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‘Victory at San Pietro in Casale’ in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 154–157
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Author:
C. Leone, Stephanie (C. Leone, Stephanie)
Author:
Serrani, Alessandro (Serrani, Alessandro)
Subjects
artists:
Sirani, Giovanni Andrea / Courtois, Jacques / Maratti, Carlo
dates:
1640-1649 / 1650-1699
museums and institutions:
Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome, Italy
patrons:
Santacroce, Marcello (Monsignor) / Innocent X, Pope, 1574-1655
places:
Bologna
subjects:
Italian art / Provenance / Attributions / Attributions, former / Dating
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Victory at San Pietro in Casale, here attributed to Giovanni Andrea Sirani and others. 1649–51. Oil on canvas, 188 by 275 cm. (© ADP s.r.l.; Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome).
Attributed works:
3. Supper at the house of Simon the Pharisee, by Giovanni Andrea Sirani. 1652. Oil on canvas, 380 by 490 cm. (S. Girolamo alla Certosa, Bologna; su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Archivio Fotografico dei Musei Nazionali di Bologna).
Western art unattributed:
2. View of the siege of Castro. 1641 or later. Engraving, 34.6 by 48.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
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Poussin and opera: the subject of ‘Landscape with a man killed by a snake’
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 590–600
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Author:
Jewitt, James R. (Jewitt, James R.)
Subjects
artists:
Poussin, Nicolas
dates:
1640-1649
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Pointel, Jean
subjects:
French painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Classical mythology / Classical mythology / Opera / Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal, 1602-1661 / Iconography / Orpheus / Aristaeus / Eurydice / Snakes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, here identified as Landscape with Aristaeus and Python, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118.2 by 197.8 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
10. Landscape with Polyphemus, by Nicolas Poussin. 1649. Oil on canvas, 148.5 by 197.5 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; photograph Vladimir Terebenin).
Attributed works:
2. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, by Étienne Baudet after Nicolas Poussin. 1701. Engraving with etching, 57.5 by 76.0 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, by J.M.W. Turner after Nicolas Poussin. 1799. Ink and watercolour with scraping-out on white wove paper, 7.9 by 13 cm. (Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
4. Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1650. Oil on canvas, 124 by 200 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. The Arcadian shepherds, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1638–40. Oil on canvas, 85 by 121 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the running figure.
Attributed works:
7. The death of Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1626. Oil on canvas, 63 by 77 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Robilant+Voena).
Attributed works:
8. The death of Eurydice, by Niccolò dell’Abate. c.1552–71. Oil on canvas, 189.2 by 237.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Aristaeus. Roman. c. AD 130–38. Marble, height 196 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Carlo Dolci’s Inscriptions II – Diligence and devotion in Dolci’s ‘The Adoration of the Kings’ in the National Gallery, London
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 16-21
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Author:
Treves, Letizia (Treves, Letizia)
Subjects
artists:
Dolci, Carlo / Angelico, Fra
dates:
1640-1649
patrons:
Generotti, Tommaso
subjects:
Inscriptions / Italian art / Florentine art / Religious art
subjects:
Baldinucci, Filippo
works:
Adoration of the Kings, Carlo Dolci, National Gallery, London
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Adoration of the Kings, by Carlo Dolci. 1649. Canvas, 117 by 92 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of the reverse of the painting illustrated in Fig.1, showing Dolci’s inscription.
Attributed works:
3. Detail of the reverse of the painting illustrated in Fig.1, showing Dolci’s inscription on the strainer’s right bar.
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.3, showing part of Dolci’s inscription on the strainer’s right bar.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of the reverse of the painting in Fig.1, showing Dolci’s inscription on the strainer’s left bar.
Attributed works:
6. Poetry, by Carlo Dolci. 1648–49. Oil on panel, 54 by 42 cm. (Galleria Corsini, Florence).
Article
A second Paston prospective rediscovered
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 569-575
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Author:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
Author:
Lloyd, Stephen (Lloyd, Stephen)
Subjects
artists:
Stone, Nicholas, the Elder / Portman, George / Pearce, Edward, the Elder / Pearce, Edward, the Elder / Delen, Dirck van / Houckgeest, Gerard
buildings:
Hughenden Manor, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain
dates:
1640-1649
patrons:
Paston, William, 1st Baronet
subjects:
Country houses / Architectural paintings / Anonymous artists / Attributions / Frames / Commissions / Venice
subjects:
Heraldry / Coats of arms
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.2, showing the statue with a heraldic crest.
Attributed works:
2. A Paston prospective: a palace with a lake and gondolas. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 119.4 by 164 cm. (National Trust, Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire).
Attributed works:
3. Venetian carnival scene on a terrace, by Pieter de Jode the Elder after Ludovico Pozzoserrato (Lodewijk Toeput). c.1595–98. Line engraving, 37 by 50.8 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.3, showing gondolas.
Attributed works:
5. Frontispiece to T. Coryat: Coryats Crudities, London 1611, engraved by William Hole. Engraving, 21.2 by 15.5 cm.
Attributed works:
6. Female novices going to visit their relations by gondola, by Giacomo Franco. c.1610. Engraving, 24.4 by 18.9 cm. (From G. Franco: Habiti d’Huomeni et Donne venetiane, Venice 1610; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
7. The doge attending vespers and mass at S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, on Christmas day, by Giacomo Franco. c.1610. Engraving, 24.4 by 18.9 cm. (From G. Franco: Habiti d’Huomeni et Donne venetiane, Venice 1610; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.9, showing the coat of arms.
Attributed works:
9. The Most Honourable Sir William Paston, Baronet, by William Faithorne the Elder. 1659. Engraving, 27 by 20.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
1. A Paston prospective: a country house with gardens. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 117 by 164 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
François Girardon (1628–1715): Le sculpteur de Louis XIV. By Alexandre Maral
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 519
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Reviewer:
Maës, Antoine (Maës, Antoine)
Subjects
art literature:
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695 / Francastel, Pierre
artists:
Girardon, François / Le Brun, Charles / Duquesnoy, François
dates:
1630-1639 / 1640-1649 / 1650-1699 / 1700-1709 / 1710-1719
media:
Sculpture
museums and institutions:
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France / Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Paris, France
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
places:
France
subjects:
French sculpture / Monographs / Catalogues / Archives / Literature / Inventories / Patronage / Collecting / Portraits / Funerary art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Detail of the funeral monument to Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, by François Girardon. 1694. Marble, 205 by 460 by 170 cm. (Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris; photograph Bridgeman Images).
Article
The Giustiniani collection, Caravaggio and Giacinto Gimignani
04/2017 | 1369 | 159
Pages: 279-284
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Author:
Fischer Pace, Ursula Verena (Fischer Pace, Ursula Verena)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Gimignani, Giacinto
dates:
1640-1649
patrons:
Giustiniani family
subjects:
Collections, Private / Augustine, Saint / Estate inventories / Attributions / Attributions, former / Patronage / Formal analysis / Identification
subjects:
Italian painting / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. St Ambrose, attributed to Giacinto Gimignani. c.1640 (Whereabouts unknown)
Attributed works:
11. St Augustine and the Christ Child by the sea, by Giacinto Gimignani. 1640 (S. Pudenziana, Rome)
Attributed works:
12. St Augustine, attributed to Giacinto Gimignani. c.1640 (Private collection, London)
Attributed works:
13. St Luke, anonymous copy after Guido Reni. Perhaps eighteenth century (St Martin, Pauillac)
Attributed works:
14. St Matthew, anonymous copy after Guido Reni. Perhaps eighteenth century (St Martin, Pauillac)
Attributed works:
15. St John, anonymous copy after Domenichino. Perhaps eighteenth century (St Martin, Pauillac)
Attributed works:
16. St Mark, anonymous copy after Francesco Albani. Perhaps eighteenth century (St Martin, Pauillac)
Attributed works:
9. Adoration of the Magi, by Giacinto Gimignani. 1634 (Chiesa dei Re Magi, Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, Rome)
Western art unattributed:
17. View of the entrance wall of St Martin, Pauillac
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Simon Vouet and the theme of the Crucifixion
03/2017 | 1368 | 159
Pages: 192-199
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Author:
Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld (Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld; Lavergnée, Arnauld Brejon de; Brejon, Arnauld; Lavergnee, Arnaud Brejon de)
Subjects
artists:
Vouet, Simon
dates:
1630-1639 / 1640-1649
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
French painting / Christian iconography / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Surveys / Calvary / Lost works / Identification / Inventories / Attributions / Provenance / Collections, Private / Collections, Public
subjects:
Copies / Engravings / Prints
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Christ on the Cross, by Simon Vouet. c.1644 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
14. Assumption of the Virgin, by Simon Vouet. 1644 (Musée Saint Denis, Reims)
Attributed works:
15. Christ on the Cross, by Pierre Daret after Simon Vouet. 1638 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, inv. no. DA7)
Attributed works:
16. Christ on the Cross with the Virgin, Sts John and Mary Magdalene, from the studio of Simon Vouet. c.1645 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
17. Christ on the Cross, from the studio of Simon Vouet. Mid-1630s (Paris church, Chailles)
Attributed works:
18. Study for the figure of Mary Magdalene, by Simon Vouet. Late 1630s (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
19. Christ on the Cross, from the studio of Simon Vouet. Late 1630s (Private collection, Paris)
Attributed works:
20. Christ on the Cross, by Pierre Landry (c.1630-1701), after Simon Vouet. 1660s(?). (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Cabinet des Estampes)
Attributed works:
21. Christ on the Cross, by Claude Malbouré (c.1645-after 1706) after Simon Vouet(?). Late seventeenth century (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Cabinet des Estampes)
Attributed works:
22. Christ on the Cross, by an anonymous engraver after Simon Vouet. Mid-1640s (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Cabinet des Estampes)
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An 'Adoration of the shepherds' by Simon Vouet in Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Evry
03/2017 | 1368 | 159
Pages: 187-191
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Author:
Sarant, Mylène (Sarant, Mylène)
Subjects
artists:
Vouet, Simon
dates:
1640-1649
places:
France / Evry
subjects:
French painting / Jesus Christ: Adoration of the Shepherds / Altarpieces / Attributions / Visual sources / Christian iconography / Provenance
subjects:
Identification
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Nativity with angels, by Pierre Daret after Simon Vouet. 1639 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris)
Attributed works:
12. Adoration of the Magi, by Simon Vouet. c.1635 (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA)
Attributed works:
3. Presentation in the Temple, by Simon Vouet. 1640-41 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
4. Angel turning to the right, by Simon Vouet (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
5. Adoration of the shepherds, by Simon Vouet (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA)
Attributed works:
6. Kneeling Virgin, by Simon Vouet (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
Attributed works:
7. Adoration of the shepherds, by Simon Vouet. c.1640 (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Evry)
Attributed works:
8. Adoration of the shepherds, by François Perrier after Simon Vouet. 1633 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris)
Attributed works:
9. Nativity with angels, by Michel Dorigny after Simon Vouet. 1638 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris)
Western art unattributed:
11. The church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Evry. Postcard, late nineteenth or early twentieth century (Archives départementales de l'Essonne, Chamarande)
Book Review
Bertholet Flémal 1614-1675, by P.-Y. Kairis
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 137-138
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Reviewer:
Vlieghe, Hans (Vlieghe, Hans; Vlieghe, H.)
Subjects
artists:
Flémal, Bertholet
dates:
1620-1629 / 1630-1639 / 1640-1649 / 1650-1699
subjects:
Monographs / Catalogues raisonnés / Dutch painting
Article
Gerard ter Borch's unknown oil miniature of the Duke of Longueville
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 109-116
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Author:
Walczak, Gerrit (Walczak, Gerrit)
Subjects
artists:
Terborch, Gerard, the Younger, 1617-1681
artists:
Hulle, Anselmus van
dates:
1640-1649
museums and institutions:
Tansey Miniatures Foundation, Celle, Germany
patrons:
Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville, 1595-1663
subjects:
Miniatures (paintings) / Portraits / Portrait miniatures / Provenance / Collections, Public / Identification / Sitters / Composition (artistic arrangement)
subjects:
Dutch painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Henry II d'Orléans, due de Longueville, here attributed to Gerard ter Borch. c.1646-48 (The Tansey Miniatures Foundation, Celle)
Attributed works:
30. Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville, by Paulus Pontius after Anselm van Hulle after Gerard ter Borch. 1648 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Attributed works:
31. Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville, by Anselm van Hulle after Gerard ter Borch. c.1646-48 (Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel)
Attributed works:
32. Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville, by Gerard ter Borch. c.1646-48 (Stadtmuseum, Münster)
Attributed works:
33. Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzman, condé de Peñaranda, by Gerard ter Borch. c.1646-48 (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam)
Attributed works:
34. Caspar van Kinschot, by Gerard ter Borch. c.1646-48 (Private collection, on loan to the Mauritshuis, The Hague)
Attributed works:
35. The swearing of the oath of the ratification of the Treaty of Münster, 15 May 1648, by Gerard ter Borch. 1648 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, on loan from the National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
36. Cuniera van der Cocq, by or after Frans van Mieris the Elder. c.1657-58 (Collectie Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden)
Attributed works:
37. Cuniera van der Cocq, by Frans van Mieris the Elder. c.1657-58 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
38. Young woman with a letter and a medallion, by Caspar Netscher. 1667 (Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel)
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