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Book Review
Louis XV: passions d’un roi
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 508–510
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Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
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Louis XV: passions d’un roi Edited by Yves Carlier and Hélène Delalex. 496 pp. incl. 458 col. + b. & w. ills. (In Fine Éditions d’Art, Paris, 2022), €49. ISBN 978–2–38203–076–9. | :
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1. Floorplan of the telescope pavilion, château de la Muette. 1756. Pen, ink and red wash on paper. (Archives nationales, Paris).
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2. Louis XV, by Arnaud Vincent de Montpetit. 1774. Oil on canvas, 74 by 61.2 cm. (Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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3. Project for the throne of Louis XV, by Sébastien- Antoine Slodtz and Paul-Ambroise Slodtz. 1752. Pen, ink and wash highlights over black pencil, 67.1 by 47.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Book Review
All Walks of Life. A Journey with the Alan Shimmerman Collection: Meissen Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 98–99
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Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
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All Walks of Life. A Journey with the Alan Shimmerman Collection: Meissen Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century By Meredith Chilton and Vanessa Sigalas, with contributions by André van der Goes, Jennifer Mass and Aaron Shugar. 672 pp. incl. 713 col. ills. (Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2022), £75. ISBN 978–3–89790–641–9. | :
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5. Dancing Mezzetin and L’Indifferent, modelled by J.J. Kändler. Meissen, c.1738–40, decorated after 1802. Hard-paste porcelain, heights 18.1 and 19 cm. (Shimmerman Collection; photograph Melissa Shimmerman).
Short Notice
Image of a connoisseur: an unknown portrait of Pierre Jean Mariette
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1106–1100
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Author:
Friedenthal, Antoinette (Friedenthal, Antoinette)
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1. Portrait of a man, here identified as Pierre Jean Mariette, by an anonymous artist (perhaps Jean Mariette?). 1740s. Gouache on ivory, 3.4 by 2.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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2. Pierre Jean Mariette, by Charles-Nicolas Cochin. 1756. Lead point on paper, diameter 11 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Paris).
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3. Pierre Jean Mariette, by Jean-Baptiste Massé. 1735. Black chalk, stumped, with red and white chalks and perhaps some wash on paper, 18.8 by 14.6 cm., mount 47.8 by 36.3 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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4. Detail of Fig.1.
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5. Jean Mariette, by Antoine Pesne. 1723. Oil on canvas, 113 by 93 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris).
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6. Pierre II Mariette, by Franz Ertinger. Black chalk on paper, 16.8 by 12.8 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Paris).
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7. Pierre I Mariette, by Jean Mariette after François de Poilly with a handwritten inscription ‘Petrus Mariette. Iconum mercator Parisiis’ by Pierre Jean Mariette. Etching, 4 by 3.1 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
Article
Roubiliac and Sprimont: a friendship revisited
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 601–611
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Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
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1. Louis-François Roubiliac, attributed to François Xavier Vispré. c.1760. Pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 62.2 by 54.6 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT).
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10. Head of a laughing child, after a model attributed to Louis-François Roubiliac. 1746–49. Chelsea porcelain, 19.7 by 16.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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11. Persia and Macedonia (Greece) from the Temple of the Four Monarchies clock, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1738. Bronze, height 30 cm. each. Wet collodion negative by John Wesley Livingston. 1875. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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12. Chaldea (Assyria) and Rome from the Temple of the Four Monarchies clock, by Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1738. Bronze, height 30 cm. each. Wet collodion negative by John Wesley Livingston. 1875. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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13. Floor-standing clock, by Charles Clay, with paintings by Jacopo Amigoni and sculptures by Louis-François Roubiliac and John Michael Rysbrack. 1740–43. Wood with gilded metal, silver and paint, height 85 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © HM King Charles III 2023).
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14. Britannia, after a model here attributed to Louis-François Roubiliac. c.1746–48. Chelsea porcelain, 25.7 by 16.2 cm. (Errol Manners, London).
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2. Nicholas Sprimont with his wife, Ann, and sister-in-law Susannah Protin. 1759–62. Oil on canvas, 76.5 by 53.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. Retrieving hound, after a model attributed to Nicholas Sprimont. 1749. Chelsea porcelain, 19.8 by 19.8 by 8.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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4. Paul Crespin. c.1726. Oil on canvas, 114 by 90 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Centrepiece. English, by Paul Crespin possibly in association with Nicholas Sprimont. 1740. Silver, 36 by 54.5 cm. (Toledo Museum of Art).
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6. Sauceboats with figures of Venus and Adonis, by Nicholas Sprimont. 1743–45. Gilded silver, 22.7 by 23.2 by 13 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © 2023 His Majesty King Charles III).
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7. Design for a soup tureen for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, by Nicholas Sprimont. c.1744. Pen and black ink with brown ink wash on paper, 26 by 43.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Girl in a swing, Charles Gouyn Factory, St James’s, London. 1749–59. Porcelain, 15.9 by 16.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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9. Trump, William Hogarth’s pug, after a model by Louis-François Roubiliac. 1747–50. Chelsea porcelain, 13.2 by 26.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
Liotard and Boucher: a question of precedence
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 612-619
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Author:
Stein, Perrin (Stein, Perrin)
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1. A woman in Turkish dress, reading, by Jean-Étienne Liotard. c.1738–41. Red and black chalk with graphite on paper, 17.2 by 23 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne).
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10. The Chénier family, by Pierre-Michel Cazes. c.1773. Oil on canvas, 97 by 131 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne).
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11. Sultana reading in the harem, by François Boucher. c.1746. Graphite on vellum, 6 by 12.5 cm. (Location unknown; photograph Sotheby’s).
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2. A woman in Turkish dress, reading, by François Boucher. c.1741–42. Black and red crayon with opaque white and touches of blue on paper, 25.4 by 33.2 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
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3. A woman in Turkish dress, reading, by Jean-Étienne Liotard. c.1748–52. Oil on canvas, 50 by 60 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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4. A woman in Turkish dress, reading, by Jean-Étienne Liotard. c.1738–41. Black and red chalk on paper, 17.6 by 22.8 cm. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).
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5. Sultana reading in the harem, by Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, after François Boucher. c.1746. Etching and engraving, 6.6 by 13.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. The Chinese gallant, by François Boucher. 1742. Oil on canvas, 104 by 145 cm. (Davids Samling, Copenhagen).
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7. Detail of Fig.6, showing the reclining woman.
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing the reclining woman.
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9. Monsieur Levett and Mademoiselle Hélène Glavani in Turkish costume, by Jean-Étienne Liotard. c.1740. Oil on board, 35.5 by 36 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Article
Portraits of the exiled Stuarts by Scottish painters
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 141-152
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Author:
Corp, Edward (Corp, Edward)
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1. James III, by Francesco Trevisani. 1719. Oil on canvas, 97.8 by 74.6 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023).
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10. Queen Clementina, by William Mosman after Francesco Trevisani. c.1733. Oil on canvas, 72.4 by 60.8 cm. (Private collection).
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11. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by William Mosman. 1740. Oil on canvas, 76.2 by 63.8 cm. (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh).
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12. James III, by Cosmo Alexander after Anton Raphael Mengs. 1752. Oil on canvas. (Private collection).
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13. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by Cosmo Alexander after Maurice Quentin de La Tour. 1752. Oil on canvas, 77.5 by 74.9 cm. (Drambuie Collection, Edinburgh).
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14. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by Katherine Read after Maurice Quentin de La Tour. 1748. Oil on canvas, 62.5 by 49 cm. (Private collection; © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Queen Clementina and Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by Girolamo Pesci. 1721. Oil on canvas, 157.6 by 116.8 cm. (Private collection).
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3. James III and Queen Clementina, by John Smibert after Girolamo Pesci. 1721. Oil on canvas. (Private collection).
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4. James III, by Antonio David after Martin van Meytens. 1730. Oil on canvas, 73.2 by 61 cm. (Pininski Foundation, Liechtenstein).
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5. James III, possibly by Colin Erskine. 1732 or 1733. Oil on canvas, 76 by 63.5 cm. (Drambuie Collection, Edinburgh).
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6. James III, by William Mosman after Francesco Trevisani. 1733. Oil on canvas, 96 by 73 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Queen Clementina, by William Mosman after Francesco Trevisani. 1733. Oil on canvas, 96 by 73 cm. (Pininski Foundation, Liechtenstein).
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8. Queen Clementina, by Francesco Bertosi after Francesco Trevisani. 1735. Oil on canvas, 98 by 73 cm. (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh).
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9. Queen Clementina, here attributed to Antonio David. 1719 or 1720. Oil on copper, 25.8 by 19.4 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Intagli rococo : Professionalita  ed elaborazione del gusto negli interni del Palazzo Reale di Torino
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 318-320
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Zanuso, Susanna (Zanuso, Susanna)
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Intagli rococò: Professionalità ed elaborazione del gusto negli interni del Palazzo Reale di Torino By Aurora Laurenti. 284 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Accademia University Press, Turin, 2020), €24. ISBN 978–88–319–7856–9. | :
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6. Detail of the Summer Apartment, Gabinetto del Pregadio, Palazzo Reale, Turin, showing carved and pastiglia decorations on the wall panelling and pier table, by Giovanni Luigi Bosso. 1738–40. (Royal Palace, Royal Museums, Turin; photograph Aurora Laurenti).
Article
A competition for the funerary monument of Queen Catherine Opalinska
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1029-1037
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Pénet, Pierre-Hippolyte (Pénet, Pierre-Hippolyte)
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1. Design for the funerary monument of Queen Catherine Opalinska, by Jean-Baptiste Il Lemoyne. 1747. Pen and ink wash, 66.5 by 50.2 cm. (Hamburg Kunsthalle).
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10. Design for the funerary monument of Catherine Opalinska, attributed to Jean Joseph Vinache. 1747. Pen and ink wash, 65 by 31.2 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
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11. Detail of Elevation of the front facade of the Oratory Church, Paris, by Jean François Blondel, showing the Annunication by Nicolas Sébastien Adam. c.1750. Etching and engraving, sheet 51 by 33 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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12. Design for the funerary monument of Catherine Opalinska, with the flaps raised, by Nicolas Sébastien Adam. 1747. Pen and ink wash, 49.5 by 29 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg; bpk).
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13. The drawing illustrated in Fig.12, with the flaps lowered.
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14. Detail of Catherine Opalinska, Queen of Poland, lying in state, by Charles Nicolas Cochin II. 1747. Etching and engraving, 66.8 by 45.5 cm. (Palais des ducs de Lorraine-Musée lorrain, Nancy).
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15. Funerary monument of Catherine Opalinska, by Jean Charles François. 1756. Etching and engraving, 62 by 47 cm. (Palais des ducs de Lorraine-Musée lorrain, Nancy).
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16. Funerary monument of Catherine Opalinska, by Nicolas Sébastien Adam. 1747–49. Marble. (Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Nancy).
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2. View of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours church, Nancy. (© Ville de Nancy).
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3. Catherine Opalinska, by Jean-Baptiste Van Loo. 1727. Oil on canvas, 141 by 112 cm. (Château de Versailles).
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4. Stanislaus Leszczynski, by Jean-Baptiste Van Loo. 1727. Oil on canvas, 133 by 113 cm. (Château de Versailles).
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5. Design for the funerary monument of Catherine Opalinska, by Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne. 1747. Pen and ink wash, 50.5 by 33 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
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6. Design for the funerary monument of Catherine Opalinska, by Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne. 1747. Pen and ink wash, 66.5 by 50.3 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
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7. Funerary monument of Pierre Mignard, by François Bernard Lépicié. 1743. Etching and engraving, 72.5 by 48 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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8. Monument to Alexander VII, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 1671–78. Marble. (St Peter’s Basilica, Rome).
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9. Design for the funerary monument of Catherine Opalinska, by Lambert Sigisbert Adam. 1747. Pen and ink wash, 46 by 25.2 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
Book Review
Francesco Solimena (1657–1747) e le Arti a Napoli. Edited by Nicola Spinosa
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 264-266
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Reviewer:
Loire, Stéphane (Loire, Stéphane)
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Francesco Solimena (1657–1747) e le Arti a Napoli Edited by Nicola Spinosa. 1100 pp. incl. 400 col. + 600 b. & w. ills. (Ugo Bozzi, Rome, 2018),  365. ISBN 978–88–7003–060–0. | :
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6. The fall of Simon Magus, by Francesco Solimena. 1690. Fresco. (Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore, Naples).
Book Review
Raffinesse im Akkord: Meissener Porzellanmalerei und ihre Grafischen Vorlagen. By Claudia Bodinek, with contributions by Peter Braun, Tobias Pfeifer-Helke und Claudia Schnitzer
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 266-268
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Reviewer:
Dawson, Aileen (Dawson, Aileen)
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Raffinesse im Akkord: Meissener Porzellanmalerei und ihre Grafischen Vorlagen By Claudia Bodinek, with contributions by Peter Braun, Tobias Pfeifer-Helke und Claudia Schnitzer. 2 vols, 768 pp. incl. 1,394 col. + 34 b. & w. ills. (Michel Imhof Verlag, Munich, 2018),  135. ISBN 978–3–7319–0472–4. | :
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7. ‘Philis lors qu’a nos yeux le lapin tu caresse.’, by Marie-Jeanne Renard Dubos after Madeleine Fran oise Basseporte. c.1700. Engraving and etching, 20.9 by 15.2 cm. (Meissen Archive). Snuffbox, Meissen. c.1740. Gold and porcelain, diameter 7.6 cm. (Private collection).
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