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Putting a name to a face: ‘Portrait of a lady’ at Parham House
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 670–79
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Arthur-Hull, Bianca (Arthur-Hull, Bianca)
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Clifford, Elise Effmann (Clifford, Elise Effmann)
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Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
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Montanaro, Sakeenah Teal (Montanaro, Sakeenah Teal)
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1. Portrait of a lady, here identified as Frances Walsingham, Lady Sidney, and here attributed to Robert Peake the Elder, with a slightly later campaign by another artist (William Segar?). c.1584–85?. Oil on panel, 92.5 by 75.6 cm. (Parham House, West Sussex; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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10a. MA-XRF elemental map of mercury in red overlaid on a detail of Fig.1, showing the distribution of presumably vermilion pigment in the outlining design underlying the column motif and the fasteners on bodice. (Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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10b. MA-XRF elemental map of copper in blue overlaid on a detail of Fig.1, showing the distribution of presumably azurite pigment in the pearls. Due to the painting’s condition, the source of copper-containing areas underlying the single pearls atop the columns remains unclear. (Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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11. Lord Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester, attributed to Steven van der Meulen. c.1563, with later additions by another artist to reflect Dudley’s elevation to the peerage (1564) and his induction into the Ordre de St-Michel (1566). Oil on panel, 107 by 80 cm. (Rothschild Family Trust, on loan to Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).
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12. Portrait of a woman, traditionally identified as Mary Clopton (born Waldegrave), of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk, by Robert Peake the Elder. c.1600. Oil on panel, 113.7 by 88.3 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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13. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, with the Lord Steward’s staff, by William Segar. 1587–88. Oil on panel. (Private collection).
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14. Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, by William Segar. 1590. Oil on panel, 112 by 86 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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2. Frances Walsingham, Lady Sidney, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder. c.1586–90. Oil on panel, 85 by 73.9 cm. (Fine Arts Museum San Francisco).
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3. Portrait of an unknown lady, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1595. Watercolour on vellum, 18.2 by 12.2 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the ruff with the ragged staves and snakes. (Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the muff with column and arrows. (Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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6. Emblematic device with inscribed ‘si Deus nobifcum, quis contra nos’ (‘if God is with us, who can be against us?’). (From Geoffrey Wittney, A Choice of Emblemes, and Other Devises, Leiden 1586).
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7. The bear and ragged staff emblem of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, with the motto ‘droit et loyal’, armorial bookbinding stamp, 5.3 by 4.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. Double Leicester rijksdaalder. Minted in Utrecht. 1587. Silver, 58.44 grams. (British Museum, London).
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9a. X-radiograph detail of the portrait in Fig.1 (Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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9b. X-radiograph detail of the portrait in Fig.2, with cradle interference suppressed with Elvacite 2046. (Paintings Conservation Department, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Short Notice
Antoine Caron and Italy
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 478-81
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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1. Massacre of the Triumvirate, by Antoine Caron. 1566. Oil on canvas, 116 by 195 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Massacre of the Triumvirs, by Antoine Caron. c.1562. Oil on canvas, 142 by 177 cm. (Musée départemental de l’Oise, Beauvais; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Detail of Fig.2.
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4. Martyrdom of Sts Peter and Paul, by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio after Parmigianino. 1524–27. Engraving, 26.5 by 45.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Apollo Belvedere, by Antonio Lafrery after Marcantonio Raimondi. 1552. Engraving, 46.5 by 33.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Massacre of the Innocents, by Marco Dente after Baccio Bandinelli. 16th century. Engraving, 41.2 by 57.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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7. Niobid Pedagogue. Rome. First half of the 2nd century CE. Marble, height 164 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
Article
A serendipitous discovery: a lost Italian portrait from Horace Walpole’s miniature cabinet
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 368-375
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Editor:
Concin, Adriana (Concin, Adriana)
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1. The Walpole miniature cabinet, designed by Horace Walpole in collaboration with William Kent. 1873. Padouk veneered onto a pine carcase and set with carved ivory plaques, figures and mounts, 152.4 by 91.5 by 21.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, by Lavinia Fontana. 1599. Oil on canvas, 256 by 325 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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11. Detail of Fig.10.
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12. Fig.4, shown at actual size.
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2. Portrait after a miniature once in Horace Walpole’s collection at Strawberry Hill, by George Perfect Harding. c.1801–53. Watercolour on paper, 16.3 by 12.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. Portrait of Bianca Cappello, after Jacopo Ligozzi. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 33.7 by 19.8 cm. (Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington).
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4. Portrait of a noblewoman, here attributed to Lavinia Fontana. c.1580–90. Oil on copper, 5.5 by 4.75 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Directions for [ar]ranging the pictures in the Rosewood Cabinet in the Tribune, by Horace Walpole. c.1784. Pen and ink with pencil, 32.6 by 25.5 cm. (London Metropolitan Archives).
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6. The Tribune at Strawberry Hill, by John Carter. 1789. Watercolour on paper, 59.2 by 49.5 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.)
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7. Disposition of the miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill, by John Carter. c.1784. Watercolour on paper, 32.6 by 27.5 cm. (From Horace Walpole’s copy of ‘A Description of the Villa of Mr Horace Walpole [. . .]’, London c.1784, fol.33 30; Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington).
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8. Detail of Fig.7, showing the illustration of Fig.4 in Walpole’s miniature cabinet.
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9. Portrait of Bianca Cappello with her son Antonio, Alessandro Allori. c.1580. Oil on canvas, 128.4 by 100.5 cm. (Dallas Museum of Art).
Article
Two unpublished portraits by Lavinia Fontana
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 893-99
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Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto (Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto)
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1. Self-portrait in the studio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1579. Oil on canvas, diameter 15.7 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photo Scala, Florence; courtesy Ministero della Cultura).
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2. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
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3. Federico Pendasio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
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4. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1578. Oil on canvas, 122 by 95 cm. (Museo Civico, Modena).
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5. Federico Pendasio, copy after Lavinia Fontana. First quarter of the 17th century. Oil on canvas, 65 by 51cm. (Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Portrait of a scholar, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 72 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna).
Book Review
The Smiling Walls: Dante e le arti figurative / Dante and the Visual Arts
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 978-9
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Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)
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The Smiling Walls: Dante e le arti figurative / Dante and the Visual Arts Edited by Rossend Arqués, Silvia Maddalo and Laura Pasquini. 544 pp. incl. 120 col. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2023), €190. ISBN 978–2–503–59450–7. | :
Illustrations
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4. Dante and Virgil watching Ugolino della Gherardesca, Count of Donoratico, gnawing the neck of Archbishop Ruggieri. Fresco. 1446. (S. Giorgio di Campochiesa, Albenga).
Article
Expanding the oeuvre of the master metalsmith Orazio Fortezza
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 570–579
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Turner-Vučetić, Flora (Turner-Vučetić, Flora)
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1. Display plate with Michiel coat of arms, here attributed to Orazio Fortezza. (From sale, Sotheby’s, London, Valuable Renaissance Works of Art, p.12).
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10. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Orazio Fortezza.
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11. Abduction of Helen, by Andrea Meldolla (also known as Schiavone). 1547. Etching, 40 by 51.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
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12. Detail of Fig.2, showing the central battle scene.
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13. Basin, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Oracio Fortezza). c.1560. Brass, height 11.5 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
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14. Detail of a ewer, by Orazio Fortezza, showing a portrait with initials in the medallion. c.1557. Brass. (Museo Bargello, Florence).
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15. Detail of Fig.4, showing the Roman commander Horatius Cocllite defending Rome at the Tiber Bridge.
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16. Detail of Fig.4, showing Torquatus fighting against the Gauls.
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17. Detail of Fig.2, showing the Roman commander Horatius Cocllite defending Rome at the Tiber Bridge.
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18. Detail of Fig.6, showing the battle between Publicola and Tarquin the Proud.
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2. Display plate with Foscari arms, here attributed to Orazio Fortezza. c.1560. Brass, engraved and inlaid with pitch, diameter 47.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. Display plate, by Orazio Fortezza. 1555. Brass, engraved and partially inlaid with silver, diameter 48.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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4. Salver, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Horacio Fortezza). 1562. Brass, diameter 46.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Ewer, by Orazio Fortezza (signed Horativs Sibenici). c.1560. Brass, height 30 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Display plate, by Orazio Foretzza (signed Oratio Fortezza). c.1572–75. Brass, diameter 47.5 cm. (City Museum, Šibenik).
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7. Detail of a ewer, by Orazio Fortezza, showing Suetonius in the bottomleft corner. c.1557. Brass. (Museo Bargello, Florence).
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Girolamo Contarini.
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing a portrait here identified as Andrea Meldola (also known as Meldolla or Schiavone).
Book Review
Aiutando l’arte: Les inscriptions dans les décors post-tridentins d’Italie / Le iscrizioni nella pittura posttridentina italiana
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 327–328
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Fontana, Mauro Vincenzo (Fontana, Mauro Vincenzo)
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Aiutando l’arte: Les inscriptions dans les décors post-tridentins d’Italie / Le iscrizioni nella pittura posttridentina italiana Edited by Gwladys Le Cuff and Anne Lepoittevin. 323 pp. incl. 45 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Peter Lang, Brussels, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–2–8076–1780–3. | :
Article
Painting on stone in Rome in the sixteenth century
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 738–753
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Author:
Donati, Andrea Gianluca (Donati, Andrea Gianluca)
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1. Clement VII, by Sebastiano del Piombo. c.1530–34. Oil on slate, 105.4 by 87.6 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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10. Design for the retablo of the Descalzas Reales, Madrid, by Gaspar Becerra. 1563. Brown ink, chalk and wash on paper, 87 by 50.5 cm. (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid).
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11. Lucrezia, by Leonardo Grazia. c.1540–48. Oil on slate, 55 by 43 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
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12. Portrait of a young man (of the Orsini family?), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1545–50. Oil on slate, 54.5 by 40.5 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
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13. Conversion of St Paul, by Taddeo Zuccaro. 1566. Oil on slate. (Cappella Frangipane, S. Marcello al Corso, Rome).
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14. Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria, by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta. 1565–66. Oil on slate, 305 by 188 cm. (Cappella Cesi, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome).
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15. Christ on the Mount of the Olives, by Marcello Venusti. After 1550. Oil on slate, 57 by 75 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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16. St James the Elder, by Marcello Venusti. 1569–70. Oil on slate, 230 by 160 cm. (Cappella Salviati, Arciconfraternitata SS. Annunziata, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome).
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17. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Marcello Venusti. After 1566. Oil on slate, 164 by 82 cm. (Cappella Mutini, S. Agostino, Rome).
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18. Cardinal Alessandro Crivelli, by Marcello Venusti. c.1570–74. Oil on oval slate, height 46 cm. (S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome).
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19. Cappella De Torres, S. Caterina de’ Funari, Rome. (Photograph Paolo Coen).
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2. Deposition, by Luca Penni. After 1542. Oil on slate, 73 by 153 cm. (Auxerre Cathedral).
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20. St John the Baptist, by Marcello Venusti. c.1575. Oil on slate, 260 by 165 cm. (Cappella De Torres, S. Caterina de’ Funari, Rome).
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21. Madonna in glory with the infant Christ, St Peter and St Paul, by Marcello Venusti. 1577. Oil on slate, 243 by 144 cm. (Chapel of Palazzo Senatorio, Rome).
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3. Nativity, by Francesco Salviati. c.1550. Oil on peperino, 176 by 172 cm. (Chapel of the Pallium, Palazzo della Cancellaria, Rome).
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4. Portrait of Roberto Strozzi, by Francesco Salviati. c.1556–57. Oil on Africano marble, diameter 13 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Portrait of a man with a gold coin, by Francesco Salviati. c.1556–57. Oil on slate, 82 by 53.5 cm. (Private collection).
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6. David and Goliath (obverse), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–56. Oil on slate, 133 by 172 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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7. David and Goliath (reverse), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–56. Oil on slate, 133 by 172 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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8. David and Goliath, possibly by Daniele da Volterra. After 1556. Oil on slate, 33.3 by 43.7 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
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9. Baptism of Christ, by Daniele da Volterra and Michele Alberti. c.1556–74. Oil on slate, 360 by 230 cm. (Cardinal Ricci chapel, S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome).
Short Notice
A portrait of Frances Walsingham: identification and future research
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 622-626
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Author:
Clifford, Elise Effmann (Clifford, Elise Effmann)
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3. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, by William Segar. c.1590. Oil on panel, 112 by 86 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
Western art unattributed:
2. Portrait of a woman, here identified as Frances Walsingham, Lady Sidney. c.1585[?]. Oil on panel, 85.1 by 74 cm. (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Western art unattributed:
4. Reconstruction in Photoshop of the original inscription on the cartellino in Fig.3. (Courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; photograph Randy Dodson).
Western art unattributed:
5. Macro detail of Fig.4, showing the craquelure and vanished letters. (Courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; photograph Randy Dodson).
Western art unattributed:
6. Portrait of a woman, here identified as Frances Walsingham, Lady Sidney. c.1585[?]. Oil on panel, 91 by 76 cm. (Parham House, West Sussex; photograph Parham Park Ltd).
Article
The Buccleuch portrait of Sir Nicholas Carew re-examined
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 120-127
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Author:
Kimbriel, Christine Slottved (Kimbriel, Christine Slottved)
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1. Sir Nicholas Carew, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1527. Black and coloured chalks on paper, 54.8 by 38.5 cm. (Kunstmuseum Basel).
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2. Sir Nicholas Carew, after Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1585–90. Oil on panel, 95.1 by 102.4 cm. (Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch; photograph Hamilton Kerr Institute).
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3. Infra-red image of Fig.1. (© Hamilton Kerr Institute).
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4. Digital overlay of Figs.1 and 2.
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5. Detail of Fig.2, showing the extreme bottom of the slashed skirt and the better-preserved blue paint with red glaze paint.
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6. Impresa of the Basel book printer Johann Froben, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1523. Tempera on unprimed canvas (Tüchlein), 44 by 31 cm. (Kunstmuseum Basel).
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7. The Prodigal Son, by Huybrecht Beuckelaer. 1563–84. Oil on canvas, 127.5 by 155.5 cm. (Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels).
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