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Exhibition Review
Fighting, Hunting, Impressing: Arms and Armour from the Islamic World 1500–1850
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 946-947
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Reviewer:
Bijl, Arthur (Bijl, Arthur)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
The David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
subjects:
Islamic / Islamic art / Armour / Weapons / Metalwork
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Fighting, Hunting, Impressing: Arms and Armour from the Islamic World 1500–1850 By Kjeld von Folsach, Joachim Meyer and Peter Wandel. 296 pp. incl. 237 col. + 12 b. & w. ills. (Strandberg Publishing, Copenhagen, 2021), £50. ISBN 978–87– 92596–10–9. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Dagger (katar) with scabbard. Indian, the Deccan, Hyderabad(?), 18th–19th century. Steel, wood, gold, rubies, diamonds, emeralds and textile, total length 35.9 cm., dagger length 33.8 cm. (David Collection, Copenhagen; photograph Pernille Klemp).
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Powder horn. India, Kota, 19th century. Horn, ivory, lead or pewter, iron, black lacquer and leather, height 14 cm. (David Collection, Copenhagen; photograph Pernille Klemp).
Non-western art unattributed:
17. Standard (alam). India, the Deccan, 18th century. Bronze, gold, silver, copper and black substance, height 45.5 cm. (David Collection, Copenhagen; photograph Pernille Klemp).
Book Review
Precious Indian Weapons and Other Princely Accoutrements. By Salam Kaoukji; Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort. By Robert Elgood
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 880-882
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Reviewer:
Bijl, Arthur (Bijl, Arthur)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Jodhpur, Maharajah of / al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
subjects:
Weapons / Armour / Collections / Indian / Islamic
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Precious Indian Weapons and Other Princely Accoutrements By Salam Kaoukji. 504 pp. incl. 538 col. + 1 b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2017), $50. ISBN 978–0–500–97081–2. Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort By Robert Elgood. Two vols, 1024 pp. incl. 851 col. + 9 b. & w. ills. (Niyogi Books, New Delhi, 2017), £200. ISBN 978–93–85285–70–7. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Goat-head knife. Mughal dominions, c.1600–50. Hilt carved from nephrite jade, eyes inlaid with gold and set with rubies (at a later date?), blade of jawhar steel, overlaid with two colours of gold, length 27.5 cm. (Photograph Muhammad Ali and Robert Lorenzo).
Exhibition Review
‘Saxones’: A New History of the Old Saxons. Landesmuseum Hannover
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 669-670
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Reviewer:
Boulton, Meg (Boulton, Meg)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Jewellery / Weapons / Coins / Manuscripts / Documents
museums and institutions:
Landesmuseum Hannover und Forum, Hannover, Germany
subjects:
Saxons / Archaeology / Cultural history / Social history / Thuringia / Carolingian
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. Gold chain from Isenbüttel. Seventh century. Gold and semiprecious stones, length 42 cm. (Landesmuseum Hannover).
Western art unattributed:
5. Roman comb with mythological scene. First century AD. Ivory, width 4 cm. (Museum August Kestner, Hannover; exh. Landesmuseum Hannover).
Western art unattributed:
6. Fibula with saint. Lüneburg? Eighth or ninth century. Metal and enamel, diameter 2.5 cm. (Landesmuseum Hannover).
Exhibition Review
Sir Richard Wallace: The Collector. The Wallace Collection, London
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 858-860
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Dircksz., Adam / Prieur, Barthélemy / Xanto Avelli, Francesco / Desgoffe, Blaise Alexandre, 1830-1901 / Tissot, James / Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest
artists:
Pomarano, Francesco / Wilborn, Nicolaus
collectors and dealers:
Wallace, Richard, Sir, 1818-1890 / Seymour-Conway, Richard, Fourth Marquess of Hertford, 1800-1870 / Rothschild, Ferdinand
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Bronzes / Ivories / Enamels / Maiolica / Glassware / Metalwork / Medals / Armour / Weapons / Silverwork / Jewellery / Gold / Porcelain
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Collecting / Collections, Public / Gifts / Bequests / French painting / Carvings / Venetian glass / Boxwood / Goblets / Christian iconography / Birds / Animals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Objects of ancient art in the collection of Sir Richard Wallace, by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe. Canvas, 99.5 by 150 cm. (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe; exh. the Wallace Collection, London).
Attributed works:
14. An ostrich, by Elias Zorer. Augsburg, c.1600. Silver, with gilding, height 42 cm. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Trophy head. Asante Kingdom, eighteenth or nineteenth century. Gold, height 20 cm. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Exhibition Review
Lorenzo Lotto: Portraits. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 669-672
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Reviewer:
Humfrey, Peter (Humfrey, Peter)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Sculpture / Jewellery / Carpets / Books / Costume / Weapons
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain / National Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Spain / Madrid / Great Britain / London
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Double portraits / Identification / Iconography / Allegories / Sitters
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Bishop Bernardo de’ Rossi, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1505. Panel, 54.7 by 43.5 cm. (Museo e Gallerie (Nazionali di Capodimonete, Naples. exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
6. Messer Marsilio Cassotti and his wife Faustina, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1523. Canvas, 71 by 84 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
7. Young man with a lamp, by Lorenzo Lotto. c.1506. Panel, 42.3 by 53.3 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
8. Bishop Tommaso Negri, by Lorenzo Lotto. 1527. Panel, 42 by 53.8 cm. (Franciscan monastery of St Anthony of Padua, Split, exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Exhibition Review
Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 582-584
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Reviewer:
Peterson, Laurel (Peterson, Laurel)
Subjects
artists:
Prieur, Jean-Louis, the Younger, 1759-1795
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Fans (costume accessories) / Costume / Textiles / Carpets / Embroidery / Weapons / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
places:
United States / New York / France / Versailles
subjects:
Decorative arts / Ivory / Dress / Diplomacy / Gifts / Taste (aesthetics) / Courts (social groups) / Cannons (artillery) / Savonnerie carpets / Revolution (France: 1789-1799)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The King promising to come to Paris with his family (October 6, 1789), by Jean- Louis Prieur the Younger. 1789. Graphite and wash on paper, 19.5 by 25.3 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; photograph Roger-Violle; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
8. Fan with a view of the town and palace of Versailles. French, c.1780– 85. Single paper leaf, painted in gouache, carved and pierced ivory, gilding and mother-of-pearl, width when open 31 cm. (Musée Lambinet, Versailles; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
9. Embroidered panels for a man’s suit, French. 1780s. Silk embroidery on woven silk, 124.5 by 56.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Arms and Armour in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. European Armour. By A.V.B Norman and Ian Eaves
07/2017 | 1372 | 159
Pages: 560-561
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Reviewer:
Terjanian, Pierre (Terjanian, Pierre)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
subjects:
Catalogues / Weapons / Armour / European
Illustrations
Attributed works:
43. Armour garniture for the field made for Sir Christopher Hatton, by Jacob Halder, Royal workshops, Greenwich. 1585 (Royal Collection, Windsor)
Book Review
Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, by David G. Alexander, with contributions by Stuart W. Pyhrr and Will Kwiatkowski
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 652
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Reviewer:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Collections, Public / Islamic / Islamic art / Armour / Weapons
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
49. Yatagan. Ottoman. c.1525 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Exhibition Review
Vikings
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 402-404
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Reviewer:
Graham-Campbell, James (Graham-Campbell, James; Campbell, James Graham-)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain / Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Berlin, Germany
places:
London / Germany / England / Denmark / Copenhagen / Berlin
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Vikings / Viking / Weapons / Art objects / Jewellery
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
67. Seated figure of either Odin (in female dress), Freyja or an unknown Viking sorceress, flanked by birds. From Lejre, Zealand, Denmark. Ninth-tenth century (Roskilde Museum; exh. British Museum, London)
Western art unattributed:
68. Hiddensee hoard, from near Rügen, Germany: neck-ring, brooch and pendants. Late tenth century (Kulturhistorisches Museum der Hansestadt Stralsund; exh. British Museum, London)
Western art unattributed:
69. Parade axe. From Mammen, Jutland, Denmark. Mid-tenth century (National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen; exh. British Museum, London)
Western art unattributed:
70. Weather vane. From Heggen Church, Buskerud, Norway. 1000-50 (Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo; exh. British Museum, London)
Publication Received
Masterpieces of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection
01/2013 | 1318 | 150
Pages: 41
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Reviewer:
Rocca, Donald J. La (Rocca, Donald J. La)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Collections, Public / Catalogues / Armour / Firearms / Weapons
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