 cm. (Private collection).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Antiquity wall in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Forbidden City. (From From Yangxindian, p.106).
Non-western art unattributed:
23. The Tai Mausoleum. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 18th century. Ink and colour on silk, 216 by 162 cm. (First Historical Archives, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
24. The Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum, Western Qing Tombs, Yi county. (photograph the author).
Non-western art unattributed:
25. Interior of the Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum. Photograph, early 20th century. (From Liu Dunzhen: ‘Yixian Qing Xiling’, Zhongguo yingzao xueshe huikan (March 1935), pp.68–109, Appendix).
Non-western art unattributed:
26. Groundplan of the Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum, tomb of the Yongzheng Emperor. (From Si-ling, p.97).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Title slip of the V&A scroll. Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Portrait of the Yongzheng Emperor in court dress. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 1723–35. Ink and colour on silk, 277 by 143 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Detail of the first section of Pictures of ancient playthings. Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Detail of the first section of the V&A scroll, showing the placement of the first and second sheets.
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Sheet no.10 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Sheet no.17 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
Non-western art unattributed:
The Pictures of ancient playthings (Guwantu 古玩圖). Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on silk, total length 26.48 m. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London; obj. no.E.59-1911).
Western art unattributed:
27. The 16th Bengal Lancers, with J.S. Rivett-Carnac (top row, second from the left). Photograph, 1900. (New York Public Library Digital Collections).
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11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: i-xxvii
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advertisements:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
A dalmatian hound (possibly owned by the Medici family), by Pandolfo Reschi (1640–96). Oil on canvas, 74.5 by 97 cm. [GALERIE ENRICO FRASCIONE, FLORENCE Fine Arts La Biennale]
Attributed works:
Andrea di Bartolo, Saint Benedict, Sienna, 14th Century £20,000-£40,000 [Sloane Street Auctions]
Attributed works:
ANTOINE-LAURENT DANTAN (Saint-Cloud, 1798 – Paris, 1878) Presumed self-portrait White marble H : 64.5 cm; L : 49 cm; D : 30 cm Signed and dated on the right side : DANTAN aîné 1850 [Charles Ratton & Guy Ladrière]
Attributed works:
Attributed to Anthonis Mor (Utrecht 1516/1521 – Antwerp 1576) Portrait of a humanist Oil on panel, 62.5 x 42.5 cm PROVENANCE: Probably in the collection of Archduke Léopold Wilhelm, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands 1647–1656 [Jacques Leegenhoek]
Attributed works:
Charles Hoyau (d. 1644) Active in Le Mans, France Angel Terracotta with original paint and gilding Circa 1630 73 cm high [Daniel Katz Gallery]
Attributed works:
Circle of Lorenzo Monaco, The Prophet Jeremiah £70,000-£100,000 [Sloane Street Auctions]
Attributed works:
Desiderio da Settignano Umkreis, € 150,000 - 300,000 [Kinsky]
Attributed works:
Domenico Corvi (Viterbo 1721–Rome 1803) The Liberation of the Apostle Peter c. 1770, oil on canvas (detail) 24¾ × 19¼ inches | 63 × 49 cm [Carlo Orsi/Nicholas Hall]
Attributed works:
GEORG PFRÜNDT (1603–1663) GERMAN, SCHWÄBISCH HALL OR NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1625–1635 CAIN AND ABEL Solnhofen stone, 20.5 by 17 cm. [Erik Bizet]
Attributed works:
Giambologna Birdcatcher Cast by Antonio Susini (1558–1624) Florence, c. 1580 Bronze, Height: 31 cm [Stuart Lockhead]
Attributed works:
Gian Maria Falconetto (Veronese, 1468 - 1540), A mythological or historical scene £200,000-£400,000 [Sloane Street Auctions]
Attributed works:
Giovan Battista Foggini (1652 – Florence – 1725) After a model by Giambologna of 1589 Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar Bronze: h. 45.4 cm [Patricia Wengraf]
Attributed works:
Giovanni di Pietro, 1432-pre 1479 A Court Scene £100,000-£200,000 [Sloane Street Auctions]
Attributed works:
Guido Reni Bologna, 1575 - 1642 Christ Bearing the Cross Oil on copper, 49.5 x 36.5 cm [Moretti]
Attributed works:
Jewellery presentation project, by Salvador Dalí (1904–89). 1949– 51. Watercolour, gouache, pencil and collage on cardboard, 30.2 by 18.4 cm. [GALERIA MAYORAL, BARCELONA AND PARIS/Fine Arts La Biennale]
Attributed works:
Jupiter and Antiope, by Rembrandt (1606–69). 1659. Etching and drypoint on paper, 13.7 by 20.4 cm. [GALERIE H.H. RUMBLER, FRANKFURT Fine Arts La Biennale]
Attributed works:
Le Palais de rideaux (The Palace of curtains), by René Magritte (1898–1967). 1928. Oil on canvas, 81 by 116 cm. [GALERIE DE LA BÉRAUDIÈRE, BRUSSELS/Fine Arts La Biennale]
Attributed works:
Niccolo Giolfino (1476 – 1555), Mucius Scaevola thrusting his hand into the Flame £100,000-£200,000 [Sloane Street Auctions]
Attributed works:
Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757) Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1730 Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas 61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in) Charles H. Schwartz Endowment Fund, 2023.33.1 Recently acquired by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut [Ben Elwes Fine Art]
Attributed works:
Vase, by Arthur Craco (1869–1955). c.1900. Enamelled terracotta, height 18.5 cm. [LANCZ GALERIE, BRUSSELS Fine Arts La Biennale]
Attributed works:
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, attributed to Gervais Il Delabarre (1603–1650/53). France, c.1630–40. Gilt and polychrome terracotta, 70 by 55 by 35 cm. GALERIE SISMANN, PARIS/Fine Arts La Biennale]
Attributed works:
Vrancke van der Stockt, Two altar-piece fragments, 15th Century £20,000-£30,000 [Sloane Street Auctions]
Attributed works:
Winter landscape with ice skater and a bird trap, by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638). Oil on panel, 38 by 55.2 cm. [DE JONCKHEERE GALLERY, GENEVA/Fine Arts La Biennale]
Non-western art unattributed:
Folio from the Dastan-i Amir Hamza. Bikaner, Rajastan, c.1680. Ink, watercolour and gold on paper, 24.9 by 16 cm. [ART PASSAGES, SAN FRANCISCO Fine Arts La Biennale]
Non-western art unattributed:
Makonde anthropomorphic pipe. Tanzania or Mozambique, early 20th century. Wood, height 32.5 cm. [BERNARD DE GRUNNE, BRUSSELS. Fine Arts La Biennale]
Western art unattributed:
Head of a king. France, 15th century. Stone, height 26 cm. [GALERIE RATTON  LADRIÈRE, PARIS/Fine Arts La Biennale]
Western art unattributed:
The Master of Monte Oliveto, Christ on the Cross, Early 14th Century £100,000-£200,000 [Sloane Street Auctions]
Exhibition Review
China’s Hidden Century
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1136-1138
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Reviewer:
McKillop, Beth (McKillop, Beth)
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Reviewed Items
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China’s Hidden Century: 1796–1912. Edited by Jessica Harrison-Hall and Julia Lovell. 336 pp. incl. 430 col. ills. (British Museum Press, London, 2023), £30. ISBN 978–0–7141–2494–0. | :
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China’s Hidden Century British Museum, London 18th May–8th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Kesi robe with Japanesestyle decoration. c.1880–1900. Woven silk with embroidery, 134.6 by 134.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
15. All-underheaven complete map of the everlasting unified Qing empire. Beijing, c.1800. Ink on paper, 123 by 231.6 cm. (British Library, London; exh. British Museum, London).
Editorial
The British Museum
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 931
Exhibition Review
Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 895–898
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Reviewer:
Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece British Museum, London 4th May–13th August | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Plate showing a banqueting scene based on the triumph of Dionysos. Parthian or early Sasanian, 100– 300. Silver and gold, diameter 22.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
8. Drinking mug in the form of a lion’s head. Greek, 500–470 BC. Pottery with redfigure decoration, height 14 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
9. Rhyton terminating in a stag’s head decorated with episodes from the myths of Herakles and Theseus. Hellenistic (found in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria), c.300 BC. Gold, height 13.7 cm. (National Museum of History, Sofia; exh. British Museum, London).
Article
Becoming ‘obeliscal’: Van Gogh, ancient Egypt and the global Orient – I: figures
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 280-301
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Author:
Hall, James (Hall, James)
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1. Pots and apples, by Emile Bernard. 1887. Oil on canvas, 46.2 by 55.2 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Hervé Lewandowski).
Attributed works:
10. Hathoric capital from Dendera. Egyptian, 332–30 BC. Limestone, 52.5 by 46 by 11.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
11. Nude girl, seated, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Oil on canvas, 27.1 by 23.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
12. Seated girl and Venus statuette, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Chalk on paper, 47.5 by 62 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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13. Self-portrait as a sphinx, by Léopold Armand Hugo. 1871. Etching on paper, 34 by 25 cm. (Rodin Museum, Paris).
Attributed works:
14. Self-portrait, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54.2 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
15. Galerie Henri IV, the Louvre, looking northwards. 1885. (From C. Aulanier: Le musée Charles X et le département des antiquités égyptiennes (Histoire du palais et du musee du Louvre 8), Paris 1961, p.60).
Attributed works:
16. Bonaparte before the Sphinx (‘Oedipus’), by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1886. Oil on canvas, 61.6 by 101.9 cm. (Hearst Castle, San Simeon CA; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
17. Self-portrait at the easel, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Oil on canvas, 46.5 by 38.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; © Fine Art Images; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
18. Self-portrait at the easel, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 65.1 by 50 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; © Fine Art Images; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
19. Napoleon, after a plaster model by Antoine-Denis Chaudet. 1807–09. Marble, 59 by 28.5 by 26.0 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
21. Aristotle, by Nicola Billy, after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. 1750. Engraving, 23 by 16.5 cm. (including text). (From G.G. Bottari: Musei Capitolini tomus primus(-quartus), Rome 1750, I, no.8).
Attributed works:
22. Egyptian figure, by Carlo Gregorii after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. 1755. Engraving, 34.5 by 17.5 cm. (including text). (From G.G. Bottari: Musei Capitolini tomus primus(-quartus), Rome 1755, III, no.86).
Attributed works:
23. Brutus, drawn after a plaster cast. 1869. Lithograph, 45 by 62 cm. (From C Bargue and J.-L. Gérôme: Cours de dessin, Paris 1869, I, pl.52).
Attributed works:
24. Portrait statue. Engraving, 19 by 13 cm. (internal frame). (From Comte de Caylus, Recueil d’antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grecques, romaines et gauloises, Paris 1752, I, pl.1)
Attributed works:
25. Dante, drawn after a plaster cast. 1869. Lithograph, 45 by 62 cm. (From C Bargue and J.-L. Gérôme: Cours de dessin, Paris 1869, I, pl.34).
Attributed works:
26. Study and Genius unveil ancient Egypt to Greece, by François- Edouard Picot. c. 1827. Oil on canvas, 478 by 600 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Photo Josse; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
28. Julian Père Tanguy, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 92 by 75 cm. (Rodin Museum, Paris; © Peter Willi; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
29. Predominance of the Dimension of Width: Egyptian Temple, by Lé on Gaucherel. 1876. Engraving, 4.3 by 11.5 cm. (From C. Blanc: Grammaire des Arts du Dessin, Paris 1876, p.88).
Attributed works:
3. Exposition Universelle: L’Histoire de L’Habitation Humaine. Wood engraving. (From Le Monde Illustré, 25th May 1889, p.344).
Attributed works:
30. Maurice Appert seated, by Georges Seurat. Before 1888. Conté crayon and gouache on paper, 31 by 24 cm. (Private collection; Lefevre Fine Art Ltd, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
31. Self-portrait with bandaged ear, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 60.5 by 50 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Egyptian House, Exposition Universelle of 1889, by Charles Garnier. 1889. Watercolour on paper, 94.7 by 63.5 cm. (Archives nationales, Paris, CP/F/12/4055/D/A, pièce 10).
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5. Egyptian head, by Vincent Van Gogh, 1890. Chalk on paper, 31.4 by 23.8 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
6. View in North Transept, by Matthew Digby Wyatt after P.H. Delamotte. 1854. Chromolithograph, 18.2 by 26.4 cm. (From Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham, London 1854; photograph Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT).
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7. The Egyptian Hall of the Louvre, visitors in front of the Grand Sphinx, by Guillaume Larrue. c.1880. Oil on canvas, 69 by 88 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Josse; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
8. Middle Egypt – the Sphinx, by Maxime du Camp. December 1849; printed 1851. Salted paper print from paper negative, 42.8 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © His Majesty King Charles III 2022).
Attributed works:
9. Head of a woman (Gordina de Groot), by Vincent Van Gogh. 1885. Oil on canvas, 42.7 by 33.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. The god Re-Horakhty being brought offerings, with fruit on his lap. Egyptian, 943–735(?) BC. Painted wood, 20.8 by 15.7 by 3.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
27. Detail of a statue of Ankh. Egyptian, 2700–2620 BC. Diorite, 62.5 by 20.5 by 32.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
20. Sepa. Egyptian, 2700–2620 BC. Painted limestone, 169 by 44 by 50.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
The fate of the ‘Lawrence Gallery’: Samuel Woodburn and the National Gallery
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1234-1251
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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Attributed works:
1. The Virgin with an angel and child, by Parmigianino. c.1525. Pen, ink and wash over black chalk on pink-tinted paper, 20.1 by 16.1 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Attributed works:
10. Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Jerome (‘The vision of St Jerome’), by Parmigianino. 1526–27. Oil on poplar panel, 342.9 by 148.6 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Study for or after the head of St John, perhaps by Parmigianino or Barocci. 1527 or later. Red, black and white chalk on paper, 39.1 by 25.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
12. Study for the figure of Adam, by Michelangelo. 1511. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 19.3 by 25.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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13. Raising of Lazarus, by Sebastiano del Piombo. 1517–19. Oil on synthetic panel, transferred from wood, 381 by 289.6 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
14. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Raphael. c.1507–08. Oil on canvas, 71.5 by 55.7 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
15. ‘Portrait of the sister of Raffaelle’ attributed to Raffaello Sanzio. 1841. Chalk lithograph on paper within a lithographic mount, 40 by 28.2 cm. (From A Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino, London 1841, pl.16; © Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
16. ‘The Virgin and the Apostles’ attributed to Raffaello Sanzio. 1841. (From A Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino, London 1841, pl.11; © Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
17. The departure of the Argonauts, by Pietro del Donzello. 1487. Oil on panel, 83.8 by 163.8 cm. (The Mari-Cha Collection Limited).
Attributed works:
18. The Argonauts in Colchis, by Bartlommeo di Giovanni. 1487. Oil on panel, 83.2 by 163.8 cm. (The Mari-Cha Collection Limited).
Attributed works:
19. Initial letter ‘A’ for a gradual, including a scene of the Annunciation by Lorenzo Monaco. c.1410. Pen, ink and wash over black chalk on vellum, 40 by 32.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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2. Isabella Hutchinson (Mrs. Wolff), by Thomas Lawrence. 1815. Oil on canvas, 128.2 by 102.4 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
20. Adoration of the Magi, by Baldassare Peruzzi. c.1522–23. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 112.5 by 107 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Samuel Woodburn, by Thomas Lawrence. c.1823. Oil on canvas, 109.2 by 83.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. The woman taken in adultery, attributed to Abraham van Dyck. c.1652. Pen with brown ink and wash with some red chalk and white heightening, 19.3 by 28 cm. (Private collection, courtesy Sotheby’s).
Attributed works:
5. The woman taken in adultery, by Rembrandt. 1644. Oil on oak panel, 83.8 by 65.4 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Rinaldo and Armida, by Anthony van Dyck. 1634–45. Oil on panel, 57 by 41.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
7. Seaport with the embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude Lorrain. 1648. Oil on canvas, 149.1 by 196.7 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
8. Seaport with the embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude Lorrain. c.1648. Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper, 27.1 by 42.2 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
Attributed works:
9. Study for the infant Christ, by Parmigianino. 1526–27. Red chalk on paper, 23.8 by 16.7 cm. (École des Beaux-Arts, Paris).
Editorial
The Parthenon sculptures
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1063
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