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Editorial
The Society of Antiquaries
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 3
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Subjects
buildings:
Burlington House, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
subjects:
Funding / scholars / Government
Article
J.J. Winckelmann and the Society of Antiquaries of London: new documents
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 126-135
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Author:
Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
Subjects
art literature:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
art literature:
Hollis, Thomas / Jenkins, Thomas
collectors and dealers:
Muzell-Stosch, Heinrich Wilhelm
dates:
1760-1769
media:
Documents / Correspondence
museums and institutions:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
patrons:
Albani, Alessandro, Cardinal, 1692-1779
places:
Rome / London
subjects:
Art historians / Art history / Art theory / Collections / Collections, Private / Collectors / Antiquity / Antiquities / Greek (ancient) School / Greco-Roman School / Roman art / Iconography / Art market / Grand tours / Gems
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, by Anton von Maron. 1767. Oil on canvas, 136 by 99 cm. (Stadtschloss, Weimar; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. The Villa Albani, Rome, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1760–78. Etching, 44.5 by 69.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Thomas Jenkins, by Anton von Maron. 1791, possibly after an original of 1761. Oil on canvas, 66.5 by 50 cm. (Accademia di San Luca, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. Thomas Hollis, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Oil on canvas, 56.5 by 44.4 cm. (Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA).
Western art unattributed:
5. Votive stele, known as the ‘Mantheos relief’. Ancient Peloponnese Greek or eighteenth-century pastiche. Marble, 39 by 52 cm. (Wilton House, Wiltshire).
Western art unattributed:
6. The Albani-Farnese Athena. Roman, after a fifth century BC Greek original, with additions by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, c.first– second century AD. Marble, height 224 cm. (Museo Archaeologico, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Publication Received
Catalogue of Paintings in the Collection of the Society of Antiquaries of London. By Jill A. Franklin, Bernard Nurse and Pamela Tudor-Craig
10/2015 | 1351 | 157
Pages: 716-717
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
subjects:
Collections, Public / Catalogues / Paintings
Exhibition Review
Antiquaries in Britain. London
12/2007 | 1257 | 149
Pages: 871-872
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Reviewer:
Waterfield, Giles (Waterfield, Giles)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
dates:
1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain / Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
places:
Great Britain
print:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
print:
Antiquarianism
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Collections / Cultural history / History / Historic preservation / Preservation
subjects:
British
subjects:
Art objects / Archaeology / Art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Making History: Antiquaries in Britain 1707–2007 | institution: Royal Academy of Arts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. Chamber tomb of Pentre Ifan near Newport, Pembrokeshire, by Richard Tongue. 1835. Canvas, 51 by 71 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Western art unattributed:
74. Saxon king, by an anonymous artist. Early sixteenth century. Panel, 150 by 84 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Western art unattributed:
75. St Thomas Becket casket. Limoges, 1195–1200. Enamel on copper, 15.5 by 21 by 9.3 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Publication Received
Antiquaries: The Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain.
08/2005 | 1229 | 147
Pages: 566
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Reviewer:
Sweetman, John (Sweetman, John; Sweetman, J. E.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Stukeley, William
collectors and dealers:
Grose, Francis / Carter, John, architect and antiquary, 1748-1817
dates:
1700-1799
places:
Great Britain
print:
Eighteenth-century
subjects:
Antiquarianism / Collectors / Art history / Art criticism / Art theory / Manuscripts / Coins / Architecture / Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Antiquaries: The Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain. | author: Sweet, Rosemary
Article
Simone dei Crocefissi's 'Dream of the Virgin' in the Society of Antiquaries, London
08/2000 | 1169 | 142
Pages: 481-486
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Author:
Gibbs, Robert (Gibbs, Robert; Gibbs, Robert J.)
Author:
Hellen, Rebecca (Hellen, Rebecca)
Author:
King, Annette (King, Annette)
Author:
Villers, Caroline (Villers, Caroline)
Subjects
artists:
Simone dei Crocifissi
dates:
1300-1399
museums and institutions:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
places:
Italy / Bologna
subjects:
Italian painting / Conservation
subjects:
Technical analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Crucifixion, Descent and Ascension, by Simone dei Crocefissi. Reliquary Panel, Formerly Florentine Private Collection. (Dimensions and Present Whereabouts Unknown).
Attributed works:
11. Dream of the Virgin, detail from Nativity, Dream of the Virgin, Vision of a Dying Man, Limbo, by Vitale da Bologna, Frescoes Detached from the West Wall of S. Apollonia at Mezzaratta, Bologna (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna).
Attributed works:
3. Dream of the Virgin, by Simone dei Crocefissi, after Conservation and Restoration. Egg Tempera on Poplar Panel, 56 by 42 cm. (Society of Antiquaries, London).
Attributed works:
4. Fig.3 before Conservation and Restoration. [Dream of the Virgin, by Simone dei Crocefissi, (Society of Antiquaries, London).]
Attributed works:
5. Fig.4 during the Removal of Regilding. [Dream of the Virgin, by Simone dei Crocefissi, (Society of Antiquaries, London).]
Attributed works:
6. X-Radiograph of Fig.4. [Dream of the Virgin, by Simone dei Crocefissi, (Society of Antiquaries, London).]
Attributed works:
7. Cross Section from the Gilded Background of Fig.4 Showing the Original Gesso, Bole and Gold Leaf Covered by New Gesso, 'Bole' and Gold Leaf. [Dream of the Virgin, by Simone dei Crocefissi, (Society of Antiquaries, London).]
Attributed works:
8. Detail of the Punchwork on the Virgin's Halo in Fig.4. [Dream of the Virgin, by Simone dei Crocefissi, (Society of Antiquaries, London).]
Attributed works:
9. Dream of the Virgin, by Simone dei Crocefissi. Egg Tempera on Panel, 75 by 52 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Ferrara).
Book Review
Studies in Medieval Sculpture
01/1984 | 970 | 126
Pages: 42
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1499
subjects:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
subjects:
Conferences / Proceedings
subjects:
Sculpture / Medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Studies in Medieval Sculpture | author: Thompson, F. H.
Article
Tree Ring Dates for Some Panel Paintings in England
05/1974 | 854 | 116
Pages: 250-258
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Author:
Fletcher, John (Fletcher, John)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1599
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
places:
England / Netherlands
subjects:
Paintings / Conservation / Technical analysis
subjects:
British painting / Panel paintings
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Dating
subjects:
Portraits
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
18. Print from Radiograph of Archbishop Warham, NPG 2094, Showing Annual Growth Rings as Vertical Bands.
Western art unattributed:
19. The Cotehele Annunciation. Both Have Integral Frame and Panel of Oak, c.90 by 28 cm. Left Includes Arms of West-Minster Abbey; Right Those of George Fascet, Abbot of Westminster 1498-1500. (Collection Earl Mount Edgcumbe.)
Western art unattributed:
20. Louis XII. Integral Frame and Panel of Oak, Probably of Flemish Origin. 40 by 28.6 cm. (Collection Society of Antiquaries, London.)
Western art unattributed:
21. Prince Arthur. Oak Panel, 38.6 by 27.5 cm. (Royal Collection.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Western art unattributed:
22. Richard III. Oak Panel, 56.5 by 35.6 cm. (Royal Collection.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Western art unattributed:
23. Henry V. Oak Panel, 56.5 by 35.8 cm. (Royal Collection.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Western art unattributed:
24. Henry VIII. Oak Panel, 52.3 by 37 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, NPG 4690.)
Western art unattributed:
25. Edward IV. Oak Panel, 67.9 by 47.9 cm. (Royal Collection.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Book Review
The Antiquaries Journal. Vol. xxiv. 1944
02/1946 | 515 | 88
Pages: 52
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Reviewer:
Hope-Nicholson, Hedley (Hope-Nicholson, Hedley; Hope-Nicholson, H.)
Subjects
dates:
1940-1949
places:
England
subjects:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain
subjects:
Art periodicals / Archaeology
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Antiquaries Journal. Vol. xxiv. 1944 | :
Book Review
The Antiquaries Journal. Vol. xxiii [1943]
05/1945 | 506 | 86
Pages: 130
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Reviewer:
Hope-Nicholson, Hedley (Hope-Nicholson, Hedley; Hope-Nicholson, H.)
Subjects
dates:
1940-1949
places:
England
subjects:
Society of Antiquaries of London, Great Britain / Archaeology
subjects:
Art periodicals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Antiquaries Journal. Vol. xxiii [1943] | :
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