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Editorial
A ‘grand life’: Belle da Costa Greene
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1203–1204
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Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Morgan, J. Pierpont / Berenson, Bernard
museums and institutions:
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
subjects:
Greene, Belle / Libraries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Nude, by Henry Matisse. 1912. Pen and ink on paper, 31.4 by 22.2 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; and DACS, London; Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
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2. Belle da Costa Greene, by Clarence H. White. Digital positive from a gelatin dry plate negative, 25.4 by 20.3 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum).
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3. Calligraphy commissioned for Muhammad Shāh Qājār, written by Asad-Allāh Shīrāzī. 1841. Ink and gold leaf on paper on card, 28.5 by 42.5 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
Book Review
Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 759–80
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Reviewer:
Campbell, James (Campbell, James)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
patrons:
Morgan, J. Pierpont
subjects:
Book collecting / Libraries / American architecture (United States of America)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building the Bookman’s Paradise By Colin B. Bailey, Daria Rose Foner, Barry Bergdoll, Andrew Dolkart, Christine Nelson and Brian Regan. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Scala Arts and the Morgan Library and Museum, New York), £34. ISBN 978–1– 78551–399–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Façade of the Morgan Library and Museum, designed by Charles McKim. Completed 1906.
Book Review
Louis XV: passions d’un roi
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 508–510
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1759 / 1750-1779
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
subjects:
French art / French decorative art / Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 / Palaces / Taste (aesthetics) / Biographies / Libraries / Science / Theatre (discipline) / Architectural history / Furniture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
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. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Short Notice
The new museum in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 630-637
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Reviewer:
Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
museums and institutions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, France / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie, Paris, France / Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits, Paris, France
places:
Paris
subjects:
Museums / Libraries / Displays / Architecture / Collections / Manuscripts / Coins / Medals / Silverwork / Prints / Drawings / Photographs / Costume / Antiquities
subjects:
Abbey of Saint Denis, Saint Denis, France / Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Aerial view of the Palais Mazarin, Paris, at the end of the seventeenth century. Engraving. (From L. de Laborde: De l’organisation des bibliothèques dans Paris, 4e lettre: Le palais Mazarin et les habitations de ville et de campagne au XVIIe siècle, Paris 1845, facing p.5).
Attributed works:
10. Throne from the treasury of Saint-Denis (‘Throne of Dagobert’). Late 8th–early 9th century. Copper alloy with iron, remains of gilding, height 104 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Cardinal Mazarin shown in the upper gallery of his hôtel, by Robert Nanteuil. 1659. Etching, 46.5 by 56.8 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. The galerie Mazarin. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
4. Plan of the ground level of the Bibliothèque nationale ‘site Richelieu’. (After Atelier Bruno Gaudin).
Attributed works:
5. Plan of the first floor of the Bibliothèque nationale ‘site Richelieu’. (After Atelier Bruno Gaudin).
Attributed works:
6. The first-floor landing of the Bibliothèque national ‘site Richelieu’ and the entrance to the salle des Colonnes. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
7. The salle des Colonnes. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
8. The salle Barthélemy, the former reading room of the département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Guillaume Murat).
Attributed works:
9. The salon de Louis XV, the former cabinet des Médailles (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; photograph Jean-Christophe Ballot).
Editorial
The future of the RIBA Drawings Collection
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 583
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Subjects
museums and institutions:
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Libraries / Archives / British architecture / Architects / Architectural drawings / Architectural models / Photographs
Book Review
Au prisme du manuscrit: Regards sur la littérature française du Moyen Âge (1300–1550). Edited by Sandra Hindman and Elliot Adam
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1294-1295
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Reviewer:
Yvard, Catherine (Yvard, Catherine)
Subjects
art literature:
Conferences / Papers / Proceedings
dates:
1300-1499 / 1500-1549
museums and institutions:
Institut national de l'Histoire d'Art, Paris, France
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Literature / French decorative art / Libraries / Translations
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Au prisme du manuscrit: Regards sur la littérature française du Moyen Âge (1300–1550) Edited by Sandra Hindman and Elliot Adam. 301 pp. incl. 112 col. + 3 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2019), £210. ISBN 978–2–503–56635–1. | :
Article
Henry Cheere’s statue of Christopher Codrington: conventions and setting
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1038-1045
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Author:
Baker, Malcolm (Baker, Malcolm)
Subjects
artists:
Cheere, Henry / Hawksmoor, Nicholas
dates:
1730-1739
museums and institutions:
All Souls' College, Oxford, Great Britain
patrons:
Codrington (1668-1710), Christopher
subjects:
British sculpture / Statues / Slave trade / Libraries / British architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The library, All Souls College, Oxford. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
2. Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster, by Henry Cheere and Henry Scheemakers. 1728. Marble. (St Michael, Edenham, Lincolnshire; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. William III, by Henry Cheere. 1733–34. Marble, height 175 cm. (Bank of England, London; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Christopher Codrington, by James Thornhill. 1702. Oil on canvas, 237.5 by 151.1 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford; photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
5. Christopher Codrington, by Henry Cheere. 1732–34. Marble. (Library, All Souls College, Oxford; photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
6. The library of All Souls College, by Thomas Malton. 1802. Etching and aquatint, 42 by 32 cm. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
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7. The North Quadrangle, All Souls College, Oxford, looking north to the original main door of the library. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
Attributed works:
8. Plan of the North Quadrangle, All Souls College, Oxford, based on Nicholas Hawksmoor’s 1715 plan. (From H. Colvin and J.S.G. Simmons: All Souls: An Oxford College and its Buildings, Oxford 1989).
Book Review
Die Büchersammlung Friedrich Gillys (1772–1800): Provenienz und Schicksal einer Architektenbibliothek im theoretischen Kontext des 18. Jahrhunderts
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1112
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Reviewer:
Bergdoll, Barry (Bergdoll, Barry)
Subjects
artists:
Gilly, Friedrich
places:
Berlin
subjects:
German architecture / Libraries / Academies / Bibliographies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Die Büchersammlung Friedrich Gillys (1772–1800): Provenienz und Schicksal einer Architektenbibliothek im theoretischen Kontext des 18. Jahrhunderts By Michael Bollé and Maria Ocón Fernández. 592 pp. incl. 160 b. & w. ills. (Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 2019), €79. ISBN 978–3–7861–2791–8. | :
Book Review
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 547
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Reviewer:
Purcell, Mark (Purcell, Mark)
Subjects
places:
Lisbon
subjects:
Libraries / Royalty / Portuguese (people) / Books / Manuscripts / Prints / Medals / Coins / Drawings
subjects:
Earthquakes
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal By Angela Delaforce. 330 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2019),  45. ISBN 978–1– 912168–15–6. | :
Book Review
The Country House Library. By Mark Purcell
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 360-361
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Reviewer:
Campbell, James (Campbell, James)
Subjects
subjects:
Books / Libraries / Collectors / Interiors / Country houses
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Country House Library By Mark Purcell. 352 pp. incl. 150 col. + 50 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2017; paperback 2019),  25. ISBN 978–0–300–24868–5 (pb). | :
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