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Article
The Art of Conservation: XVII: Jan Cornelis Traas, paintings restorer of the Van Gogh family collection
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 164-177
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Hendriks, Ella (Hendriks, Ella)
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1. Jan Cornelis Traas at work on Girl with a pearl earring, by Johannes Vermeer, in the Mauritshuis, The Hague. 1960. Photograph. (Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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10. Photograph of Fig.9 recording its damaged condition prior to the 1927 restoration by Traas. (Photograph Bernard F. Eilers; from W. Scherjon and W. Jos de Gruyter: Vincent van Gogh’s great period. Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers sur Oise, Amsterdam 1937).
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11. The bedroom at Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 72.4 by 91.3 cm. Photographed after the 2009–10 treatment when Traas’s old varnish and retouches were removed. The originally pale violet walls and lilac doors described by the artist are now light blue, owing to the fading of a red cochineal lake in the paint mixture used. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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12. Digital visualisation providing an impression of the original colours of Fig.11. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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13. Vishwa R. Mehra making a condition report on the Van Gogh collection. 1984. Photograph. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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14. Self-portrait with grey felt hat, by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Oil on canvas, 44.5 by 37.2 cm. Shown after it was vandalised in 1978. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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2. Willem J. Steenhoff in the Van Gogh Gallery of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, with The potato eaters (F82) in the background. 1918. Photograph. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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3. Living room of Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s house in Brachthuyzerstraat, Amsterdam, showing from left to right: The white orchard (F403); The pink peach tree (F404); and The pink orchard (F555). c.1917. Photograph Thijs Quispel. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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4. Diagram of the Dutch method of wax-resin lining; in this case the original and lining canvases are enlarged with paper strips adhered to the edges, rather than the canvas strips sewn on by Traas, enabling the canvases to be stretched on wooden looms during lining. (From S. Cursiter and A.M. de Wild: ‘Picture relining’, in Technical Studies in the Field of Fine Arts 5 (1937)).
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5. Relining of Van Gogh’s Railway bridge over Avenue Montmajour, Arles (F480; whereabouts unknown), showing the preparation of the sawdust bed on which the painting is laid face downwards for lining without a hot table, by ironing, using ‘an elaborate insulation with tin foil and a sawdust bedding’ to protect the high impasto. Photograph, taken probably in Helmut Ruhemann’s studio in Berlin c.1932. (From Manual on the Conservation and Restoration of Paintings, Paris 1940).
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6. Field with irises near Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. May 1888. Oil on canvas, 54 by 65 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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7. Fig.6 photographed in raking light after the removal of the varnish in 2014–15.
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8. Enlarged detail of Fig.6, showing canvas weave impressed in the flattened impasto from rolling and sending the painting to Theo van Gogh.
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9. An old woman of Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 58 by 42 cm., showing the corners filled with putty and an even tone. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Article
Dirk Hannema and the rediscovery of a painting by Vincent van Gogh
06/2010 | 1287 | 152
Pages: 393-405
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Hendriks, Ella (Hendriks, Ella)
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Tilborgh, Louis van (Tilborgh, Louis van)
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39. The Blute-fin mill, by Vincent van Gogh. 1886. Canvas, 55.2 by 38 cm. (Museum de Fundatie, Heino and Zwolle).
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40. Béla and Rickel Hein, by Jules Pascin. 1923. Ink, 24.5 by 20 cm. (Private collection).
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41. The Blute-fin mill, by Vincent van Gogh. 1886. Pencil in a sketchbook, 11.0 by 19.7 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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42. The Blute-fin mill, by Vincent van Gogh. 1886. Pen and ink, graphite on laid paper, 42.5 by 56.5 cm. (Phillips Collection, Washington).
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43. The Blute-fin mill, by Vincent van Gogh. 1886. Canvas, 46.5 by 38 cm. (Formerly in a private collection; lost in a fire in 1967).
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44. Guinguette, by Vincent van Gogh. 1886. Canvas, 49 by 64 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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45. Bois de Boulogne with people walking, by Vincent van Gogh. 1886. Canvas, 37.5 by 45.5 cm. (Noro Foundation).
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46. Detail of the reverse of Fig.39.
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47. (Right). Automated weave map generated from high-resolution X-ray scans of Fig.39, revealing characteristic banding from subtle variations in warp thread density.
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48. (Far right). Infra-red detail of Fig.39 showing a diagonal line of underdrawing traced from a perspective frame.
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49. Photomicrograph of Fig.39 revealing traces of a purple sketch behind the handrail.
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50. Photomicrograph of Fig.39 showing the stringy nature of the impasto mixed with zinc white.
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51. Photomicrograph of Fig.39 showing final touches of green added to the dress.
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52. Photomicrograph of Fig.39 showing how the pink face was obliterated by a final touch of dull green.
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53. Vase with gladioli and Chinese asters, by Vincent van Gogh. 1886. Canvas, 48.5 by 40 cm. (Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Western art unattributed:
35. Dirk Hannema (on the right) and the restorer H.G. Luitwieler looking at ‘The supper at Emmaus’ after its restoration. 1938. Photograph. (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Western art unattributed:
36. Still life with peonies. Anonymous. Canvas on plywood, 35.7 by 27.4 cm. (Museum de Fundatie, Heino and Zwolle).
Western art unattributed:
37. Landscape with a quarry. Anonymous. Canvas, 37.6 by 54 cm. (Museum de Fundatie, Heino and Zwolle).
Western art unattributed:
38. Still life with a jug and shells. Anonymous. Canvas, 49 by 57 cm. (Museum de Fundatie, Heino and Zwolle).
Article
Van Gogh's 'Garden of the Asylum': genuine or fake?
03/2001 | 1176 | 143
Pages: 145-156
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Hendriks, Ella (Hendriks, Ella)
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Tilborgh, Louis van (Tilborgh, Louis van)
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17. 'Garden of the Asylum', by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. 73.5 by 92 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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18. 'Garden of the Asylum', by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. 71.5 by 90.5 cm. (Museum Folkwang, Essen).
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19. Detail of Fig. 20, showing irregularly cut tacking margins with roughly folded corners.
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20. Back of Fig. 17.
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21. Backing board of Fig. 17.
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22. Copy after Fig. 17, by Blanche Derousse. 1900-03. Water-colour, 17.3 by 20.7 cm. (Départment des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Fonds du Musée d'Orsay).
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23. 'Falling leaves', by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. 73.5 by 60.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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24. Paint cross-section from the bottom right tacking edge of Fig. 17.
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25. Macrophotograph of Fig. 17, showing weave imprint in the high impasto from the back of another canvas.
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26. Detail of Fig. 17, showing bottom tacking edge, under the frame, displaying the original intense colour of the linear detailing with an organic red paint.
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27. Detail of Fig. 17, showing bottom right tacking edge, shielded by the frame.
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28. Photograph in raking-light of Fig. 17.
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29. 'Rain', by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. 73.5 by 92.5 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in Memory of Frances P. McIlhenny).
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30. 'Garden of the Asylum', by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Black chalk, quill and reed pen and brown ink on toned paper, 47 by 61 cm. (Private collection).
Article
The First Patron of John Flaxman
10/1984 | 979 | 126
Pages: 618+620-622+625
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Hendriks, Ella (Hendriks, Ella)
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25. Self Portrait, by John Flaxman. Pen and Ink, 24 by 27 cm. (Earls High School, Halesowen; Exh. Dudley Art Gallery).
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26. Design for a Chimney Piece, with Lion and Foliage Frieze and Inscribed 'Sky Light Room', by John Flaxman. Pen and Wash, 36.2 by 43.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum).
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27. Bacchanalian Frieze, Based on the Relief on the Borghese Vase, by John Flaxman. Plaster Version, c.43 by 143 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum).