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Book Review
Aiutando l’arte: Les inscriptions dans les décors post-tridentins d’Italie / Le iscrizioni nella pittura posttridentina italiana
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 327–328
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Reviewer:
Fontana, Mauro Vincenzo (Fontana, Mauro Vincenzo)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1599
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian art / Counter-Reformation / Inscriptions / Council of Trent (1545-1563) / Italian painting
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subjects:
Aiutando l’arte: Les inscriptions dans les décors post-tridentins d’Italie / Le iscrizioni nella pittura posttridentina italiana Edited by Gwladys Le Cuff and Anne Lepoittevin. 323 pp. incl. 45 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Peter Lang, Brussels, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–2–8076–1780–3. | :
Article
A newly discovered life study for Anthony van Dyck’s Rotterdam ‘St Jerome’
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 254-257
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Author:
Barnes, Susan J. (Barnes, Susan J.)
Subjects
artists:
Dyck, Anthony van / Rubens, Peter Paul
media:
Oil sketches / Studies (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Netherlandish School / Flemish painting / Saints / Jerome, Saint / Council of Trent (1545-1563)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. St Jerome, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1618–20. Oil on canvas, 165 by 130 cm. (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Attributed works:
2. Life study of an old man, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1618. Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 95 by 58.8 cm (maximum). (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the angel’s features roughed in.
Attributed works:
4. St Jerome, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1612. Oil on canvas, 236 by 163 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; bpk).
Attributed works:
5. St Jerome, by Anthony van Dyck. c.1615/16. Oil on canvas, 157.5 by 131 cm. (The Princely Collections, Liechtenstein Vaduz–Vienna).
Attributed works:
6. St Jerome in his study, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1610. Oil on canvas, 185.5 by 135.5 cm. (Schloss Sanssouci Bildegalerie, Potsdam).
Book Review
Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces Restored. By Xavier F. Salomon with Maichol Clemente and Claudia Vittori
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 88-89
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Reviewer:
Nichols, Tom (Nichols, Tom)
Subjects
artists:
Veronese, Paolo
dates:
1500-1599 / 1550-1599
media:
Paintings / Frames / Documents
museums and institutions:
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy / Frick Collection, New York, United States
places:
Italy / Venice / United States / New York
subjects:
Italian painting / Style / Patronage / Commissions / Restoration (process) / Venetian / Baroque / Chapels / Violence / Iconography / Christian iconography / Jerome, Saint / Agatha, Saint / Council of Trent (1545-1563) / Exhibition catalogues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. St Jerome in the wilderness, by Paolo Veronese. 1566–67. Canvas, 231 by 145.5 cm. (San Pietro Martire, Murano).
Article
The Art of Conservation XV. The conservation history of the Ghent Altarpiece
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 754-765
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Author:
Dubois, Hélène (Dubois, Hélène)
Subjects
art literature:
Friedländer, Max J. / Coremans, Paul B. / Schryver, Antoine de / Marijnissen, R.-H. / Heere, Lucas de / Mander, Karel van, I, 1548-1606 / Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794-1868 / Bode, Wilhelm von / Puyvelde, Leo van / Hulin de Loo, Georges / Vanderveken, Jef / Gettens, R. J. / Stout, George L. / Asperen de Boer, J. R. J. van / Spronk, Ron
art literature:
Vaernewijck, Marcus van / Hauser, Aloïs, the younger / Grevenstein, Anne van
artists:
Eyck, Jan van / Eyck, Hubert van / Blondeel, Lancelot / Scorel, Jan van / Coxie, Michiel, I, 1499-1592 / Coxie, Raphael / Bruyn, Jan Baptist de / Heuvel, Anton van den / Schlesinger, Johann / Schinkel, Karl Friedrich / Lagye, Victor / Bouts, Dieric
collectors and dealers:
Nieuwenhuys, L.J. / Solly, Edward
dates:
1400-1499 / 1500-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Displays / Radiographs / Infrared photography
museums and institutions:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels, Belgium / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany / Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium / Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium / International Council of Museums (ICOM)
museums and institutions:
Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, United States
patrons:
Vijd, Joos / Borluut, Elisabeth / Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
places:
Netherlands / Belgium / Brussels / Ghent / France / Paris / Germany / Berlin
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Conservation / Restoration (process) / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Provenance / Iconoclasm / Damage to works of art / Stolen works of art / Alterations / Altarpieces / Panel paintings / Polyptychs / Collecting / Patronage / Retables / Feasts / Religious ceremonies / Glazes / Varnish / Pigments / Colour / Commissions / Archives / Style / Council of Trent (1545-1563) / Calvinism / Revolution (France: 1789-1799) / Restitution / Repatriation / Polychromy / Copies / World War (1914-1918) / World War (1939-1945) / Nazism / Exhibitions / Curators / Art historians / Conservators / Restorers / Science
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown open, 375 by 514 cm. Before restora- tion. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
Attributed works:
2. Diagram showing the extent of mid-sixteenth century overpaint on the outside wings of the polyptych. (©KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.4, showing Joos Vijd’s right eye after varnish removal. The pink scumbles around the eyes, which cover the original eyelashes, are typical of the mid-sixteenth-century overpainting campaign. (©KIKIRPA, Brussels).
Attributed works:
4. The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel, shown closed, 375 by 257 cm. Photographed after restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.4, showing Elisabeth Borluut’s drapery before the removal of varnish and overpaint. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent).
Attributed works:
6. Fig.5 after the removal of overpaint and restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
Attributed works:
7. The Virgin Annunciate and Angel musicians (recto and verso of the same panel), by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Photographs taken in Berlin before the restoration of 1894. Original hinges are present on the left side of the frame of the Virgin’s panel. Metal reinforcements were added to the extremities of the crossbar. Later, wrought metal hinged braces were attached by large screws fitted through the frame and visible on the front of the Angels panel. (Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg).
Attributed works:
8. The prophet Micah, detail of Fig.4, shown in the frame designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel with a hatch covering the inscription beneath the prophet. Photograph, before 1878. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, M.J. Friedländer Archive, The Hague).
Attributed works:
9. The Ghent Altarpiece as installed in the Vijd chapel between 1865 and 1920. It comprises Eyckian central panels, Lagye’s fur-clothed Adam and Eve and Coxcie’s copies of the other shutters. Photograph, c.1910–13. (© Stadsarchief, Ghent).
Western art unattributed:
10. Jef Van der Veken in his studio in Brussels. Photograph, before 1929. (RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, Jef Van der Veken Archive, The Hague).
Western art unattributed:
11. Albert Philipott applies wax to the surface of Eve in order to consolidate the paint layers. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Western art unattributed:
12. Albert Philipott removes the overpainted clouds around the dove in The Adoration of the Lamb. Photograph, 1951. (© KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
Book Review
Die textilen Geschenke Papst Bonifaz’ VIII. (1294–1303) an die Kathedrale von Anagni: Päpstliche Paramente des späten Mittelalters als Medien der Repräsentation, Gaben und Erinnerungsträger. By Christiane Elster
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 603-604
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Reviewer:
Monnas, Lisa (Monnas, Lisa)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1349
media:
Silverwork / Textiles / Embroidery / Costume / Ivories
museums and institutions:
Cattedrale di Santa Maria, Anagni, Italy
patrons:
Boniface VIII, Pope, d. 1303 / Philip IV, King of France, 1268-1314 / Nicholas IV, Pope, 1227-1292 / Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464
places:
Italy / Anagni
subjects:
Popes / Papacy / Patronage / Gifts / Politics / Diplomacy / Insignias / Coats of arms / Religious ceremonies / Opus Anglicanum (English Medieval Needlework) / Caetani family / Council of Trent (1545-1563) / Inventories / Conservation / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Reconstruction / Iconography
works:
Ascoli Cope (Pinacoteca Civica, Ascoli Piceno) / Pienza Cope (Cathedral, Pienza)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of a cope given by Boniface VIII to Anagni Cathedral. Thirteenth century. Gold embroidery (opus cyprense) on red samite. (Museo della Cattedrale di Anagni).
Book Review
L'Art religieux apres le Concile de Trente. Italie, France, Espagne, Flandres
04/1933 | 361 | 62
Pages: 199
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Subjects
dates:
1550-1599
places:
Italy / Flanders / France / Spain
subjects:
Council of Trent (1545-1563) / Art history / Catholicism / Iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L'Art religieux apres le Concile de Trente. Italie, France, Espagne, Flandres | author: Mâle, Emile