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Two royal portraits by Reynolds rediscovered in Kassel
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 564–571
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Author:
Lange, Justus (Lange, Justus)
Author:
Spies, Martin (Spies, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Reynolds, Joshua
dates:
1760-1769
museums and institutions:
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Germany
subjects:
Amelia, Princess (1711-86) / William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–65)
subjects:
Half-length portraits / Portraits / Costume / Inventories / Sitters / Commissions / Dyes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait here identified as Princess Amelia of Great Britain, by Joshua Reynolds. 1763/65. Oil on canvas, 257 by 162 cm. (Hessen Kassel Heritage, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel).
Attributed works:
10. Princess Amelia of Great Britain, by Joshua Reynolds. 1762–63. Oil on canvas, 57.2 by 45.7 cm. (Photogragh Gregory Stanley; American University Museum, Washington).
Attributed works:
11. Installation view of a display in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel. 2023. (Hessen Kassel Heritage).
Attributed works:
12. Portrait here identified as William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, by Joshua Reynolds. 1764–65. Oil on canvas, 260 by 165 cm. (Hessen Kassel Heritage; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel).
Attributed works:
2. Elizabeth Percy, Countess (later Duchess) of Northumberland, by Joshua Reynolds. 1757. Oil on canvas, 240 by 148.6 cm. (© Collection of the Duke of Northumberland; Syon House, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Elizabeth Percy, Countess (later Duchess) of Northumberland, by Joshua Reynolds. 1757. Oil on canvas, 127 by 106 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
4. Mary, Viscountess Dudley and Ward, by Joshua Reynolds. 1763. Oil on canvas, 293 by 166 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
5. Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom, by Allan Ramsay. 1761–62. Oil on canvas, 224 by 140 cm. (Hessen Kassel Heritage; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel).
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of the dress collection in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kassel, including the portrait illustrated in Fig.1. 1932. (Hessen Kassel Heritage, Archive).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of Princess Amelia.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.1, showing the pentimento where a coronet has been painted over.
Attributed works:
9. Mary, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel, by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder. 1754. Oil on canvas, 162 by 117.5 cm. (Hessen Kassel Heritage; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel).
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More on Lorenzo Bartolini’s ‘The Campbell sisters dancing a waltz’
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 532–4
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Author:
Wilson, David (Wilson, David)
Subjects
artists:
Bartolini, Lorenzo
subjects:
Campbell family / Sitters / Dating
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of The Campbell sisters dancing a waltz, by Lorenzo Bartolini. Here dated 1817–18. Marble. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Short Notice
A rediscovered painting by Sofonisba Anguissola
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 572–575
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Author:
Cole, Michael (Cole, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Anguissola, Sofonisba
subjects:
Portraits / Sitters / Signatures
subjects:
Restoration (process)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of an old man, by Sofonisba Anguissola. Oil on canvas, 89 by 72.5 cm. (Burghley House, Lincolnshire).
Attributed works:
2. Portrait of a canon, by Sofonisba Anguissola. 1552. Oil on canvas, 90.2 by 69.9 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.2, showing Sofonisba Anguissola’s signature.
Attributed works:
4. Adoration of the Shepherds, by Bernadino Gatti. 1557. Oil on canvas. (S. Pietro al Po, Cremona; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Manet: A Model Family
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 48-51
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Reviewer:
Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
Subjects
artists:
Manet, Edouard
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, United States
subjects:
French art / Models (people) / Sitters / Meurent, Victorine (1844-1927) / Leenhoff, Léon / Leenhoff, Suzanne / Morisset, James
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Manet: A Model Family Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston 10th October 2024–20th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Madame Auguste Manet, by Édouard Manet. c.1866. Oil on canvas, 98 by 80 cm. (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston).
Attributed works:
20. Installation view of Manet: A Model Family at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 2024.
Attributed works:
21. Study for Moses saved from the waters, by Édouard Manet. c.1852–61. Oil on canvas, 50.8 by 61 cm. (Private collection; exh. Isabella Stewart Garnder Museum, Boston).
Article
Two unpublished portraits by Lavinia Fontana
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 893-99
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Author:
Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto (Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto)
Subjects
artists:
Fontana, Lavinia / Fontana, Prospero
dates:
1550-1599
patrons:
Sigonio, Carlo / Pendasio, Federico
places:
Bologna / Naples
subjects:
Italian art / Portraits / scholars / Sitters / discoveries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Self-portrait in the studio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1579. Oil on canvas, diameter 15.7 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photo Scala, Florence; courtesy Ministero della Cultura).
Attributed works:
2. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
Attributed works:
3. Federico Pendasio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
Attributed works:
4. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1578. Oil on canvas, 122 by 95 cm. (Museo Civico, Modena).
Attributed works:
5. Federico Pendasio, copy after Lavinia Fontana. First quarter of the 17th century. Oil on canvas, 65 by 51cm. (Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of a scholar, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 72 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna).
Short Notice
A newly discovered Anguissola portrait
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 937-41
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Shorter Notice by:
Lugli, Emanuele (Lugli, Emanuele)
Subjects
artists:
Anguissola, Sofonisba
artists:
Anguissola, Lucia
dates:
1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Museo d'Arte della Città di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy
subjects:
Italian art / Portraits / Sitters / Roundels
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a man, here attributed to Sofonisba or Lucia Anguissola, 1550s. Oil on panel, diameter 16 cm. (Museo d’arte, Ravenna).
Attributed works:
10. Portrait of the artist’s sister, Minerva Anguissola, by Sofonisba Anguissola. c.1564. Oil on canvas, 85 by 66 cm. (Milwaukee Art Museum).
Attributed works:
11. Portrait of Pietro Manna, by Lucia Anguissola. 1557. Oil on canvas, 96 by 76 cm. (© Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
12. St John the Evangelist, by Monogrammist FVB. c.1480–1500. Tempera on panel, 9.5 by 18 cm. (Courtesy Musei Civici, Pavia).
Attributed works:
2. Reverse of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
3. Self-portrait, by Sofonisba Anguissola. 1556 or 1558. Oil on panel, diameter 13 cm. (Frits Lugt Collection, Paris).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of Europa Anguissola, by Lucia Anguissola. c.1558. Oil on panel, diameter 14.6 cm. (Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of a lady, by Sofonisba Anguissola. Oil on walnut panel, diameter 10.2 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; © Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo).
Attributed works:
6. Reverse of Fig.5.
Attributed works:
7. Reverse of Fig.4. (© Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Civici di Brescia – Fotostudio Rapuzzi).
Attributed works:
8. Sestertius of Maximinus. Roman, c.236–37 CE. Brass, diameter 2 cm. (CCØ Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris).
Attributed works:
9. Reverse of Fig.8.
Article
The ‘Balbi’ children identified: a proposal
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 670–674
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Author:
Martin, Gregory (Martin, Gregory)
Author:
Orlando, Anna (Orlando, Anna )
Subjects
artists:
Dyck, Anthony van
artists:
Roos, Jan
collectors and dealers:
Balbi, Costantino
dates:
1620-1629
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Giustiniani Longo family
subjects:
Flemish art / Family portraits / Children / Sitters / Birds / Allegories / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Balbi children, here identified as Alessandro, Vincenzo and Francesco Maria Giustiniani Longo, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1627. Oil on canvas, 219 by 151 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Fig.1, showing two choughs on the portico steps.
Attributed works:
3. Portrait of Alessandro Giustiniani Longo, by Anthony van Dyck. 1626–27. Oil on canvas, 203 by 117.3 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of a noble Genoese lady, here identified as Lelia De Franchi Toso Giustiniani Longo, by Anthony van Dyck. 1626–27. Oil on canvas, 203 by 118.3 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the bird held by Francesco Maria Giustiniani Longo.
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia 1556–1633, Governess of the Netherlands 1621–1633. Southern Netherlandish School. Early 17th century. Oil on canvas, 123 by 100 cm. (Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels; Atelier de l’imagier).
Article
Thomas Lawrence’s portrait of Martha Carr
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 380–385
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Author:
Bethencourt Pérez, Fátima (Bethencourt Pérez, Fátima)
Author:
Kowalczyk, Ernest (Kowalczyk, Ernest)
Subjects
artists:
Lawrence, Thomas / Cosway, Richard / Hoppner, John
dates:
1790-1799
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
British art / Half-length portraits / Portraits / Sitters / Carr, Martha / Charlotte, Queen consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Martha Carr, by Thomas Lawrence. c.1790. Oil on canvas, 76 by 64 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Queen Charlotte, by Thomas Lawrence. 1789–90. Oil on canvas, 239.5 by 147 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Mrs Thomas Chinnal Porter, by Richard Cosway. 1790. Watercolour on ivory, 7 by 5.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Thomas Chinnal Porter, by Richard Cosway. 1790. Watercolour on ivory, 7 by 5.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Master Ward, by George Romney. 1771–73. Oil on canvas, 126 by 102 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmoreland, by Thomas Lawrence. c.1806. Oil on canvas, 247 by 147 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
7. Mrs Thornton, by John Hoppner. Late 18th century–early 19th century. Oil on canvas, 61 by 74 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Article
A portrait by Richard Westall of the poet Eleanor Porden
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 358–367
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Author:
Bryant, Barbara (Bryant, Barbara)
Subjects
artists:
Westall, Richard / Flaxman, John / Flaxman, Mary Ann (1768–1833)
dates:
1800-1809
museums and institutions:
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Urbana Champaign, United States
patrons:
Porden, William / Knight, Richard Payne / Hope, Thomas, 1769-1831
subjects:
Portraits / Sitters / Porden, Eleanor Anne (1795–1825) / Poetry / Neo-classicism / British art / Attributions / Attributions, former
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Reverse of Fig.2, showing the handwritten inscription on the stretcher.
Attributed works:
10. Design for a couch, by Thomas Hope. 1807. Engraving. (From Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, Executed From Designs By Thomas Hope, London, pl.xxviii, nos.2 and 3).
Attributed works:
11. Thetis bringing the armour to Achilles, by John Flaxman. 1805. Engraving. (From The Iliad of Homer Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman RA Sculptor, London, pl.xix).
Attributed works:
2. Eleanor Anne Porden, here attributed to Richard Westall. 1807. Oil on canvas, 113 by 143.8 cm. (© Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images; Krannert Art Museum, Champaign IL).
Attributed works:
3. Eleanor Porden, by John Flaxman. 1807. Graphite on paper, 15.9 by 11.1 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Attributed works:
4. Photograph of a lost drawing of Eleanor Porden. (Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock).
Attributed works:
5. Detail from J. Horwood’s Plan, showing 59 Berners Street. (From J. Horwood: Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house, London 1794).
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of Richard Westall, R.A., by Thomas Lawrence and Richard Westall. Mid-1790s. Graphite on paper, 21.4 by 16.3 cm. (© Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images; private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Expiation of Orestes, by William Bond, after Richard Westall. 1810. Stipple engraving, 35.3 by 30.5 cm. (From J. Britton et al.: The Fine Arts of the English School, London 1812).
Attributed works:
8. Reconciliation of Helen and Paris, after his defeat by Menelaus, by Richard Westall. c.1805. Oil on panel, 127 by 101 cm. (Tate).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the frieze on the vase.
Article
Phillipo: an Ottoman merchant painted by George Stubbs
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 348–357
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Author:
Mould, Theodore (Mould, Theodore)
Subjects
artists:
Stubbs, George / Reynolds, Joshua / Cosway, Richard
dates:
1760-1769
museums and institutions:
Royal Society of Arts
subjects:
British art / Portraits / Horses (animals) / Dyeing / Leather / Ottomans (people) / Sitters
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Duke of Ancaster’s grey Turkish horse with a Turkish groom at Creswell Crags, by George Stubbs. c.1763–64. Oil on canvas, 90.2 by 111.8 cm. (Trustees of the Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Trust Ltd).
Attributed works:
10. A view of the ruined city of Palmyra, by Giovanni Battista Borra after Robert Wood. 1753. Engraving. (From R. Wood: Ruins of Palmyra, London 1753; British Library, London).
Attributed works:
2. Philip an Armenian, circle of George Stubbs. Before 1794. Etching, 18.4 by 13.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the portrait, dress and red leather boots of Phillipo.
Attributed works:
4. View from Beaufort Buildings, looking north towards the Strand and the entrance to Denmark Court, by Thomas Sandby. 1723–98. Watercolour, with pen and grey ink on paper, 4.6 by 6.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. The red-goatskin cover of A Register of the Premiums and Bounties Given by the Society, published by James Phillips, London 1778. (British Library, London).
Attributed works:
6. A Tartar, by Octavian Dalvimart. 1802. Engraving. (From A. Williams: The Costume of Turkey, London 1802, pl.XXXII; Wellcome Collection, London).
Attributed works:
7. Working drawing for The Anatomy of the Horse, by George Stubbs. 1758–66. Pencil, black and red chalk and red-brown ink on paper, 48 by 30 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
8. Lord Grosvenor’s Arabian stallion with a groom, by George Stubbs. c.1765. Oil on canvas, 99.3 by 83.5 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
Attributed works:
9. Portrait of an Armenian, by Richard Cosway. 1771. Oil on canvas, 92.4 by 71.1 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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