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Exhibition Review
Late Michelangelo
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 716–23
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Reviewer:
Elam, Caroline (Elam, Caroline; E., C.; E., C. M.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo / Venusti, Marcello / Condivi, Ascanio
dates:
2020-2030
subjects:
Italian drawing / Italian art / Renaissance art / Sketches / Studies (visual works) / Correspondence / Poetry / Christian iconography / Late works / Cartoons (working drawings) / Colonna, Vittoria / Cavalieri, Tommaso de'
subjects:
Architectural drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Michelangelo: the last decades, British Museum, (2nd May–28th July). | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Christ on the Cross, by Michelangelo. c.1543. Black chalk on paper, 36.8 by 26.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. Crucifixion with two figures, by Michelangelo. c.1558–63. Black chalk and lead white on paper, 27.8 by 23.4 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Crucifixion, by Marcello Venusti. c.1545–60. Oil on panel, 88.9 by 28.8 cm. incl. frame, not shown here. (Campion Hall, Oxford; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. Annunciation, attributed to Michelangelo. c.1545–60. Black chalk on paper, 38.3 by 29.7 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Annunciation, by Marcello Venusti. c.1545–60. Oil on wood, 45 by 30 cm. (Galleria Corsini, Rome; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Study for the Porta Pia, by Michelangelo. 1561. Stylus, black chalk and brown wash, with lead white, on several conjoined pieces of paper, 44.2 by 28.2 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. Epifania, by Michelangelo. c.1550–53. Black chalk on 26 conjoined sheets, 234.6 by 173.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. Epifania, by Ascanio Condivi. c.1550–53. Oil on panel, 240 by 187 cm. (Casa Buonarroti, Florence; exh. British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
8. Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Evangelist, by Michelangelo. c.1558–63. Black chalk and lead white on paper, 41.2 by 28.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
9. Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Evangelist, by Michelangelo. c.1555–63. Black chalk and lead white on paper, 41 by 27.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
Vittoria Colonna e l’eredità degli spirituali Vittoria Colonna: Poetry, Religion, Art, Impact
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1155–1156
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Reviewer:
Zezza, Andrea (Zezza, Andrea)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo / Titian / Venusti, Marcello
patrons:
Colonna, Vittoria
subjects:
Italian art / Renaissance art / Renaissance Italy / Patronage / Correspondence / Poetry
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Vittoria Colonna e l’eredità degli spirituali By Andrea Donati. 598 pp. incl. 600 col. + b. & w. ills. (Etgraphie, Rome, 2019), €60. ISBN 978–88–99680–18–3. | :
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Vittoria Colonna: Poetry, Religion, Art, Impact Edited by Virginia Cox and Shannon McHugh. 406 pp. incl. 47 col. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, 2021), £117. ISBN 978–94–6372–394–7. | :
Article
Painting on stone in Rome in the sixteenth century
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 738–753
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Author:
Donati, Andrea Gianluca (Donati, Andrea Gianluca)
Subjects
artists:
Sebastiano del Piombo / Grazia, Leonardo / Venusti, Marcello / Salviati, Francesco / Becerra, Gaspar / Titian / Michelangelo
artists:
Penni, Luca
artists:
Daniele da Volterra
buildings:
Cappella Chigi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy / Palazzo della Cancelleria, Rome, Italy / San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy / Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome, Italy / Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
buildings:
Palazzo Senatorio, Rome, Italy / Santa Caterina de' Funari, Rome, Italy / Sant' Agostino, Rome, Italy
dates:
1520-1549 / 1550-1559 / 1550-1599
media:
Stone / Marble / Slate / Supports / Peperino / Porphyry / Frescoes / Murals
places:
Rome
subjects:
Oil painting (technique) / Altarpieces / Portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Clement VII, by Sebastiano del Piombo. c.1530–34. Oil on slate, 105.4 by 87.6 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
10. Design for the retablo of the Descalzas Reales, Madrid, by Gaspar Becerra. 1563. Brown ink, chalk and wash on paper, 87 by 50.5 cm. (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid).
Attributed works:
11. Lucrezia, by Leonardo Grazia. c.1540–48. Oil on slate, 55 by 43 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Attributed works:
12. Portrait of a young man (of the Orsini family?), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1545–50. Oil on slate, 54.5 by 40.5 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples).
Attributed works:
13. Conversion of St Paul, by Taddeo Zuccaro. 1566. Oil on slate. (Cappella Frangipane, S. Marcello al Corso, Rome).
Attributed works:
14. Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria, by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta. 1565–66. Oil on slate, 305 by 188 cm. (Cappella Cesi, S. Maria Maggiore, Rome).
Attributed works:
15. Christ on the Mount of the Olives, by Marcello Venusti. After 1550. Oil on slate, 57 by 75 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
16. St James the Elder, by Marcello Venusti. 1569–70. Oil on slate, 230 by 160 cm. (Cappella Salviati, Arciconfraternitata SS. Annunziata, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome).
Attributed works:
17. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Marcello Venusti. After 1566. Oil on slate, 164 by 82 cm. (Cappella Mutini, S. Agostino, Rome).
Attributed works:
18. Cardinal Alessandro Crivelli, by Marcello Venusti. c.1570–74. Oil on oval slate, height 46 cm. (S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome).
Attributed works:
19. Cappella De Torres, S. Caterina de’ Funari, Rome. (Photograph Paolo Coen).
Attributed works:
2. Deposition, by Luca Penni. After 1542. Oil on slate, 73 by 153 cm. (Auxerre Cathedral).
Attributed works:
20. St John the Baptist, by Marcello Venusti. c.1575. Oil on slate, 260 by 165 cm. (Cappella De Torres, S. Caterina de’ Funari, Rome).
Attributed works:
21. Madonna in glory with the infant Christ, St Peter and St Paul, by Marcello Venusti. 1577. Oil on slate, 243 by 144 cm. (Chapel of Palazzo Senatorio, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. Nativity, by Francesco Salviati. c.1550. Oil on peperino, 176 by 172 cm. (Chapel of the Pallium, Palazzo della Cancellaria, Rome).
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of Roberto Strozzi, by Francesco Salviati. c.1556–57. Oil on Africano marble, diameter 13 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of a man with a gold coin, by Francesco Salviati. c.1556–57. Oil on slate, 82 by 53.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
6. David and Goliath (obverse), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–56. Oil on slate, 133 by 172 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
7. David and Goliath (reverse), by Daniele da Volterra. c.1550–56. Oil on slate, 133 by 172 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
8. David and Goliath, possibly by Daniele da Volterra. After 1556. Oil on slate, 33.3 by 43.7 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
9. Baptism of Christ, by Daniele da Volterra and Michele Alberti. c.1556–74. Oil on slate, 360 by 230 cm. (Cardinal Ricci chapel, S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome).
Article
New documents for the chronology and patronage of the cappella del Rosario in S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 517-522
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Author:
Tosini, Patrizia (Tosini, Patrizia)
Subjects
artists:
Vecchi, Giovanni de'
artists:
Venusti, Marcello
buildings:
Cappella del Rosario, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy
dates:
1450-1599
patrons:
Capranica, Angelo, Cardinal, c.1415-1478
patrons:
Confraternita del Rosario in Santa Maria sopra Minerva
places:
Rome / Italy
print:
Cappella del Rosario, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Commissions / Documents / Patronage
subjects:
Contracts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro de’ Medici as Archibishop of Florence, by Francesco Morandini, called il Poppi. c.1584–85. Canvas, 135 by 110 cm. (Museo Diocesano di arte sacra, Florence).
Attributed works:
11. Noli me tangere with the portrait of a donor, by Marcello Venusti. c.1578–79. Canvas, 250 by 160 cm. (Chapel of the Baptistery, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome).
Attributed works:
12. St Catherine drinking from Christ’s wound with the portrait of a donor, by Giovanni De’ Vecchi and Francesco Vanni. c.1583–85. Canvas, c.200 by c.120 cm. (S. Lorenzo in Miranda, Rome).
Attributed works:
6. Scenes from the life of St Catherine of Siena, by Giovanni De’ Vecchi. 1583–86. Fresco. (Lateral walls of the cappella Capranica, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome).
Attributed works:
7. The Mysteries of the Rosary, by Marcello Venusti. 1578–79. Canvas and fresco. (Vault of the cappella Capranica, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome).
Attributed works:
8. St Catherine of Siena with the founders of religious Orders, by Giovanni De’ Vecchi. 1586. Pen and brown ink, 29.5 by 42.2 cm. (Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, inv.7370F).
Attributed works:
9. St Catherine of Siena, with the founders of religious Orders, joins the Dominicans; St Catherine drinks from Christ’s wound, by Giovanni De’ Vecchi. 1583–86. Fresco. (Cappella Capranica, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome)
Short Notice
A Copy by Venusti after Michelangelo
10/1961 | 703 | 103
Pages: 432-435
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Author:
Borland, Phyllis (Borland, Phyllis)
Subjects
artists:
Venusti, Marcello
artists:
Michelangelo
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Florence
sources:
Vasari, Giorgio
subjects:
Italian painting / Copies
subjects:
Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Crucifixes
subjects:
Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
32. X-Ray of the Painting Reproduced in Fig. 37. [Crucifixion, by Marcello Venusti. Panel, 51.5 by 33.6 cm. (Collection Rev. M. D'Arcy, S.J.)]
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33. Crucifixion, by Marcello Venusti. Panel, 50 by 32.7 cm. (Uffizi, Florence.)
Attributed works:
34. Virgin, by Michelangelo. Drawing Dated 1542. (Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre.)
Attributed works:
35. Crucifixion, by Michelangelo. Drawing of 1538-41. (British Museum.)
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36. St John, by Michelangelo. Drawing Dated 1542. (Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre.)
Attributed works:
37. Crucifixion, by Marcello Venusti. Panel, 51.5 by 33.6 cm. (Collection Rev. M. D'Arcy, S.J.)
Attributed works:
38. Cavalieri Seal on Back of Panel Reproduced in Fig. 37. [Crucifixion, by Marcello Venusti. Panel, 51.5 by 33.6 cm. (Collection Rev. M. D'Arcy, S.J.)]
Article
Cartonetti by Michelangelo
11/1959 | 680 | 101
Pages: 368+370-379+381
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Author:
Wilde, Johannes (Wilde, Johannes)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
artists:
Venusti, Marcello
collectors and dealers:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574
dates:
1550-1599
places:
Italy / Florence
sources:
Baglione, Giovanni
subjects:
Italian painting / Drawings / Collections, Private / Royalty
subjects:
Cavalieri, Tommaso de'
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Annunciation, by Michelangelo. Black Chalk, 38.3 by 29.6 cm. (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.)
Attributed works:
10. Agony in the Garden, by Marcello Venusti. (Doria Gallery, Rome.)
Attributed works:
11. Annunciation, by Michelangelo. Black Chalk, 28.3 by 19.6 cm. (British Museum.)
Attributed works:
12. Annunciation, by Marcello Venusti. Panel, 45 by 30 cm. (Palazzo Barberini, Rome.)
Attributed works:
13. Annunciation, by Michelangelo. Detail of Fig.7. [Black Chalk, 40.7 by 54.6 cm. (Uffizi, Florence.)]
Attributed works:
14. Study for the Annunciation, by Michelangelo. Pen and Ink. (Vatican Library.)
Attributed works:
15. Design for a Monument to Henry II, by Michelangelo. Black Chalk, 12.7 by 11.2 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.)
Attributed works:
16. Study for the Purification of the Temple, by Michelangelo. Black Chalk, 8.4 by 16.7 cm. (British Museum.)
Attributed works:
2. Noli me tangere, by Marcello Venusti. (S. Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome.)
Attributed works:
3. Noli me tangere, by a Follower of Raphael. (Prado, Madrid.) [Ascribed tentatively to Raffaellino del Colle]
Attributed works:
4. St Bernard, by Marcello Venusti. (Vatican Gallery.)
Attributed works:
5. St Jerome, after Marcello Venusti. Engraving; Detail.
Attributed works:
6. St Francis, after Sebastiano del Piombo. Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H.M. the Queen. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle.)
Attributed works:
7. Annunciation, by Michelangelo. Black Chalk, 40.7 by 54.6 cm. (Uffizi, Florence.)
Attributed works:
8. Annunciation, by Marcello Venusti; Detail. (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome.)
Attributed works:
9. Agony in the Garden, by Michelangelo. Black Chalk, 35.7 by 60.4 cm. (Uffizi, Florence.)