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Ronald William Lightbown (b. 1932) is a prominent art historian specialising in works from the Italian Renaissance period.

Family[edit]

Son of Vincent and Helen (née Anderson) Lightbown[1]. Born Spring 1932 in Burness, Blackburn, Lancashire[2].

Married fellow art historian Mary Dorothy Webster[3] during the summer of 1962 in Hampstead, Middlesex[4].

Academia and Career[edit]

  • MA Cantab
  • 1958: Joined V&A as an assistant curator[1].
  • 1973: Deputy keeper at V&A
  • 1976: Keeper of the Library at the V&A
  • "later": Keeper of Metalwork at the V&A
  • 1989: Retired alongside ceramics curator John Mallet and others, allegedly caused by the restructuring implemented by director Elizabeth Esteve-Coll - DAH says "very public controversy ensued about the Museum saving money by force-retiring its departmental scholars" -- citation given:[5].
  • 2005: Awarded Serenal Medal for Italian Studies by the British Academy[6]

No death noted as yet.

Pages needing links back[edit]

Possibly/Probaby/Definitely

Co-Authors:

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Sources[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Jean Petitot and Jacques Bordier at the English Court in The Connoisseur, 168, 1968(196), 676, pp.82-91
  • "The Adoration of the Magi" by Andrea Mantegna in Christie's Review of the Year, 18, 1985, pp.24-27
  • Princely pressures: 1. Raphael and the spoilators in Apollo, 78 (1963): 98-102
  • Princely pressures: 2. Francesco I d'Este and Correggio in Apollo, 78 (1963): 193-199

Books

  • The tavolette di Biccherna of Siena (1963)
  • Catalogue of Italian Sculptures in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 3 volumes (H.M.S.O., 1964) with John Pope-Hennessy
  • Oriental art in the late Renaissance and baroque Italy (1969)
  • Tudor domestic silver, Victoria and Albert Museum (H.M.S.O., 1970)
  • Jean Petitot: étude pour une biographie et catalogue de son œuvre (1970)
  • John Williams, alias Anthony Pasquin (Cornmarket Press, 1970)
  • The present state of the arts in England (Cornmarked Press, 1970) with André Rouquet
  • A Medici casket (H.M.S.O., 1971)
  • Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic silver (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1975)
  • Sandro Botticelli (P. Elek, 1978) [Vol. 1, Life and work; Vol. 2, Complete catalogue]
  • French silver (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1978)
  • Secular goldsmiths' work in medieval France: a history (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1978)
  • The comely frontispiece: the emblematic title page in England, 1550-1660 (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979) with Margery Corbett
  • Donatello and Michelozzo: an artistic partnership and its patrons in the early Renaissance (Harvey Miller, 1980)
  • India Observed: India as viewed by British artists, 1760-1860 [exhibition catalogue] (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982) with Mildred Archer
  • Mantegna: with a complete catalogue of the paintings, drawings and prints (University of California Press, 1986)
  • Piero della Francesca (Abbeville Press, 1992)
  • Medieval European jewellery (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992)
  • La Renaissance [Histoire artistique de l'Europe, Vol. 2] (Seuil, 1995-), with Jean Delumeau
  • Carlo Crivello (Yale University Press, 2004)
  • An Architect Earl: Edward Augustus Stratford (1736-1801), 2nd Earl of Aldborough (OLL Editions & the Irish Georgian Society, 2008)

Edited

  • An authentic history of painting in Ireland / Anthony Pasquin (Cornmarked Press, 1970)

Translated

  • Three books of the potters' art by Cupriano Poccolpasso (Scolar Press, 1980) [trans. of I tre libri dell'arte vasaio with Alan Caiger-Smith]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Sorensen, Lee (ed.). "Lightbown, R[onald] W[illiam]". Dictionary of Art Historians. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ^ General Register Office (2008). England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DAH" was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ General Register Office (2010). England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Pierce, Andrew (24 March 1989). "Curators take their Leave from V & A; Victoria and Albert Museum". The Times. London.
  6. ^ British Academy (2005). "The Serena Medal for Italian Studies 2005 awarded to Mr Ronald Lightbown". British Academy - Prizes and medals - Serena Medal. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  7. ^ Kleinbauer, W. Eugene (1982). Research Guiide to the History of Western Art. Sources of Information in the Humanities. Vol. 2. Chicago: American Library Association. p. 118.
  8. ^ Calkins, Robert G. (July 1980). "R.W. Lightbown, Secular Goldsmiths' Work in Medieval France (Review)". Speculum. 55 (3): 600–601. doi:10.2307/2847270. JSTOR 2847270. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  9. ^ Edgerton Jr., Samuel Y. (April 1982). "Ronald Lightbown, Sandro Botticelli, 1: Life and Work; 2: Complete Catalogue (Review)". Speculum. 57 (2): 390–391. doi:10.2307/2847484. JSTOR 2847484. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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