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Exhibition Review

Embroidery in the Middle Ages. Musée de Cluny, Paris

01/2020 | 1402 | 162

Pages: 54-57

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Reviewer:

Michael, M. A. (Michael, M. A.)

Subjects

collectors and dealers:

Bock, Franz

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Embroidery

museums and institutions:

Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France

places:

France / England / Germany / Flanders

styles:

Medieval / Renaissance

styles:

Opus Anglicanum (English Medieval Needlework)

subjects:

Religious art / Textiles

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Embroidery in the Middle Ages Musée de Cluny, Paris 24th October 2019–20th January | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

5. Miraculous healing at the tomb of St Martin from the Life of St Martin, designed by Barthélémy d’Eyck and embroidered by Pierre du Billant. c.1440–50. Linen, polychrome silk thread wrapped with gold and silver, 17.5 by 15 cm. (Musée de Cluny, Paris; © RMNGrand Palais; photograph Thierry Ollivier).

Western art unattributed:

4. Fragment of an antependium or wall-hanging showing Apostles. Linen, embroidery and polychrome silk, 83 by 59 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).

Western art unattributed:

6. Virgin and child clothed in the sun with the moon at her feet. Germany (?), c.1500. Canvas, silk thread, gold- and silverwrapped thread, pearls, metal and glass appliqués, 68 by 47 by 2 cm. Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).

Article

Benavides’s ‘Scipio’ ensemble and collaborative entrepreneurial action in Brussels tapestry around 1660

02/2019 | 1391 | 161

Pages: 112-119

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Author:

Brosens, Koenraad (Brosens, Koenraad)

Author:

Slegten, Astrid (Slegten, Astrid)

Subjects

artists:

Penni, Giovanni Francesco / Giulio Romano / Leefdael, Jan van / Strecken, Geraert van der / Reydams, Heinrich, I, ca. 1600-1669 / Leyniers, Everard / Geubels, Jacob, the younger / Raes, Jan I, act. 1610-1631 / Teniers, David II, 1610-1690 / Teniers, David III, 1638-1685 / Hoecke, Jan van den / Le Brun, Charles / Valdor, Johannes II, 1616-1670

dates:

1600-1699 / 1650-1699

media:

Tapestries / Drawings / Documents

patrons:

Benavides Carrillo de Toledo, Don Luis de, Marquis of Caracena / Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, 1614-1662

places:

Flanders / Brussels

subjects:

Tapestry (process) / Patronage / Commissions / Inventories / Contracts / Brussels Tapestry / Dyeing / Artists' groups and associations / Workshops (Organisations) / Cartoons (working drawings) / Classical Revival / Baroque / Teniers family / Teniers Tapestries

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Detail of Fig.3.

Attributed works:

2. A table showing all the known extant tapestries of the Benavides Deeds and triumph of Scipio series.

Attributed works:

3. Conference between Scipio and Hannibal before the Battle of Zama, from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 471 by 842 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).

Attributed works:

4. Sol from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1662. Wool and silk, 180 by 147 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).

Attributed works:

5. The continence of Scipio from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 471 by 557 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).

Attributed works:

6. Capture of the camp and mercy for the vanquished from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 481 by 794 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).

Book Review

Van Dyck’s Hosts in Genoa: Lucas and Cornelis de Wael’s Lives, Business Activities and Works. By Alison Stoesser

02/2019 | 1391 | 161

Pages: 170-171

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Reviewer:

Standring, Timothy J. (Standring, Timothy J.; Standring, T. J.)

Subjects

art literature:

Di Fabio, Clario / Boccardo, Piero / Orlando, Anna , Genova, Italy

artists:

Wael, Cornelis de / Wael, Lucas de

dates:

1600-1699

media:

Paintings / Drawings / Prints

places:

Flanders / Antwerp / Italy / Genoa / Rome

subjects:

Flemish painting / Italian painting / Materials / Lapis lazuli / Pigments / Studios (work spaces) / Economics / Art dealers / Art market / Guilds / Catalogues raisonnés / Commissions / Battles / Iconography / Christian iconography

Illustrations

Attributed works:

5. Lady talking to her gardners, by Cornelis de Wael. Canvas, 26 by 38 cm. (Private collection).

Article

Hans Memling’s Nájera altarpiece: new documentary evidence

02/2018 | 1379 | 160

Pages: 101-105

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Author:

Fransen, Bart (Fransen, Bart)

Subjects

artists:

Memling, Hans

dates:

1480-1489 / 1490-1499

media:

Paintings

museums and institutions:

Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium

places:

Spain

places:

Flanders

subjects:

Altarpieces / Polyptychs / Commissions / Patronage / Netherlandish painting

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. God the Father surrounded b singing and musician angels (central panel), by Hans Memling. 1483–94. Panel, 169.7 by 212.7 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp).

Attributed works:

2. God the Father surrounded b singing and musician angels (left flanking panel), by Hans Memling. 1483–94. Panel, 170 by 231.5 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp).

Attributed works:

3. God the Father surrounded b singing and musician angels (right flanking panel), by Hans Memling. 1483–94. Panel, 170 by 231 cm. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp).

Article

‘Qualis vita, finis ita’: The life and death of Margaret Lemon, mistress of Van Dyck

02/2018 | 1379 | 160

Pages: 92-100

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Author:

Maddicott, Hilary (Maddicott, Hilary)

Subjects

artists:

Dyck, Anthony van / Hollar, Wenceslaus

dates:

1600-1649

media:

Paintings / Drawings / Engravings

patrons:

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

places:

Flanders / Great Britain

subjects:

Flemish painting / Prostitution / Biographies / Flora

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Marguerite Lemon Angloise, by Wenceslas Hollar after Anthony Van Dyck. 1646. Etching and engraving, 26.1 by 18.1 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

2. Margaret Lemon, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1636. Canvas, 59.5 by 49.5 cm. (Private collection, New York).

Attributed works:

3. Margaret Lemon, attributed to Peter Lely after Anthony van Dyck. Brush and grey ink on paper, 24.8 by 14.5 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Paris).

Attributed works:

4. Margaret Lemon, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1638. Canvas, 93.3. by 77.8 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © H.M. Queen Elizabeth II 2018).

Attributed works:

5. Margaret Lemon as Erminia, by Anthony van Dyck. Late 1630s. Canvas, 109.2 by 129.5 cm. (Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire).

Attributed works:

6. Margaret Lemon, by Samuel Cooper. ?1635–37. Watercolour on vellum, height 12.1 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Paris).

Publication Received

Masterpieces in Detail: Early Netherlandish Art from Van Eyck to Bosch. By Till-Holger Borchert

02/2018 | 1379 | 160

Pages: 168

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Reviewer:

Randall-Wright, Chelsey (Randall-Wright, Chelsey)

Subjects

media:

Paintings

places:

Netherlands / Flanders

subjects:

Surveys / Netherlandish painting

Book Review

The Age of Rubens: Diplomacy, Dynastic Politics and the Visual Arts in Early Seventeenth-century Europe. Edited by Luc Duerloo and Malcolm Smuts

02/2018 | 1379 | 160

Pages: 163-164

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Reviewer:

Martin, Gregory (Martin, Gregory)

Subjects

artists:

Rubens, Peter Paul

dates:

1550-1649

media:

Paintings

patrons:

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

places:

Flanders

subjects:

Proceedings / Flemish painting / Diplomacy

Illustrations

Attributed works:

4. Minerva protects Pax from Mars, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1629–30. Canvas, 203.5 by 298 cm. (National Gallery, London).

Book Review

Rubens. Mythological Subjects: Achilles to the Graces (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XI). By Elizabeth McGrath, Gregory Martin, Fiona Healy, Bert Schepers, Carl Van de Velde and Karolien De Clippel

02/2018 | 1379 | 160

Pages: 162-163

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Reviewer:

Rosenthal, Lisa (Rosenthal, Lisa)

Subjects

artists:

Rubens, Peter Paul

dates:

1550-1649

media:

Paintings

places:

Flanders

subjects:

Catalogues raisonnés / Flemish painting / Mythology / Corpus Rubenianum

Illustrations

Attributed works:

3. Andromeda liberated by Perseus, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1620–22. Canvas, 99.7 by 139.6 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).

Book Review

Jan Brueghel and the Senses of Scale. By Elizabeth Alice Honig

02/2018 | 1379 | 160

Pages: 161

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Reviewer:

Buchanan, Iain (Buchanan, Iain)

Subjects

artists:

Brueghel, Jan, the Elder

dates:

1550-1649

media:

Paintings

places:

Flanders

subjects:

Flemish painting / Monographs

Publication Received

Silver-Stained Roundels and Unipartite Panels before the French Revolution. Flanders, Vol.2: The Provinces of East and West Flanders. (Corpus Vitrearum Belgium, Checklist Series, II). By C.J. Berserik and J.M.A. Caen.

02/2014 | 1331 | 156

Pages: 118

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Reviewer:

Hegbin Barnes, Penny (Hegbin Barnes, Penny; Barnes, Penny Hegbin-)

Subjects

places:

East Flanders (province) / Flanders / Belgium

subjects:

Stained glass / Roundels / Iconography / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Attributions / Techniques / Provenance / Bibliographies

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