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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).
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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).
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).
Exhibition Review
Caravaggio and the Giustiniani. Rome and Berlin
07/2001 | 1180 | 143
Pages: 449-452
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Reviewer:
Cropper, Elizabeth (Cropper, Elizabeth; Cropper, E.)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
collectors and dealers:
Giustiniani, Vincenzo, 1564-1637
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome, Italy
museums and institutions:
Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany
patrons:
Giustiniani, Vincenzo, 1564-1637
places:
Germany / Berlin / Italy / Rome
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Portrait of Vincenzo Giustiniani, by Claude Mellan. 1631. Engraving. (Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
52. Doubting Thomas, by Caravaggio. 1600-01. 107 by 146 cm. (Bildergalerie von Sanssouci, Potsdam; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
53. Beheading of John the Baptist, by Gerrit van Honthorst. 1618. 345 by 215 cm. (S. Maria della Scala, Rome; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
54. Amor Vincit Omnia, by Caravaggio. 1601-02. 156 by 113 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes. Berlin, Altes Museum
02/1996 | 1115 | 138
Pages: 147-149
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Reviewer:
Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany
places:
Berlin / Germany
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
Baroque / Renaissance / Bronzes / Sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
83. Acrobat, by Barthélemy Prieur. Bronze with Brown Natural Patina and Remnants of Dark Varnish, 29.3 cm. High (Staatliche Museen, Berlin; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
84. Psyche, Possibly by Massimiliano Soldani. Bronze with Brown-Patina, 14.5 cm. High (Museum Schloß Fasanerie, Eichenzell; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
85. Sleeping Nymph, by Giambologna, with Satyr, by Adrian de Fries. c.1586. Bronze, Golden-Reddish Brown, Transparent Varnish and Dark Brown Varnish (Satyr), 21 by 31 cm. (Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
86. Venus and Adonis, Here Attributed to Antonio Montauti. Bronze with Dark Brown Patina, 45.5 cm. High (Museum Schloß Fasanerie, Eichenzell; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Western art unattributed:
82. The Entombment. Padua or Mantua, c.1470-80. Bronze, 27.4 by 44.9 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
Art and the First World War. Berlin and London
10/1994 | 1099 | 136
Pages: 715-716
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Reviewer:
Baron, Wendy (Baron, Wendy; Dimson, Wendy)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany
museums and institutions:
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
England / Germany / London / Berlin
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
World War (1914-1918)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. The Wounded Man, by Gert Wollheim. 1919. Wood, 156 by 178 cm. (Private Collection, Berlin; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
69. Skin Graft, by Otto Dix. 1924. Etching and Aquatint, 19.9 by 14.9 cm. (British Museum, London; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
70. Memento, by Willy Jaeckel. 1914-15. Lithograph. (Bröhan Museum, Berlin; Exh. Altes Museum, Berlin).