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Titian’s ‘Allegory of Prudence’ and Philip II

03/2023 | 1440 | 165

Pages: 258-268

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Author:

Markou, Georgios E. (Markou, Georgios E.)

Subjects

artists:

Titian

dates:

1550-1559

patrons:

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598

subjects:

Iconography / Prudence / Ages of man / Allegory / Geryon (legendary king of Spain) / Visual sources / Ruscelli, Girolamo / de' Farri press, Venice, Italy / Hesiod / Technical analysis / Venetian art

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Allegory of Prudence (Titian)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Allegory of Prudence, by Titian. 1555–60. Oil on canvas, 75.5 by 68.4 cm. (National Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

10. Prudentia, a tapestry from the series Los Honores, by Pieter van Aelst. 1520–25. Gold, silver, silk and wool, 490 by 820 cm. (Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso; Bridgeman Images).

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11. The death of Actaeon, by Titian. 1559–75. Oil on canvas, 178.4 by 198.1 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).

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12. Proposed frontispiece for Antonio Herrera y Tordesillas, General history of the world in the age of Philip II, the Prudent. 1599. Engraving. (Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid, Consejos 4416/101).

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2. X-radiograph of Fig.1, digitally adjusted to remove the effect of the stretcher.

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3. Impresa of the de’ Farri press. 1544. Woodcut. (From H. Barbarosa: Il comento di Marsilio Ficino sopra il Conuito di Platone, Venice 1544).

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4. Impresa of the de’ Farri press. 1555. Woodcut. (From A. Appiano: Historia Delle Guerre Esterne de’ Romani Di Appiano, Venice 1555).

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5. Sol. 1556. Woodcut. (From G.P. Valeriano: Hieroglyphica, sive de sacris Aegyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis, commentariorum libri LVIII, Basel 1556, Liber XXXII, fol.229r).

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6. Hispania. 1556. Woodcut. (From G.P. Valeriano: Hieroglyphica sive De sacris aegyptiorvm centivm literis, Basel 1556, Liber XXXII, fol.228v).

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7. Impresa of Philip II, by Nicolò Nelli. 1566. Engraving. (From G. Ruscelli: Le imprese illustri, Venice 1566, p.232).

Attributed works:

8. Impresa of Elisabeth of Valois, by Nicolò Nelli. 1566. Engraving. (From G. Ruscelli: Le imprese illustri, Venice 1566, p.312).

Attributed works:

9. Detail of the Nobilitas tapestry from the series Los Honores, showing (left) Apollo (‘Phoebus’), by Pieter van Aelst. 1520–25. Gold, silver, silk and wool, 500 by 860 cm. (Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso; Bridgeman Images).

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Braque's Etchings for Hesiod's 'Theogony' and Archaic Greece Revived

04/2000 | 1165 | 142

Pages: 204-214

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Author:

Bowness, Sophie (Bowness, Sophie)

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artists:

Braque, Georges

dates:

1930-1939

places:

France

subjects:

French painting / Visual sources

subjects:

Hesiod

subjects:

Greek (ancient)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Braque in the Louvre at Work on One of the Two Medallions Which Flank the Central Panel of His Ceiling for the Etruscan Room (Salle Henri II). 1953. Photograph from Le Point, October 1953.

Attributed works:

10. Fragment de vase gravé et peint, by Georges Braque. 1939. Engraved and Painted Plaster, 13 by 20 cm. (Private Collection).

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11. Installation Photograph of the 1935 Exhibition Les Arts Dits Primitifs dans la Maison d'Aujourd'hui, Showing Le Corbusier's Studio at the Rue Nungesser-et-Coli, Paris, with a Polychromed Cast of Moschophoros Sculpture and a Tapestry Version of Fernand Léger's Composition aux trois Figures. From Le Corbusier. L'atelier de la recherche patiente, Paris [1960].

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12. Sketchbook Drawing E 28 with Still Lifes, by Georges Braque. Pencil on Paper, 35 by 44 cm. (Archives Laurens).

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13. Sketchbook Drawing E 36 with Still Lifes, by Georges Braque. Pencil on Paper, 35 by 44 cm. (Archives Laurens).

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14. Braque's Studio with a Lost Atelier Painting of c.1938-39. Photograph by Mariette Lachaud c.1939 (Archives Laurens).

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15. Braque's Studio with Le Peintre et son modèle, 1939. Photograph by Mariette Lachaud c.1939 (Archives Laurens).

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2. Hésiode et la Muse, by Georges Braque. 1932. Etching with Remarques for the Théogonie, 36.6 by 29.8 cm.

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3. Sketchbook Drawing B 63 Related to the Théogonie, by Georges Braque. Pencil on Paper, 34.5 by 21.5 cm. (Archives Laurens).

Attributed works:

4. Sketchbook Drawing E 9 with a Sketch of Bathers (Below), by Georges Braque. Pencil on Paper, 44 by 35 cm. (Archives Laurens).

Attributed works:

5. Sketchbook Drawing F 18 with a Beach Scene and Still Lifes, by Georges Braque. Pencil on Paper, 34.5 by 43 cm. (Archives Laurens).

Attributed works:

6. Sketchbook Drawing D 63 with Still Lifes and Bathers, by Georges Braque. Pencil on Paper, 34.5 by 43 cm. (Archives Laurens).

Attributed works:

7. Sketchbook Drawing A 81 with Cavorting Bathers and Figures Related to the Théogonie Combined, by Georges Braque. Pencil on Paper, 34.5 by 43 cm. (Archives Laurens).

Attributed works:

8. Gaia, by Georges Braque. Etching with Remarques for Hesiod's Théogonie, 37.6 by 29.9 cm. (Archives Laurens).

Western art unattributed:

9. Orientalising Style Boeotian Bird Bowl, Mid-6th Century B. C. Painted Clay, 23.2 by 29.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

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