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Exhibition Review

Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution. Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent

04/2020 | 1405 | 162

Pages: 328-332

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Reviewer:

Campbell, Lorne (Campbell, Lorne; C., L.)

Subjects

artists:

Eyck, Jan van / and workshop / and follower / Eyck, Hubert van / David, Gerard / Christus, Petrus

artists:

Coxie, Michiel, I, 1499-1592 / Domenico Veneziano

dates:

2020-2030

museums and institutions:

Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium

subjects:

Conservation / Oil painting (technique) / Flemish painting / Polyptychs

works:

Adoration of the lamb (Saint Bavon, Ghent)

Reviewed Items

works:

Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent 1st February–30th April | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Adam, from the Ghent Altarpiece. 1432. Oil on panel, 212.9 by 37.1 cm. (St Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent; exh. Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent; Lukasweb.be-Art in Flanders vzw; photograph Dominique Provost).

Attributed works:

2. Portrait of a man (‘Leal Souvenir’), by Jan van Eyck (after cleaning). 1432. Oil on panel, 33.3 by 18.9 cm. (National Gallery, London; exh. Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent).

Attributed works:

3. Cumaean Sibyl, detail from one of the exterior panels of the Ghent Altarpiece, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. 1432. Oil on panel, 213.5 by 36.1 cm. (St Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent; exh. Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent; Lukasweb.be- Art in Flanders vzw; photograph Dominique Provost).

Western art unattributed:

4. Isabella of Portugal, copy after Jan van Eyck. 17th century. Pen and brush, ink and wash on paper, 34.5 by 30.4 cm. (Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon; exh. Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent).

Exhibition Review

Between Rubens and Van Dyck: Gaspar de Crayer. Musée de Flandre, Cassel; Gaspar de Crayer and Ghent: An unbreakable bond. Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent

11/2018 | 1388 | 160

Pages: 958-960

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Reviewer:

Brown, Christopher (Brown, Christopher)

Subjects

art literature:

Vlieghe, Hans, Van Rompaylaan 7, Belgium

artists:

Crayer, Gaspar de / Rubens, Peter Paul / Dyck, Anthony van / Coxie, Raphael / Clerck , Hendrik de / Loon, Theodoor van / Pontius, Paulus / Jordaens, Jacob / Faydherbe, Lucas / Velázquez, Diego / Maíno, Juan Bautista

collectors and dealers:

Seilern, Antoine / Lamberg-Sprinzenstein, Anton Franz de Paula Graf

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Paintings / Oil sketches / Drawings

museums and institutions:

Musée de Flandre, Cassel, France / Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium

patrons:

Ferdinand of Austria, Cardinal-Infante, 1609–1641 / Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, 1614-1662 / Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665

places:

France / Cassel / Belgium / Ghent

subjects:

Flemish painting / Courts (social groups) / Patronage / Attributions / Attributions, former / Style / Influence / Collecting / Christian iconography / Portraits / Self-portraits / Altarpieces / Busts / Copies / Mannerism

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. The Martyrdom of St Catherine, by Gaspar de Crayer. c.1622. Canvas, 242 by 188 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble; photograph J.-L. Lacroix; exh. Musée de Flandre, Cassel).

Attributed works:

11. Adolescent Virgin decorated by angels in the presence of Joachim and St Anne, by Gaspar de Crayer. Canvas, 155 by 111 cm. (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; photograph J. Geleyns; exh. Musée de Flandre, Cassel).

Attributed works:

12. Philip IV of Spain in parade armour, by Gaspar de Crayer. c.1627– 30. Canvas, 182.9 by 118.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Musée de Flandre, Cassel).

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).

Attributed works:

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).

Attributed works:

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

Verhaeren. Ghent

04/2017 | 1369 | 159

Pages: 338-339

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Reviewer:

Hopkinson, Martin (Hopkinson, Martin; Hopkinson, Martin)

Subjects

art literature:

Verhaeren, Emile

artists:

Luce, Maximilien / Rysselberghe, Théo van / Meunier, Constantin

dates:

2010-2019

museums and institutions:

Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium

places:

Ghent / Belgium

subjects:

Reviews / Exhibitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

77. Emile Verhaeren, by Theo van Rysselberghe. 1915 (Belfius Art Collection, Brussels; exh. Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent)

Attributed works:

78. The tall furnaces at Charleroi, by Maximilien Luce. 1896 (Musée des beaux-arts, Charleroi; exh. Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent)

Exhibition Review

Géricault

01/2014 | 1330 | 156

Pages: 55-57

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Reviewer:

Bindman, David (Bindman, David)

Subjects

artists:

Géricault, Théodore

dates:

2010-2019

museums and institutions:

Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany / Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium

places:

Belgium / Frankfurt / Germany / Ghent

subjects:

Reviews / Exhibitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

71. Study of a skull seen from the front and from the side, by Théodore Géricault. Date unknown. Pencil, pen and brown ink on paper, 19.8 by 27.2 cm. (Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt).

Attributed works:

72. Head of a white horse, by Théodore Géricault. 1814-15. Canvas, 65.5 by 54.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt).

Attributed works:

73. Study of a model, by Théodore Géricault. c. 1818. Canvas, 46.7 by 38.1 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt).

Exhibition Review

Ford Madox Brown. Manchester and Ghent

01/2012 | 1306 | 154

Pages: 56-57

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Reviewer:

Barringer, Tim (Barringer, Tim)

Subjects

artists:

Brown, Ford Madox

dates:

2010-2019

museums and institutions:

Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, Great Britain / Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium

places:

Manchester / Ghent / England / Belgium

print:

Brown, Ford Madox

subjects:

Reviews / Exhibitions

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer | institution: Manchester Art Gallery , institution: Museum voor Schone Kunsten

Illustrations

Attributed works:

71. The Romans building a fort at Mancenion, A.D. 80, by Ford Madox Brown. 1880. Gambier Parry process of spirit fresco, 146 by 318 cm. (Mural painting in Manchester Town Hall).

Attributed works:

72. Lucy Madox Brown, by Ford Madox Brown. 1849. Oil on board, 15.8 cm. diameter. (Private collection; exh. Manchester City Art Gallery).

Attributed works:

73. An English autumn afternoon, Hampstead – Scenery in 1853, by Ford Madox Brown. 1852–55. Canvas, 72.4 by 134.6 cm. (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; exh. Manchester City Art Gallery).

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