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The Art of Conservation IV: Public controversies in eighteenth-century painting restoration: the history of the transfer technique in France
04/2016 | 1357 | 158
Pages: 283-289
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Author:
Massing, Ann (Massing, Ann)
Subjects
artists:
Picault, Robert, 1705-c.1777 / Godefroid, Marie-Jacob, c.1701-1775 / Hacquin, François Toussaint, 1756-1832 / Fouque, Joseph, 1755-1819
dates:
1750-1799
subjects:
Conservation / Restoration (process) / Conservators / Techniques / French
subjects:
Paintings / Collections, Public
subjects:
Restorers
Illustrations
Attributed works:
54. Robert Picault, by Jean Alexandre Chevalier. 1885 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris)
Attributed works:
55. Charity, by Andrea del Sarto. Canvas transferred from panel by Robert Picault in 1750 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
56. Man with a glove, by Joos van Cleve. Canvas transferred from panel by Mme Godefroid in 1753 when the painting was attributed to Hans Holbein (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes)
Attributed works:
57. Madonna of Foligno, by Raphael. Canvas transferred from panel in 1801 by François-Toussaint Hacquin (Vatican Museums, Rome)
Attributed works:
58. Fig.59 photographed in raking light before restoration clerly shows the uneven surface due to the transfer. Photograph courtesy of C2RMF/Jean-Paul Van de Bossche
Attributed works:
59. The Visitation, by Sebastiano del Piombo. Canvas transferred from panel by Joseph Fouque in 1803. After restoration in 1999 (Musée du Louvre, Paris. Photograph courtest of C2RMF/Jean-Paul Van den Bossche)