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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

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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).

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2. Diagram showing the extent of mid-sixteenth century overpaint on the outside wings of the polyptych. (©KIK-IRPA, Brussels).

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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).

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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).

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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing Elisabeth Borluut’s drapery before the removal of varnish and overpaint. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent).

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6. Fig.5 after the removal of overpaint and restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).

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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).

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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).

Article

The 'Death of the Virgin' by Petrus Christus: An Altar-Piece Reconstructed

03/1970 | 804 | 112

Pages: 146-148

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Author:

Gellman, Lola B. (Gellman, Lola B.)

Subjects

art literature:

Friedländer, Max J.

artists:

Christus, Petrus

dates:

1400-1499

museums and institutions:

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

museums and institutions:

Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, California, United States

places:

Netherlands / Flanders / Antwerp

subjects:

Netherlandish painting

subjects:

Altarpieces / Reconstructions

subjects:

Mary, Virgin

subjects:

Mary, Virgin: Death

Illustrations

Attributed works:

26. St John the Baptist, By Petrus Christus. Oak, 173 by 63 cm. (Formerly Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin.) Photo. Staatliche Mus., Berlin (East).

Attributed works:

27. The Death of the Virgin, by Petrus Christus. Oak. 162.5 by 134.6 cm. (Timken Art Gallery, San Diego). Photo. John F. Waggaman.

Attributed works:

28. St Catherine, by Petrus Christus. Oak, 173 by 63 cm. (Formerly Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin). Photo. Staatliche Mus., Berlin (East).

Obituary

Max J. Friedländer (1867-1967)

06/1967 | 771 | 109

Pages: 359-360

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Author:

Bloch, Vitale (Bloch, Vitale)

Subjects

art literature:

Friedländer, Max J.

dates:

1960-1969

subjects:

Art historians / Obituaries

Editorial

Max J. Friedländer

06/1957 | 651 | 99

Pages: 183

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Subjects

art literature:

Friedländer, Max J.

dates:

1900-1949 / 1880-1919

subjects:

Art historians / Biographies

Short Notice

A Luteplayer by Jan van Hemessen

12/1956 | 645 | 98

Pages: 445-447

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Author:

Bloch, Vitale (Bloch, Vitale)

Subjects

artists:

Hemessen, Jan van

artists:

Amstel, Jan van

artists:

Brunswick Monogrammist

collectors and dealers:

Friedländer, Max J.

dates:

1500-1549

places:

Netherlands

subjects:

Netherlandish painting

subjects:

Attributions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

32. Christ Talking to a Woman, by the 'Brunswick Monogrammist', Here Identified as a Fragment of the Painting Reproduced in Fig.33. Panel, 32 by 25 cm. (Max J. Friedländer, Amsterdam.)

Attributed works:

33. Lute Player, by Jan van Hemessen. Panel, 101.8 by 73.7 cm. (Rosenberg & Stiebl, Inc., New York.)

Short Notice

Max J. Friedländer

06/1952 | 591 | 94

Pages: 167

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Subjects

art literature:

Friedländer, Max J.

subjects:

Anniversaries / Art historians

Article

New Light on the Flemish Primitives

01/1926 | 274 | 48

Pages: 24+28-31

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Author:

Conway, Martin (Conway, Martin; Allington, Lord Conway of; Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway; Conway, W. Martin; C., M.; Conway, William Martin)

Subjects

art literature:

Friedländer, Max J.

artists:

Weyden, Rogier van der

artists:

Daret, Jacques

artists:

Campin, Robert

artists:

Bouts, Dieric

artists:

Joos van Gent

dates:

1400-1499

places:

Netherlands

places:

Flanders

places:

Antwerp

subjects:

Netherlandish painting / Primitives (Late Medieval and Early Renaissance)

subjects:

Documents / Critical Reception

subjects:

Formal analysis / Attributions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

A-Adoration, by Justus of Ghent. Panel, 65 cm. by 72 cm. (Private Collection, Paris). New Light on the Flemish Primitives

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B-The Dream of Pope Sergius, by Roger van der Weyden. Panel, 90 cm. by 81 cm. (Mr. M. Friedsam, New York). New Light on the Flemish Primitives

Short Notice

Roger van der Weyden and the Maître de Flémalle

01/1926 | 274 | 48

Pages: 40-42

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Author:

Mayer, August L. (Mayer, August L.; Mayer, A. L.; Mayer, Augusto L.)

Subjects

art literature:

Friedländer, Max J.

artists:

Weyden, Rogier van der

artists:

Campin, Robert

artists:

Master of Flemalle, now identified with Robert Campin

dates:

1400-1499

places:

Netherlands

subjects:

Netherlandish painting

subjects:

Attributions

subjects:

Portraits

subjects:

Sibyls

subjects:

House of Savoy

Illustrations

Attributed works:

"A Sybil," Here Identified As a Member of the House of Savoy, by the Maître de Flémalle. 49.5 cm. by 35 cm. (In an American Collection). Shorter Notices: Roger van der Weyden and the Maître de Flémalle

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