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The Art of Conservation XVI: Scientific examination of works of art in museums and galleries
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1004-1017
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Kirby, Jo (Kirby, Jo)
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1. Johannes Wilde holding an X-radiograph plate in front of The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, by Ciro Ferri, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, in the 1930s. (IPD Photographic Agency, Vienna; Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Wilde Special Collection).
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10. Joyce Plesters working with the Zeiss laser microspectral analyser, in the Scientific Department, National Gallery, London. Photograph, c.1977. (© National Gallery, London).
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11. Microsectioner mounted to a binocular microscope on an adjustable stand in preparation for sampling. Photograph, undated. (Harvard Art Museums Archives, Harvard University, Cambridge MA.).
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12. Cross-section of a sample of orange paint from St Joseph’s robe in Fig.14, taken during conservation treatment in 1953. Black-and-white photograph taken at a magnification of about 35x by balancing a camera on the body tube of an 1895 Leitz microscope in place of the eyepiece, then hand coloured by Joyce Plesters, included in the conservation dossier for the painting. (© The National Gallery, London).
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13. The same cross-section photographed recently using a camera integrated into modern microscope equipment, repolished before photography. The pigments and layer structure – a layer of bright orangeyellow realgar, probably mixed with orpiment, over layers of orange-yellow earth pigment and red and yellow earth pigments mixed with lead white – are revealed in far greater detail. The translucent material at the top of the cross-section is varnish. (© The National Gallery, London).
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14. The Holy Family with a shepherd, by Titian. c.1510. Oil on canvas, 99.1 by 139.1 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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2. Rutherford John Gettens seated at the microscope, photographed by Walter R. Fleischer, Harvard News Office, at an unknown date. (HUP Gettens, Rutherford (1), Harvard University Archives).
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3. Walter Gräff in his examination studio in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, in 1933. (Doerner Institut, Munich; reproduced by permission of the Doerner Institut).
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4. Narayan Khandekar with the Art-X portable X-ray machine (replacing the Picker) commissioned by Alan Burroughs for the Fogg Museum in 1939 with Philip III of Spain, from the workshop of Pantoja de la Cruz, at the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University. (President and Fellows of Harvard College; photograph © Caitlin Cunningham Photography, 2019).
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5. X-radiograph of the detail in Fig.6. Date unknown. (Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs).
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6. Detail of two standing nymphs from Feast of the Gods, by Giovanni Bellini and Titian. 1514/1529. Oil on canvas, 170.2 by 188 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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7. Detail of Arnolfini’s hand from Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his wife, by Jan van Eyck. 1434. Oil on panel, 82.2 by 60 cm. (© National Gallery, London).
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8. Infra-red photograph showing change of position of the hand between drawing and painting, the painted hand only partly obscuring the drawing as it is thinly painted. (© National Gallery, London).
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9. Infra-red reflectogram of the hand, recorded using the experimental SIRIS instrument with an InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) array sensor c.2003. The images obtained with these more recent systems are sharper than those published in 1995 using the Hamamatsu vidicon (see note 39), but all reveal more drawing than in the infra-red photograph, notably in Arnolfini’s arm, the position of which was altered between drawing and painting. (© National Gallery, London).
Publication Received
National Gallery Technical Bulletin: 30th Anniversary Volume
11/2011 | 1304 | 153
Pages: 755
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Martineau, Jane (Martineau, Jane; Martineau, Jane; M., J.T.)
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National Gallery Technical Bulletin: 30th Anniversary Volume | author: Roy, Ashok
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Advertisements November 1994 (front)
11/1994 | 1100 | 136
Pages: i-xxviii
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[ Arturo Cuellar, Bürglistrasse 18, Zurich ] Adolph von Menzel (Breslau 1815-1905 Berlin) "View from a Window" (Schöneberger Ufer Berlin) Charcoal Drawing. Signed with Monogram. "AM". Dated: Aug. (18)89. 11.3 × 18 cm
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[ Bassenge Art and Book Auctions, Erdener Strasse 5A, Berlin - Grünewald ] Martin Schongauer (um 1450 Colmar - 1491 Breisach). The Virgin of the Annunciation. Engraving. Circa 1490-91. Bartsch 2, Lehrs V, 3.
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[ Brame & Lorenceau, 68 boulevard Malesherbes, Paris ] Jacques-Emile Blanche "L'heure du thé" Pastels - H. 0m50 - W. 0m65
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[ Bukowskis, Arsenalsgatan 4, Stockholm ] Max Alexandre Koester. Ducks in a Pond. Signed A Koester. Oil on Canvas 49 × 79. Estimate: 250.000 - 300.000:-
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[ C. G. Boerner, Kasernenstrasse 13, Düsseldorf/ 61 East 77th Street, New York ] Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803 - Dresden - 1884). Pencil, Pen and Brown Ink and Watercolour. 1856. 175 × 240 mm.
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[ Charles Ratton & Guy Ladrière, 14 rue de Marignan and 11 quai Voltaire, Paris ] Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) Plaster Statuette of Voltaire Signed: 'houdon' - Height: 42cm
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[ Colnaghi, 14 Old Bond Street, London / 108-112 Rue du Faubourg, St. Honoré, Paris / 21 East 67th Street, New York ] Cornelis de vos. Hulst c. 1585 - Antwerp 1651. Portrait of a Young Woman. Oil on Panel: 121 × 96.5 cms ($47frac{5}{8}$ × 38 ins)
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[ cover ] Pool of London, by André Derain. 1906. 65.7 by 99.1 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).
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[ Didier Aaron, Inc., 32 East 67th Street, New York / 118 Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris / 21 Ryder Street, London ] Adélaïde Labille-Guiard 1749 Paris 1803. Portrait of Joachim Le Breton. Oil on Canvas: 28¼ × 23½ Inches. Signed and Dated, Lower Left: Labille dlle Guiard/l'an 3eme. de la R: Exhibited in the Salon of 1795
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[ Galerie Sanct Lucas, Palais Pallavicini, Josefsplatz 5, Vienna ] Jan Miense Molenaer, Oil on Canvas. 1610 - 1668 Haarlem 91,5 × 106,5 cms
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[ Grosvenor Gallery, 18 Albemarle Street, London ] Alberto Giacometti. Bust Head, Bronze, Height 27 cm
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[ Johnny Van Haeften, 13 Duke Street, St James, London ] On Panel. Osias Beert, the Elder (Active 1596 - Antwerp - Before 1624) 21 × 29 in.
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[ Le Enluminures, Le louvre des Antiquaires, 2 Place du Palais Royal, Paris / 2970 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago ] Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) The Garden of Love. Oil on Canvas, 198 × 283 cm. Madrid, Museo del Prado, no. 1690 (Copyright© Museo del Prado Madrid)
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[ Les Enluminures, Le Louvre des Antiquaires, 2 Place du Palais Royal, Paris / 2970 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago ] Black, Red, and White Chalk on Buff Paper 225 × 204 mm. ca, 1631-33
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[ M. Roy Fisher, 170 Mercer Street, New York City ] Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1725-1805). A Pair of Paintings: The Virgin and Child with SS. Anne and the Infant John the Baptist. Signed and Dated Lower Left on the Base of the Cradle: L. Lagrené 1771. The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child Riding a Lamb. Signed and Dated Lower Right: L. Lagrenée 1772. Oil on Copper, Each 16¼ × 13 Inches, 42 × 33 cm.
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[ Mellors & Kirk, 147 Derby Road, Nottingham ] J. M. W. Turner, Nantes. 11.75 ins × 17.25 ins. c.1830
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[ Michael Miller Lucy Vivante Fine Arts Inc., 115 East 89th Street, New York ] Henri Lerambert or His Workshop (French. c. 1550-1609). Modello for Scene 5 of the Tapestry Series of Corialanus: Corialanus Vows Eternal Hatred to Rome. Pen and Brown Ink, Brush and Brown Wash, Heightened with White, over Black Chalk Indications: 370 × 428 mm. 14½ × 17 in.
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[ National Gallery Technical Bulletin ] Hans Holbein: A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling
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[ Otto Naumann, Ltd, 22 East 80th Street, New York ] Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (Circa 1470 - 1533) The Crucifixion: The Central Panel of a Triptych
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[ Paul Prouté S. A., 74 rue de Seine, Paris ] Danicle Crespi. Busto Arsizio c. 1598/1600 Milano 1630 Study for a Ceiling Decoration. Pen and Brown Ink, Heightened with White Gouache on Paper Prepared with a Red-Chalk Wash, 136 × 194.
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[ Richard L. Feigen & Co, 6 Ryder Street, St James, London ] Sir David Wilike (1785-1841), The Village Politicians, Oil on Canvas, 22½ × 29½ Inches By Courtesy of the Earl of Mansfield
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[ Senger Bamberg, Karolinenstr. 8 and 10, Bamberg ] Venus A. Kaindl (1849 - Munich - 1924). Signed and Dated 1887. Height: 255cms. Bronze Cast by Christian Lenz, Nuremburg
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[ Société Labatut & Cie, 199 bis, Boulevard Saint Germain Paris ] Vicente Macip (Valencia 1490 - 1550). The Lamentation of Christ. Oil on Panel 78.5 × 65 cm. Giulio Romano (Rome 1499 - Mantua 154?) Hercules and Atlas? Oil on Paper 41.5 × 56 cm. Baron Gerard (Rome 1770 Paris 1837). Portrait of a Woman
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[ Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London ] A Silver and Bronze Bust of Charles II as Prince of Wales, by Francesco Fanelli, Circa 1642, 22.5cm High $(8frac{5}{8}^{prime prime})$, on an Original Ebony Base.
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[ Villa Grisebach Auctions, Fasanenstr. 25, Berlin ] Herm. Scherer. "Liebespaar" 1924. Pinewood
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[ Villa Grisebach Auctions, Fasanenstr. 25, Berlin ] Max Liebermann. "Tiergartenallee". 1917. Oil on Canvas. 72 × 92.5 cm. Signed and Dated. Estimate DM 600,000 - 800,000
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[ Wiener Kunst Auktionen GMBH, Kärtner Ring 5-7, Vienna ] Julius von Blaas: Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I., 1898; Uniform of Emperor Franz Joseph I. as a Hungarian field Marshal; Moritz Michael Daffinger: Archduke Franz Joseph as a Boy with the Medal of the "Golden Vlies", Watercolour on Ivory; Emperor Franz Josephs Cap, Slippers, Tie and Gloves; Empress Elisabeth's ("Sissi") Riding Gloves; Altogether More Than 300 Collector's Items.
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[ Wildenstein, 147 New Bond Street, London ] Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836), Pencil Drawings from the Wildenstein Album.
Western art unattributed:
[ Brimo de Laroussilhe, 11 rue de Lille, Paris ] Head of an Ivory Crosier. Sicilian (Siculo-Arabic Style), Late 12th Century. Ex Collection Trivulzio (Milan) and D. David-Weill (Paris)
Western art unattributed:
[ Cinq Antiquaires a Paris : Aveline-Jean-Marie Rossi, 20 rue du Cirque, Paris / Didier Aaron & Cie / Maurice Segoura, 20 St. Honoré, Paris / Michel Meyer, 24 av. Matignon, Paris / Jacques Perrin, 3 quai Voltaire, Paris ] A Louis XVI Pair of Jardinieres Carved and Painted Wood Height: 85 in - 216 cm.
Western art unattributed:
[ Glass Gallery Michael Kovacek, Spiegelgasse 12, Vienna ] "Humpen" Painted with Coats-of-Arms of Soner and Gruber Hall in Tirol, dated "1592" Slightly greyish-tinged glass painted in enamels and gold. Flat base with pontil-mark. Applied hollow foot with folded rim formed from a gather of glass. The conical bowl decorated with the coats-of-arms of the noble family Soner and the patrician family Gruber. The coats-of-arms are interspersed with the date "1592" divided into two halves. Below the rim gilt border with etched scales and blue dots framed by white dot lines. Height 21.3 cm.
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10/1994 | 1099 | 136
Pages: i-xx
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[ Arno Winterberg, Hildastr. 12, Heidelberg ] Jan Wyck. Battle between Turks and Poles. Painting, about 1685. Monogrammed. 63 × 76cm.
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[ C. G. Boerner, Kasernenstrasse 13, Düsseldorf / 61 East 77th Street, New York ] Paul Cézanne. Tête de jeune Fille. Etching and roulette. 1873. 296 × 192 mm Sheet Size. Venturi 1160 (I). Gachet 4 I. Cherpin II (of III).
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[ Charles Ratton & Guy Ladrière, 14 rue de Marignan and 11 quai Voltaire, Paris ] Girolamo della Robbia (1488-1566). Glazed Terracotta Bust of a Man
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[ Colnaghi, 14 Old Bond Street, London / 108-112 Rue du Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris / 21 East 67th Street, New York ] Gian Antonio Guardi 1698-1769. A Serenade. Oil on Canvas:53.3 × 35.5 cms (21 × 14 in).
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[ cover ] The Little White Girl: Symphony in White No.II, by James McNeill Whistler. 1864. 76 by 51 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).
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[ David & Constance Yates, Lenox Hill Station, New York ] Pierre-Jean David known as David D'Angers, La Douleur. Patinated Plaster. Dated 1811. Height: 21 ½ Inches. (547 mm). Width at Shoulders: 11½ Inches. (293 mm.)
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[ Galerie Sanct Lucas, Palais Pallavicini, Josefsplatz 5, Vienna ] Thomas Wyck "The Alchimist's Laboratory. Oil on Panel. 42 × 37,7 cms, Signed
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[ Hill-Stone, New York ] Baldassare Franceschini, 1611-1689, Il Volterrano Figure Studies. Drawing in Black Chalk, Heightened with White, on Beige Paper; Circa 1661. Preparatory Studies for the Ceiling Frescoes in the Cappella Niccolini in Santa Croce.
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[ Marcello Aldega, Margot Gordon, New York ] Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1762-1834. Black Chalk, White Heightening 278 × 97mm Preparatory for La Résurrection du fils de la veuve de Naïm, 1816
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[ National Gallery Technical Bulletin, London ] Hans Holbein: A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling
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[ Olimpia Theodoli, 55 Cambridge Street London ] Jacques Robillard (France, 17th century) The Incredulity of St. Thomas, after Caravaggio. Etching, Le Blanc 1, Only State
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[ R. S. Johnson Fine Art, 645 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago ] Pablo Picasso L'Eventail, Ink and Sepia Wash, Ceret, July-August, 1911
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[ Richard L. Feigen & Co., 6 Ryder Street, St James, London ] Self Portrait, Oil on Panel, $5frac{5}{8}$ by $3frac{7}{8}$ Inches. By Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London. © National Portrait Gallery, London
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[ Rob Smeets, Via Camperio 9, Milan ] Francesco Fontebasso. Venice 1709 - Venice 1769. Venus at the Forge of Vulcan. Oil on Canvas 115.5 × 125 cm
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[ Venator & Hanstein KG, Cäcilienstrasse 48, Cologne ] Albrecht Dürer: St. Hubertus Engraving, ca 1501
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[ Villa Grisebach Auctions, Fasanenstr. 25, Berlin ] Herm. Scherer. "Liebespaar" 1924. Pinewood
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[ Villa Grisebach Auctions, Fasanenstr. 25, Berlin ] Max Liebermann. "Tiergartenallee". 1917. Oil on Canvas. 72 × 92,5 cm. Signed and Dated. Estimate DM 600,000 - 800,000
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[ Wiener Kunst Auktionen GMBH, Kärntner Ring 5-7, Vienna ] Julius von Blaas: Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I., 1898; uniform of Emperor Franz Joseph I. as a Hungarian field marshal; Moritz Michael Daffinger: Archduke Franz Joseph as a boy with the medal of the "Golden Vlies", watercolour on ivory; Emperor Franz Josephs cap, slippers, tie and gloves; Empress Elisabeth's ("Sissi") riding gloves; altogether more than 300 collector's items.
Non-western art unattributed:
[ Syz Oriental and European Works of Art, 94 Eaton Place, London ] An Octagonal Iron Tsuba Pierced with Shishi and Dragon among Karakusa, Partly Silvered and Gilt in Nunome-Zogan. Unsigned, Momoyama Period. 9.5 cm
Western art unattributed:
[ Glass Gallery Michael Kovacek, Spiegelgasse 12, Vienna ] Beaker, façon de Venise, Netherlands, late sixteenth to early seventeenth century. Colourless glass; blown, ice-glass-technique, trailed. The tapered cylindrical beaker has an allover surface of fractured ice glass; flattened foot rim trailed and milled. Height 21 cm.
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08/1994 | 1097 | 136
Pages: 589-590
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[ Glass Gallery Michael Kovacek, Spiegelgasse 12, Vienna ] Goblet and Cover with Allegorical Figures in "Hoch-" and "Tiefschnitt", Friedrich Winter. Hermsdorf, c. 1710
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[ National Gallery Technical Bulletin, London ] Hans Holbein: A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling