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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).
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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).
Article
The secrets of ‘Max Beerbohm’s house’ by Walter Sickert
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 750-753
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Author:
Lyons, Stuart (Lyons, Stuart)
Subjects
art literature:
Beerbohm, Max / Beerbohm, Agnes / Nield, Hilda / Wilde, Oscar / Leverson, Ada / Lane, John
artists:
Sickert, Walter / Rothenstein, William / Beardsley, Aubrey
dates:
1890-1899 / 1900-1949
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Redfern Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Provenance / Dating / Alterations / Gifts / Houses
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Max Beerbohm’s house, by Walter Sickert. Here dated 1895. Oil on board, 25.4 by 16.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. The reverse of Fig.1, showing Sickert’s manuscript instruction and franked postage stamp, and a later vertical gloss, left.
Attributed works:
4. Fancy dress – Miss Beerbohm, by Walter Sickert. 1906. Canvas, 50.8 by 40.4 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
Western art unattributed:
3. Below Detail of a photograph of William Rothenstein and Max Beerbohm in Oxford. 1893. (From David Cecil, Max: A Biography, London 1964).
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s late portraits
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 400-407
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Author:
Bezur, Anikó (Bezur, Anikó)
Author:
Campos, Pedro H.O.V. (Campos, Pedro H.O.V.)
Author:
Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
Author:
Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
Author:
Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana (Gonçalves Magalhães, Ana)
Author:
Josenhans, Frauke V. (Josenhans, Frauke V.)
Author:
Londero, Pablo (Londero, Pablo)
Author:
Rizzutto, Márcia (Rizzutto, Márcia)
Author:
Schwarz, Cynthia (Schwarz, Cynthia)
Subjects
art literature:
Venturi, Lionello
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo / Botticelli, Sandro / Ghirlandaio, Domenico / Pollaiolo, Antonio del / Pontormo
dates:
1910-1919
museums and institutions:
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
France / Nice / Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Neo-classicism / Renaissance / Mannerism / Style / Influence / Visual sources / Supports / Pigments / Colour / Alterations / Techniques / Underdrawings / Charcoal / Sitters / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Radiographs / Infrared reflectography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a young woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. Here dated 1918–19. Canvas, 45.7 by 28 cm. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
Attributed works:
10. Infra-red reflectography detail of the background of Fig.9, showing underdrawing and pentimenti (photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
Attributed works:
11. Portrait of the artist’s wife, Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918 (1919?). Canvas, 101 by 65.7 cm. (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena).
Attributed works:
2. Head of Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Canvas, 46 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
4. Infra-red photograph of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
5. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.8.
Attributed works:
6. Transmitted light photograph of Fig.8.
Attributed works:
7. Raking light detail photograph of Fig.8.
Attributed works:
8. Jeanne Hébuterne, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 91.4 by 73 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
9. Self-portrait, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1919. Canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo; photograph Pedro Campos and Márcia Rizzutto).
Attributed works:
[Appendix. Summary of the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts.]
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani in the South of France
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 394-399
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Author:
Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
Author:
Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
Author:
Fronek, Joe (Fronek, Joe)
Author:
King, Annette (King, Annette)
Author:
Townsend, Joyce H. (Townsend, Joyce H.)
Subjects
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo / Soutine, Chaim / Foujita, Tsugouharu / Archipenko, Alexander / Survage, Léopold / Kisling, Moise / Matisse, Henri / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Cézanne, Paul
dates:
1910-1919
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
France / Nice
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Style / Influence / Visual sources / Supports / Pigments / Colour / Alterations / Techniques / Underdrawings / Charcoal / Tempera / Sitters / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Radiographs / Infrared reflectography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The little peasant, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918. Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 by 64.5 cm. (Tate, London).
Attributed works:
10. The Italian woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1918–19. Canvas, 102.6 by 67 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
11. Photomicrograph of Fig.1 showing top of split in sitter’s shirt.
Attributed works:
12. Details of Fig.1 showing (a) sleeve of sitter’s right arm; and (b) sitter’s right knee.
Attributed works:
13. Details of signatures from (a) Fig.1; (b) Fig.2; and (c) Fig.10.
Attributed works:
2. Young woman of the people, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1918. Oil (and possibly water-based media) on canvas, 100.3 by 65.1 cm. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
3. Detail from the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1, showing underdrawing circling the face.
Attributed works:
4. Detail from the infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2, showing underdrawing of a bracelet.
Attributed works:
5. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
6. Fig.1 in transmitted light.
Attributed works:
7. Macro-XRF map details of Fig.10: (a) iron; (b) mercury; (c) calcium.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.10.
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.2.
Attributed works:
[Appendix. Table showing the results of pigment, media, ground preparation and varnish analyses, and of the canvas thread counts, of Figs.1, 2 and 10.]
Article
Delacroix’s ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’
04/2015 | 1345 | 157
Pages: 255-258
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Reviewer:
Eremin, Katherine (Eremin, Katherine)
Author:
Khandekar, Narayan (Khandekar, Narayan)
Author:
Kianovsky, Sarah B. (Kianovsky, Sarah B.)
Subjects
artists:
Delacroix, Eugène / Andrieu, Pierre
dates:
1850-1859
museums and institutions:
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
patrons:
Hartmann, Frédéric
subjects:
Collections, Public / French painting / Oil sketches / Commissions / Alterations / Provenance / Bacchus / Ariadne / Four Seasons / Pigments / Diaries / Scientific analysis / Identification
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Autumn - Bacchus and Ariadne, by Eugène Delacroix (Museu de Arte de São Paulo)
Attributed works:
30. Bacchus and Adriadne (sketch for Autumn in the Four Seasons), by Eugène Delacroix (Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA)
Attributed works:
31. Journal entry by Eugène Delacroix for 8th May 1856 (La Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'histoire de l'art, Paris)
Attributed works:
32. Autumn. Bacchus returning from the Indies, by Pierre Andrieu after Eugène Delacroix (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Attributed works:
33. Fig.30 marked with five cross-section locations
Western art unattributed:
34. Sketch cross-section no. 4 from the area adjacent to Ariadne's skin
Western art unattributed:
35. Sketch cross-section no.5 from the putto
Article
‘Portrait of a woman with a book’: a ‘newly discovered ­fantasy figure’ by Fragonard at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
04/2015 | 1345 | 157
Pages: 248-254
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Author:
Delaney, John K. (Delaney, John K.)
Author:
Jackall, Yuriko (Jackall, Yuriko)
Author:
Swicklik, Michael (Swicklik, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré
artists:
Saint-Aubin, Gabriel de
dates:
1760-1769
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
subjects:
Half-length portraits / Allegorical figures / Collections, Public / Identification / Technical analysis / Radiographs / Sketches / Scientific analysis / Alterations / French painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Young girl reading, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Attributed works:
18. Portrait of M. de La Bretèche, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
23. Portrait of a woman, formerly known as Marie-Madeleine Guimard, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
25. Cross-section of Young girl reading taken at 62.1 by 46.5 cm from the bottom left corner (area of the former feather)... . Sampling and initial analysis by Barbara Berrie. Final analysis and photograph by Michael Palmer
Attributed works:
26. Detail of Fig.7, showing Young girl reading
Attributed works:
27. Hypothetical simulation of the figure in the painting underlying Young girl reading, here designated Portrait of a woman with a book, developed using information obtained through the imaging techniques described in this study. Image by Becca Goodman and Denis Doorly
Attributed works:
28. Detail of the Catalogue de Tableaux et Marbres, by Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin. 11th March 1776 (Philadelphia Museum of Art, John G. Johnson Collection)
Western art unattributed:
19. X-radiograph of Young girl reading obtained using Carestream System
Western art unattributed:
20. False-colour infra-red reflectogram
Western art unattributed:
21. Overlay of details from the X-radiograph and false-colour image showing that the noses, chins and foreheads in the two images align, demonstrating that the 'male' face of the X-radiograph and the 'female' face of the false-colour image are one and the same
Western art unattributed:
22. XRF element maps showing: 1) lead...; 2) iron oxide...; 3) mercury...
Western art unattributed:
24. Details showing 1) the feather behind the head of the current model in Young girl reading as seen in the equalised high-resolution colour image of the painting; 2) the same area seen through reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) showing the texture of the feature; 3) the feather in Portrait of M. de La Bretèche
Article
Duccio’s adjustment to ‘The temptation of Christ on the mountain’ from his ‘Maestà’
01/2009 | 1270 | 151
Pages: 19-21
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Author:
Gordon, Dillian (Gordon, Dillian)
Subjects
artists:
Duccio di Buoninsegna
dates:
1300-1349
museums and institutions:
Frick Collection, New York, United States
print:
Duccio di Buoninsegna
subjects:
Italian painting / Altarpieces
subjects:
Jesus Christ: Temptation / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Alterations
subjects:
Predellas
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. The temptation of Christ on the mountain, by Duccio di Buoninsegna. 1311. Egg tempera on panel, 43.2 by 46 cm. (Frick Collection, New York; courtesy of Michael Bodycomb).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of the Devil’s head in Fig.16.
Attributed works:
18. Detail of the angels’ faces in Fig.16.
Attributed works:
19. Detail of the angels in Fig.16.
Attributed works:
20. Fig.16 with the angels digitally removed. (Courtesy of Charlotte Hale).
Short Notice
Format changes in paintings by Frans van Mieris the Elder
02/2008 | 1259 | 150
Pages: 102-104
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Author:
Buvelot, Quentin (Buvelot, Quentin)
Author:
Naumann, Otto (Naumann, Otto)
Subjects
artists:
Mieris, Frans van, the Elder, 1635-1681
print:
Mieris, Frans van, the Elder, 1635-1681
subjects:
Dutch painting / Iconography / Underdrawings / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Radiographs / Alterations
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Old man sharpening his pen, by Frans van Mieris the Elder. c.1650–55. Panel, 34.5 by 24.5 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden).
Attributed works:
37. Old man sharpening his pen, by Frans van Mieris the Elder. c.1650–55. Black chalk and graphite on paper, 23.7 by 18.4 cm. (Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
38. Old violinist, by Frans van Mieris the Elder. 1660. Panel, 28.1 by 21 cm. (Private collection, United States).
Attributed works:
39. Old violinist, after Frans van Mieris the Elder. c.1660. Panel, 18 by 13 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon).
Attributed works:
40. The death of Lucretia, by Frans van Mieris the Elder. 1679. Panel (arched), 38 by 27 cm. (Private collection, New York).
Attributed works:
41. The doctor’s visit, by Frans van Mieris the Elder. 1667. Panel (arched), 44 by 33 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
42. x-radiograph of Fig.41 (courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).