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Short Notice
Leonardo da Vinci’s Burlington House Cartoon: a new hypothesis
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 928-31
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Rumberg, Per (Rumberg, Per)
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1. Virgin and Child with St Anne and the infant St John the Baptist (the Burlington House Cartoon), by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1506–08. Charcoal with white chalk on paper, mounted on canvas, 141.5 by 104.6 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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2. Virgin and Child with St Anne and the infant St John the Baptist, surrounded by ten saints (the Pala del Gran Consiglio), by Fra Bartolommeo. 1510–13. Oil on panel, 444 by 308 cm. (Museo Nazionale di San Marco, Florence).
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A sartorial portrait of Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda by Piero della Francesca
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 720–737
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Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt (Brüggen Israëls, Machtelt)
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1. Flagellation of Christ with figures here identified as Joseph of Arimathea and an assistant asking Pilate for the body of Christ, by Piero della Francesca. c.1456–57. Egg tempera and oil on panel, 67.5 by 91 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Detail of the Communion of the Apostles, by Justus of Ghent, showing the donor figures. 1473–74. Oil on panel. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino; Scala Archives; courtesy the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali e del Turismo).
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11. Horsewoman of Coins, by the workshop of Bonifacio Bembo. Before 1447. Paint and tooled gold on paper, 18.9 by 9 cm. (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Library, New Haven CT).
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12. Detail from St Gregory the Great and St Matthias, by Masolino, showing the cope of St Gregory the Great. c.1428–29. Tempera and oil on panel, transferred to fibreboard. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda and Federico di Montefeltro, by Ambrogio Barocci. 1470s. Cesane stone, 50 by 110 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
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3. Detail of Fig.4, showing the donor figures, Guidubaldo di Montefeltro, Count Federico di Montefeltro and Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda.
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4. The Lamentation of Christ, by Francesco di Giorgio. c.1473. Bronze, 85 by 58 cm. (S. Maria del Carmelo, Venice; Scala Archives).
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5. Medal of Duke Filippo Maria Visconti (obverse), by Pisanello. c.1441. Bronze, diameter 10.3 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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6. Detail of an altar frontal with the Visconti device of the dove and motto ‘à bon droit’. Italy, c.1450–60. Red velvet with a single-height pile with a design in gold pattern wefts and silver brocaded wefts, 98 by 241 cm. (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan; Scala Archive).
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7. Federico di Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his son Guidubaldo, by Pedro Berruguete. c.1476. Oil on panel, 138 by 82.5 cm. (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino).
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8. Luca Pacioli and Guidubaldo di Montefeltro, attributed to Jacopo de’ Barbari. 1495. Oil on panel, 99 by 120 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; Photo Scala, Florence).
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9. Detail of Fig.1, showing the figures here identified as Joseph of Arimathea and an assistant asking Pilate for the body of Christ.
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13. Detail of a cope with the Medici coat of arms and devices. Italy, 1470s or 1480s. Red velvet with single-height cut pile with a design in gold bouclé pattern wefts and allucciolato effect, 278 by 152 cm. (Museo d’arte sacra dell’Abbazia di Vallombrosa).
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14. Detail of the cope shown in Fig.13 with the motif of the Medici coat of arms covered by a roundel of St Giovanni Gualberto embroidered in silk and gold. Italy, c.1494.
Book Review
Giulio Cesare Procaccini: Life and work with a catalogue of his paintings
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 970-971
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Loire, Stéphane (Loire, Stéphane)
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Giulio Cesare Procaccini: Life and work with a catalogue of his paintings By Hugh Brigstocke and Odette D’Albo. 527 pp. incl. 455 col. + b. & w. ills. (Allemandi, Turin, and Voena, London, 2020), €200. ISBN 978–88–422–2452–5. | :
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An illuminated fifteenth-century Milanese manuscript of the ‘Meditationes Vitae Christi’
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 324-331
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Costiner, Lisandra S. (Costiner, Lisandra S.)
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1. The Intersession of the Angels, from Meditationes Vitae Christi. Milan, c.1450. Tempera on parchment, c.30.7 by 22.3 cm. (Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan, MS 543, fol.1r;   Comune di Milano).
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5. Detail of the Birth of John the Baptist, from Meditationes Vitae Christi. Milan, c.1450. Tempera on parchment, page c.30.7 by 22.3 cm. (Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan, MS 543, fol.5v;   Comune di Milano).
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6. Detail of the Circumcision, from Meditationes Vitae Christi. Milan, c.1450. Tempera on parchment, page c.30.7 by 22.3 cm. (Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan, MS 543, fol.11r;   Comune di Milano).
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7. Christ turning away from gossiping and quarrelling townspeople, from Meditationes Vitae Christi. Milan, c.1450. Tempera on parchment, c.30.7 by 22.3 cm. (Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan, MS 543, fol.18r;   Comune di Milano).
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2. Christ before Pilate (above) and Christ before Herod (below), from Meditationes Vitae Christi. Perugia (?), early fourteenth century. Tempera on parchment, c.21.7 by 15 cm. (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, MS 410, fol.130r; by permission of the President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford).
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3. The Betrayal, from Meditationes Vitae Christi. Padua (?), after 1305. Tempera on parchment, c.13.5 by 10 cm. (Heribert Tenschert Antiquariat Bibermühle, Ramsen, fol.36v).
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4. The Visitation, from Meditationes Vitae Christi. Bologna, c.1350. Tempera and gold leaf on parchment, c.18 by 12.5 cm. (Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame IN, MS Acc. 1985.025, fol.10v.).
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8. Christ and his family eating at the table (top); and Christ and Mary praying in the bedroom (bottom), from Meditationes Vitae Christi. Pisa (?), c.1350. Pen and coloured ink on paper, approx. 30.5 by 21 cm. (Biblioth que nationale de France, Paris, MS Ital. 115, fol.57v).
Exhibition Review
Tiepolo: Venice, Milan, Europe
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 273-275
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Mazzotta, Antonio (Mazzotta, Antonio)
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Tiepolo: Venice, Milan, Europe Gallerie d’Italia, Milan 30th October 2020–2nd May 2021 | :
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5. Rhea Silvia admonished by Amulio in front of the temple of Vesta (?), by Giambattista Tiepolo. c.1722– 25. Oil on canvas, 96 by 136 cm. (Fondazione Brunelli, Milan; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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6. Triumph of Virtue and Nobility, by Giambattista Tiepolo. c.1740. Detached fresco, 283 by 283 cm. (Private collection; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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7. Detail from Ulysses discovers Achilles between the daughters of Lycomedes, by Giambattista Tiepolo. Oil on canvas, 245 by 520 cm. (Private collection; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
Exhibition Review
Titian and Caravaggio in Peterzano
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 529-531
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Tantardini, Lucia (Tantardini, Lucia)
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Titian and Caravaggio in Peterzano Accademia Carrara, Bergamo 6th February–17th May | :
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11. Annunciation, by Simone Peterzano. c.1560. Oil on canvas, 180 by 121 cm. (Musée Jeanne d’Aboville, La Fère; exh. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo).
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12. Deposition, by Simone Peterzano. c.1572–75. Oil on slate, 52 by 35 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg; exh. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo).
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13. Persian Sibyl, by Simone Peterzano. 1578–82. Black chalk, charcoal and white chalk on blue-grey paper, 25 by 18.5 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni, Castello Sforzesco, Milan; exh. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo).
Exhibition Review
Romanticism. Gallerie d’Italia and Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 151-154
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Hecker, Sharon (Hecker, Sharon)
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14. Nocturne in Capri, by Salvatore Fergola. 1843. Canvas, 106 by 131 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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15. Spartacus, by Vincenzo Vela. 1847–50. Marble, 206 by 72.5 by 90 cm. (Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano; photograph Museo Vincenzo Vela / Mauro Zeni; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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16. Meditation, by Francesco Hayez. 1851. Canvas, 92.5 by 71 cm. (Galleria d’Arte Moderna ‘Achille Forti’, Verona; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
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17. Veiled Vestal, by Raffaele Monti. 1845. Marble, 48 by 25.5 by 27 cm. (Castle of Racconigi, Cuneo; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Milan).
Exhibition Review
The last Caravaggio
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 325-327
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Brigstocke, Hugh (Brigstocke, Hugh)
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1. Return of the Prodigal Son, by Giulio Cesare Procaccini. 1618–20. Canvas, 142 by 191 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Christ carrying the Cross, by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo. 1614. Canvas, 133 by 183.5 cm. (Università degli Studi, Turin; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Piazza Scala, Milan).
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3. The martyrdom of St Ursula, by Bernardo Strozzi. 1615–18. Canvas, 104 by 130 cm. (Private collection; exh. Gallerie d’Italia, Piazza Scala, Milan).
Exhibition Review
Rubens and the birth of the Baroque. Milan
03/2017 | 1368 | 159
Pages: 234-235
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Simonato, Lucia (Simonato, Lucia)
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55. The finding of Erichtonius, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1615-16 (Liechtenstein, The Princely Collections, Vienna; exh. Palazzo Reale, Milan)
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56. Allegory of Peace, by Luca Giordano. c.1682-83 (Galleria Nazionale della Liguria a Palazzo Spinola, Genoa; exh. Palazzo Reale, Milan)
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57. Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1615-16 (Liechtenstein, The Princely Collections, Vienna; exh. Palazzo Reale, Milan)
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Milan 1630: the festivities to celebrate the birth of Prince Balthasar of Spain and an invention by Leonardo da Vinci
01/2017 | 1366 | 159
Pages: 29-35
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Bora, Giulio (Bora, Giulio; Bora, G.)
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Marani, Pietro C. (Marani, Pietro C.; Marani, Pietro)
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29. Detail of Fig.30, showing Vulcan, Thetis and the Cyclops
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30. Mount Etna, with the theatre and pedestals erected in the piazzo del Duomo, Milan, designed by Francesco Maria Richini, drawn by Carlo Biffi and engraved by Cesare Bassano. 1630 (From Emanuele Tesauro: Racconto delle publiche allegrezze fatte dalla città di Milano alli IV febraro MDCXXX per la felice Nascita del Sereniss. Primogenito di Spagna Baldasar Carlo Dominico, appresso gli heredi di Melchior Malatesta, Milan 1630)
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31. Studies of buckler-type shields (rotelle), burning balls, an armoured waggon and an architectural drawing, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated 1485-87. Fol.59r of Manuscript B (Institut de France, Paris)
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32. Studies of burning balls, two figure studies (not by Leonardo) and annotations, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated 1485-87. Fol.4r of Manuscript B (Institut de France, Paris)
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33. Studies of ballistics, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated 1485-87 (Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, EBA 423)
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34. Study for a temporary structure or triumphal arch, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated 1487-90. Fol.22r of the Codex Trivulziano (Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan)
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