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Observations about the abandoned portrait beneath Gainsborough’s ‘Blue boy’
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 261–265
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O'Connell, Christina Milton (O'Connell, Christina Milton)
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1. Digital X-radiograph of Fig.2, captured through all layers of the painting, including the wooden auxiliary support.
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2. Blue boy (after treatment), by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1770. Oil on canvas, 177.8 by 112.1 cm. (Huntington Library and Art Museum, San Marino).
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3. John Joshua Kirby, by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1754–56. Oil on canvas, 41.9 by 29.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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4. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.2, showing the preliminary lines of the abandoned portrait, including the contours of the face, coat, and shoulders. A dark layer of paint was applied over the abandoned portrait, slightly obscuring the legibility of the details in IRR.
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5. Detail of Fig.1.
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6. Detail of Fig.1, showing additional details of the abandoned portrait’s face.
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7. Cross-section of Fig.2, taken at the top fold-over edge contains, from bottom to top: the off-white double ground layer; a paint layer from the abandoned portrait’s face; and the dark layer of paint that Gainsborough applied over the abandoned portrait followed by the thinly applied paint of the sky for the Blue boy composition.
Article
Authenticity issues with works by Vincent van Gogh
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1045–55
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Meedendorp, Teio (Meedendorp, Teio)
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Oudheusden, Saskia van (Oudheusden, Saskia van)
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Tilborgh, Louis van (Tilborgh, Louis van)
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1. Self-portrait as a painter, by Vincent van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 61.5 by 50 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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10. Comparison of pink colours in the collars, left: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8), right: Head of a woman (Fig.6).
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11. Comparison of lips, top: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8), centre: Head of a woman (Fig.6).
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12. Detail of infra-red reflectogram of Head of a woman (Fig.6).
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14. Wood gatherers in the snow, by Vincent van Gogh. August/September 1884. Oil on canvas on panel, 67 by 126 cm. (Private collection).
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15. Reproduction of Fig.14 in Vincent van Gogh: 40 Photocollographies d’après ses tableaux et dessins, Amsterdam 1904, plate 19.
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17. Detail of Fig.14, showing the man in Van Gogh’s original painting.
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2. Interior of a restaurant, formerly attributed to Vincent van Gogh. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Interior of the Grand Bouillon-Restaurant le Chalet, Paris, by Vincent van Gogh. November, early December 1887. Oil on canvas, 54 by 64.5 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Photo of Fig.3 from J.-B. de la Faille: Vincent van Gogh, Paris 1939, p.388.
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5. Portrait of Etienne-Lucien Martin, by Vincent van Gogh. November 1887. Oil on canvas, 65.8 by 54.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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6. Head of a woman, by an unknown artist. Early 20th century, probably between 1902 and 1909. Oil on canvas on panel, 40 by 29.9 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Reproduction of ‘Frau mit grüner Haube’, from Kunst und Künstler 12 (1914), p.596.
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8. Head of a woman with a green bonnet, by Vincent van Gogh. Late 1884–early 1885. Oil on canvas on panel, 40.1 by 29.6 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Red: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8); green: Head of a woman (Fig.6). (Overlay Heleen van Driel, Van Gogh Museum).
Western art unattributed:
13. Wood gatherer, formerly attributed to Vincent van Gogh. Pencil and watercolour on laid paper, 32.5 by 25 cm. (Private collection).
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail of Fig.15, showing the highlights on the man’s clothing.
Article
‘The abduction of Europa’ by Paulus Potter: a mythological painting rediscovered
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 680–88
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Lydon, Muirne (Lydon, Muirne)
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Macro, Natalia (Macro, Natalia)
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Marx, Lizzie (Marx, Lizzie)
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Schilder, Jolijn (Schilder, Jolijn)
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Vandivere, Abbie (Vandivere, Abbie)
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1. Head of a white bull, by Paulus Potter. c.1647–50. Oil on canvas, 79.4 by 62 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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10. Infrared reflectogram of Fig.1, revealing the fragmentary Europa figure.
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11. X-radiograph of Fig.1, revealing the fragmentary Europa figure.
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12. Abduction of Europa, attributed to Jan de Visscher, after Nicolaes Berchem. 1643–92. Etching and engraving, 45.7 by 30.5 cm, shown mirrored horizontally. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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2. Portrait of Paulus Potter (1625–1654), by Bartholomeus van der Helst. 1654. Oil on canvas, 99 by 80 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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3. The bull (De stier), by Paulus Potter. 1647. Oil on canvas, 236.5 by 341 cm. (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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4. Proposed location of Fig.1 within the Abduction of Europa, determined from thread angle mapping (Fig.5c).
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5. Computer-assisted thread counting from X-radiographs of Fig.1, showing: a) thread density in the vertical and horizontal directions; b) horizontal thread density of the upper and lower pieces of canvas; c) thread angle deviations in the vertical and horizontal directions. The horizontal join is indicated with an arrow.
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6. Display of Fig.1 in the Grand Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Photograph, after 1889. (RSAI, Dublin).
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7. Display of Fig.1 in Room 12, Dargan Wing, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Photograph, c.1930–39. (National Gallery of Ireland Archive, Dublin).
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8. MA-XRF map of Fig.1, showing the distribution of mercury (Hg) from vermilion.
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9. MA-XRF map overlaid onto Fig.1, showing the distribution of copper (Cu) in white.
Article
Early copies on panel after Anthony van Dyck: new findings
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 140–144
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Author:
Davies, Justin (Davies, Justin)
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1. Charles I, Henrietta Maria, Charles, Prince of Wales and Princess Elizabeth, attributed to Remigius van Leemput, after Anthony van Dyck. After 1651. Oil on panel, 59.8 by 49.4 cm. (Woburn Abbey Collection, Bedfordshire).
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2. Gaspar Gevartius, after Anthony van Dyck. After 1648. Oil on panel, 26 by 20 cm. (Woburn Abbey Collection, Bedfordshire).
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3. Gaspar Gevartius, after Anthony van Dyck. After 1648. Oil on panel, 25.6 by 20 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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4. Prince Frederick Henry of Orange, after Anthony van Dyck. After 1670. Oil on panel, 25.4 by 19.9 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
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5. Jan van Ravesteyn, after Anthony van Dyck. After 1671. Oil on panel, 25.4 by 20 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest) .
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6. Jan van Ravesteyn, by Anthony van Dyck. Oil on panel, 24.8 by 18.1 cm. (Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Boughton House, Northamptonshire).
Article
Artemisia Gentileschi’s ‘Susanna and the elders’ painted for Henrietta Maria
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1053–73
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Izat, Adelaide (Izat, Adelaide)
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Munz, Niko (Munz, Niko)
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1. The painting illustrated in Fig.3, before conservation treatment and prior to structural treatment to remove non-original additions.
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10. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.1, showing former non-original canvas extension.
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11. Detail of Fig.10, showing a pinnacle or water-jet and possible part of a wall.
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12. Detail of Fig.10, showing a scroll-like form above the satyr’s head.
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13. Birth of St John the Baptist, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1635. Oil on canvas, 184 by 258 cm. (© NPL - DeA Picture Library; G. Dagli Orti; Bridgeman Images; Museo del Prado, Madrid).
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14. David and Goliath, by Orazio Gentileschi. c.1610–12. Oil on canvas, 173 by 142 cm. (Palazzo Spada, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
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15–17: Details of Fig.8 outlined in orange, overlaid with the corresponding lines in green from Fig.3 in three positions: (Fig.15) showing the match around the shoulder and back with the orange dots following where the Royal Collection pentiment lines up with Susanna’s back in the Burghley House painting; (Fig.16) shifted to show the match of the shoulder, arm and hand; and (Fig.17) lining up the Royal Collection knee tracing over the visible pentiment (shown with green dashed lines) of Susanna’s knee in the Burghley House painting.
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18. Detail of Fig.19 outlined in blue overlaid with a tracing in orange from Fig.3.
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19. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1627–30?. Oil on canvas, 90 by 75.4 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; photograph © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638–39?. Oil on canvas, 96.8 by 75.2 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. Detail of Fig.13, showing the midwife outlined in green, overlaid with an inverted tracing in orange of the right-hand elder in Fig.3.
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21. Detail of Fig.3, showing Susanna’s raised foot with pentiment and early drawing line visible in the white drapery.
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22. Bathsheba at her bath, attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1640– 45. Oil on canvas, 288 by 228 cm. (Private collection).
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23. Detail of a design for a painted vertical panel with grotesque ornament, by Inigo Jones, showing Henrietta Maria’s cipher. 1630s. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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24. Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel for the Queen’s House, Greenwich, by Inigo Jones. c.1637. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 19.3 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Institute of British Architects, London).
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25. Detail of Fig.10, showing carbon-based markings to denote positioning.
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26. X-radiograph of Fig.7, showing the hooded reserve left for the elders (showing dark) against the sky, similar in technique and handling to the early reserve left for the elders and visible in Fig.9.
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27. X-radiograph of Fig.14, showing the broad sweeping contour around the shoulder to lay in David’s form and echoing in style and technique the preliminary placing of Susanna’s outline as seen in Fig.9.
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28. Detail of Fig.13, showing the grid-like craquelure resulting from the relatively open weave of the canvas substrate.
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29. Detail of Fig.3, showing the wider craquelure resulting from the finer-woven canvas.
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3. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1638–39. Oil on canvas, 188.9 by 143.2 cm. (after structural treatment to remove non-original additions). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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30. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the area to the right of Susanna’s lower foot.
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31. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from the right edge in the elder’s green brocade .
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32. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the left side of the sky; the warm red preparatory layer is absent from this sample but it shows the lower pale brown preliminary layer that was used under much of the sky area, followed by a bright blue layer containing indigo and lead white. The discoloured smalt layer lies above this.
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33. Paint cross section of Fig.3, from the sky area above the elder’s head.
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34. Paint cross section of Fig.3, taken from a shadow area of Susanna’s hip with some reflected light, showing the thick preparatory layer containing red ochre, followed by the darker brown underpaint for the flesh tones, and finally the bright, densely encrusted aggregates of lead-tin-antinomy yellow near the top.
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4. Detail of the reverse of Fig.3, showing ‘CR’ brand.
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5. The Queen’s Bedchamber, Kensington Palace, by Richard Cattermole. c.1818. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 20.2 by 26.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
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6. Photograph of the painting illustrated in Fig.3, from the inventory ‘Pictures in the Royal Collections’, by Richard Redgrave (29th May 1862). (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2023; Royal Library, Royal Collection Trust).
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7. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1610. Oil on canvas, 170 by 119 cm. (Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden; Scala, Florence).
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8. Susanna and the elders, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1622. Oil on canvas, 162.5 by 121.9 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford; Bridgeman Images).
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9. X-radiography of Fig.3.
Short Notice
What are Barnett Newman’s reds, yellows and blues?
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1111–1115
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Epley, Bradford A. (Epley, Bradford A.)
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Rogge, Corina E. (Rogge, Corina E.)
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1. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue I, by Barnett Newman. 1966. Oil on canvas, 190.5 by 212.9 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; private collection).
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2. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue II, by Barnett Newman. 1967. Acrylic on canvas, 304.8 by 259.1 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
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3. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue III, by Barnett Newman. 1967–68. Oil on canvas, 245 by 543 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam).
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4. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue IV, by Barnett Newman. 1969–70. Acrylic on canvas, 274.3 by 604.5 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz).
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5. Chartres, by Barnett Newman. 1969. Acrylic on canvas, 305 by 289.5 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; Daros Collection, Switzerland).
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6. Colour swatches reproducing the red, blue, and yellow paints in Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue I, II, IV and Chartres as measured by spectrophotometry. The values in parentheses are the CIEDE2000 values measuring the difference between the colours of Who’s afraid I and each of the other paintings. (Menil Collection, Houston).
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7. Newman at his 1969 exhibition at the Knoedler Gallery, New York. On the wall next to the doorway hangs Who’s afraid I. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London).
Article
Alfred Wallis and Christopher Wood: a meeting on canvas
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 946–51
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Featherstone, Rupert (Featherstone, Rupert)
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1.Reverse of Fig.2, showing signature and inscription. (© Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge; photograph Chris Titmus).
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2. Boats at quayside, by Alfred Wallis and Christopher Wood. 1929–30. Oil, house paint and pencil on canvas, 45.8 by 53.5 cm. (Private collection; © Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge; photograph Chris Titmus).
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3. Map of Fig.2, showing Alfred Wallis’s involvement assesed by optical examination. (© Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).
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4. Detail of Fig.2, showing Wallis’s seagulls and his changes to the buildings’ windows.
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5. X-radiograph of Fig.2, showing distribution of barium (house paint) and lead white. (© Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).
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7. La Ville-Close, Concarneau, Brittany, by Christopher Wood. 1929–30. Oil on millboard, 36.8 by 81.6 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing the new building inserted by Wallis.
Western art unattributed:
6. Concarneau. – Sortie de la Ville Close et le Quai Pénéroff. Postcard. (Private collection).
Book Review
The Ghent Altarpiece. Research and Conservation of the Interior: The Lower Register
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1036-37
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Reviewer:
Vandivere, Abbie (Vandivere, Abbie)
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The Ghent Altarpiece. Research and Conservation of the Interior: The Lower Register By Griet Steyaert, Marie Postec, Jana Sanyova and Hélène Dubois. 210 pp. incl. 420 col. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2021), €54.72. ISBN 978–2–930054–41–4. | :
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3. Changes to the dove in the central panel of the Ghent Altarpiece in (a) 1951 during overpaint removal; (b) 2017 after varnish removal; and (c) after overpaint removal and restoration.
Exhibition Review
Vermeer
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 544-546
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Reviewer:
Ducos, Blaise (Ducos, Blaise)
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Vermeer Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 10th February–4th June | :
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1. Officer and laughing girl, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1657– 58. Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 46 cm. (Frick Collection, New York; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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2. The lacemaker, by Johannes Vermeer. Here dated c.1669–70. Oil on canvas, 24.5 by 21 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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3. The milkmaid, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1658–58. Oil on canvas, 45.5 by 41 cm. (exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Article
Greuze’s greens: ephemeral colours, classical ambitions
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 269-279
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Berrie, Barbara H. (Berrie, Barbara H.)
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Delaney, John K. (Delaney, John K.)
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Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
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Swicklik, Michael (Swicklik, Michael)
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Illustrations
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1. A young woman praying at the altar of love [Votive offering to Cupid], by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1767. Oil on canvas. 145.5 by 113 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
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10. Broken eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1756. Oil on canvas, 73 by 94 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
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11. (Left) detail of Fig.3, showing the flower held by the shepherdess and (right) a false colour infra-red reflectance image of the same detail (red 1650 nm, green 1350 nm and blue 1000 nm).
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12. Colour wheel, possibly by André Félibien. Etching with hand colouring. (From C.B. [Claude Boutet?], Traité de la peinture en mignature, 2nd edn, The Hague 1708, image published between pp.154–55).
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13. Ange Laurent de la Live de Jully, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Probably 1759. Oil on canvas, 117 by 88.5 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington; photograph taken before treatment).
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14. Detail of Fig.13, showing the chair after the cleaning of the painting in 2014–15, before retouching.
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15. Cross section from the horizontal gilded chair rail in Fig.13.
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16. Composite image showing (clockwise from top left): a post-cleaning, pre-retouching detail of Fig.13; a false-colour hyperspectral image of the same detail; and the XRF maps for the chemical elements potassium (K) and calcium (Ca).
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17. Images of a cross section with visible light (top) and with UV-blue illumination (bottom) taken from the light blue highlight on the back chair cushion of Fig.13.
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2. Filial piety, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1763. Oil on canvas, 115 by 146 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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3. Simplicity, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1759. Oil on canvas, 71.1 by 59.7 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
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4. Young shepherd holding a flower, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. c.1761. Oil on canvas, 72.5 by 59.5 cm. (Petit Palais, Paris; Bridgeman Images) .
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5. The village betrothal, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1761. Oil on canvas, 92 by 117 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; René-Gabriel Ojeda).
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6. Girl with a dead canary, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1765. Oil on canvas, 53.3 by 46 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; Bridgeman Images).
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7. A child with an apple, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. c.1785. Oil on canvas, 40.6 by 32.1 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Cross section of a paint sample taken from the clump of blue leaves at the bottom-left corner of Fig.1.
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9. Paint sample taken from the clump of blue leaves at the bottom-left corner of Fig.1 and viewed from the surface using reflected (left) and fluorescence (right) microscopy.
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