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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)
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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).
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2. Diagram showing the extent of mid-sixteenth century overpaint on the outside wings of the polyptych. (©KIK-IRPA, Brussels).
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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).
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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).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing Elisabeth Borluut’s drapery before the removal of varnish and overpaint. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent).
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6. Fig.5 after the removal of overpaint and restoration. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent; © lukasweb.be – Art in Flanders vzw).
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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).
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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).
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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
The Art of Conservation XII. Art history, science and practice: the training of paintings conservators in the twentieth century
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 630-637
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Author:
Hill Stoner, Joyce (Hill Stoner, Joyce)
Subjects
subjects:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
39. A reconstruction in progress of Rogier van der Weyden's painting of The Magdalene reading (National Gallery, London), made by Brian Baade for the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. 2013 (Photograph Joyce Hill Stoner)
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41. Paolo and Laura Mora demonstrating the tratteggio technique of inpainting at the J. Paul Getty Museum painting conservation studio in Los Angeles. 1985 (Photograph Joyce Hill Stoner)
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42. Stephen Rees Jones in the Technology Department of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. 1972 (Photograph Joyce Hill Stoner)
Western art unattributed:
37. Johannes Hell. Date unknown. (Photograph courtesy FAIC, Winterthur Museum, Library and Archives)
Western art unattributed:
38. William Suhr in his studio in Berlin (sitting on the far left). 1920s (Photograph courtesy FAIC, Winterthur Museum, Library and Archives)
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40. The Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, Institut für Technologie der Malerei. 1965
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43. Sheldon Keck (far left) and James Hester, former President of New York University, welcome Jacqueline Kennedy to the New York University Conservation Center at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York. Leonetto Tintori is on the far right. c.1961 (Photograph courtesy of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts)
Western art unattributed:
44. Delegates to the International IIC Congress on Museum Climatology outside the Albert Hall, London. 1967 (Photograph courtesy of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, London)