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The article offers information on an architectural paper model by the Italian sculptor Federico Brandani. Particular focus is given to how the model represents work planned for the Chapel of the Dukes of Urbino in Loreto, Italy. Details relating to how the paper is owned by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, are also discussed.

The article focuses on Francis Bacon's works on paper displayed at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, Ireland. The works of Bacon are considered to be significant since he persistently denied that he ever made preliminary sketches for his paintings. In 1934, he organized an exhibition of his work at the Transition Gallery in Sunderland House in London, England including paintings, gouaches and drawings. Drawing was often central to his admiration for several Old Masters and contemporaries though he was not a conventionally skilled draughtsman. His secrecy could be attributed to his belief that his own drawings would be viewed unfavorably as compared with the drawings of the other artists. He also frequently used blank end-papers of books in executing drawings or making notes.

The article reviews the exhibition "Picasso and Paper" at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England from January 25 to April 13, 2020.

The article focuses on the donation of works by painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his contemporaries including William Henry Hunt, Henry Treffry Dunn, and William Bell Scott to the National Trust property Wightwick Manor in West Midlands, England. It says that the Wightwick drawings are evidences of the devotion to female stunners of Rossetti and his pupil Sir Edward Burne-Jones. It adds that the paintings formed the collection of businessman and property-owner Thomas Hester Ayres.

The article highlights museum acquisitions of British works on paper by various art institutions in Great Britain. The Bolton Museum and Art Gallery acquired the art work of Edward Burra entitled "Bird Women" in 1985. "A young man of his country's services," by John Butler Yeats has been in the possession of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin since 1985. The art "Slopes of Glyder Fawr, Llyn Idwal, North Wales," by John Piper was purchased by the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England in 1985.

The article focuses on the documents on the Filippo Strozzi's Chapel in Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy. Bini and Bigazzi published a few important documents concerning the Strozzi chapel in the Dominican church of Santa Mari Novella as an appendix to the biography of the great merchant banker. The papers include the allocation of the murals to Filippino Lippi in 1487 and excerpts from the will of Strozzi in 1491. The cleaning of the Strozzi frescoes has necessitated a reexamination of the original texts. There were several documents that emerge tracing the course of Lippi's prolonged labors in the chapel and describing the other transactions for the rest of the furnishings.

The article focuses on the important acquisitions of twentieth century artworks by museums and galleries in Great Britain during 1994 to 1996. It discusses the museums able to acquire the significant artworks, despite the financial issue that most facilities are facing, and identify how they were acquired. These acquired artworks reported by several museums includes the "La Condition humaine," painting by René Magritte, "L'Artiste dans son atelier," by Marc Chagan, and the "Release," by Mark Francis. Moreover, among the museums to acquire the artworks are the National Museums of Oxford and Cambridge, and the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside.

The article discusses the catalogue of the pen-drawn autographie or transfer lithograph of the works of Edouard Manet. It is states that several issues of "AU CAFE," indicated with 'dessin inédit de MANET, provide unsuspected context of his print and exhibitions. Tthe first issue of "L'Euroe illustre" declares no expense on its production, while its collaborators claim that the registered office was set in Belgium. Furthermore, the "European Letter" offers international news of artistic and social events.

The article provides information on the bank accounts for the chapel of Filippo Strozzi in Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy. These include the stained glass windows which consist of the window in the left aisle of Santa Maria Novella Strozziane, window opposite the chapel entrance and the window inside the Strozzi Chapel. The clerical vestments are also presented. There are many of the same entries are repeated in different volumes of the bank accounts. The volume 66 has been omitted because it is an incomplete copy of volume 67.

The article reviews the exhibitions "Brothers in Art: Drawings by Watts and Leighton" "Pre-Raphaelites on Paper: Victorian Drawings from the Lanigan Collection" held in England until May 29, 2016 featuring artworks by artists including George Frederic Watts, Frederic Leighton, and Frederick Sandys.

The author reflects on the Code of Practice of the Museums Association in Scotland. The government's policy gives greater autonomy to the governing bodies of the national museums and galleries. It also inferred that picture galleries containing paintings should have same powers like museums to dispose certain art objects that they possess. The author also stresses that the existing prohibition of sales from the three London galleries will not be changed.

The article offers information about the lost papers relating to the 50,000 gift from the industrialist Samuel Courtauld in 1923 for the Tate Gallery in London, England. The Trust Fund is sought to be used limitedly for acquiring French paintings, drawings or pastels by the artists identified by a list provided by Courtauld. However, the list identifying the selected artists who represents the modern art movement was lost. Nevertheless, in a letter from Courtauld, following a meeting for the missing document, revealed the names of the artists, which includes Manet and Degas.

A letter to the editor is presented which comments on the article "The Coronation Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I" in the November 1978 issue.

The article features the two 18th century Qing imperial handscroll paintings "Pictures of ancient playthings." Topics discussed include the acquisition of the paintings separately by the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in England, the possible creation of the paintings as wall decorations for the tomb of the Yongzheng Emperor of Qing, and the patterns and bordering sections observed in the individual paper sheets of the paintings.

The article reviews the art exhibition "Art Without Heroes: Mingei," featuring traditional handmade objects, ceramics, textiles, paintings, works in paper, woodwork, metalwork and photography, at the William Morris Gallery in London, England.