The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal: Volume 15, 1987 (J Paul Getty Museum//J Paul Getty Museum Journal)

The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 15 Is A Compendium Of Articles And Notes Pertaining To The Museum's Permanent Collections Of Antiquities, Decorative Arts, Illuminated Manuscripts, Paintings, Photographs, And Sculpture And Works Of Art. This Volume Includes A Supplement Introduced By John Walsh With A Fully Illustrated Checklist Of The Getty’s Recent Acquisitions. Volume 15 Includes Articles Written By Jeffery Spier, Michael Pfrommer, Cornelius C. Vermeule, Maureen Cassidy-geiger, Robert S. Nelson, Carl Brandon Stehlke, Peter Sutton, John T. Spike, Victor Carlson, Andrew Szegedy-maszak, And Herbert Keutner. ANTIQUITIES A Byzantine pendant in the J. Paul Getty Museum 5 Jeffrey Spier Kopie oder Nachschöpfung. Eine Bronzekanne im J. Paul Getty Museum 15 Michael Pfrommer The God Apollo, a Ceremonial Table with Griffins, and a Votive Basin 27 Cornelius C. Vermeule DECORATIVE ARTS Two Pieces of Porcelain Decorated by Ignaz Preissler in the J. Paul Getty Museum 35 Maureen Cassidy-Geiger MANUSCRIPTS Theoktistos and Associates in Twelfth-Century Constantinople: An Illustrated New Testament of A.D. 1133 53 Robert S. Nelson PAINTINGS A Celibate Marriage and Franciscan Poverty Reflected in a Neapolitan Trecento Diptych 79 Carl Brandon Strehlke The Noblest of Livestock 97 Peter Sutton The Blessed Bernard Tolomei Interceding for the Cessation of the Plague in Siena: A Rediscovered Painting by Giuseppe Maria Crespi 111 John T Spike A Roman Masterpiece by Hubert Robert: A Hermit Praying in the Ruins of a Roman Temple 117 Victor Carlson PHOTOGRAPHS True Illusions: Early Photographs of Athens 125 Andrew Szegedy-Maszak SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART Die Bathseba des Giovanni Bologna 139 Herbert Keut ACQUISITIONS/1986 Introduction 153 Notes to the Reader 158 Antiquities 159 Manuscripts 167 Paintings 177 Drawings 188 Decorative Arts 210 Sculpture and Works of Art 216 Photographs 222 Trustees and Staff List 239 Cover 1 Contents 4 ANTIQUITIES 6 A Byzantine Pendant in the J. Paul Getty Museum 6 Kopie oder Nachschöpfung. Eine Bronzekanne im J. Paul Getty Museum 16 The God Apollo, a Ceremonial Table with Griffins, and a Votive Basin 28 DECORATIVE ARTS 36 Two Pieces of Porcelain Decorated by Ignaz Preissler in the J. Paul Getty Museum 36 MANUSCRIPTS 54 Theoktistos and Associates in Twelfth-Century Constantinople: An Illustrated New Testament of A.D. 1133 54 PAINTINGS 80 A Celibate Marriage and Franciscan Poverty Reflected in a Neapolitan Trecento Diptych 80 The Noblest of Livestock 98 The Blessed Bernard Tolomei Interceding for the Cessation of the Plague in Siena: A Rediscovered Painting by Giuseppe Maria Crespi 112 A Roman Masterpiece by Hubert Robert: A Hermit Praying in the Ruins of a Roman Temple 118 PHOTOGRAPHS 126 True Illusions: Early Photographs of Athens 126 SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART 140 Die Bathseba des Giovanni Bologna 140 ACQUISITIONS/1986 152 Introduction 154 Notes to the Reader 159 Antiquities 160 Manuscripts 168 Paintings 178 Drawings 189 Decorative Arts 211 Sculpture and Works of Art 217 Photographs 223 Trustees and Staff List 240