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‘Gerhardt Meyer made me in Stockholm’: a bronze ‘Bathing woman’ after Giambologna
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 545-553
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Author:
Diemer, Dorothea (Diemer, Dorothea)
Author:
Hinners, Linda (Hinners, Linda)
Subjects
art literature:
Avery, Charles, Cambridge, Great Britain / Borghini, Raffaello
artists:
Giambologna / Tessin, Nicodemus, the younger, 1654-1728 / Girardon, François / Henrion, Claude / Harleman, Johan
artists:
Meyer, Gerhardt, the Elder / Keller, Jean-Balthazar / Ernst, Johann Conrad
buildings:
Åkerö Castle, Sweden / Ericsberg Castle, Katrineholm, Sweden / Steninge Castle, Märsta, Sweden / Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark
dates:
1650-1699
media:
Sculpture / Marbles / Bronzes / Plaster / Lead / Wood sculpture / Wax models / Stuccowork / Inscriptions / Drawings / Gardens
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark
patrons:
Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria, 1528-1579 / Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587 / Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway, 1671-1730 / Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1611–1632 / Charles XI, King of Sweden, 1660–1697 / Tessin, Carl Gustaf
places:
France / Paris / Sweden / Stockholm
subjects:
Swedish sculpture / Italian sculpture / French sculpture / Casts (sculpture) / Nudes / Bathers / Venus / Provenance / Patronage / Dating / Travel / Study and teaching / Correspondence / Inventories / Damage to works of art / Ornament / Gifts / Fountains / Bells / Cannons (artillery) / Vases / Swedish architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bathing woman (Venus or Bathsheba), by Giambologna. c.1571–73. Marble, height 105.3 cm. (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; from A. Rudigier, B. Truyols and B. Jestaz: ‘Jean Bologne et les jardins d’Henri IV’, Bulletin monumental 174, 3, 2016).
Attributed works:
11. Church bell, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Elder. 1696. Bronze. (St Charles’ Church, Tallinn).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ‘6’ in the date superimposed by the rotated outline of ‘9’.
Attributed works:
13. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ornament on the socle.
Attributed works:
2–5. Details of Fig.6, showing the signature of Gerhardt Meyer the Elder and the date.
Attributed works:
6. Bathing woman, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Elder. 1697. Bronze, height 103.3 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Fig. 1 from an alternate angle.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of a cannon, cast by Johann Meyer. 1665. Bronze. (Army Museum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
9 and 10. Details of the inscription on a garden vase, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Younger. 1725. Bronze. (Private collection, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of stucco ornament in the Palace of Nicodemus Tessin, Stockholm. c.1700. (Photograph County Administrative Board of Stockholm).
Western art unattributed:
15. The bathroom, Ericsberg Castle, Katrineholm, Sweden.
Western art unattributed:
16. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Lead, height 110 cm. (Ericsberg Castle).
Western art unattributed:
17. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Plaster, height c.108 cm. (Ericsberg Castle).
Western art unattributed:
18. Detail of Fig.16. (All photographs the authors).
Western art unattributed:
19. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Lead. (Fredensborg Palace Garden, Denmark; photograph Thomas Rahbeck).
Exhibition Review
GENERATION
09/2014 | 1338 | 156
Pages: 619-622
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Reviewer:
Barratt, Martha (Barratt, Martha)
Subjects
artists:
Campbell, Steven, b. 1954 / Boyce, Martin, b. 1967 / Gordon, Douglas, b. 1966 / Wright, Richard, b. 1960 / Paterson, Katie, b. 1981
artists:
Innes, Callum / Avery, Charles, Cambridge, Great Britain / Flannigan, Moyna, b. 1963 / Wright, Richard, b. 1960 / Paterson, Katie, b. 1981
artists:
Shrigley, David, b. 1968 / Black, Karla, b. 1972 / Morton, Victoria, b. 1971 / Barclay, Claire, b. 1968 / Tompkins, Hayley, b. 1971
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain / Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Great Britain / Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Great Britain / Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Tramway, Glasgow, Great Britain
places:
Glasgow / Edinburgh / Scotland
private galleries:
The Common Guild, Glasgow, Great Britain / Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain / The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Great Britain / Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Scottish painting / Scottish sculpture / Installations (visual works)
subjects:
Prints / Videos
Illustrations
Attributed works:
55. On form and fiction, by Steven Campbell. 1990. Canvas panels with ink on paper, dimensions variable. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; exh. Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
56. The place of the route of the If'en, by Charles Avery. 2007. Pencil, ink and gouache on paper, two panels 243.5 by 162.6 cm. each. (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
57. Installation view of Our love is like the flowers, the rain, the sea and the hours, by Martin Boyce as it was shown at Tramway, Glasgow, in 2002. Powder coated steel, flourescent light components, chain-link fencing, wood and DVD projection, dimensions variable. (Tate collection).
Attributed works:
58. I am, by Moyna Flannigan. 2014. Oil on linen, 140 by 110 cm. (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow).
Attributed works:
59. Fossil necklace, by Katie Paterson. 2013. 170 hand carved fossil beads. (Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh).