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Avatars of Antiquity II: Drapery as metaphor
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
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1. Drapery study for the high priest in the Trial and martyrdom of St Stephen, by Edward Poynter. 1872. Black chalk on buff paper, 41 by 27.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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10. Draped female torso, from the Acropolis, Xanthos. 470–460 BC. Marble, height 123.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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11. Rebecca at the well, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118 by 199 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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12. Detail from Paul preaching at Athens, by Raphael. c.1516. Body colour on paper mounted on canvas, whole canvas 320 by 390 cm. (Royal Collection, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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13. Drapery study for the high priest in the Trial and martyrdom of St Stephen, by Edward Poynter. 1872. Black chalk on buff paper, 27.6 by 27.1 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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14. Drapery study for the kneeling handmaiden in Semiramis founding Babylon, by Edgar Degas. 1860–62. Graphite with lead-white body colour and blue wash on paper, 24.4 by 31.1 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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15. Cymon and Iphigenia by Frederic Leighton. c.1884. Oil on canvas, 162.6 by 327.7 cm. (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney).
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16. Drapery study by Leonardo. c.1475–82. Brown-grey wash and lead white on linen prepared with a pale grey ground, 220 by 139 cm. (Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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17. Detail of Virgin and Child, by Masaccio. 1426. Egg tempera on wood, whole panel 134.8 by 73.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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18. The penitence of Mary Magdalene, by Charles Le Brun. 1655. Oil on canvas, 252 by 171 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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19. Heliodorus driven from the Temple, by Eugène Delacroix. 1855–61. Mural, 751 by 485 cm. (Chapelle des Anges, Saint-Sulpice, Paris)
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2. Detail of an Antique mural painting of a dancer, by Filippo Morghen after Camillo Paderni. Engraving, 38 by 48 cm. (page). (From Le pitture antiche d’Ercolano e contorni, I, Naples 1757).
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20. Ariadne on Naxos, by G.F. Watts. 1867–75. Oil on canvas, 75 by 94 cm. (Guildhall Museum, London).
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21. Divine figures from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Athens, believed to represent Venus reclining on the lap of her mother, Dione, by Phidias or associate. 438–432 BC. Marble, length 233 cm. (British Museum, London).
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22. Captive Andromache, by Frederic Leighton. c.1888. Oil on canvas, 195.6 by 406.4 cm. (City Art Gallery, Manchester).
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23. Detail of the figure of Amor in the chimneypiece made for the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, Manhattan, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. c.1881–83. Limestone, height of chimneypiece 468.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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24. Dido receiving Aeneas and Cupid disguised as Ascanius, by Francesco Solimena. 1710. Oil on canvas, 207.2 by 310.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. One of the ‘attitudes’ of Lady Hamilton, by Tommaso Piroli after Friedrich Rehberg. Engraving, 26.9 by 20.8 cm. (From F. Rehberg: Drawings Faithfully Copied from Nature at Naples, n.p. 1794, fig.7).
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4. Veiled and masked dancer. Alexandria(?), c.100 BC. Bronze, height 20.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Detail of Two dancers, after Antonio Canova. 1799. Tempera on paper. (Casa Canova, Possagno).
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6. Hebe, by Antonio Canova. 1816–17. Marble with gilt metal, height 158 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì).
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7. Veiled woman (Allegory of Purity), by Antonio Corradini. 1717–25. Carrara marble. (Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca Rezzonico, Venice).
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8. Hebe, by Bertel Thorvaldsen. 1819–23. Marble, height 152.2 cm. (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
9. Kore, from the Temple of Hera, Samos. 570–60 BC. Marble, height 192 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770–1850. Edited by John Ittmann
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 881-882
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[Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza. The Madonna and Child with the infant St. John the Baptiste, by Alessandro Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli. (1444/45 - 1510). Tempera on panel, 46.3 by 36.8 cm]
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[Christie’s. New York. 20 Rockefeller Plaza. NY 10020. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780 - 1865 Paris). Comtesse Charles d'Agoult, née Marie de Flavigny, and her daughter Claire d'Agoult (detail). Signed and dated 'J. Ingres Del/ 1849'. Pencil, heightened with white, touches of yellow bodycolour. 19 x 15 5/8 in. (48.4 x 39.6 cm)]
Attributed works:
[Christopher Bishop Fine Art. Milford. Connecticut. Federico Barocci (Urbino c.1533-1612). Study for the Head of Saint Dominic. c.1593-7. Black, red, peach, brown, ocre and traces of white chalk on blue paper, 23.7 cm x 24 cm. Watermark: Bunch of grapes.]
Attributed works:
[Christopher Bishop, Exhibited at: Dickinson Fine Art, 19 East 66th Street. Putti frolicking in the clouds, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804). Signed 'Dom. Tiepolo f.' lower left and numbered '37' upper right. Pen with brown and grey washes, 19 by 27 cm]
Attributed works:
[Didier Aaron, Inc., 32 East 67th Street. Study for a Scene from 'Regotin', by Jean Baptiste Oudry (1680-1755). Pen and ink and wash, heightened with gouache, on blue paper, 20.7 by 27.7 cm]
Attributed works:
[Francis Maere Fine Arts, Ghent. Girls in the field, by Emile Claus (1849-1924). Signed. Oil on canvas, 73.5 by 114 cm]
Attributed works:
[Galerie Canesso. 26 rue Laffitte, Paris. Giovanni Battisti Langetti. Genoa, 1635 - Venice, 1676. Apollo and Marsyas. Oil on canvas, 108 x 126 cm (42 1/2 x 49 5/8 in)]
Attributed works:
[Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium. Shéhérazade, by René Magritte, 1947. Gouache on paper, 18 by 13 cm.]
Attributed works:
[Hélène Bailly Gallery, Paris. Cannes, by Francis Picabia (1879-1953). Oil and gouache on cardboard, 44.7 by 36.7 cm]
Attributed works:
[Margot Gordon Fine Art, Exhibiting at: Shepherd & Derom Galleries, 58 East 79 Street, 26 January - 27 Frabruary. Two Putti supporting a beam or a plaque, by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (1483-1520). Pen and brown ink over black chalk, 11.4 by 6.9 cm]
Attributed works:
[Margot Gordon. Exhibiting at: Shepherd & Derom Galleries. 58 East 79 Street. New York. Pietro da Cortona (1596-1696). Rome. Study for the Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Pitti, (c.1646). Black chalk, traces of white heightening, 191 x 248 mm]
Attributed works:
[Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels. Sleepy, by Gilbert & George. 1985. Signed, titled and dated 'SLEEPY Gilbert + George 1985'. Mixed media, 242 by 202 cm]
Attributed works:
[Mia N Weiner, Exhibiting at: L'Antiquaire and The Connoisseur, 36 East 73rd Street. St. Thomas the Apostle, by G.F. Barbieri, Il Guercino (1591-1666). Pen and ink, 20.5 x 26.1 cm]
Attributed works:
[Moeller Fine Art Ltd, 35 East 64th Street. The Academician (The Poet), by Richard Lindner (1901-1978). Signed and dated lower right 'Richard Lindner March 1954'. Oil pastel and ink on paper, 72.4 57.2 cm]
Attributed works:
[Monroe Warshaw, Exhibited at: Kraushaar Galleries, 74 East 79th Street. Maria with the four evangelists, by Jan Boeckhorst (1605-68). c.1659. Preliminary study for the 'Snyders' triptych. Pen and ink with wash, heightened with white, 19.7 by 25.4 cm]
Attributed works:
[Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art. 16 Carlisle Mansions, Carlisle Place. London. Vierge d'Intercession. Attributed to Jean de la Huerta (active 1431 - 1462). Limestone (pierre d'Asnières-lès-Dijon), with traces of original polychrome France, Burgundy, probably between Dijon and Chalon-sur-Saône, circa 1445 - 1450. H. 112 x W. 43 x D. 26.5 cm]
Attributed works:
[Paolo Antonacci, Exhibiting at GRAHAM, 32 East 67th Street. Portrait of Ulysses, by Joann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829). Watercolour on paper, 38 by 49 mm]
Attributed works:
[Paolo Antonacci. Via del Babbuino 141/a. Rome. Giuseppe Cades (1750-1799), Paolo and Francesca surprised by Giangiotto Malatesta. Ink and brown wash on paper, 455 x 590 cm]
Attributed works:
[Robert Simon, Fine Art. Satis House. 53 Tower Hill Road East. Tuxedo Park. New York. 208A East 78th Street. New York. Giovanni Battista Langetti (Genoa 1635 - Venice 1676). Job Cursed by His wife. Oil on canvas, 44 x 34 1/2 in. (111.7 x 87.6 cm]
Attributed works:
[Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art LLC, 790 Madison Avenue, Suite 602. Portrait of Albert Einstein, by Josef Scharl (1896-1954). 1950. Signed 'Jos. Scharl 1950', lower right and dated 'Princeton Febr. 9, 1950'. Signed by Einstein 'A. Einstein', lower centre. Ink on paper, 36.8 by 29.2 cm]
Attributed works:
[Sperone Westwater in New York. Francesco Calebrano (1729-1814), Colazione in campagna, Oil on canvas, 260 x 175 cm]
Attributed works:
[Sphinx Fine Art. 125 Kensington Church Street. London. Domenico Tintoretto. Portrait of Paolo Tiepolo (1523-1585)]
Attributed works:
[Stephen Ongpin, Exhibiting at: Mark Murray Fine Paintings, 39 East 72nd Street, Fifth Floor. The sleeping child, by Odilon Redon (1840-1916). Signed vertically in grey ink at the lower left. Watercolour, gouache and pencil on card, 17.8 by 25.7 cm]
Non-western art unattributed:
[Galerie Jacques Germain, Montreal, Canada. Punu mask of the Okouyi tribe. Light wood with pigment and kaolin. Gabon, the Ngounié region. Late nineteenth century.]
Non-western art unattributed:
[Joyce Nejad. Front and side. An Assyrian Royal Stele, in black basalt, depicting King Adad-Nerari III Dur-Kaltimmu in Syria, c.805 BC; H: 137.5 cm. W: 75 cm. D: 27 cm. 'The top of this fragment is kept at the British Museum'.]
Western art unattributed:
[De Backker Medieval Art, Hoogstraten, Belgium. Wrought-iron door with remains of polychrome decoration. Spain, Toledo, fifteenth century. Height: 204 cm. Width: 115 cm]
Western art unattributed:
[Klaas Muller, Brussels. Christ crowned with thorns. Austro-Bavarian school. c.1470/75. Oil on panel, 77 by 59.5 cm]
Western art unattributed:
[Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Arts, London. A walnut table, Italy, Bologna, late 16th century. Height: 81.5 cm. Width: 181 cm. Depth: 75 cm]
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[Brimo de Laroussilhe. 7, Quai Voltaire, 75007 Paris. Barthélemy Prieur (Brezieux, 1536 - Paris, 1611). Bacchus. Height: 23 cm. Bronze statuette, hollow, lost wax cast, darkened varnish over rich brown, natural patina.]
Attributed works:
[Chanel Fine Jewellery Boutique, 173 New Bond Street, London] "Volute" Rings. 18 K White gold, diamonds and pink sapphire.
Attributed works:
[Charles Ratton & Guy Ladrière. 14 rue de Marignan, 75008 Paris. BACCIO DA MONTELUPO (Montelupo 1460 - Lucca 1535) possibly Saint Jerome. Terracotta. Height: 41.2 cm. Length: 34 cm. Depth: 17 cm.]
Attributed works:
[Chelminski Gallery. 616 King’s Road, London SW6 2DU. Hindu Girl by Sir Richard Westmacott RA. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1821. Ht. 39 in (99cm)]
Attributed works:
[Daniel Katz, Ltd. 13 Old Bond Street. London. W1S 4SX Aimé-Jules DALOU (1838-1902). Study for 'Triumph pf Silenus' bronze, piéce unique cast by Hébrard, 42.5 cm./ 16 3/4 in. high]
Attributed works:
[David & Constance Yates. Lenox Hill Station. New York 10021. ANTOINE ETEX (Paris 1808 - 1888 Chaville). A Plaster Model for the Tomb of Théodore Géricault (1791-1824). Plaster, 17 x 15 x 7 5/8 inches (44.5 x 38.7 x 19.4 cm). Signed ETEX and dated1840.]
Attributed works:
[Finch & co. Suite 744, 2 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3DQ. An important marble monument attribuited to Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630-1700). Recently sold to the Victoria & Albert Museum.]
Attributed works:
[Galleria Carlo Orsi. Via Bagutta, 14 - 20121 Milan. CRISTOFORO STATI (Bracciano 1556 ca. - Rome 1619) Cleopatra. Marble. Height: 75 inches (191 cm)]
Attributed works:
[Galleria Il Cartiglio. Via Maggio 78/r. 50125 Florence, Italy. VALERIO CIOLI (Settignano circa 1529/Florence 1599). Portrait of Giovanni Cerretani. Marble relief. Size 29x21.5 cms. The relief bears on the back the following inscription: 'GIO.D.N. CERRETANUS DI ANI 58 / 8AGOSTO 1598']
Attributed works:
[Hall & Knight Ltd. 21 East 67th Street. New York, NY 20021. 43 New Bond Street, London. W1S 2SA. Jean-Baptiste Greuze. (Trournus 1725 - 1805 Paris). Portrait of Denis Diderot (1713-1784). Oil on canvas, oval, 60x48.6 cm (23 5/8x19 1/8 inches)]
Attributed works:
[Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert. 38 Bury Street. St. James’s, London SW1Y 6BB. 17 East 76th Street, New York. Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975. Helicold in Sphere, 1938. Lignum vitae on original base. Height 10 inches; 25,5 cm]
Attributed works:
[James Grahm & Sons. 1014 Madison Avenue. New York. NY 10021. Turkish Horse No.2 ca. 1857. Bronze. 11 1/4 x 11 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches. Dark brown/Green patina. Signed on base: BARYE.]
Attributed works:
[Michael Hall Fine Arts, inc. 49 East 82nd Street, New York. Attributed to Bathélemy Prieur (Berzieux 1536 - Paris 1611). Nude Male Caryatid. Bronze. Height: 83/4 inches]
Attributed works:
[Moretti. Piazza Ottaviani 17/r, 50123 Florence. Master of the Ashmolean Museum Predella. Florence, act. from 1360/65 to 1385/90. Madonna and Child; St. Francis; St Margaret. Tempera on panel, 74x50cm]
Attributed works:
[Patricia Wengraf, Ltd. PO Box 31067, London SW1W 9FJ. San Juan de la Cruz. Wood statue with original polychrome and gold leaf. Height: 66 in - 168 cm. Attributed to Francisco Antonio Gijon (Seville 1653 - c. 1720]
Attributed works:
[Rafael Valls. 11 Duke Street, St. James’s, London. JUAN DE ARELLANO 1614-1676. A Still Life of Tulips, Roses, Carnations and other flowers in a Glass Vase (detail). Oil on canvas: 65 x 52 cm. Signed and dated 1674.]
Attributed works:
[Robert Bowman Gallery. 8 Duke Street, St. James’s London. Auguste Rodin. Saint-Jean Baptiste Préchant. Lifetime cast by Thiébault Fres. Height: 19 7/8 in. (50.4 cm)]
Attributed works:
[Schlichte Bergen. P.C. Hooftstraat 53’, 1071 BN Amsterdam. FLEURY FRANçOIS RICHARD (Lyon 1777-1852). The grotto of la Balme, near Grenoble. Canvas, 86 x 66 cm. Inscribed on an old label on the frame: Les Grotto de la Balme (Vercors) Ecole de David. 1819]
Attributed works:
[Sotheby’s & Co., 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W.1. Henry Cheere. British 1703-1781. The Monument to Sir George Cooke (1675-1740). Marble 320 by 122 by 107 cm.]
Attributed works:
[Talabardon & Gautier. 134 Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008, Paris. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) a sketch for Pourquoi naitre esclave?, circa 1868. Clay, height: 14,5 cm. Provenance: lot 78 in the Carpeaux sale, Paris, December 8-9, 1913.]
Attributed works:
[Trinity Fine Art. 29 Bruton Street. London W1J 6QP. JOHANN HEINRICH WILHELM TISCHBEIN (Haina 1721 - Eutin 1829). An Idyllic Landscape. Pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, watercolour, over traces of black chalk. Inscribed and dated, 1809. 267x438 mm]
Western art unattributed:
[Francesco Antonacci. Via Magutta 54, 00187 Rome. Design for a chandelier. Pen and ink on paper, 26 by 15.5 cm. Prague, early nineteenth century.]
Western art unattributed:
[Galleria Nella Longari. Via Bigli 15, 20121 Milan. Madonna and Child by Florentine sculpture. Circa 1400. Polychrome and gilded wood. 69 cm high.]