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Exhibition Review
Manet: A Model Family
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 48-51
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Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
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Manet: A Model Family Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston 10th October 2024–20th January 2025 | :
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19. Madame Auguste Manet, by Édouard Manet. c.1866. Oil on canvas, 98 by 80 cm. (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston).
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20. Installation view of Manet: A Model Family at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 2024.
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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).
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Two unpublished portraits by Lavinia Fontana
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 893-99
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Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto (Denunzio, Antonio Ernesto)
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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).
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2. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
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3. Federico Pendasio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1581. Oil on canvas, 87 by 70 cm. (Private collection; photograph Archivio dell’Arte; Luciano and Marco Pedicini).
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4. Carlo Sigonio, by Lavinia Fontana. 1578. Oil on canvas, 122 by 95 cm. (Museo Civico, Modena).
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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).
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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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Lugli, Emanuele (Lugli, Emanuele)
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1. Portrait of a man, here attributed to Sofonisba or Lucia Anguissola, 1550s. Oil on panel, diameter 16 cm. (Museo d’arte, Ravenna).
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10. Portrait of the artist’s sister, Minerva Anguissola, by Sofonisba Anguissola. c.1564. Oil on canvas, 85 by 66 cm. (Milwaukee Art Museum).
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11. Portrait of Pietro Manna, by Lucia Anguissola. 1557. Oil on canvas, 96 by 76 cm. (© Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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12. St John the Evangelist, by Monogrammist FVB. c.1480–1500. Tempera on panel, 9.5 by 18 cm. (Courtesy Musei Civici, Pavia).
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2. Reverse of Fig.1.
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3. Self-portrait, by Sofonisba Anguissola. 1556 or 1558. Oil on panel, diameter 13 cm. (Frits Lugt Collection, Paris).
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4. Portrait of Europa Anguissola, by Lucia Anguissola. c.1558. Oil on panel, diameter 14.6 cm. (Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia).
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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).
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6. Reverse of Fig.5.
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7. Reverse of Fig.4. (© Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Civici di Brescia – Fotostudio Rapuzzi).
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8. Sestertius of Maximinus. Roman, c.236–37 CE. Brass, diameter 2 cm. (CCØ Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris).
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9. Reverse of Fig.8.
Article
The ‘Balbi’ children identified: a proposal
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 670–674
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Martin, Gregory (Martin, Gregory)
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Orlando, Anna (Orlando, Anna )
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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).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing two choughs on the portico steps.
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3. Portrait of Alessandro Giustiniani Longo, by Anthony van Dyck. 1626–27. Oil on canvas, 203 by 117.3 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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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).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the bird held by Francesco Maria Giustiniani Longo.
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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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Bethencourt Pérez, Fátima (Bethencourt Pérez, Fátima)
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Kowalczyk, Ernest (Kowalczyk, Ernest)
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1. Martha Carr, by Thomas Lawrence. c.1790. Oil on canvas, 76 by 64 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Queen Charlotte, by Thomas Lawrence. 1789–90. Oil on canvas, 239.5 by 147 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. Mrs Thomas Chinnal Porter, by Richard Cosway. 1790. Watercolour on ivory, 7 by 5.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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4. Thomas Chinnal Porter, by Richard Cosway. 1790. Watercolour on ivory, 7 by 5.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Master Ward, by George Romney. 1771–73. Oil on canvas, 126 by 102 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
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6. John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmoreland, by Thomas Lawrence. c.1806. Oil on canvas, 247 by 147 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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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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Bryant, Barbara (Bryant, Barbara)
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1. Reverse of Fig.2, showing the handwritten inscription on the stretcher.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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3. Eleanor Porden, by John Flaxman. 1807. Graphite on paper, 15.9 by 11.1 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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4. Photograph of a lost drawing of Eleanor Porden. (Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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8. Reconciliation of Helen and Paris, after his defeat by Menelaus, by Richard Westall. c.1805. Oil on panel, 127 by 101 cm. (Tate).
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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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Mould, Theodore (Mould, Theodore)
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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).
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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).
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2. Philip an Armenian, circle of George Stubbs. Before 1794. Etching, 18.4 by 13.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the portrait, dress and red leather boots of Phillipo.
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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).
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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).
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6. A Tartar, by Octavian Dalvimart. 1802. Engraving. (From A. Williams: The Costume of Turkey, London 1802, pl.XXXII; Wellcome Collection, London).
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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).
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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).
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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).
Article
Holbein in exhibitions in Frankfurt and London
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 166–170
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Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
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Holbein and the Renaissance in the North, Städel Museum, Frankfurt,(2nd November 2023–18th February 2024) | :
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Holbein at the Tudor Court, Queen's Gallery, London, (10th November 2023–14th April 2024) | :
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1. Portrait of a man with the surname Fischer, by Hans Holbein the Elder. c.1512. Silverpoint on prepared paper, reworked with brush and ink, 13.5 by 9.5 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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2. Portrait of a man with the surname Fischer, by Hans Holbein the Younger (?). 1512. Oil on panel, 35 by 26.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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3. The wife of a man with the surname Fischer, by Ambrosius Holbein (?). 1512. Oil on panel, 35 by 26.6 cm. (Kunstmuseum Basel; Bridgeman Images; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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4. Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1527. Black and coloured chalks, pricked for transfer to a wooden panel, 39.8 by 29.9 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
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5. Unidentified man, perhaps George Cornwall, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1535–40. Oil and tempera on panel, diameter 32.4 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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6. Anne Boleyn, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1532–36. Black and coloured chalks on pink prepared paper, 28.2 by 19.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
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7. Unidentified man, perhaps George Cornwall, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1543? Black and coloured chalks with black and brown inks on pink prepared paper, 27.9 by 19.1 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
Article
Concealing portraits in Renaissance Venice: Jacometto’s painted box
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 126–1139
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Manges Nogueira, Alison (Manges Nogueira, Alison)
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1. and 2. A tethered roebuck (recto) and Alvise Contarini (verso), by Jacometto Veneziano. c.1485–95. Oil and gold on panel (recto), oil on panel (verso), 11.7 by 8.6 cm. (Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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10. Portrait of a woman, possibly a Novice of San Secondo, by Jacometto Veneziano. c.1490. Oil on panel, 24 by 15.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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11. Rendering of the figural outlines in the painting in Fig.3.
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12. Auditus, by Cornelis Cort after Frans Floris I. 1561. Engraving, 21.5 by 26.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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13. Detail of Orpheus (‘The Widener Orpheus’), showing the figure of Orpheus. Venice, c.1515. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 39.5 by 81 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Orpheus and Charon, by Nicola da Urbino. Urbino, c.1515. Maiolica, diameter 28.2 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
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15. The wedding of Orpheus and Eurydice, Eurydice bitten by a snake, and Orpheus and Charon, after Benedetto Bordon. 1497. Woodcut, 29.8 by 20.6 cm. (page). (From Ovidio Metamorphoseos vulgare, transl. Giovanni de’ Bonsignori, Venice 1497, fol.83v; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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16. Daniel in the cave of the lions, by Cima da Conegliano. c.1495. Tempera and gold on panel, 57.7 by 43.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Orpheus charming the animals, by the workshop of Cima da Conegliano. Early 16th century. Pen and wash on paper, 25 by 20 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence).
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18. Orpheus redeeming Eurydice, by Moderno. Late 15th or early 16th century. Bronze, diameter 10.6 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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19. Petrarch, Laura and Orpheus, attributed to the Petrarch Master. 1463–64. Coloured pigments, gold and ink on parchment, 23 by 14 cm. (From Sonnets and Triumphs by Petrarch, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, L.101-1947).
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20. Portrait medal of Cristoforo Civran. Venice, late 15th century. Bronze, diameter 4.9 cm. (Private collection).
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21. Stag at rest chained to a tree, by Giulio Campagnola. c.1510–15. Engraving with stipple, 18.2 by 11.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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22. Deer chained to a laurel tree. Venice, late 15th century. Tempera on vellum. (From Rime, by Niccolò Lelio Cosmico, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, MS Marciano It. IX 152 (=7057), fol. 2v.).
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23. Tiberius. Roman, 14–20, in a mount with a Medici emblem and inscription, Italian or French, 16th century. Sardonyx, gold, pearl and enamel, 8 by 4.8 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
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24. Staurotheke with a double-sided sliding lid. Constantinople (?), early 9th century. Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné and niello, 2.7 by 10.3 by 7.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. and 4. A scene here identified as Orpheus and Charon (verso) and Portrait of a woman here identified as Daria Querini (recto), by Jacometto Veneziano. c.1485–95. Oil and gold on panel (verso), oil on panel (recto), 10.2 by 7.3 cm. (Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Portrait effigy of Elisabeth Krauss, with a sliding cover. Nuremberg, c.1640. Coloured wax and wood, 13.5 by 12.2 cm. (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg).
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6. Giovanna de’ Rossi, by Lorenzo Lotto. c.1505. Oil on panel, 42.9 by 33.6 cm. (Musée des Beaux Arts, Dijon).
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7. Allegory of Chastity (cover for Giovanna de’ Rossi), by Lorenzo Lotto. c.1505. Oil on panel, 42.9 by 33.7 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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8. Philipp Melanchthon and cover with grotteschi and an inscription, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1535. Oil on panel, diameter 9 cm. (Landesgalerie, Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover).
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9. Portrait of a boy, by Giovanni Bellini. c.1474. Oil on panel, 38 by 23 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
Short Notice
Dogs, Vergers and Murillo’s ‘El Perdiguero’
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1333–1335
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Author:
Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
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1. Don Andrés de Andrade y Cal, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. 1665–72. Oil on canvas, 200.7 by 119.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the dog’s features.
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3. Portrait of a dog, by Domenico Maria Sani. c.1725–45. Oil on canvas, 123.5 by 169 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Forlí).
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