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Article
Charles Stewart Carstairs and Camille Pissarro’s ‘The Côte des Boeufs at L’Hermitage’: model of magnanimity or marketing strategy?
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 628-637
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Author:
Iacono, Margaret (Iacono, Margaret)
Subjects
artists:
Pissarro, Camille
collectors and dealers:
Carstairs, Charles Stewart
dates:
1870-1879 / 1920-1929
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
French painting / Collections, Public / Collections, Private / Gifts / Bequests / National Art Collections Fund / Art dealers / Biographies / Acquisitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. The Côte des Boeufs at L'Hermitage, by Camille Pissarro. 1877 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
31. The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer's Opera 'Robert Le Diable', by Edgar Degas. 1876 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
32. Faa Iheihe, by Paul Gauguin. 1898 (On long-term loan to the National Gallery, London from Tate, London)
Attributed works:
33. King George V, accompanied by Queen Mary, at the Opening of the Modern Foreign and Sargent Galleries at the Tate Gallery, 26th June 1926, by John Lavery. 1929 (Tate, London)
Attributed works:
34. View from Louveciennes, by Camille Pissarro. 1869-70 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
35. The Boulevard Montmartre at Night, by Camille Pissarro. 1897 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
36. Portrait of a Lady, by Edouard Manet. c.1879 (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)
Attributed works:
37. Chrysanthemums in a Chinese Vase, by Camille Pissarro. 1873 (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
Attributed works:
38. The Dreamer, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. 1879 (St Louis Art Museum)
Attributed works:
39. Portrait of Madame Michel Lévy, by Edouard Manet. 1882 (Private collection; image courtesy of Sotheby's)
Western art unattributed:
29. Charles Stewart Carstairs (1865-1928). c.1928. Photograph (Courtesy Diana Towers McNamara)
Article
Days with Velázquez: when Charles Lewis Hind bought the ‘Rokeby Venus’ for Lockett Agnew
05/2016 | 1358 | 158
Pages: 358–367
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Author:
Pezzini, Barbara (Pezzini, Barbara)
Subjects
artists:
Velázquez, Diego
collectors and dealers:
Agnew's, London, Great Britain / Agnew, Lockett / Hind, Charles Lewis
dates:
1640-1649 / 1900-1909
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Collections, Public / Spanish painting / Acquisitions / National Art Collections Fund / Venus / Provenance / The Trustees of the National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Account books / Donations
works:
The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus') (National Gallery, London)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. The toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus'), by Diego Velázquez. 1647-51 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
31. Portrait of Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo, by Titian. c.1510 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
33. Agnew's daybook, opened to show the entry on 'Venus and Cupid', dated 14th March 1906, with the stock number of the painting (1714) noted and initialled W.L.A. [William Lockett Agnew]. (National Gallery Archive, London)
Attributed works:
34. Charles Lewis Hind, by Emil Otto Hoppé. c.1920. Photograph in C.L. Hind: Naphtali, London, 1926
Attributed works:
36. Agnew's stock book entry for the sale of the Rokeby Venus, in which purchase price and 'service charges' are given in code ('melee' = £30,000, 'ueee' = £2,000). (National Gallery Archive, London)
Western art unattributed:
32. 'Venus and Cupid. Foreign bids for the famous picture', newspaper cutting from the Evening Standard of 7th December 1905 (National Gallery Archive, London)
Western art unattributed:
35. The sitting room at Rokeby Park, Yorkshire, showing the Venus, 1905. Photograph reproduced from The Pall Mall Magazine (October 1905), p.421
Western art unattributed:
37. Lockett Agnew, c.1912 (National Gallery Archive, London)
Western art unattributed:
38. The Rokeby Venus in an advertisement in The Burlington Magazine 8 (March 1906), p.ix
Western art unattributed:
39. 'The Rokeby Velasquez Official Announcement'. Newspaper cutting from The Westminster Gazette of 24th January 1906 (National Gallery Archive, London)
Article
‘A magnificent addition to our collections’: the Trie-Château window at the Victoria and Albert Museum
11/2009 | 1280 | 151
Pages: 740-745
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Author:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
dates:
1150-1159 / 1160-1169
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Medieval architecture
subjects:
Collections, Public / Sculpture / Limestone / Architectural components / Architecture / Romanesque / Acquisitions / National Art Collections Fund / Domestic (house related concept) / Windows / Correspondence
subjects:
French architecture / French sculpture
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Triple window from Trie-Château, Oise. Probably c.1160–70. Limestone, 277.7 by 635.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph taken before recent installation).
Western art unattributed:
2. Triple window, rue Chantault, Chartres. Probably c.1160–70.
Western art unattributed:
3. Lunette from the ‘Maison de la Chrétienté’, Reims. c.1160–70. Limestone, 91.5 by 157.5 cm. (Musée Saint-Rémi, Reims).
Western art unattributed:
4. Detail of the Trie-Château window (left).
Western art unattributed:
5. Detail of the Trie-Château window (centre).
Western art unattributed:
6. Detail of the Trie-Château window (right).
Western art unattributed:
7. Capital showing Dives and devils from the west side of the south portal of the abbey church of Saint-Sever-de-­Rustan. Probably c.1125–50.
Western art unattributed:
8. Capital showing a mermaid or merman from the east side of the south portal of the abbey church of Saint-Sever-de-­Rustan. Probably c.1125–50.
Editorial
The heart of the matter
04/2009 | 1273 | 151
Pages: 207
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Subjects
print:
Art Fund
subjects:
Editorials / Arts funding / National Art Collections Fund / Acquisitions / Collections, Public
Exhibition Review
The Vereniging Rembrandt
02/2009 | 1271 | 151
Pages: 125-126
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Reviewer:
Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
places:
Amsterdam / Netherlands
print:
Vereniging Rembrandt
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Dutch painting / Flemish painting / National Art Collections Fund
subjects:
Arts funding
subjects:
Vereniging Rembrandt
Reviewed Items
subjects:
125 Grote Liefdes (125 Great Favourites) | institution: Van Gogh Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. Portrait of Don Ramón Satué, by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. 1823. Canvas, 107 by 83.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
59. Portrait of an elderly man, by Rembrandt van Rijn. 1667. Canvas, 81.9 by 67.7 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Non-western art unattributed:
57. Bodhisattva Guanyin. China, twelfth century. Wood, polychromy, gold, 117 cm. high. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Article
Saving face: Henry Clay Frick’s pursuit of Holbein portraits
02/2008 | 1259 | 150
Pages: 91-97
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Author:
Finocchio, Ross (Finocchio, Ross)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543
collectors and dealers:
Frick, Henry Clay
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Frick Collection, New York, United States
print:
Frick, Henry Clay
print:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543
subjects:
German painting / Portraits / Collections, Public / Collections, Private / Acquisitions / Collectors / Appeals / National Art Collections Fund
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1538. Panel, 179.1 by 82.6 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
22. Hans Across the Sea?, by Bernard Partridge. Punch (12th May 1909).
Attributed works:
23. Erasmus of Rotterdam, by Hans Holbein the Younger. Panel, 18.7 by 14.6 cm. (Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Sir William Butts, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1543. Panel, 47 by 36.8 cm. (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston).
Attributed works:
25. Lady Butts, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1543. Panel, 46 by 37 cm. (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston).
Attributed works:
26. Anne of Cleves, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1539. Oil on vellum, 65 by 48 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
27. Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1527. Panel, 74.9 by 60.3 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
28. Erasmus of Rotterdam, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1523. Panel, 74.5 by 52.5 cm. (Private collection, on loan to the National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
29. Thomas Cromwell, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1532–33. Panel, 78.4 by 64.5 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
Editorial
Saving art for the nation
12/2003 | 1209 | 145
Pages: 831-832
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Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
places:
England
subjects:
Arts funding / Appeals
subjects:
National Art Collections Fund
Book Review
Christiana Herringham and the Edwardian Art Scene
05/1997 | 1130 | 139
Pages: 342
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Reviewer:
Baron, Wendy (Baron, Wendy; Dimson, Wendy)
Subjects
art literature:
Herringham, Christiana
artists:
Herringham, Christiana
dates:
1890-1899 / 1900-1909
subjects:
British painting / National Art Collections Fund
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Christiana Herringham and the Edwardian Art Scene | author: Lago, Mary
Article
Christiana Herringham and the National Art Collections Fund
03/1993 | 1080 | 135
Pages: 202-211
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Author:
Lago, Mary (Lago, Mary)
Subjects
art literature:
Herringham, Christiana
art literature:
MacColl, D. S.
art literature:
Fry, Roger (R. F.; R. E. F.)
art literature:
Phillips, Claude
artists:
Herringham, Christiana
dates:
1880-1919
places:
England
subjects:
National Art Collections Fund
subjects:
Burlington Magazine
subjects:
Arts funding / Art criticism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. Geoffrey and Christopher Herringham, by Christiana Herringham. c.1895. Chalk. (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham).
Attributed works:
50. D. S. MacColl, by Donald Maclaren. c.1906. 53.3 by 34.3 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).
Western art unattributed:
44. Christiana Jane Powell Herringham. c.1885. Photograph. (Jean Vernon-Jackson Collection).
Western art unattributed:
45. Wilmot Parker Herringham. c.1885. Photograph. (Jean Vernon-Jackson Collection).
Western art unattributed:
46. Christiana Herringham. c.1900. Photograph. (Jean Vernon-Jackson Collection).
Western art unattributed:
47. Isodore Spielmann. Photograph. (Ruth Sebag-Montefiore Collection).
Western art unattributed:
48. Roger Fry. 1890s. Photograph. Fry Is Seen beside a Mural he Painted in the Loggia of His Parents' House, Failand, near Bristol. (Private Collection).
Advertisements
Advertisements August 1989 (Front)
08/1989 | 1037 | 131
Pages: i-viii
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Subjects
advertisements:
International Antique Dealers Show, New York
advertisements:
Colnaghi, London, Great Britain
advertisements:
Umberto Allemandi & C. (publishers), Turin, Italy
advertisements:
Trafalgar Galleries, London, Great Britain
advertisements:
Aquila Press (publishers), London, Great Britain
advertisements:
Blackwall Green (Jewellery and Fine Art), London, Great Britain
advertisements:
Michael Tollemache Ltd., London, Great Britain
advertisements:
Edward Speelman Ltd., London, Great Britain
advertisements:
Didier Aaron, Inc, New York, United States
advertisements:
Arthena (publishers), Paris, France
advertisements:
National Art Collections Fund
advertisements:
Chicago International Antiques Show
advertisements:
Matthews & Goodman, chartered surveyors, London, Great Britain
advertisements:
Ars Libri Ltd. (publishers), Boston, United States
advertisements:
Douwes Fine Art gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
advertisements:
Michael Shamansky Bookseller, New York, United States
advertisements:
Frederick Cummings, New York, United States
advertisements:
Richard L. Feigen & Co, New York, United States
advertisements:
Marlborough Fine Art, London, Great Britain
artists:
Rego, Paula / Reynolds, Joshua / Moitte, Jean Guillaume
artists:
Mosca, Giovanni Maria, il Padovano / Sellaio, Jacopo del
artists:
Talbot, Grace Helen
Illustrations
Attributed works:
[Chicago International Antiques Show, 600 North McClurg Court, Chicago] "Crescent Moon," Bronze, by Grace Helen Talbot. Courtesy of the Graham Gallery, New York.
Attributed works:
[Colnaghi, 14 Old Bond Street, London] Jacopo del Sellaio Active in Florence c. 1441-1493. The Madonna Adoring the Infant Christ with St. John Standing in the Background. Panel, 39 × 23½ ins. (99 × 60 cms.)
Attributed works:
[Frederick Cummings Fine Art, 146 West 57th Street, New York] Jeane-Guillaume Moitte (1746-1810), Design for a Candelabrum in the Form of a Woman, Two Silver Cups and Two Silver Dishes ca. 1790 Pen and Ink H. 30.7 × W. 39.7 cm. (12 × 15⅝ in.)
Attributed works:
[Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd, 6 Albemarle Street, London] Paula Rego (b. 1935). The Rehearsal, 1989, Acrylic on Paper, 8 × 12 ft.
Attributed works:
[National Art Collection Fund, 20 John Islip Street, London] Marble Relief of Mucius Scaevola by Giovanni Maria Mosca. 34.5 × 21 cms. Acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland in 1988 with the Help of a Contribution from the NACF.
Attributed works:
[Richard L. Feigen Company, 6 Ryder Street, London] Sir Joshua Reynolds, "Portrait of Dorothy Vaughan, Countess of Lisburne", c. 1777, Oil on Canvas, 50 by 40 Inches (127 by 101 cm)
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