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Art and diplomacy: the embassy of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, to Spain and Portugal (1666–68)
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 535-551
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Delaforce, Angela (Delaforce, Angela)
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1. Charles II, by Pieter Thys. 1659–60. Oil on canvas, 221 by 135 cm. (Government Art Collection).
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10. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, by Feliciano de Almeida. 1668. Oil on canvas. (Destroyed by fire; Alamy Stock Photo).
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12. Christ falling on the way to Calvary, by Raphael. 1515–16. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 318 by 229 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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13. St Ildefonso receiving the Chasuble from the Virgin Mary, by Felipe Bigarny. Completed in 1527. Marble. (Toledo Cathedral, Castille la Mancha; Alamy Stock Photo).
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14. View of the Real Alcázar, Madrid, by Felix Castello. 1650. Oil on canvas. (Museo Municipal, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
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15. View of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Spanish School. 17th century. Oil on canvas, 189 by 241 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Philip IV, with the Panteón dos Reys built during his reign, frontispiece of F. de los Santos: Descripcion breve del Escorial [. . .], Madrid 1667, by Pedro de Villafranca. 1667. Engraving. (Alamy Stock Photo).
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17. Frontispiece and title page in quarto of F. de los Santos: Escurial, or, a Description of that Wonder of the world for Architecture and Magnificence of STRUCTURE [. . .], London 1671. (Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid).
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18. A vessel with the figures painted by Michaell Angelo, by William Ferrer. 1668. Pen and Indian ink on paper, 10.4 by 13.4 cm. (From Journal, SPM, VII, fol.288r; private collection).
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19. Cooling vessel, attributed to the workshop of Orazio Fontana. 1570– 75. Ceramic paste, height 42 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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2. A Sybil, by Jacopo Palma Vecchio. c.1522–24. Oil on panel, 74.3 by 55.1 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. High altar of the Basilica of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, designed by Juan de Herrera. 1579–86. Marble, jasper and gilded bronze. (Alamy Stock Photo).
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21. Charles II of Spain, by Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo. 1670. Oil on canvas, 161.3 by 109 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
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3. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, by Peter Lely. 1660–65. Oil on canvas, 223.2 by 130.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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4. Title page of A.A. Barba: The Art of Metals, transl. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, London 1674. (Wellcome Trust, London).
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5. Title page of G. Alonso de Herrera: Obra de Agricultura, Madrid 1645, one of two editions printed by Carlos Sanchez, inscribed by John Evelyn. (John Evelyn Collecion, British Library; Eve.b.35).
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6. Virgen de la Piedad or Sexta Angustia, by Gregorio Fernández. 1616–19. Carved and polychromed wood, 175 by 218 by 140 cm. (Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid).
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8. The River Tagus and Citty of Lisbona, by Dirk Stoop after the Earl of Sandwich. 1663. Etching printed on silk, 44 by 73.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Church of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, façade designed from 1582 by Juan de Herrera. (Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
11. Terrace of São Vicente de Fora, with the view of Lisbon and the Tagus described by the 1st Earl of Sandwich. (Photograph Dominic Delaforce).
Western art unattributed:
7. Roman amphitheatre at Mérida, Spain. c.8 BCE. (Alamy Stock Photo).
Article
Eighteenth-century English silver for King João V of Portugal
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 826–833
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Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
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2. Portrait of Secretary of State Diogo Mendonça Corte Real, by Guillaume François Laurent Debrie. 1730. Engraving. (From Retratos de Cardeaes, Bispos, e Varoens Portuguezes Illustres em Nobreza, Armas, Letras, e Santidade Coordenados nos Mezes de Abril e Maio do Anno do Senhor, Lisbon 1791, fol.40A; Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Secção de Iconografia, Lisbon).
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3. Portrait of King D. João V, by Pompeo Batoni. 18th century. Oil on canvas, 90 by 70 cm. (Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisbon).
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4. Model of the sculptural group for the funerary monument of Manuel Pereira de Sampaio, by Filippo della Valle. c.1753. Terracotta and paint, height 56.5 cm. (Museu de Lisboa, Lisbon.)
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5. Centrepiece with Neptune, by Paul Crespin and Nicholas Sprimont. 1741–42. Embossed and chiselled gilded silver, 49 by 66 by 47 cm. (© 2024 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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6. Wine cooler made for Louis Henri de Bourbon, by Gabriel Huquier after Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. 1748. Engraving, 17.9 by 25.9 cm. (Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New York).
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7. Basin, by Paul Crespin. 1722–23. Silver, height 14.7 cm., diameter 49.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
1. Paul Crespin. British. c.1726. Oil on canvas, 114 by 90 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The ‘Pangolin Fan’: An Imperial Ivory Fan from Ceylon
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1036-1038
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Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
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The ‘Pangolin Fan’: An Imperial Ivory Fan from Ceylon By Hugo Miguel Crespo and Annemarie Jordan Gschwend. 231 pp. incl. over 100 col. ills. (Jaime Eguiguren Art and Antiques, Buenos Aires, 2022). ISBN 978–84–09–41680–6. | :
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4. The ‘Pangolin Fan’. Sri Lanka, c.1540–51. Carved ivory, silver and carnelian. (Private collection).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Detail of Fig.4.
Book Review
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 547
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Reviewer:
Purcell, Mark (Purcell, Mark)
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The Lost Library of the King of Portugal By Angela Delaforce. 330 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2019),  45. ISBN 978–1– 912168–15–6. | :
Book Review
Die Stadt von der Neuzeit bis zum 19. Jahrhundert: Urbane Entwürfe in Europa und Nordamerika. By Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 92-93
Article
Art and festivities in eighteenth-century Rome: letters from a Portuguese priest, 1721–22
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 387-393
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Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
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1. and 2. A mechanism to raise and lower lamps in churches, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.395r and 396v of Jesuitas, Armário Jesuítico, Livro 27; Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, hereafter ANTT).
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11. The instruments for the making of the Agnus Dei, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fol.385r of Jesuitas, Livro 27; ANTT).
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12, 13 and 14. Decorations for the Corpus Domini procession, Rome, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.403r, 403v and 404r of Jesuitas, Livro 27, ANTT).
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3. Piazza del Esquilino and S. Maria Maggiore, Rome, by Alessandro Specchi. 1702. Engraving, 44.5 by 68.1 cm. (Photograph Bridgeman Images).
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4. The altar of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Gesù, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona. 1669. (Fondo Edifici di Culto, Ministero dell’Interno, Florence; photograph Scala, Florence).
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5. The gallery in Palazzo Colonna, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fol.378v of Jesuitas, Livro 27; ANTT).
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6. Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga in glory, by Pierre Legros. 1697–99. Marble. (S. Ignazio, Rome).
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7. Charlemagne, by Agostino Cornacchini. 1725. Marble. (St Peter’s Basilica, Rome).
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8 and 9. The decoration of the interior of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli on the occasion of the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal, after Manuel de Campos. 1721–22. Black ink on paper. (Fols.421v and 422r of Jesuitas, Livro 27 ANTT).
Western art unattributed:
10. The decoration of the interior of the church of S. Maria in Aracoeli for the feast of St Elizabeth of Portugal, July 1722. Black ink on paper, 45 by 60 cm. (Gabinetto Comunale delle Stampe, Rome, GS 3673).
Exhibition Review
Portuguese painting and sculpture. Lisbon
07/2017 | 1372 | 159
Pages: 579-580
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van Kessel, Elsje (van Kessel, Elsje)
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67. The Panel of the Archbishop, from the Panels of St Vincent, by Nuno Gonçalves. c.1470 (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon)
Exhibition Review
The patronage of King João V of Portugal
12/2013 | 1329 | 155
Pages: 855-856
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Delaforce, Angela (Delaforce, Angela)
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62. Detail showing St Jerome, on the base of a candlestand, made by Giuseppe Gagliardi and completed by Leandro Gagliardi from models by Giovanni Battista Maini (Museu de São Roque, Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Lisbon)
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63. Baptism of Christ, by Mattia Moretti after the painting by Agostino Masucci (after restoration) (Main altar of the Chapel of St John the Baptist, Church of São Roque, Lisbon)
Article
Roman Baroque silver for the Patriarchate of Lisbon
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 384-389
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Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
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32. Immaculate Conception, by Giovanni Battista Maini (Private collection)
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33. The Virgin and Child, by Giovanni Battista Maini (Private collection, Malta)
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34. Monstrance made by Antonio Arrighi after designs by Giovanni Battista Maini (Treasury, Lisbon Cathedral)
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28. Drawing of the grilles for the chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Patriarchate, Lisbon, to be made by Matteo Piroli (Weale Album, MS 497, fol.295, no.94, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)
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29. Drawing of the grilles for the chapel of the Baptistery of the Patriarchate, Lisbon, to be made by Andrea Valadier and Luigi Valadier (Weale Album, MS 497, fol.269, no.87, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)
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30. Drawing of the grilles for one of the chapels of the Patriarchate, Lisbon, to be made by Antonio Montauti (Weale Album, MS 497, fol.303, no.96, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)
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31. Design for a baptismal font for the Baptistery of the Patriarchate, Lisbon, to be made by Francesco Giardoni (Weale Album, MS 497, fol.273, no.88, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris)
Article
Eighteenth-century Roman silver for the chapel of St John the Baptist in the church of S. Roque, Lisbon
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 528-535
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Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
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20. Baldachin, by Felice Sciffone, Agostino Ancidoni and Lucino Celladini; altar frontal, by Antonio Arrighi; and altar set (six candlesticks and cross), by Angelo Spinazzi, Giovanni Felice Sanini, Tommaso Politi and Francesco Antonio Salci. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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21. Detail of altar frontal in Fig.20. c.1744–50. Silver and lapis lazuli, 112 by 230 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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22. Candlestick, by Giuseppe and Leandro Gagliardi. c.1744–49. Gilt silver, 285 by 105 by 105 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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23. Chalice, by Antonio Gigli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 29 cm. high. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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24. Set of three altar canons, by Antonio Vendetti. c.1744–50. White and gilt silver, 49 by 53 by 9.5 cm.; 42 by 33 by 6 cm.; 42 by 33 by 6 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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25. Pair of cruets and salver, by Antonio Gigli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 17.8 by 12 by 6.3 cm. (cruets); 21.2 by 27.5 cm. (salver). (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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26. Basin and ewer, by Vincenzo Belli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 28.5 by 14 by 13.5 cm. (ewer); 42.5 by 54 by 4 cm. (basin). (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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27. Host box, by Francesco Smitti. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 8 by 9 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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28. St Prosper reliquary, by Carlo Guarnieri. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 89 by 43 by 35 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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29. St Felix reliquary, by Carlo Guarnieri. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 81 by 30 by 34 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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