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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).
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).
Article
An Attempt to Reconstruct Perréal
09/1950 | 570 | 92
Pages: 254-261
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Author:
Ring, Grete (Ring, Grete)
Subjects
art literature:
Hulin de Loo, Georges
artists:
Perreal, Jean
artists:
Master of Moulins
dates:
1450-1499 / 1500-1529
subjects:
French painting / Critical Reception / Attributions
subjects:
Biographies / Art criticism / Documents
subjects:
Patronage / Portraits
subjects:
Sources / Correspondence / Portrait miniatures
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Portrait of Philippe de la Platière, Seigneur des Bordes, dit Bourdillon, Attributed to Jean Perréal. Silverpoint Drawing, Heightened with Gold, c. 20 by 13 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly.)
Attributed works:
11. Portrait of Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Ligny, Attributed to Jean Perréal. Silverpoint Drawing, c. 20 by 13 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly.)
Attributed works:
12. Portrait of Pierre Sala, Attributed to Jean Perréal. Miniature on Purple Vellum, in the Volume Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour. c. 7.6 by 7.6 cm. (British Museum.)
Attributed works:
13. Portrait of Charles VIII, Attributed to Jean Perréal. Panel, 22 by 16 cm. (J. Morrison Collection, Fonthill.)
Attributed works:
14. Medal of Louis XII. Executed by Nicolas Leclerc and Jehan de S. Priest (sculptors) and Jehan Le Père (goldsmith) after Designs by Jean Perréal. 1499.
Attributed works:
15. Medal of Anne de Bretagne. Executed by Nicolas Leclerc and Jehan de S. Priest (sculptors) and Jehan Le Père (goldsmith) after Designs by Jean Perréal. 1499.
Attributed works:
16. Three Heads, by Jean Perréal. Drawn on a sheet of the Comptes de l'Entrée de la Reine Anne de Bretagne, 1499. (Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Médecine, Montpellicr.)
Attributed works:
17. Portrait of a Lady, Here Attributed to Jean Perréal. Panel, 43.8 by 34.3 cm. (National Portrait Gallery.)
Book Review
The Master of Mary of Burgundy
03/1949 | 552 | 91
Pages: 84+86-87
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Reviewer:
Ring, Grete (Ring, Grete)
Subjects
art literature:
Hulin de Loo, Georges
art literature:
Pächt, Otto
artists:
Master of Mary of Burgundy
artists:
Bening, Alexander
dates:
1400-1499
places:
France / Netherlands
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Attributions
subjects:
Netherlandish painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Master of Mary of Burgundy | author: Pächt, Otto
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Frontispiece of a Prayer Book in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. Sometimes attributed to the Master of Mary of Burgundy. Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. The King.
Obituary
Georges Hulin de Loo
03/1946 | 516 | 88
Pages: 75
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Author:
Popham, A. E. (Popham, A. E.; Popham, Arthur Ewart; Popham, Arthur E.; P., A. E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Hulin de Loo, Georges
dates:
1940-1949
places:
Belgium
subjects:
Obituaries / Art historians
Book Review
Melanges Hulin de Loo
12/1932 | 357 | 61
Pages: 292-293
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Reviewer:
Borenius, Tancred (Borenius, Tancred; B., T.; Borenius, Dr.; Borenius, T.)
Subjects
art literature:
Hulin de Loo, Georges
subjects:
Festschriften / Netherlandish painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Melanges Hulin de Loo | :
Article
The Riddle of the Maître de Flémalle
06/1929 | 315 | 54
Pages: 285-287+290-293+296-299+302-303+305
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Author:
Renders, Emile (Renders, Emile)
Subjects
art literature:
Winkler, Friedrich
art literature:
Hulin de Loo, Georges
artists:
Weyden, Rogier van der
artists:
Campin, Robert
artists:
Daret, Jacques
artists:
Eyck, Jan van
artists:
Master of Flemalle, now identified with Robert Campin
dates:
1400-1449
places:
Netherlands / Flanders
places:
Tournai / France
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Attributions
subjects:
Formal analysis / Documents
subjects:
Art education / Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate I. The Madonna in Glory, Attributed to the Maître de Flémalle. 48 by 31 cm. (Aix-en-Provence). The Riddle of the Maître de Flémalle
Attributed works:
Plate II. Details of A-The Madonna in Glory, attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Aix-en-Provence); B-Seated Madonna, by Rogier van der Weyden (Lord Northbrook); C-Standing Madonna, by Rogier van der Weyden (Vienna Gallery); D-The Visitation, by Rogier van der Weyden (Lützschena); E-The Madonna by the Hearth, attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Hermitage). The Riddle of the Maître de Flémalle
Attributed works:
Plate III. Details of A-The Madonna in Glory, attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Aix); B-The Last Judgment; altarpiece, small shutter, by Rogier (Beaune); C-The Virgin and St. Luke, copy after Rogier (Pinakothek, Munich); D-Descent from the Cross, by Rogier (Escorial); E-Madonna in Glory, attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Aix); F-The Magdalene (in reverse), by Rogier (National Gallery); G-St. Michael, from The Last Judgment, by Rogier (Beaune). The Riddle of the Maître de Flémalle
Attributed works:
Plate IV. Details of A-Madonna from The Last Judgment, by Rogier (Beaune); B-Madonna (in reverse), attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Frankfurt); C-Apostle, from The Last Judgment by Rogier (Beaune); D-Donor, from the Virgin in Glory, attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Aix); E-Madonna, by Rogier (Bruges); F-St. John from the Crucifixion, by Rogier (Vienna). The Riddle of the Maître de Flémalle
Attributed works:
Plate V. A and C-Heinrich van Werl and the Baptist, and St. Barbara; Shutters Attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Prado); B-Madonna, Drawing (In Reverse) by Rogier van der Weyden (Dresden). The Riddle of the Maître de Flémalle
Attributed works:
Plate VI. Details of old men's heads from A-The back of The Marriage of the Virgin, attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Prado); B-Madonna in Glory, attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Aix); D-The Holy Trinity (in reverse), attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Frankfurt); E-The Last Judgment, by Rogier (Beaune); Details of C-Magdalene (in reverse), by Rogier (National Gallery); F-St. Barbara (in reverse), attributed to the Maître de Flémalle (Prado). The Riddle of the Maître de Flémalle
Attributed works:
Plate VII. Details from A-The Bladelin Triptych, by Rogier (Berlin). B-The Dying Thief, Attributed to Maître de Flémalle (Frankfurt). C-The Last Judgment (In Reverse), by Rogier (Beaune). D-St. John (In Reverse) in the Crucifixion, by Rogier (Dresden). The Riddle of the Maître de Flémalle
Short Notice
M. Hulin de Loo
09/1927 | 294 | 51
Pages: 150
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Subjects
art literature:
Hulin de Loo, Georges
dates:
1920-1929
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Exhibitions / Attributions
Short Notice
Art in America - Two Works Formerly Attributed to Herri Met de Bles
03/1908 | 60 | 12
Pages: 386-388
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Subjects
art literature:
Hulin de Loo, Georges
artists:
Bles, Henri Met de
artists:
Pseudo-Blesius
dates:
1500-1549
places:
Netherlands / Italy
subjects:
Attributions / Paintings / Triptychs / Collections, Private
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Italian painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
The Queen of Sheba Visiting King Solomon, and Three Warriors Bringing Water from Bethlehem to King David. Formerly Attributed to Herri Met de Bles. In the Collection of the Comte de Pourtales. Art in America
Western art unattributed:
The Queen of Sheba Visiting King Solomon, and Three Warriors Bringing Water from Bethlehem to King David. Formerly Attributed to Herri Met de Bles. In the Collection of Mr. Charles L. Hutchinson of Chicago. Art in America