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Observing the artist at work: a drawing by Verrocchio in Palermo
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 204-215
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Nathan, Johannes (Nathan, Johannes)
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1. Kneeling Virgin and Child (Virgin adoring the Christ Child?), by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably later 1460s. Black chalk, white heightening, wash and pen and ink on paper, 20.5 by 17.4 cm (irregular). (Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo).
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10. Study for a Virgin with the Christ Child, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably 1470s. Black chalk on lightly prepared paper, 28.2 by 19.3 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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11. Detail of Fig.1, showing the drapery.
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12. Detail of The Baptism of Christ, by Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci and assistant(s). Probably mid-1470s. Oil on panel, 177 by 151 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
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13. David, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Before 1476. Bronze, height 126 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Detail of Equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni, by Andrea del Verrocchio. c.1485 onwards (completed posthumously, unveiled 1496). Bronze, height of detail approx. 50 cm. (Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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15. Study for an Adoration of the shepherds, by Leonardo da Vinci. Probably late 1470s or early 1480s. Leadpoint partly reworked with pen and ink and wash, 11.9 by 13.5 cm (irregular). (Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Drapery study of a kneeling woman, by Leonardo da Vinci. 1470s. Silverpoint and white heightening on red prepared paper, 25.7 by 19 cm. (Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Rome).
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17. Verso of Fig.1 in UV-light, revealing two studies of nude male youths and a study of the head of an old man.
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18. Copy after a study for Verrocchio’s ‘David’ and study of a Christ Child, from the workshop of Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. Later 1480s. Pen and brown ink and wash over metalpoint on rose-washed paper (page of a now dismembered sketchbook), 26 by 19 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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19. Study of a male nude, attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio or a member of his workshop. c.1470. Metalpoint with heightening and pen and ink on prepared paper, 27.8 by 10.9 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett).
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2. Kneeling Virgin and Child (Virgin adoring the Christ Child?), by a follower of Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably later 1460s or early 1470s. Black chalk and white heightening (oxidised) over indications in stylus or erased leadpoint on paper, 19.8 by 17 cm (irregular). (British Museum, London).
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20. St John the Baptist, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1480. Metalpoint and heightening on blue prepared paper, 17.8 by 22.2 cm. (The Royal Library, Windsor Castle; Royal Collection; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2020).
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3. Kneeling Virgin and other studies, from the workshop of Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. Later 1480s. Pen and brown ink over leadpoint or black chalk on rose washed-paper, 27.4 by 19.8 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. Kneeling Virgin adoring the Christ Child, attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio, probably 1470s. Tempera and oil on canvas (transferred from panel), 106.7 by 76.3 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Head of a woman, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably 1470s. Charcoal on paper, 32.5 by 27.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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6. Detail of Study for a funerary monument to Doge Andrea Vendramin, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Probably early 1480s. Leadpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper, 27.3 by 17.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Studies of putti, by Andrea del Verrocchio. Perhaps 1470s. Pen and ink on paper, 15.8 by 21 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; RMN-Grand Palais).
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8. Detail of Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Andrea del Verrocchio. 1477–78. Silver with blue smalt mounted on wood, height of detail approx. 15 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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9. UV-light photograph of the drawing shown in Fig.1, revealing the use of wash and a faded number ‘37’ in the lower right corner.
Article
Caravaggio’s ‘Crucifixion of St Andrew’ and the problem of autograph replicas
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 454-461
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Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
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1. Detail of Fig.3, showing the soldier’s armour.
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2. Detail of Fig.4, showing the soldier’s armour.
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3. Crucifixion of St Andrew, by Caravaggio. 1606–07. Canvas, 202.5 by 152.7 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1976.2).
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4. Crucifixion of St Andrew, here identified as a copy after Caravaggio. Canvas, 198 by 148.5 cm. (Spier Collection, London).
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5. Detail of Fig.3, showing St Andrew’s head.
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6. Detail of Fig.4, showing St Andrew’s head.
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7. Detail of Fig.3, showing St Andrew’s right foot (Photograph author).
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8. Detail of Fig.4, showing St Andrew’s right foot (Photograph author)
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9. Overlay of the contours of Flagellation, by Caravaggio (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples) in green, onto a copy of Flagellation in S. Domenico Maggiore, Naples, in red. From G.S. Ghia and C. Strinati, eds.: Caravaggio nel patrimonio del Fondo Edifici di Culto. Il Doppio e la Copia, Rome 2017.
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Walter Sickert at Gatti’s: new technical evidence
04/2006 | 1237 | 148
Pages: 264-269
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Beresford, Richard (Beresford, Richard)
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23. 'Kate O'Grady, You're a lady', by Walter Sickert. Drawing repr. in The Idler (March 1895).
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24. Gatti's Hungerford Palace of Varieties: second turn of Miss Katie Lawrence, by Walter Sickert. c.1903. 83 by 97 cm. (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney).
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25. X-radiograph of Fig. 24, rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
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26. St Jacques, façade, by Walter Sickert. c.1899-1900. 55.9 by 48.2 cm. (Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester).
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27. St Jacques, Dieppe, by Walter Sickert. Pencil, pen and ink, 23 by 18 cm. (Christie's, London, 14th May 1992).
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28. Gatti's Hungerford Palace of Varieties: second turn of Miss Katie Lawrence, by Walter Sickert. c.1903. 38 by 45.8 cm. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
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29. Detail of lower-left edge of 24, showing black grid lines.
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31. Detail of spot-lit curtain in Fig. 24, showing underpainting colours of violet and green.
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32. Photograph of Fig. 24, under ultraviolet light.
Article
Leonardo da Vinci's use of underdrawing in the 'Virgin of the Rocks' in the National Gallery and 'St Jerome' in the Vatican
07/2005 | 1228 | 147
Pages: 450-463
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Billinge, Rachel (Billinge, Rachel)
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Syson, Luke (Syson, Luke)
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1. The Virgin of the rocks, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1483-91. Canvas transferred from panel, 198 by 123 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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10. Head of St Philip in the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci in Milan with a diagram of the underdrawing for the Virgin's head in Composition A reversed and overlaid.
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11. Study for the head of St Philip, by Leonardo da Vinci. 1493. Black chalk, 19 by 15 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor, no.12551).
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12. St Jerome praying in the wilderness, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c.1491-93. Panel, 102.8 by 73.5 cm. (Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie, Vatican City).
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13. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.12 showing St Jerome's head and part of landscape.
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14. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.12, showing St Jerome's feet and part of lion.
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15. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2, showing the angel (Composition B).
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16. Head of a child in three-quarter view, cartoon for the head of St John in Fig.1, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1483. Metalpoint largely reworked with pen, brush and brown ink and highlighted with white gouache on prepared grey-beige paper, pricked for transfer, irregularly cut, max. 13.4 by 11.9 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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17. Detail infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2, showing the head of the Christ Child (Composition B).
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2. The Virgin of the rocks, by Leonardo da Vinci and collaborators. Here dated c.1491-1508. Panel, 189.5 by 120 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. Infra-red reflectography scan of Fig.2.
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4. Outline diagram of the first underdrawing of Fig.2 (Composition A).
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5. Outline diagram of the second underdrawing of Fig.2 (Composition B), laid over the painting.
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6. Detail of infra-red reflectography scan (Fig.3), showing right arm and hand in Composition A.
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7. Detail infra-red reflectogram mosaic of Fig.2, showing the head in Composition A above the painted Virgin.
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8. Detail from an ultraviolet photograph of Studies of architecture and machinery, male head in profile and of a Virgin adoring the Christ Child, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c.1491-93. Silverpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink on light blue prepared surface, 18.3 by 13.7 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor, no.12560).
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9. Design for a Nativity or an Adoration of the Christ Child; perspectival projection, by Leonardo da Vinci. Here dated c. 1485-90. Metalpoint partly reworked with pen and brown ink on pink prepared paper, and lines ruled with metalpoint, 19.4 by 16.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1917 17.142.1).
Article
Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci at Windsor Newly Revealed by Ultra-Violet Light
06/1977 | 891 | 119
Pages: 396-409
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Pedretti, Carlo (Pedretti, Carlo)
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Roberts, Jane (Roberts, Jane)
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13. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12285R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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14. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12560R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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15. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, by Ordinary Photographic Processes (See Fig.13). (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No. 12285R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen (Figs. 15-17, 19).
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16. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12319R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen (Figs. 15-17, 19).
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17. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No. 12432V). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen (Figs. 15-17, 19).
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18. Detail from Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (See Note to 12615R, Fig.26 and 12616R, Fig.27). (Musée du Louvre, No.2258V).
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19. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12433R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen (Figs. 15-17, 19).
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20. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No. 12609R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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21. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12609V). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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22. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12613R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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23. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, by Ordinary Photographic Processes (See Fig.22). (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12613R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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24. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12608R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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25. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12613V). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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26. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12615R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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27. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No.12616R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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28. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No. 12617R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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29. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No. 12626R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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30. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No. 12627R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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31. Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, under Ultra-Violet Light. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle No. 12668R). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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A. R. L. 12615 and 12616. Author's Tracing. [(cf. Figs. 26 and 27)]
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B. R. L. 12626. Author's Tracing. [(cf. Fig. 29)]