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Article
The provenance of ‘The death of Sardanapalus’: new insights from unpublished correspondence
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 470–478
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WATSON, Andrew M. (WATSON, Andrew M.)
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Attributed works:
1. Portrait of Daniel David Wilson, by ?Adolphe-David Fink. 1820s. Oil on canvas, 72 by 58 cm. (Private collection).
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2. The death of Sardanapalus, by Eugène Delacroix. 1827. Oil on canvas, 392 by 496 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Environs of Southampton, by Jules Dupré. 1835. Oil on canvas, 115 by 184 cm. (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Louis Senlecq, L’Isle-Adam).
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4. Virgin and Child (Madonna of the Rosary), by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. c.1675. Oil on canvas, 167 by 111 cm. (Château de Chenonceau).
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5. Portrait of Henriette Casenave Wilson, c.1830s. Pastel on board(?), 25 by 19 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Woodcutters, by Constant Troyon. 1839. Oil on canvas, 213 by 154 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Rochelle).
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8. A basket of flowers, by Eugène Delacroix. 1848–49. Oil on canvas, 107.3 by 142.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Façade of L’hôtel Brochart de Saron, 17, rue de l’Université, by Charles Lansiaux. Photograph. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; PWB Images; Alamy Stock Photo).
Western art unattributed:
7. Château d’Écoublay. Postcard, 9 by 13.6 cm. (Private collection).
Short Notice
Fresh betrayal: a revised chapter in the early history of the Pre-Raphaelites
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 389–391
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Author:
Beckham, Susie (Beckham, Susie)
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1. The girlhood of Mary Virgin, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 1848–49. Oil on canvas, 83.2 by 65.4 cm. (Tate).
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2. Rienzi vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, by William Holman Hunt. 1849. Oil on canvas, 83 by 117 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Detail of Fig.4, showing the initials ‘PRB’ carved into the bench in the lower-right corner of the painting.
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4. Isabella, by John Everett Millais. 1849. Oil on canvas, 103 by 142.8 cm. (National Museums, Liverpool).
Article
Innovation and empiricism: Delacroix’s ‘Taking of Constantinople by the Crusaders’
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1196-1209
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Author:
Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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1. Taking of Constantinople by the Crusaders, by Eugène Delacroix. 1840. Oil on canvas, 410 by 498 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Sketch for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839–40. Oil on canvas, 33 by 41 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly).
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11. Sketch for the Taking of Constantinople, here attributed to Eugène Delacroix. 1840. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy of Collins Fine Art Ltd, New York).
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12. Drawing for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839–40. Graphite on paper, 20.7 by 33.8 cm. (Département des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris, RF 42753).
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2. Louis-Philippe and the royal family visit the Salles des croisades at Versailles, July 1844, by Prosper Lafaye. 1844. Canvas, 61 by 86.5 cm (Musés des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of the old man, woman and child.
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of Baudouin and the mounted crusaders.
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of women.
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6. Detail of Fig.1, showing a soldier assaulting an old man.
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7. Ptolemais delivered to Philippe-Auguste and Richard the Lionheart of England, 11th or 12th July 1191, by Merry-Joseph Blondel. 1840. Oil on canvas, 406 by 494 cm. (Grande Salle, Salles des croisades, Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Detail of Fig.1, showing the reflection in the lid of the gold casket.
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9. Drawing for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839-40. Graphite on paper, 18.1 by 27.8 cm. (Département des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris, RF 9368).
Article
Hippolyte and Paul Flandrin at Saint-Séverin, Paris
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1178-1189
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Marchetti, Elena (Marchetti, Elena)
Author:
Paccoud, Stéphane (Paccoud, Stéphane)
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1. The chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris, after restoration, 2022. (© Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser)
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10. Composition study for the Baptism of Christ, by Paul Flandrin. c.1844. Graphite, black chalk and wash on paper, 63.3 by 30 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Paris).
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11. The Ollioules gorges, by Paul Flandrin. 1843. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 25.5 by 35 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Gérard Blot).
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12. The Ollioules gorges, by Paul Flandrin. 1843. Graphite and white chalk on brown paper, 31.3 by 23.4 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
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13. Christ and the little children, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1836–38. Oil on canvas, 313 by 441 cm. (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Lisieux; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
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14. The Gulf of Gaeta, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1838. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 6.9 by 18.6 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris).
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15. Archangel Raphael, cartoon for a stained-glass window for the Chapel Saint-Ferdinand, Neuilly-sur-Seine, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1842. Oil on canvas, 210 by 92 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photo © RMN-Grand Palais / René-Gabriel Ojeda).
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16. Head of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1842. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 21.9 by 17.6 cm. (Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes, Paris).
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2. Calling of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax. (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
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3. St John on the Isle of Patmos, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
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4. Last Supper, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
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5. Martyrdom of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Mural painting with wax. (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Jean-Marc Moser).
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6. Study of Hippolyte Flandrin’s arms for the Last Supper, by Paul Flandrin. 1840. Graphite on squared-up paper, 19.7 by 24.1 cm. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA).
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7. Cartoon for the Martyrdom of St John, by Hippolyte Flandrin. 1840. Graphite and stump on squared-up paper, 99 by 90.8 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon; © Lyon MBA / Photo Martial Couderette).
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8. Preaching of St John the Baptist, by Paul Flandrin. 1844–46. Mural painting. (Baptismal Chapel, Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC/Emmanuel Michot).
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9. Baptism of Christ, by Paul Flandrin. 1844–46. Mural painting. (Baptismal Chapel, Saint-Séverin, Paris; © Ville de Paris, COARC / Emmanuel Michot).
Article
G.F. Watts’s ‘Satan’ and the Monte Cavallo ‘Horse tamers’
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 664-671
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Author:
Gustin, Melissa L. (Gustin, Melissa L.)
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1. Satan, by George Frederic Watts. 1847–48. Oil on canvas, 198.1 by 132.1 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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10. Study for Satan, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, pasted into a scrapbook album, 16.6 by 11.3 cm. (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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11. Studies of a classical head in multiple views on the margin of a design for ‘Adam and Eve listening to an angel’, by George Frederic Watts. Pen and ink on paper, pasted into a historic scrapbook album, 12.5 by 17.8 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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12. Studies of nude riders on horseback, by George Frederic Watts. Before 1858. Pencil on paper, pasted into a historic scrapbook album, 22.9 by 18.5 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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13. Aurora, by George Frederic Watts. Plaster over metal armature, height 243 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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2. Fountain of Monte Cavallo in the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome. 1860– 70. Albumen silver print, 33.3 by 46.2 cm. (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; courtesy the Getty Open Content Program).
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3. Cast after the head of the left Monte Cavallo horse tamer, called ‘Pollux’. 18th century. Plaster, height 147 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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4. Cast after the head of the right Monte Cavallo horse tamer, called ‘Castor’. 18th century. Plaster, height 147 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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5. Study after the Monte Cavallo horse tamers, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, (sheet) 9 by 14.5 cm. (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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6. Study after the Monte Cavallo horse tamers, by George Frederic Watts. c.1844. Pencil on paper, (sheet) 7.5 by 11 cm. (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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7. Study after the Monte Cavallo horse tamers, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, 9 by 14.5 cm (page). (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
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8. Sketch of the reclining male figure now called Dionysus from the east pediment of the Parthenon, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, (sheet) 9 by 14.5 cm. (Watts Gallery–Artists’ Village, Compton).
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9. Study for Satan, by George Frederic Watts. c.1847–48. Pencil on paper, pasted into a scrapbook album, 18.3 by 11.6 cm. (Watts Gallery– Artists’ Village, Compton).
Article
Russia, Rome and the tricky business of disaster painting
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 996-1005
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Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)
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1. Last day of Pompeii, by Karl Bryullov. 1830–33. Canvas, 456.5 by 651 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
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10. Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan. 16th November 1581, by Ilya Repin. 1885. Canvas, 199.5 by 254 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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2. Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, by John Martin. 1822. Canvas, 161.6 by 253 cm. (Tate, London).
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3. Earthquake in Rocca di Papa, near Rome, by Petr Basin. 1830. Canvas, 84 by 99 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
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4. Sketch for ‘Genseric’s invasion of Rome’, by Karl Bryullov. 1835–36. Canvas, 88 by 117.9 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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5. Siege of Pskov by King Stefan Batory of Poland in 1581, by Karl Bryullov. 1839–43. Canvas, 482 by 675 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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6. Death of Camilla, sister of Horatius, by Fedor Bruni. 1824. Canvas, 350 by 526.5 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
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7. The brazen serpent, by Fedor Bruni. 1834–41. Canvas, 565 by 852 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
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8. Sketch for ‘St Eustace Placidus in the Colosseum’, by Aleksei Markov. 1836–42. Canvas, 98 by 136.5 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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9. Morning of the execution of the Streltsy, by Vasily Surikov. 1881. Canvas, 218 by 375 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Book Review
Russian Realisms: Literature and Painting, 1840–1890. By Molly Brunson
03/2018 | 1380 | 160
Pages: 258-259
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Mardilovich, Galina (Mardilovich, Galina)
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4. The Zaporozhian cossacks writing a letter to the Turkish sultan, by Ilya Repin. 1880–91. Canvas, 203 by 358 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Article
The Art of Conservation XI. Mary Merrifield’s quest: a new methodology for technical art history
06/2017 | 1371 | 159
Pages: 465-475
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Author:
Veliz, Zahira (Veliz, Zahira; Véliz Bomford, Zahira; Veliz, Z.)
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23. Key to the Picture of the Meeting of the Fine Arts Commission 1846, by George Scharf. 1872 (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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24. Title page of A Practical Treatise on Painting in Fresco, Oil & Distemper. By Cennino Cennini, edited by Giuseppe Tambroni, translated and annotated by Mary P. Merrifield, London 1844 (National Gallery Library, London, NG Tech.Lib.75.02 CEN)
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25. A page from Mary Philadelphia Merrifield's copybook of letters (East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, Brighton)
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26. The family of Darius before Alexander, by Paolo Veronese. 1565-67 (National Gallery, London)
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27. Portrait of Felice Schiavoni, by Natale Schiavone. c.1825 (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venice)
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28. St Sebastian, by Titian. 1570 (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)
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29. St Mary Magdalene, by Titian. 1565 (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)
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30. Sporochinus comosus, by Mary Philadelphia Merrifield. 1870-80 (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge)
Western art unattributed:
22. Mary Philadelphia Merrifield. c.1870 (East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, Brighton)
Book Review
Copied by the Sun: Talbotype Illustrations to the ‘Annals of the Artists of Spain’ by Sir William Stirling Maxwell. Edited by Hilary Macartney and José Manuel Matilla
06/2017 | 1371 | 159
Pages: 483-484
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Reviewer:
Lenaghan, Patrick (Lenaghan, Patrick)
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Illustrations
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37. The Reading establishment, attributed to Benjamin Cowderey or Calvert R. Jones. 1845-46 (Bradford National Media Museum)
Publication Received
The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, 1842–1843. By Richard Doyle and Grant F. Scott.
01/2017 | 1366 | 159
Pages: 52-53
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Reviewer:
Maas, Rupert (Maas, Rupert)
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