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Book Review
Art and Allegiance in the Dutch Golden Age. The Ambitions of a wealthy widow in a painted chamber by Ferdinand Bol
02/2013 | 1319 | 155
Pages: 104-105
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Reviewer:
Blankert, Albert (Blankert, Albert)
Subjects
artists:
Bol, Ferdinand
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Vredespaleis, The Hague, Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch painting / Bible stories / Religious art / Classical mythology / Collections, Public / Loan of works of art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
35. Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses in the reed basket, by Ferdinand Bol (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam; on loan to the Peace Palace, The Hague)
Letter
A new sighting of Michelangelo's 'Young archer'
11/2012 | 1316 | 154
Pages: 790
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Author:
Draper, James David (Draper, James David; Draper, James)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
dates:
1490-1499
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Correspondence / Italian sculpture
subjects:
Loan of works of art
subjects:
Cupid
Illustrations
Attributed works:
63. Cupid, by Michelangelo. 1491-92. Marble, 95 cm. high. (French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
64. Detail of Psyche worshipped as Venus, by or after Francesco Salviati. 1539. Canvas. (Palazzo Grimani, Venice).
Book Review
The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857: Entrepreneurs, Connoisseurs and the Public
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 585
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Reviewer:
Waterfield, Giles (Waterfield, Giles)
Subjects
dates:
1850-1859
places:
Manchester / England
print:
Exhibitions
subjects:
Exhibitions / Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition (1857)
subjects:
Paintings / Loan of works of art / Hanging (installation technique) / Displays
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857: Entrepreneurs, Connoisseurs and the Public | author: Pergam, Elizabeth
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Engraving by W. Morton of Ruth, by William Theed. From the Art-Treasures Examiner (1857), p.86.
Article
A ‘splendid and probably Unique Pebble’: the ‘Benetier de Charlemagne’
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 388-393
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Hamilton, Alexander, Tenth Duke of Hamilton, 1767-1852 / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
dates:
0940-0949 / 0950-0959 / 0960-0969
dates:
1550-1599
museums and institutions:
National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
print:
Bowls
subjects:
Art objects / Religious art / Collections, Public / Acquisitions / Monstrances / Bowls / Rock crystals / Chalices / Byzantine art
subjects:
Loan of works of art
subjects:
Provenance
subjects:
Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the base of St Lawrence trampling the heretic king, by Francesco Alfieri. Trapani, Sicily, mid-sixteenth century. Coral, gilt-bronze and enamel, diameter approx. 14 cm. (San Lorenzo, El Escorial).
Western art unattributed:
1. The Benetier of Charlemagne. Sardonyx bowl. Byzantine mid-tenth century, mounted on a gold and enamel monstrance foot, Spanish or Italian, before 1571, 23.2 by 26.1 cm. (Private collection; on loan to the National Museums of Scotland).
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of the sardonyx bowl in Fig.1.
Western art unattributed:
3. The Chalice of the Emperor Charles IV. Sardonyx bowl. Byzantine, mid-tenth century, mounted in Germany in 1350. Gold, enamel and pearls, 21.2 by 14.8 cm. (Treasury of St Vitus Cathedral, Prague).
Western art unattributed:
4. The Chalice of the Emperor Romanos I. Byzantine, before 944. Sardonyx, gold, enamel and pearls, 23.7 by 18.1 cm. (Treasury, St Mark’s, Venice).
Western art unattributed:
5. Detail of the gold and enamel mount in Fig.1.
Western art unattributed:
7. Photograph of the Red Room, Halton, Buckinghamshire. 1884. (Private collection).
Article
‘Ecstatic impulses’: Cy Twombly’s ‘Untitled (Bacchus)’, 2006–08
09/2010 | 1290 | 152
Pages: 613-616
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Author:
Cullinan, Nicholas (Cullinan, Nicholas)
Author:
Serota, Nicholas (Serota, Nicholas)
Subjects
artists:
Twombly, Cy
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Twombly, Cy
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Collections, Private / Loan of works of art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
55a–c. Untitled (Bacchus), by Cy Twombly. 2006–08. Acrylic on canvas, each 300 by 475 cm. (Private collection; on loan to Tate).
Western art unattributed:
56. Photograph of the Bacchus paintings in Twombly’s studio in Gaeta. January 2009. (Photograph courtesy of Xavier Salomon).
Western art unattributed:
57. Photograph of paintbrushes affixed to long poles in Twombly’s studio in Gaeta. Summer 2008. (Photograph courtesy of Xavier Salomon).
Article
The Baroque exhibition in London
06/2009 | 1275 | 151
Pages: 367-371
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
Subjects
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1639 / 1640-1649 / 1650-1749 / 1750-1799 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Baroque
subjects:
Exhibitions / Baroque / Decorative arts / Furniture / Reviews / Loan of works of art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Baroque 1620–1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence | institution: Victoria and Albert Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Cabinet, by Domenico Cucci. Gobelins workshop, Paris, 1679–83. Pine and oak veneered with ebony, set with pietra dura plaques and gilt-bronze mounts; stand of carved, gilded and painted wood, 299 by 196 by 65 cm. (Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
13. Equestrian statue of Louis XIV, by François Girardon. c.1695. Bronze, 102 by 98 by 50 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. Incense boat and spoon, by Leandro Gagliardi. 1750. Silver gilt, boat: 20 by 18 cm.; spoon: 13 cm. (Chapel of St John the Baptist, São Roque, Lisbon; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
15. Reliquary of the Cradle of Christ, by Giuseppe Antonio Torricelli, Cosimo Merlini the Younger and the Florentine Grand-ducal workshops after Giovanni Battista Foggini. 1697. Pietre dure, rock crystal and silver gilt, 26.5 by 20 by 15 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
16. Ostrich egg cup. Dresden, 1734. Metalwork by Benjamin Herfurth; porcelain by Johann Joachim Kändler. Ostrich egg with enamelled porcelain, gold and silver mounts, 42.6 by 13.5 cm. (Grünes Gewölbe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
12. Screen for the Council Room of Batavia Fort, made by Chinese and/or Dutch craftsmen in Indonesia. c.1700–20. Teak, carved, painted and gilded, 297 by 231 by 60 cm. (Museum Sejarah, Jakarta; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Short Notice
Text and image: how St Jerome sees the Trinity
02/2007 | 1247 | 149
Pages: 95-96
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Author:
Ainsworth, Maryan W. (Ainsworth, Maryan W.; Ainsworth, Maryan)
Subjects
artists:
Master of the Lille Adoration
dates:
1520-1539 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, United States / Musée Magnin, Dijon, France / National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States / Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
print:
Master of the Lille Adoration
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Loan of works of art / Jerome, Saint / Trinity / Christian iconography / Religious art / Devotional images / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Exhibitions / Bible / Inscriptions / Diptychs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. Holy Trinity, attributed to the Master of the Lille Adoration. c.1530. Panel, 63 by 50 cm. (Musée Magnin, Dijon).
Attributed works:
29. St Jerome, attributed to the Master of the Lille Adoration. c.1530. Panel, 62.2 by 48.9 cm. (Private collection, New York).
Publication Received
From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter
02/2007 | 1247 | 149
Pages: 115
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Reviewer:
Stonard, John-Paul (Stonard, John-Paul)
Subjects
artists:
Richter, Gerhard
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
print:
Friedrich, Caspar David
print:
Richter, Gerhard
print:
Collections, Public / Dresden / Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues / Collections, Public / Loan of works of art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter | author: Bischoff, Ulrich , author: Hipp, Elisabeth , author: Nugent, Jeanne Anne
Book Review
Degenerates and Perverts: The 1939 Herald Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art
10/2006 | 1243 | 148
Pages: 700-701
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Reviewer:
Trumble, Angus (Trumble, Angus)
Subjects
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1949
places:
Australia / Adelaide / Melbourne / Sydney
print:
Twentieth-century art
subjects:
Exhibitions / British painting / British sculpture / French painting / French sculpture / Critical Reception / World War (1939-1945) / Loan of works of art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Degenerates and Perverts: The 1939 Herald Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art | author: Chanin, Eileen , author: Miller, Steven
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