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Book Review
Woodland Imagery in Northern Art, c.1500–1800: Poetry and Ecology
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 568-569
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Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
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Woodland Imagery in Northern Art, c.1500–1800: Poetry and Ecology By Leopoldine van Hogendorp Prosperetti. 160 pp. incl. 68 col. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2022), £39.95. ISBN 978–1–84822–494–0. | :
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Charles Holmes and the restoration of paintings at the National Gallery, London
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 737-743
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Simon, Jacob (Simon, Jacob)
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1. Sir Charles Holmes, by Elliott & Fry. 1920s. Bromide print, 19.6 by 15 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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2. Portrait of a poet, by Palma Vecchio. c.1516. Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 83.8 by 63.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Dido directing the equipment of the fleet, or the morning of the Carthaginian Empire, by J.M.W. Turner. Exhibited 1828. Oil on plywood, transferred from canvas, 147.3 by 226.1 cm. (Tate, London; reproduced from E. Poynter: The National Gallery, London 1900, III, p.317).
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4. Seaport with the Embarkation of St Ursula, by Claude Lorrain. 1641. Canvas, 112.9 by 149 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Young man in a fur cap, by Carel Fabritius. 1654. Canvas, 70.5 by 61.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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6. David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres, by Walter Stoneman. 1921. Bromide print, 14.2 by 10 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
The Origins of British Landscape Bishop Trevor Gallery, Bishop Auckland
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 762-765
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Wilcox, Timothy (Wilcox, Timothy; Wilcox, Tim)
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14. Landscape with a millpond, by George Lambert. 1744. Oil on canvas, 63.5 by 77.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Bishop Trevor Gallery, Bishop Auckland).
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15. Bell Lloyd of Bodfach at a stag hunt, by George Stubbs. 1771. Oil on canvas, 102 by 127 cm. (Private collection; exh. Bishop Trevor Gallery, Bishop Auckland).
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16. Coastal landscape with sailing boats, girls buying fish, fishermen with a rowing boat, and a shepherd and sheep on a cliff, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1781. Oil on canvas, 102 by 127 cm. (Private collection; exh. Bishop Trevor Gallery, Bishop Auckland).
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From Giotto to the Bushmen: Roger Fry at the Slade 1909–13
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 727-733
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Elam, Caroline (Elam, Caroline; E., C.; E., C. M.)
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1. Vision, volumes and recession, by Walter Sickert. c.1923, published 1929. Etching, 20 by 11.1 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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2. The unknown god: Roger Fry preaching the new faith, by Henry Tonks. Exhibited 1923. Canvas, 41.5 by 56 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Pym’s Gallery, London).
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3. Poster for the first Post-Impressionist exhibition, Grafton Galleries, London. 1910. Lettering by Roger Fry. 76.3 by 50.9 cm. (The Courtauld Gallery, London).
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4. The meeting at the Golden Gate from John Ruskin, Giotto and his Works in Padua, Orpington 1900, p.77. (Warburg Institute, London).
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5. Detail of The meeting at the Golden Gate, by Giotto. c.1305. Fresco. (Arena Chapel, Padua; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Some later primitives and Madame Tisceron, by John Currie. 1912. Tempera on canvas, 46 by 127 cm. (The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent; Bridgeman Images).
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7. John Donne arriving in heaven, by Stanley Spencer. 1911. Canvas, 37 by 40.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
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Paul Durand-Ruel and James Duncan of Benmore
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 558-571
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WATSON, Andrew M. (WATSON, Andrew M.)
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1. Landscape with figures (‘La toilette’), by Camille Corot. 1859. Canvas, 150 by 89.5 cm. (Private collection, Paris).
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10. A eunuch’s dream, by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ. 1874. Panel, 39.3 by 65.4 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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11. The Death of Sardanapalus, by Eugène Delacroix. 1827. Canvas, 392 by 496 cm. (Musée du Louvre).
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12. The triumph of Ariadne, by Hans Makart. 1874. Canvas, 784 by 476 cm. (Upper Belvedere, Vienna).
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13. The Bay of Naples (morning), by Auguste Renoir. 1881. Canvas, 59.7 by 81.3 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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15. Diana surprised, by Jules Joseph Lefèbvre. 1879. Canvas, 279 by 371.5 cm. (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina).
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4. Morning, by Théodore Rousseau. 1865. 200 by 136 cm. Whereabouts unknown. (From Catalogue de tableaux modernes composant la collection de M. Duncan de Londres, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 15th April 1889, no.29).
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5. Evening, by Théodore Rousseau. 1865. 200 by 136 cm. Whereabouts unknown. (From Catalogue de tableaux modernes composant la collection de M. Duncan de Londres, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 15th April 1889, no.30).
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6. Interior of a Dominican convent in Madrid, by Eugène Delacroix. 1831. Canvas, 130.2 by 161.9 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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7. The sheepshearers, by Jean François Millet. c.1857–61. Canvas, 41.2 by 28.5 cm. (The Art Institute of Chicago).
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8. Crossing the ford, evening by Camille Corot. c. 1868.Canvas. 99 by 135 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes).
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9. The wood-gatherers, by Pierre Billet. 1874. Canvas, 113 x 148 cm. (Private collection).
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Fig.14. Night, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. 1883. Canvas, 208.3 by 107.3 cm. (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington).
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2. The Duncan family, showing James Duncan far right. c.1870–75. Photograph, 14.5 by 17.2 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Benmore House. Argyllshire. Duncan’s picture gallery is on the right. c.1889–90. Photograph, 13.3 by 20.6 cm (Private collection).
Article
Claude Lorrain: dances, pastorals and the early chronology
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 376-379
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Roethlisberger, Marcel (Roethlisberger, Marcel; Bianco, Marcel Roethlisberger-; Rothlisberger, Marcel; Roethlisberger-Bianco, Marcel; Roethlisberger, Marcel G.)
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1. Landscape with rural dance, by Claude Lorrain. 1634. Canvas, 98.7 by 135.4 cm. (Private collection; © Christie’s Images Limited 2010).
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2. Landscape with rural dance, by Claude Lorrain. Here dated to before 1633. Canvas, 98 by 131 cm. (The Swedish Academy, Stockholm).
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3. Landscape with fishermen, by Claude Lorrain. Drawing 68 of the Liber Veritatis. 1642–43. Pen and ink and brown wash on paper, 19.7 by 26.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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4. Landscape with fishermen, by Claude Lorrain. After c.1642. Canvas, 43.2 by 58.4 cm. (Haddo House, Aberdeenshire).
Exhibition Review
Turner and Claude. London
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 434-435
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Baker, Christopher (Baker, Christopher)
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Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude | institution: National Gallery
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66. The National Gallery when at Mr J.J. Angerstein’s House, Pall Mall, by Frederick Mackenzie. 1824–34. Gouache on paper, 46.7 by 62.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. National Gallery, London).
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67. Seacoast with Perseus and the origin of coral, by Claude Lorrain. 1674. Canvas, 104 by 129 cm. (Viscount Coke and the Trustees of the Holkham Estate; exh. National Gallery, London).
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68. Rocky Bay with Figures, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1827–30. Canvas, 90.2 by 123.2 cm. (Tate, London; exh. National Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Claude Lorrain. Oxford and Frankfurt
01/2012 | 1306 | 154
Pages: 54-55
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Cavazzini, Patrizia (Cavazzini, Patrizia)
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Claude Lorrain. The Enchanted Landscape | institution: Ashmolean Museum , institution: Städel Museum
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68. Landscape with a country dance, by Claude Lorrain. c.1637. Pen and brown ink with brown wash, touched in green and heightened in white, on tinted white paper, 19.4 by 25.9 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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69. Christ and the Magdalene, by Claude Lorrain. c.1679. Black chalk with pen and brown ink, heightened in white on tinted paper, 16.3 by 28.4 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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70. Coast view, by Claude Lorrain. 1633. Canvas, 97 by 122 cm. (Trustees of the 9th Duke of Buccleuch’s Chattels Fund; exh. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Exhibition Review
Claude Lorrain. Paris and Haarlem
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 494-495
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Cavazzini, Patrizia (Cavazzini, Patrizia)
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Claude Gellée, dit le Lorrain. Le dessin-ateur face à la nature | institution: Musée du Louvre , institution: Teylers Museum
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63. Trees and rocks by a river, by Claude Lorrain. c.1635. Pencil, pen, brown and grey wash, hightened in white, 25 by 19 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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64. Landscape with a flock, by Claude Lorrain. c.1632. Canvas, 35 by 45 cm. (Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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65. Perseus and the origin of coral, by Claude Lorrain. c.1671–74. Pen, black charcoal, brown and grey wash, hightened in white on blue paper, 25.4 by 32.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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Advertisements June 2008 (Front)
06/2008 | 1263 | 150
Pages: i-xx
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[Agnew's, 43 Old Bond Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Claude Lorrain (1600-1682). Rural dance. Verso: Study of a man's legs. Black chalk, red chalk, brown and grey wash, 16.4 by 22.2 cm.
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[Agnew's, 43 Old Bond Street, London, exhibiting at Master Drawings London, July 5th-11th] Paul Bril (1554-1626). October, Stag Hunting. Signed. Pen and brown ink with wash heightened with white over black chalk, 198 x 332 mm.
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[Andrew Clayton-Payne, 14 Old Bond Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Richard Dadd (1817-1886) Crazy Jane. Watercolour, 36 by 25.6 cm.
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[Andrew Clayton-Payne, 14 Old Bond Street, London, Richard Dadd (1817-1886) Dreams of Fancy: a loan exhibition, Wednesday 2nd July-Friday 11th July 2008] A photograph of Richard Dadd painting Contradiction; Oberon and Titania, at Bethlem Hospital, c.1856. Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust.
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[Andrew Clayton-Payne, 14 Old Bond Street, London, Richard Dadd (1817-1886) Dreams of Fancy: a loan exhibition, Wednesday 2nd July-Friday 11th July 2008] Richard Dadd. Crazy Jane. Watercolour, 14⅛ x 10 in. (36 x 25.6 cm.). Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust.
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[Andrew Clayton-Payne, 14 Old Bond Street, London, Richard Dadd (1817-1886) Dreams of Fancy: a loan exhibition, Wednesday 2nd July-Friday 11th July 2008] Richard Dadd. Jerusalem from the House of Herod. Watercolour, 6½ x 10 in. (16.5 x 26 cm.). Private collection.
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[Andrew Clayton-Payne, 14 Old Bond Street, London, Richard Dadd (1817-1886) Dreams of Fancy: a loan exhibition, Wednesday 2nd July-Friday 11th July 2008] Richard Dadd. Sir Thomas Phillips in Eastern Dress. Watercolour heightened with white, 9½ x 6½ in. (24.1 x 16.5 cm.). Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust.
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[Andrew Clayton-Payne, 14 Old Bond Street, London, Richard Dadd (1817-1886) Dreams of Fancy: a loan exhibition, Wednesday 2nd July-Friday 11th July 2008] Richard Dadd. Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Insignificance or Self Contempt. Watercolour, 14 x 9⅞ in. (35.6 x 25.3 cm.). Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust.
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[Bonhams Fine English Furniture and Works of Art, New Bond Street, Wednesday 16 July] An important set of twelve George III Scottish carved mahogany Open Armchairs, attributed to William Hamilton of Edinburgh. Estimate £150,000-250,000.
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[Charles Ratton & Guy Ladrière, 14 rue Marignon, 11 quai Voltaire, Paris] Laurent de La Hyre (1606-Paris-1656). La Madeleine Pénitente. Oil on canvas (relined), 102 by 95 cm.
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[Christie's Old Master & British Pictures, auction London 8 & 9 July 2008] Francis Cotes RA (London 1726-1770). The Young Cricketer: Portrait of Lewis Cage. Signed, inscribed and dated '1768'. Oil on canvas, 67¼ x 44 in. (170.7 x 111.7 cm.). Estimate £700,000-1,000,000.
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[Colnaghi, Katrin Bellinger, 15 Old Bond Street, London, exhibiting at Master Drawings in London 2008] Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684-1721 Nogent-sur-Marne). A Man seen en face, pulling a Curtain, a young Woman posing on the right, and two Studies of Hands holding a Bow and a Fingerboard, respectively. Red and white chalk on buff paper, 229 x 355 mm.
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[Conchita Romero, Salustiano Olózaga, 5, Madrid] Vicente Vitoria (Denia, 1650-Rome, 1709). Mary Magdalene. Signed and dated 'Vicente Canonig Vitoria fct 1690'. Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm.
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[Daniel Katz, 13 Old Bond Street, London, at London Sculpture Week 2008] Jean-Baptiste Giraud (1752-1830) Achilles wounded. Plaster, 55 by 39 cm.
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[Daniella Luxembourg, 13 Old Bond Street, London, at London Sculpture Week 2008] Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943) Ornamental plastic. Conceived in 1919, cast before 1926. Plaster, 48 by 21 by 9 cm.
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[David Koetser, Zürich, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair 2008] Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1683/4). A still-life with oranges, dates, figs, a sprig of laurel in a wanli bowl, with a peeled lemon, a knife, bread and a façon de venise of white wine on a draped table. Oil on canvas, 37 by 47.4 cm.
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[Didier Aaron, 15 Clifford Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752). Study of a draped female figure. Red chalk heightened with white on blue paper, 47.3 by 35.5 cm.
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[Emanuel von Baeyer, exhibiting at Rafael Valls, 6 Ryder Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828). Self-portrait in four different expressions. Pencil, size of sheet, 32.5 by 19.8 cm.
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[Flavia Ormond Fine Arts, London, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair 2008] Alexandre Benois (1870-1960) Set for the ballet Giselle. Watercolour, ink and ink wash, 49 by 63 cm.
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[Flavia Ormond Fine Arts, London, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, 2008] David Bomberg (1890-1957). Bomb store. 1942. Oil on paper, 28 by 38 cm.
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[G. Sarti, 137 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris] Master of the Liverpool Madonna (active in Rome and Umbria between 1490 and 1500). Virgin and Child with St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. John the Baptist and an angel with a crown. Circa 1490-1495. Tempera on panel, gold ground, 54.5 x 39 cm. (21½ x 15⅜ in.)
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[Galerie Canesso, 26 rue Laffitte, Paris] Giuseppe Antonio Pianca (Agnona di Borgosesia/Vercelli 1703-après 1757). The Pinch of Snuff. Oil on canvas, 103 x 82 cm. (40 9/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
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[Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, 38 Bury Street, St James's, London] Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975). Sculpture for Waterloo Bridge. Portland Stone, width: 16¾ inches (42.5 cm.)
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[Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, London, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, 2008] Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975). Pierced form (santorin) opus 33. Marble on original wooden base. Height: 43 cm.
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[Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd., 7/8 Mason's Yard, Duke Street, St James's, London, at Master Drawings London 2008] Auguste Rodin (Paris 1840-1917 Meudon). A Nude Woman Standing in the Sea, Holding her Hair in her Right Hand. Annotated Corail at upper right by the artist. Monogrammed A R in lead pencil, at upper left. Lead pencil and watercolour, 492 x 322 mm. (19 5/16 x 12 11/16 inc.)
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[Katrin Bellinger, 15 Old Bond Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Claude Gillot (1673-1772). Four commedia dell'arte figures: three gentlemen and pierrot. Pen and black ink, grey and red wash, 11.7 by 19 cm.
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[Lowell Libson, 3 Clifford Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Francis Towne (1740-1816). A ruin on the road going to Ponte Lamentana in the neighbourhood of Rome. Signed and dated 1786. Watercolour, 32 x 47 cm.
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[Moretti Fine Art, London, Paris & New York, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair 2008] Giovanni di Marco, called Giovanni dal Ponte (1385-1437). Madonna and Child enthroned between Saints Lawrence and Anastasia. Panel, 90.5 x 51 cm.
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[Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Arikha, 10 June-7 September 2008] Avigdor Arikha. Pears, 18th September 1974. Private collection, New York.
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[Patricia Wengraf Ltd., PO box 31067, London] Attributed to Johann Ignaz Bendl (Vienna before 1682-1730). St John the Baptist preaching to the multitude. Ivory relief, dimensions: 13.6 by 27.5 by 2.0 cm.
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[Piacenti Art Gallery, 8 Duke Street, St James's, London] Daniele Crespi (Busto Arsizio 1597/98-Milano 1630). The Sacrifice of Isaac. Oil on panel, 45.5 by 35.5 cm.
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[Richard Green, London, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair 2008] Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). Chapeau au ruban rouge. Signed. Canvas, 33 by 25.4 cm.
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[Robin Katz, 13 Old Bond Street, London, at London Sculpture Week 2008] Conrad Shawcross. Loop system - major third 5:4, 4 part counterpoint. 2006. Mixed media, 225 by 300 by 250 cm.
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[Sam Fogg Ltd, 15D Clifford Street, London, at London Sculpture Week 2008] Attributed to Erasmus Grasser (1450-1518). A holy knight. Germany, 1470-1515. Limewood, 121 by 23 cm.
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[Sims Reed, London, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, 2008] Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Portrait of Jacqueline. Signed in pencil and inscribed: Epreuve d'artiste. Linoleum cut printed in colours, 75 by 81.8 cm.
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[Sotheby's European Sculpture and Works of Art, auction in London, 9 July 2008] Niccolò dell'Arca. A 15th-century Italian terracotta relief of the Virgin. Estimate £200,000-300,000.
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[Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) God the father in glory. Signed: 'Domo. Tiepolo' in brown ink at the lower right. Pen and brown ink and brown wash, backed. 28.7 by 20 cm.
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[Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, Riverwide House, 6 Mason's Yard, Duke Street, St James's, London] Edouard Manet (1832-1883). An Illustrated Letter to Albert Hecht, with a Still Life of Plums and Cherries. Watercolour, with a letter written in pen and brown ink, 245 x 156 mm. (9⅝ x 6⅛ in.)
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[Stoppenback & Delestre, 25 Cork Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Hippolyte Petitjean (1834-1929). Au bord de la rivière. Signed lower right: Hipp. Petitjean. Watercolour, 36.5 by 26.7 cm.
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[Theobald Jennings Ltd., 37 Albemarle Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] George Grosz. Sitting female nude. 1945. Charcoal and wash, 62 by 47.3 cm.
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[Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd., 22 Old Bond Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] Hans Bol (1534-1593). Landscape with a town in the distance, in a border of flowers and animals. Signed and dated: HBol /1584. Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk, the outlines incised, 144 by 211 cm.
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[Tomasso Brothers, Bardon Hall, Weetwood Lane, Leeds] Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652-1725). 'Il Pasquino'. 50 cms high.
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[Trinity Fine Art, 29 Bruton Street, London, at London Sculpture Week 2008] Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525). Maiolica relief pane from the outer frame of a tabernacle, c. 1500, 48 by 37 cm.
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[W/S Fine Art Ltd., 27 Dover Street, London, at Master Drawings London, 5 July-11 July 2008] William Alexander (1767-1816) A scene in an historical play exhibited on the Chinese stage. Watercolour over traces of pencil, 23.9 by 35.5.cm.
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[Whitfield Fine Art at Partridge Fine Art, 144-146 New Bond Street, London]Titian (c.1490-1576). Saint Sebastian (detail). Oil on canvas, 190 x 95.5 cm. Painted c.1530-35. Signed lower left: TICIANUS.
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[Wildenstein, 19 East 64th Street, New York] François Hubert Drouais. Portrait of the Artist's Father, Hubert Drouais, c.1760. Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm.
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[Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 18th and 19th Century Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints and Miniatures, auction, 16th July 2008] Frans Breuhaus de Groot (Dutch 1796-1875). Extensive winter landscape with numerous figures on a frozen lake by a pavilion. Signed and dated 1837. Oil on canvas, 55 x 76 cm. (21½ x 30 in.). Estimate: £8000-12000.
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[Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 18th and 19th Century Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints and Miniatures, auction, 16th July 2008] John Smart (1742-1811). Portrait of a gentleman wearing a brown coat. Signed with initials and dated 1768. Oval, in an ebonized frame, 37 x 33 mm. (1½ x 1¼ in.). Estimate: £1000-1500.
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[Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 20th Century and Contemporary Art, auction, 16th July 2008] Louis Le Brocquy (Irish b. 1916). Man Turning. Signed. Oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm. (24 x 20 in.). Estimate: £20000-30000.
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[Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 20th Century and Contemporary Art, auction, 16th July 2008] Salvador Dalì (Spanish 1904-1989). Hommage à Terpsichore (La Dance). Numbered 114/350 on Certificate of Authenticity. Bronze sculpture in two parts published in 1984 after the design on 1977, 44 x 70.5 cm. (17¼ x 27¾ in.). Estimate: £5000-8000.
Non-western art unattributed:
[Gregg Baker Asian Art, London, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair 2008] A six-fold paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with numerous cranes. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century. 169 by 375 cm.
Non-western art unattributed:
[Rossi & Rossi Ltd., 16 Clifford Street, London, at London Sculpture Week 2008] Buddha Shakyamuni. Central Tibet, c.14th century. Bronze, height: 48 cm.
Western art unattributed:
[Apter-Fredericks, London, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, 2008] A George II carved walnut armchair. English, c.1735.
Western art unattributed:
[B.B. Steinitz, Paris, at The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, 2008] A pair of cassolettes with musical mermaid figures. White marble, chased, patinated and gilded bronze. Height: 45 cm, width: 27.5 cm., depth: 21.5 cm.
Western art unattributed:
[Bernard Steinitz, 9 rue du Cirque, 16 avenue Matignon, Paris] Important Gueridon with Winged Lion Décor. France, circa 1815-1820. Chased, patinated and gilded bronze, top of precious marbles, H. 85 cm. (33½ in.), Diam. 91 cm. (35¼ in.)
Western art unattributed:
[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, auction, Simon Sainsbury: The Creation of an English Arcadia, 18 June 2008] English School, circa 1590-1600. Triple portrait of three girls, three-quarter-length, in green silk dresses with lace embroidery, holding yellow and white feathered fans. Oil on canvas, 51¾ x 50⅞ in. (131.5 x 129.2 cm.), in a Sunderland frame. £150,000-250,000.
Western art unattributed:
[Richard Philip, 7 Ravenscourt Square, London] Adoration of the Magi (detail). East Anglian School, c.1460. Oil and tempera on course linen, 1.93 x 1.6 m.
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