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Editorial
Purchasing power
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 339
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Book Review
Enriching the V&A: A Collection of Collections (1862–1914)
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 345-346
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Reviewer:
Gere, Charlotte (Gere, Charlotte)
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Enriching the V&A: A Collection of Collections (1862–1914) By Julius Bryant. 176 pp. incl. 160 col. ills. (Lund Humphries and V&A Publishing, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–84822–618–0. | :
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Nineteenth-century French paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1258-1263
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Author:
Clarke, Michael (Clarke, Michael)
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Nineteenth-Century French Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum. By Jon Whiteley. 368 pp. with 200 colour ills. (Modern Art Press, London, 2022), £125. ISBN 978–1–9163474–2–7. | :
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Attributed works:
1. Fanny Claus, by Édouard Manet. 1868. Oil on canvas, 115.7 by 72.8 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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2. View of the Nile at Luxor, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1857. Oil on canvas laid on board, 16.5 by 28.7 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Head and shoulders of a girl holding a rose, by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux (called Dedreux-Dorcy). 1846. Oil on canvas, cut to an oval, 46 by 38 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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4. M. Bison, by Camille Corot. 1852. Oil on canvas, 32 by 25 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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5. Jean-Édouard Berthon, by Charles-Émile-Auguste Durand (called Carolus-Duran). 1870. Oil on canvas, 45 by 37 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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6. A windmill at Zaandam, by Claude Monet. 1871. Oil on canvas, 42 by 73.5 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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7. A view of buildings in a valley in the Île-de-France, by Paul Cezanne. c.1879–81. Oil on canvas, 45 by 54 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Article
Jacopo Tintoretto, his heirs and the family enterprise
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 717-727
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Author:
Markou, Georgios E. (Markou, Georgios E.)
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1. St George and the dragon, by Domenico Tintoretto and Sebastiano Casser. 1610–17. Oil on canvas, height 400 cm. (S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice; Scala Archives).
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10. The Liagò in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, in 2019, showing paintings by Domenico Tintoretto and his workshop. (Photograph the author).
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2. Self-portrait, by Jacopo Tintoretto. c.1588. Oil on canvas, 63 by 52 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Ca’Tintoretto, Fondamenta dei Mori, Venice. (Photograph the author).
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4. The Tintoretto family tree.
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5 a and b. Members of the Scuola dei Mercanti, by Domenico Tintoretto. 1591. Oil on canvas, each 129 by 76 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Scala Archives).
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6. Self-portrait, by Domenico Tintoretto. c.1610. Canvas, 54 by 88.7 cm. (Museo di Casa Martelli, Florence; courtesy Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
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7. The apparition of St Mark or miracle of the ring, by Domenico Tintoretto. c.1600. Oil on canvas, 400 by 370 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; courtesy Save Venice photo archives).
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8. Palma il Giovane, Paolo Veronese and Jacopo Tintoretto, by Palma il Giovane. 1602–04. Pen and grey wash over black chalk on yellowish buff ground paper, 9.9 by 7 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Collection Fritz Lugt, Paris).
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9. Two seated nude figures, by Marco Tintoretto. c.1590. Black chalk on faded blue paper, 20.3 by 31.2 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
Article
Designs by John Gibson for the Gibson Gallery at the Royal Academy of Arts
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 947-955
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Author:
Frasca-Rath, Anna (Frasca-Rath, Anna)
Author:
Wickham, Annette (Wickham, Annette)
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1. Wounded warrior, by John Gibson. 1860s. Marble, 193 by 101 by 66 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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10. Detail of an elevation recording the arrangement of casts on the the south and north walls of the smaller room in the Gibson Gallery, attributed to the office of Sydney Smirke. 1874. Pencil with black ink and wash on wove paper, 38.9 by 56.4 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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11. Resurrection. Angel, mother and infant (Monument to Lady Leicester), by John Gibson. c.1844. Plaster, 181 by 126.5 cm. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Paul Highnam).
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12. Venus, by John Gibson. 1850s. Plaster, 172 by 50.8 by 46 cm. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Paul Highnam).
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13. The Gibson Gallery and Diploma Gallery, Burlington House, London. Centre right is Gibson’s marble Bacchus (1856–60) and William Theed’s portrait bust of Gibson (1868) on display alongside paintings from the RA collection following a rearrangement of the galleries. (Repr. The Sphere, 23rd February 1929).
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14. Floorplan showing the Gibson Gallery as completed, attributed to Sydney Smirke. June 1874. Pencil with black ink and wash on wove paper, 38.8 by 55.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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2. The Royal Academy of Arts Library, Burlington House, London, which occupies the space of the Gibson Gallery. The central sculpture is Wounded warrior by John Gibson. Photograph 2011. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Francis Ware).
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3. Design for the layout of the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson. c.1864. A list on the facing page is inscribed ‘Bassorelievi’ with the heading ‘A list of my models in plaster executed at Rome’. Pen and ink on paper, (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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4. Floor plan with layout of sculpture and casts in the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson. 1864. Black ink over pencil on tracing paper mounted on wove paper, 43.5 by 26.9 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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5. Design for the arrangement of the entrance wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson, showing seated male portraits. Black ink on laid paper mounted on laid paper, 27 by 20.3 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London; see also Fig.6).
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6. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the entrance wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with seated male portraits. Here and in Fig.8 missing reliefs are represented by drawings by Gibson, (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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7. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the wall opposite the entrance to the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with idealised female figures. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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8. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the left-hand wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with reliefs on mythological themes. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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9. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the right-hand wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with reliefs on religious themes. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Article
A little-known collector and the early reception of Dürer’s self-portraits
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 108-114
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Author:
Meurer, Susanne (Meurer, Susanne)
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collectors and dealers:
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1. Self-portrait, by Albrecht Dürer. 1500. Oil on panel, 66 by 49 cm. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Self-portrait, by Albrecht Dürer. 1498. Oil on panel, 52 by 41 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder, after Albrecht Dürer. 1497. Oil on limewood panel, 51 by 40.3 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Georg Römer, by Georg Pencz(?). 1534. Black chalk on paper, 30.8 by 20.4 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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6. Johann Neudörffer, by Nicolas Neufchatel. 1561. Oil on canvas, 102.3 by 92.5 cm. (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg; Bridgeman Images).
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7. The goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer, by Nicolas Neufchatel. c.1562–63. Oil on canvas, 92.5 by 80 cm. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva).
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4. Salvator Mundi, after Albrecht Dürer. c.1580–1600. Black chalk and brown wash on paper, 40.5 by 30.5 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett).
Article
A dish from the Cantagalli workshop in the British Museum
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 816-823
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Author:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
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1. Iznik-style dish, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. c.1890–95. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 41 cm. (British Museum, London).
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2. Reverse of the dish illustrated in Fig.1, showing the cockerel mark for the Cantagalli workshop.
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3. Iznik-style dish with scalloped edge and floral sprays, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. c.1899. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 39 cm. (Stibbert Museum, Florence).
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5. Iznik-style vase, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. 1883. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 57 cm. (Stibbert Museum, Florence).
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8. Curiosités, by Antoine Vollon. 1868. Canvas, 264 by 192 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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9. The sixteenth-century room at Hertford House, London, looking north, by J.J.Thomson. c.1890. Photograph. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Iznik rimless dish with flower sprays, Iznik, Ottoman Turkey. c.1550. Fritware painted in underglaze blues, green and mauve, diameter 33.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Iznik dish with peahen amid prunus branches, Iznik, Ottoman Turkey. c.1580–90. Fritware painted in underglaze blue, green and red, diameter 47.4 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Western art unattributed:
7. The comte de Nieuwerkerke’s collections in his private apartments in the Louvre, unknown photographer. c.1865. Stereoscopic glass negative. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Book Review
A Rothschild Renaissance: A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum. Edited by Pippa Shirley and Dora Thornton
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 878-879
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Reviewer:
Kirchweger, Franz (Kirchweger, Franz)
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2. Miniature tabernacle, by workshop of Adam Dircksz. 1500–30, base 1562. Boxwood, 22.2 by 14.7 by 13 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Sir Richard Wallace: The Collector. The Wallace Collection, London
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 858-860
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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13. Objects of ancient art in the collection of Sir Richard Wallace, by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe. Canvas, 99.5 by 150 cm. (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe; exh. the Wallace Collection, London).
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14. An ostrich, by Elias Zorer. Augsburg, c.1600. Silver, with gilding, height 42 cm. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Trophy head. Asante Kingdom, eighteenth or nineteenth century. Gold, height 20 cm. (The Wallace Collection, London).
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