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Traces across Time: Investigating an Unfinished Female Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds

A portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds of an unidentified female sitter depicts only a face and a diamond breast jewel. Once owned by John Ruskin and then by Kenneth Clark, the portrait offers an opportunity to examine assumptions we make when discussing historic portraiture. What may we infer from the c...

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Hlavní autor:	Pointon, Marcia
Médium:	Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:	Anglais
Vydáno:	Interfaces 2024
Témata:	Reynolds (Joshua) Schaumburg-Lippe diamond pigment transparency Ruskin (John) Clark (Kenneth) Waterhouse (Ellis Kirkham) diamant transparence
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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:interfaces_9107 https://doi.org/10.4000/122dt urn:doi:10.4000/122dt en https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/9107 2024-07-20T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/122dt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Traces across Time: Investigating an Unfinished Female Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds Interfaces Université Bourgogne Europe info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2647-6754 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1164-6225 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces Pointon, Marcia Reynolds (Joshua) Schaumburg-Lippe diamond pigment transparency Ruskin (John) Clark (Kenneth) Waterhouse (Ellis Kirkham) Reynolds (Joshua) Schaumburg-Lippe diamant pigment transparence Ruskin (John) Clark (Kenneth) Waterhouse (Ellis Kirkham) A portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds of an unidentified female sitter depicts only a face and a diamond breast jewel. Once owned by John Ruskin and then by Kenneth Clark, the portrait offers an opportunity to examine assumptions we make when discussing historic portraiture. What may we infer from the collectors who were drawn to this enigmatic object? How do judgements about sitters’ identities change? What is meant by finish? How might traces of ownership of a particular work - what we call ‘provenance’ - contribute to our understanding of the work itself? What can we tell from the material of a painting, that is, from its pigments and support, about how an artist ran his studio? How might accessories determine meaning? I disentangle and identify some of the assumptions taken for granted when discussing portraiture while at the same time re-evaluating a disputed and neglected work. Un portrait d’une femme non-identifiée par Joshua Reynolds ne représente que le visage et un bijou de poitrine en diamant. Autrefois dans les collections de John Ruskin et de Kenneth Clark, ce portrait nous offre l’occasion d’examiner des hypothèses que nous tenons pour acquises lorsque nous discutons de portraits historiques. Que pouvons-nous déduire des collectionneurs qui ont été attirés par cet objet énigmatique ? Comment les jugements sur l'identité des modèles évoluent-ils ? Qu'entend-on par finition ? Comment les traces de propriété d'une œuvre particulière — ce que nous appelons la "provenance" — peuvent-elles contribuer à notre compréhension de l'œuvre elle-même ? Que peut-on déduire du matériau d'une peinture, c'est-à-dire de ses pigments et de son support, de la manière dont l'artiste gérait son atelier ? Comment les accessoires peuvent-ils déterminer le sens de l'œuvre ? Je démêle et identifie certaines des suppositions que nous faisons lorsque nous parlons de portrait, tout en réévaluant une œuvre contestée et négligée.
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topic	Reynolds (Joshua) Schaumburg-Lippe diamond pigment transparency Ruskin (John) Clark (Kenneth) Waterhouse (Ellis Kirkham) Reynolds (Joshua) Schaumburg-Lippe diamant pigment transparence Ruskin (John) Clark (Kenneth) Waterhouse (Ellis Kirkham)
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description	A portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds of an unidentified female sitter depicts only a face and a diamond breast jewel. Once owned by John Ruskin and then by Kenneth Clark, the portrait offers an opportunity to examine assumptions we make when discussing historic portraiture. What may we infer from the collectors who were drawn to this enigmatic object? How do judgements about sitters’ identities change? What is meant by finish? How might traces of ownership of a particular work - what we call ‘provenance’ - contribute to our understanding of the work itself? What can we tell from the material of a painting, that is, from its pigments and support, about how an artist ran his studio? How might accessories determine meaning? I disentangle and identify some of the assumptions taken for granted when discussing portraiture while at the same time re-evaluating a disputed and neglected work.
author	Pointon, Marcia
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title	Traces across Time: Investigating an Unfinished Female Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
title_short	Traces across Time: Investigating an Unfinished Female Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
title_full	Traces across Time: Investigating an Unfinished Female Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
title_fullStr	Traces across Time: Investigating an Unfinished Female Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
title_full_unstemmed	Traces across Time: Investigating an Unfinished Female Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
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publisher	Interfaces
publishDate	2024
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