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Article
George Scharf and the 1857 Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 288-299
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Author:
Cottrell, Philip (Cottrell, Philip)
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1. George Scharf, by William Edward Kilburn. c.1847. Daguerreotype, 78 by 59 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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10. Sketch of Juno and Argus, by Peter Paul Rubens, by George Scharf. 8th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 45, fol.116).
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11. Sketch of Agony in the garden, by Giovanni Bellini, at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 15th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 47, fol.17r).
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12. Sketch of Agony in the garden, by Andrea Mantegna, at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 6th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 8 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 47, detail of fol.2r).
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13. The terminating right-hand portion of the south wall of Saloon A of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1857. (Digital reconstruction by the author).
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14. Sketch of the terminating right-hand portion of the south wall of Saloon A of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 12th October 1857. Pencil on paper (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 49, fol.51r).
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15. Sketch of part of the British Portrait Gallery (the north wall backing onto Saloon D), at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 12th October 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 49, fol.26r).
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16. The Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Manchester Art Treasures exhibition, attributed to Roger Fenton, with identifiable works digitally enhanced. 1857. Albumen silver print, 18.6 by 24.4 cm. The view shows the view east from Saloon A.
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17. Plan of the Art Treasures Palace, from Catalogue of the Art Treasures of United Kingdom: Collected at Manchester in 1857, definitive edn, London 1857.
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18. The east wall of Saloon C of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857. (Digital reconstruction by the author).
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2. Sketch of Michelangelo’s ‘Manchester Madonna’ at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 6th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London; Scharf Sketchbook 47, fol.1r).
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3. Interior of the Art Treasures’ Palace, by the Leighton Brothers. 1857. Chromolithograph, 44.8 by 32.5 cm (From The Art Treasures Examiner).
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4. Paintings in the collection at Warwick Castle, by George Scharf. 20th October 1856. Pencil and pen on paper, approx. 32 by 20 cm. Among the items represented are: (upper left) Head of a cow, by Nicholas Berchem; (lower left) The schoolboy, by Joshua Reynolds; (middle right) Margareta de Vos, by Anthony van Dyck; and (far right) The standard bearer, by Rembrandt. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 43, fols.128–29).
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5. The standard bearer, by Rembrandt. 1654. Canvas, 140.3 by 114.9 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Family group, by Pieter Codde. 1642. Canvas, 53 by 74.7 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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7. Paintings in the Galton Collection, Hadzor Hall, near Droitwich, by George Scharf. 16th February 1857. Pencil and pen on paper, approx. 32 by 20 cm. Among the items represented are: (extreme left) Woman with a guitar, by Jan Mytens, and Man in a broad-brimmed hat, by Willem Drost; (middle left) Conversation piece with a portrait of the artist, by Francis Hayman; (centre left and still-life detail on adjacent page) Family group, by Pieter Codde; and (centre right) The flight into Egypt, by circle of Peter Paul Rubens. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 46, fols.5–6).
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8. Sketch of an antique bust of Niobe in the Yarborough Collection, by George Scharf. 31st December 1856. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 44, fol.106).
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9. Juno and Argus, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1610. Canvas, 249 by 296 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne).
Article
The Art of Conservation XV. The conservation history of the Ghent Altarpiece
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 754-765
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Author:
Dubois, Hélène (Dubois, Hélène)
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1. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown open, 375 by 514 cm. Before restora- tion. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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2. Diagram showing the extent of mid-sixteenth century overpaint on the outside wings of the polyptych. (©KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
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3. Detail of Fig.4, showing Joos Vijd’s right eye after varnish removal. The pink scumbles around the eyes, which cover the original eyelashes, are typical of the mid-sixteenth-century overpainting campaign. (©KIKIRPA, Brussels).
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4. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown closed, 375 by 257 cm. Photographed after restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing Elisabeth Borluut’s drapery before the removal of varnish and overpaint. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent).
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6. Fig.5 after the removal of overpaint and restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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7. The Virgin Annunciate and Angel musicians (recto and verso of the same panel), by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Photographs taken in Berlin before the restoration of 1894. Original hinges are present on the left side of the frame of the Virgin’s panel. Metal reinforcements were added to the extremities of the crossbar. Later, wrought metal hinged braces were attached by large screws fitted through the frame and visible on the front of the Angels panel. (Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg).
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8. The prophet Micah, detail of Fig.4, shown in the frame designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel with a hatch covering the inscription beneath the prophet. Photograph, before 1878. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, M.J. Friedländer Archive, The Hague).
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9. The Ghent Altarpiece as installed in the Vijd chapel between 1865 and 1920. It comprises Eyckian central panels, Lagye’s fur-clothed Adam and Eve and Coxcie’s copies of the other shutters. Photograph, c.1910–13. (© Stadsarchief, Ghent).
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10. Jef Van der Veken in his studio in Brussels. Photograph, before 1929. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, Jef Van der Veken Archive, The Hague).
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11. Albert Philipott applies wax to the surface of Eve in order to consolidate the paint layers. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Western art unattributed:
12. Albert Philipott removes the overpainted clouds around the dove in The Adoration of the Lamb. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Article
The Duke of Hamilton's Palace
07/1983 | 964 | 125
Pages: 394-402
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Tait, A. A. (Tait, A. A.; Tait, Alan Andrew; Tait, Alan A.)
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3. Alternative Designs for the Tribune at Hamilton Palace, by Robert Hume. Pen and Wash. (Collection the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon).
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4. Napoleon in His Study, by Jacques-Louis David. 205 by 125 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.).
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5. Design for Façade of Hamilton Palace, by Francesco Saponeri. Pen and Ink. (Collection the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon).
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6. Interior of the Hamilton Library at Hamilton Palace, Photograph by Thomas Annan. c. 1880. (Glasgow University Library).
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7 and 8. Designs for the Entrance (Marble) Hall at Hamilton Palace, by Charles Percier. Pen and Wash. (Collection the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon).
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9. Design for the Tribune at Hamilton Palace, by Charles Percier.
Western art unattributed:
2. Arrival of the Marquess of Douglas and Princess Marie at Hamilton Palace. Engraving. Glasgow, 1844.
Short Notice
A Lunette above Crivelli's St Peter and St Paul
07/1950 | 568 | 92
Pages: 197-199
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Zeri, Federico (Zeri, Federico; Zeri, Professor)
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16. St Catherine and St Jerome. Lunette, Identified as a Panel from the Altarpiece Formerly at Porto di S. Fermo, by Carlo Crivelli. Panel, 35 by 48 cm. (Private Collection.)
Article
Ercole Roberti's Saint Jerome
09/1949 | 558 | 91
Pages: 243-246
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Gronau, Hans Dietrich (Gronau, Hans Dietrich; Gronau, H. D.; Gronau, Hans D.)
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1. St Jerome, by Ercole Roberti. Panel, 35.2 by 23.5 cm. (Sir Thomas Barlow, G. B. E.)
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2. St John the Baptist, by Ercole Roberti. Panel, 54 by 31 cm. (Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin.)
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3. The Virgin and Child with SS. Augustine, Jerome, Apollonia and Catherine. From S. Lazzaro in Ferrara, by Francesco del Cossa and Ercole Roberti. Canvas, 309 by 234 cm. (Formerly in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin; destroyed in 1945.)
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4. St George, by Ercole Roberti. From the Grifoni Altarpiece. Panel, 22.9 by 8.9 cm. (Formerly in the Collection of the Earl of Rosebery.)
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5. Studies for the Figure of St John the Baptist, by Giovanni Bellini. Pen Drawing on Pink-Tinted Paper, 17.5 by 19 cm. (Capt. F. Weld-Blundell, R. N., Ince Blundell Hall, near Liverpool.)
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6. Detail from The Virgin and Child with Four Saints, by Ercole Roberti, 1480-81. (Brera Gallery, Milan.)
Short Notice
The Devonshire Collection
12/1948 | 549 | 90
Pages: 336+354+356-357
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Scharf, Alfred (Scharf, Alfred; Scharf, A. (Alfred); Scharf, A.; S., A.)
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1. Unidentified Subject, by Domenico Beccafumi. Panel, 46.4 by 45.7 cm. (Chatsworth Estates Co. Ltd.)
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27. View of Elizabethan Chatsworth, by Richard Wilson after Jan Siberechts. Canvas, 101.6 by 127 cm. (Chatsworth Estates Company Ltd.)
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28. A View of Moor Park, Hertfordshire, by Richard Wilson. Canvas, 147 by 183 cm. (The Marquess of Zetland.)
Editorial
Francesco Guardi and England
01/1943 | 478 | 82
Pages: 2-5
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Venice: The Palazzo Corner della cà Grande. By Francesco Guardi. Canvas, 48.8 by 63.1 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
Article
Unrecorded French Pictures in Scotland
08/1941 | 461 | 79
Pages: 44+48-51
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Maison, K. E. (Maison, K. E.)
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Plate I. A-Le Bain au Parc. By J. B. Pater. 60 by 98 cm. (Private Collection, East Lothian). Unrecorded French Pictures in Scotland
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Plate I. B-Picnic au Parc. Here Attributed to M. B. Ollivier. 56 by 67 cm. (The Marquess of Tweeddale). Unrecorded French Pictures in Scotland
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Plate II. A-Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. By H. P. Danloux. 26 by 21 cm. (The Earl of Home, K. T.). Unrecorded French Pictures in Scotland
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Plate II. B-General James Sinclair. By J. M. Nattier. Signed and Dated 1749. 78 by 62 cm. (Sir Mark Dalrymple, BT.). Unrecorded French Pictures in Scotland
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Plate II. C-Bacchante. By J. B. Greuze. 41 by 32 cm. (Private Collection, East Lothian). Unrecorded French Pictures in Scotland
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Plate II. D-Self-Portrait. By M. L. E. Vigee-Lebrun. 97 by 79 cm. (Sir Jan Forbes Leith, BT.). Unrecorded French Pictures in Scotland
Article
An Altarpiece by Botticelli
05/1932 | 350 | 60
Pages: 228-231
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Author:
Hendy, Philip (Hendy, Philip; H., P.)
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Plate I. The Virgin and Child with the Young St. John, by Botticelli. Panel, 123.8 by 84.45 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). An Altarpiece by Botticelli
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Plate II. A-The Virgin and Child with the Young St. John, Attributed to Botticelli (Count Lanckoronski, Vienna). An Altarpiece by Botticelli
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Plate II. B-The Madonna of the Eucharist, by Botticelli. Panel, 83.82 by 62.86 cm. (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston). An Altarpiece by Botticelli
Article
Van Dyck and the Wentworths
09/1931 | 342 | 59
Pages: 102-105+107
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Wortley, Clare Stuart (Wortley, Clare Stuart)
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Plate II. A-Drawing by Van Dyck. Here Identified as Representing Lady Cleveland. 45.1 by 26.8 cm. (British Museum). Van Dyck and the Wentworths
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Plate II. B-Drawing by Van Dyck. Here Identified as Representing Lady Anne Wentworth. 34.8 by 23.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum). Van Dyck and the Wentworths
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Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Cleveland, Lady Cleveland, Their Son, Thomas Lord Wenlworth, and Their Daughter, Anne, by Van Dyck. Canvas, 1.5 by 2.46 m. (Earl of Strafford)
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