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Article
Ingres, Raphael and the ‘tableaux de tapisserie’ in Meaux Cathedral
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 836–841
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Author:
Morrison, Alexandra (Morrison, Alexandra)
Subjects
artists:
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique / Raphael / Boullogne, Bon / Corneille the Younger, Michel (1642–1708) / Mosnier, Pierre (1641–1703) / Verdier, François
buildings:
Meaux Cathedral
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Gobelins Manufactory
subjects:
French art / Italian art / Renaissance art / Tapestries / Copies / Cartoons (working drawings)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Raphael and the Fornarina, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814. Oil on canvas, 64.8 by 53.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Conversion of the proconsul, by Raphael and workshop. 1515–16. Bodycolour over charcoal underdrawing on paper mounted on canvas, 342 by 446 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Blinding of Elymas, by Pieter van Aelst and workshop. 1517–19. Wool, silk and gilt-metal-wrapped thread, 501 by 579 cm. (Vatican Museums).
Attributed works:
4. Blinding of Elymas. 1666–73. Oil on canvas, approx. 390 by 490 cm. (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, Meaux; photograph Yvan Bourhis, Département de Seine-et-Marne).
Attributed works:
5. Doña Isabel de Requesens, vicereine of Naples (formerly identified Jeanne d’Aragon), here attributed to Louis-Nicolas-Philippe-Auguste de Forbin after Raphael and Giulio Romano. c.1800. Oil on canvas, 102.8 by 85.1 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
6. The choir of Meaux Cathedral. Before 1899. Postcard. (Collection of the author.)
Article
A drawing by Michelangelo for the ‘Worship of the Brazen Serpent’
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 220-25
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Author:
Joannides, Paul (Joannides, Paul; J., P.; Joannides, P. E. A.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
collectors and dealers:
Robinson, J.C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913 / Hall, Chambers (1786–1855) / Mond, Robert (1867–1938)
dates:
1500-1519
subjects:
Drawings / Nudes / Anatomy / Provenance
subjects:
Italian drawing
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The backing sheet of Fig.2, showing the collector’s stamps of Chambers Hall (bottom left) and Robert Mond (centre), and the inscription by J.C. Robinson.
Attributed works:
10. Study for an ignudo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, by Michelangelo. c.1511. Red chalk with white highlights and lead pen on paper, 27.9 by 21.4 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).
Attributed works:
2. Study for a figure in the Worship of the Brazen Serpent, by Michelangelo. Probably 1512. Red chalk on paper, 15.7 by 19.3 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the partial watermark.
Attributed works:
4. Detail of the backing sheet of Fig.2, showing the watermark.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.2, rotated 90 degrees clockwise and showing folds in the sheet caused by excessive paste.
Attributed works:
6. Worship of the Brazen Serpent, by Michelangelo. Fresco. 1508–12. (Sistine Chapel, Vatican; The Picture Art Collection; Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
7. Study for Adam in the Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo. 1511. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 19.3 by 25.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.2, showing the irregular shapes on the figure’s left thigh.
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the orientation lines at the bottom right of the sheet.
Book Review
Die Sixtinishe Decke: Warum Michelangelo malen durfte, was er wollte. By Volker Herzner
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 799-800
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Reviewer:
Godfrey, Daniel (Godfrey, Daniel)
Subjects
art literature:
Savonarola, Girolamo / Wilde, Johannes / De Tolnay, Charles
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
dates:
1500-1549
media:
Paintings / Frescoes
patrons:
Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Fresco painting / Iconography / Christian iconography / Creation of the World / Theology / Humanism / Visual sources / Poetry / Homosexuality
Book Review
La Cappella Paolina. Edited by Maurizio De Luca, Arnold Nesselrath, Antonio Paolucci and Ulderico Santamaria; Michelangelo e la Cappella Paolina: Riflessioni e contributi sull’ultimo restauro. Edited by Antonio Paolucci and Silvia Danesi Squarzina
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 696-697
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Reviewer:
Bonsanti, Giorgio (Bonsanti, Giorgio)
Subjects
art literature:
Vasari, Giorgio / Dvorák, Max / Steinberg, Leo
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy / Cappella Paolina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
dates:
1500-1599 / 1950-1999 / 2000-2009
media:
Frescoes / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Musei Vaticani, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Paul III, Pope, 1468-1549 / Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Damage to works of art / Chapels / Fresco painting / Cartoons (working drawings) / Poetry / Conferences / Essays
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Soldiers, preparatory cartoon for the fresco Crucifixion of St Peter in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace, by Michelangelo Buonarroti. 1546–50. Charcoal, black chalk and wash, 263 by 156 cm. (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Publication Received
La torpeur des Ancêtres: juifs et chrétiens dans la chapelle Sixtine. By Giovanni Careri
07/2016 | 1360 | 158
Pages: 569-569
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Reviewer:
Quiviger, François (Quiviger, François; Q., F.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Frescoes / Theology / Christian iconography
Exhibition Review
Sistine sacristy manuscripts. Madrid and Dallas
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 207-208
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Reviewer:
Eze, Anne-Marie (Eze, Anne-Marie)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain / Meadows Museum, Dallas, United States / Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
places:
Madrid / Dallas / Spain / United States
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lost Manuscripts of the Sistine Chapel: an Epic Journey from Rome to Toledo | institution: Meadows Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
113. Border with the arms of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavicini and intitial ‘T’ (Te igitur) with the Pietà, from a Missal with Christmas Mass of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavicini, by the Pallavicini Master. 1503–07. Colours and gold on vellum, 40 by 27.5 cm. (Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, fol.66r of MS Vitr.22–7; exh. Meadows Museum of the Southern Methodist University, Dallas).
Western art unattributed:
112. Benedictional of Urban VIII. 1643. Colours and gold on parchment, 43.5 by 35.5 cm. (Biblioteca Capitular, Toledo, fol.32r of Cabildo Primado, MS 38.12; exh. Meadows Museum of the Southern Methodist University, Dallas).
Book Review
The Sistine Chapel. A New Vision
12/2009 | 1281 | 151
Pages: 844-845
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Reviewer:
Bull, Malcolm (Bull, Malcolm)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
dates:
1480-1519 / 1520-1549
places:
Italy / Rome
print:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Christian iconography / Iconography / Theology
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Sistine Chapel. A New Vision | author: Pfeiffer, Heinrich
Book Review
Art and Culture at the Sistine Court. Platina’s ‘Life of Sixtus IV’ and the Frescoes of the Hospital of Santo Spirito
01/2007 | 1246 | 149
Pages: 44-45
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Reviewer:
Jong, Jan de (Jong, Jan de)
Subjects
art literature:
Platina, 1421-1481
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy / Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, Italy
dates:
1470-1479
patrons:
Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484
print:
Italian art
print:
Sistine court
subjects:
Courts (social groups) / Biographies / Italian painting / Frescoes / Popes
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art and Culture at the Sistine Court. Platina’s ‘Life of Sixtus IV’ and the Frescoes of the Hospital of Santo Spirito | author: Howe, Eunice D.
Publication Received
Michelangelo's Last Judgment
11/2005 | 1232 | 147
Pages: 764
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Reviewer:
Martineau, Jane (Martineau, Jane; Martineau, Jane; M., J.T.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
dates:
1520-1549
print:
Michelangelo
subjects:
Biographies / Frescoes
subjects:
Italian painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Michelangelo's Last Judgment | contributor: Hall, Marcia B. , editor: Hall, Marcia B. , contributor: Kuntz, Margaret , contributor: Mayer, Thomas F. , contributor: Schlitt, Melinda , contributor: Wallace, William E.
Book Review
The Religious Symbolism of Michelangelo: The Sistine Ceiling
11/2003 | 1208 | 145
Pages: 797-798
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Reviewer:
Gaston, Robert W. (Gaston, Robert W.; Gaston, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Religious Symbolism of Michelangelo: The Sistine Ceiling | editor: Sears, Elizabeth , author: Wind, Edgar
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