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The graphic context of Jusepe de Ribera’s The poet
The National Gallery of Victoria holds in its collection a fine impression of The poet (fig
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Look homeward Angel: Marshall Claxton’s emigrant
Marshall Claxton’s painting An emigrant’s thoughts of home (1859) (
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Everard Studley Miller and his bequest to the National Gallery of Victoria
When Everard Studley Miller died aged sixty-nine on 5 July 1956, the major beneficiary of his £262 940 estate was the National Gallery of Victor
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Head covering of the mummy of Pedehorpasheriesi
This head covering shows the deceased, Pedehorpasheriesi, whose name is given on the fillet that decorates the headdress
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The reception of Chinese Buddhist sculpture in the West
Two Chinese figures at the National Gallery of VictoriaIt was not until the present century that Buddhist sculpture, in common with most other forms of Chinese art, was recognised by…
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From old world to new: English and Australian responses to Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s The vintage festival
In early 1871, two versions of The vintage festival were sent to Ernest Gambart, the prominent Belgian art dealer, as part of the second group of pictures he had commissioned from Sir Lawrence…
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The sorcerer's machine: a photographic portrait by Douglas Kilburn, 1847
One commonly held prerequisite for a successful portrait is that it will convey something of the psychological life of the sitter.
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Fragile memories: Keith Haring and the Water Window Mural at the National Gallery of Victoria
On Thursday 23 February 1984 the front page of the Melbourne Age featured a photograph of a 25-year-old Keith Haring standing before a robot-DJ figure he had recently painted, wearing a pair…
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Finding light in the shadows: the cleaning and restoration of Tiepolo’s The banquet of Cleopatra
I have been trying to find time ever since the arrival of the Tiepolo to send you a lin
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Desirable Things, the private collection of Alfred Felton
Alfred Felton has long been recognised as the benefactor who transformed the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria
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Between Beauty and Power: Henry Moore’s Draped seated woman as an emblem of the National Gallery of Victoria’s modernity, 1959–68
On 3 June 1960 the National Gallery of Victoria’s deputy director, Gordon Thomson, announced to the public the Felton Bequests’ Committee recent acquisition of Henry Moore’s Draped seated woman (fig&#
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The Melbourne Finding of Moses: steps towards a new attribution
The Finding of Moses (fig. 1), currently attributed to Sebastiano Ricci, has been the source of much critical debate for the better part of fifty years.
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Edward Steichen & Art Deco Fashion
For Edward Steichen & Art Deco Fashion, a beautiful Art Deco Jacket c.1933 was bought by the NGV from Sydney vintage dealer and collector Clarence Cha
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Index 1945–2010
Note to reader Throughout its life, the NGV’s scholarly journal has been published under various names as quarterly and annual editions: Quarterly Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1945–58;…
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The Trinitarias carpet: early masterpiece or modern reproduction?
The Trinitarias carpet (fig.