Drawings

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Drawings

V & A 2004

Housefountain, bronze, Nuremberg 1560 and other bits of table utensils, right: Venus, also from a fountain, Augsburg 1530 (Room 27)

• Hylonome restrained by Lapiths by F. Bertos • Rape of Proserpine by V. de Rossi • Bust by F. Palma, c.1602/09 • Chimney Piece, Lombardy c.1514 (Room 50)

Donatello Room: • Chellini Madonna by Donatello c.1450 • Madonna & Child by Donatello, gilt terracotta, c.1455/60 • Bust (of chap with long name) by Antonio Rossellino 1456 • Column, Florence c1450/75 (R.16)

The ferociously Catholic Brompton Oratory, where I had a sudden revelation or realization regarding my drawing style. Not that it shows.

Well Head, workshop Buon, Verona marble, Venice c.1425/30 (22)

Della Robbia Room: • Bust of Christ by Giovanni della Robbia • Doorway by G.Gaggini, Slate, Genua 1472 (Room 13)

• Chalice, Faenza 1512 • Box, Guiltwood with Pastiglia Decoration, North Italian 1530/38 • 2 Impressions of a Seal by L.Perugia, Rome 1513/23 • Hammer, Brescia c.1550 • Meleager ('Il Villanello') by Antico, Mantua c.1480/1500 • Chimney Piece by workshop of Desiderio da Settignano, Grey Sandstone, Florence 1466/77 (outstanding) • Rondel: Adoration by Luca della Robbia, terracotta 1460/70 (Room 12)

• Coat of Arms Rondel for B. Heidelberger, 1475, probably Frankfurt • Adam and Eve by Loy Hering, South German, Eichstatt • Tankard by Peter Wiese, Zittau • Reclining Female by both Peter Vischer the Elder & the Younger, Nuremberg 1510/20 (Room 27)

Sepulchral Effigy of a Knight of the de Lucy Family, School of London c.1340/50, Lenses Abbey Kent (Room 24) - You can see the trees in the courtyard, which are now gone for a new scheme.

• Leda by Bartolomeo Ammanati, unfinished, Florence c.1535 (bought by Millais in 1865 as a work by Michelanglo) • Samson Slaying a Philistine by Bologna c.1562 (see also page 38b) (Room 21)

• Hercules and Anteus by Master H.I.S., Dutch, Boxwood c.1550/1600 • Dish, Venice c.1540 • Lucretia by J.Sansovino, Poplar wood / Linen / Gesso, Florence c1511/18 (Room 21)

Virgin & Members of Misericordia Guild by B. Buon, Venice 1445/50

• Virgin ascribed to G.Buora, Marble, Venice 1495/1500 • Putto in style of Pietro Lombardo, Marble, Venice c.1500 • Bust: Lady of Lupari Family by Alfonso Lombardi, Terracotta 1500/20 • Annunciatory Angel & Virgin Annunciate by Antonio Bregno, Istrian Stone, Venice 1550/75 (19)

• Holy Water Basin, Venice 1500/20 • Flagellation by Vecchietta, Siena 1460 (Room 15)

(sorry, forgot to note provenance, and now they are all in storage)

The Madonna is English, as is the Altar, or what's left of it after the Puritans had a go. (37, 38a all Room 24)

As you see, everything is being carted off.

Another view of Bologna's Samson. The little statuettes are also by him The two niche figures, Apollo (1577) and a Zephyr (1576) by Francavilla, right: Samson and the Philistines by V. Foggini 1749 (that's almost 200 years later than Bologna) (Room 21)

Della Robbia Room again: Kneeling Angels by Giovanni della Robbia • Virgin and Child by Andrea della Robbia • Stemma (the giant coat of arms) by Luca della Robbia 1466 (Room 13)

Royal Academy: Antique Roman and Greek sculpture from the Glyptotek Kopenhagen

• Christ Carrying the Cross, South Netherlands c.1490 • Entombment, German, Rhenish, c.1500 (Room 27)

• Zeus-Sabazios, Roman A.D.180/200 • Carpet, Turkey c.1500 (these carpets were used like table cloth today) • The frog is a pounce box, Padua 1500/25

Works by Bambaio. the little scenes on the right (youth holding a horse etc) are especially interesting (Room 20)

Della Robbia Room • Fresco: Piazza Maggiore Brescia by F. Ferramola c.1511 • Boy Playing Bagpipe by Andrea della Robbia c.1500 • Adoration, also by him c.1500/10 (Room 13)

• Thetis by Antonio Tarsia, Marble, Venice c.1715/30 • Saint John by Master of the David and St John Statuettes, Terracotta, Florence c.1500 • The Virgin with three Holy Women by Antonio Begarelli, Terracotta, Bologna 1530/31 (Room 15)

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