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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
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).
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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).
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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).
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
Rik Wouters: A Retrospective. Edited by Frederik Leen
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 803-804
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Reviewer:
Adams, Alexander (Adams, Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Wouters, Rik / Ensor, James
collectors and dealers:
Giroux, Georges
dates:
1880-1889 / 1890-1899 / 1900-1909 / 1910-1919
media:
Sculpture / Paintings / Prints / Pastels / Etchings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium / Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
places:
Belgium / Brussels / Antwerp
subjects:
Belgian sculpture / Belgian painting / Exhibition catalogues / Busts / Portraits / Nudes / Sitters / Self-portraits / Still lifes / Landscapes (visual works) / Fauvism / World War (1914-1918)
Publication Received
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: ‘Fall of the Rebel Angels’. Art, Knowledge and Politics on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt. By Tine Luk Meganck.
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 145
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Reviewer:
Gibson, Walter S. (Gibson, Walter S.; Gibson, Walter)
Subjects
artists:
Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
subjects:
Collections, Public / Lucifer / Michael the Archangel, Saint
Book Review
De erfenis van Rogier van der Weyden. Schilderkunst in Brussel, 1450–1520, V. Bücken and G. Steyaert
02/2015 | 1343 | 157
Pages: 100-101
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Reviewer:
Filedt Kok, Jan Piet (Filedt Kok, Jan Piet; Kok, J. P. Filedt)
Subjects
artists:
Weyden, Rogier van der
dates:
2010-2019 / 1450-1499 / 1500-1519
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
places:
Brussels
subjects:
Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. Parade shield, by the Master of the Princely Portraits (British Museum, London)
Exhibition Review
Constantin Meunier
11/2014 | 1340 | 156
Pages: 768-769
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Reviewer:
Adams, Alexander (Adams, Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Meunier, Constantin
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
places:
Brussels / Belgium
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. La coulée à Seraing, by Constantin Meunier (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Liège; exh. Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels)
Attributed works:
57. Le puddleur, by Constantin Meunier (Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels)
Book Review
Catalogue of Early Netherlandish Painting: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. The Flemish Primitives VI: The Bernard van Orley Group, A. Galand
08/2014 | 1337 | 156
Pages: 535
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Reviewer:
Buchanan, Iain (Buchanan, Iain)
Subjects
artists:
Orley, Bernaert van / followers of
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
subjects:
Catalogues / Collections, Public / Netherlandish painting / Primitives (Late Medieval and Early Renaissance) / Flemish
Editorial
Brussels: ends and new beginnings
02/2014 | 1331 | 156
Pages: 75
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Author:
Michaelides, Chris (Michaelides, Chris)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
museums and institutions:
Musée Fin-de Siècle Museum, Brussels, Belgium
places:
Brussels / Belgium
subjects:
Editorials / Museum extensions / Museums
Exhibition Review
Jordaens and the Antique. Brussels and Kassel
01/2013 | 1318 | 150
Pages: 58-59
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Reviewer:
Vlieghe, Hans (Vlieghe, Hans; Vlieghe, H.)
Subjects
artists:
Jordaens, Jacob
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium / Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Germany
places:
Kassel / Germany / Brussels / Belgium
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
75. Study of a seated nude man, by Jacob Jordaens (British Museum, London; exh. Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussels)
Attributed works:
76. Seated nude man seen from behind in two different poses, here attributed to Arnout Vinckenborch (Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt; exh. Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussels)
Attributed works:
77. Homage to Ceres, by Jacob Jordaens (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussels)
Exhibition Review
Schmalzigaug. Brussels
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 201-203
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Reviewer:
Michaelides, Chris (Michaelides, Chris)
Subjects
artists:
Schmalzigaug, Jules
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
places:
Brussels / Belgium
print:
Schmalzigaug, Jules
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Jules Schmal­zigaug. Un futuriste belge | institution: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
Illustrations
Attributed works:
98. Dynamic sensation of the dance (Interior of a bar), by Jules Schmalzigaug. 1913. Canvas, 102 by 130 cm. (STAK, Fondation Challenges, The Netherlands; exh. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels).
Attributed works:
99. Interior of the St Mark’s basilica, by Jules Schmalzigaug. 1913. Canvas, 95 by 105 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels).
Publication Received
The Flemish Primitives. Volume V. Anonymous Masters
02/2011 | 1295 | 153
Pages: 115
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Reviewer:
Borchert, Till-Holger (Borchert, Till-Holger)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
places:
Brussels / Belgium
print:
Flemish art
subjects:
Catalogues / Collections, Public / Flemish painting / Primitives (Late Medieval and Early Renaissance) / Netherlandish painting / Anonymous artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Flemish Primitives. Volume V. Anonymous Masters | author: Dubois, Anne , author: Patigny, Géraldine , author: Peters, Famke , author: Slachmuylders, Roel
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