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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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Author:
Hendriks, Ella (Hendriks, Ella)
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Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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
The collecting and critical reception of Cézanne in Holland, 1895–1920
09/2006 | 1242 | 148
Pages: 595-604
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Author:
Adrichem, Jan van (Adrichem, Jan van)
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13. Photograph of Andries Bonger in Paris, by Ernest Ladrey. c.1890. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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15. Interior of the house of Andries Bonger in Amsterdam. Photograph by Van Meurs & Co. c.1903–05. On the walls are works by Redon, Van Gogh and (l. to r.) Cézanne’s Petite ville de L’Ile de France (R414; c.1879–80), Tasse, verre et fruits, II (R320; c.1877) and Nature morte avec pommes et poire (R638; c.1888–90). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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16. Interior of the house of Andries Bonger in Amsterdam. Photograph by Van Meurs & Co. c.1903–05. On the wall are works by Redon and Cézanne’s Fleurs dans un pot d’olives (R477; c.1880–82), with beneath it the still life wrongly attributed to Cézanne. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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17. La route vers l’étang, by Paul Cézanne. c.1880. Canvas, 92 by 75 cm. (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo).
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19. La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, by Paul Cézanne. c.1888. Canvas, 54 by 65 cm. (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam).
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14. Photograph of Willem Steenhoff in the Van Gogh room, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. c.1918. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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18. Photograph of Cornelis Hoogendijk. c.1885.
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20. Gallery of Honour in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 1911. Photograph taken during the first exhibition of the Moderne Kunstkring, with works by Cézanne from the Hoogendijk collection. (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague). Left to right: Nature morte au crâne (R734); La Montagne Sainte-Victoire (R608); Pot de primèveres et fruits (R639); Portrait de l’artiste (R182); Pichet et fruits (R744); Maison dans la campagne Aixoise (R597); Bouteilles et pêches (R679).
Western art unattributed:
21. Gallery of Honour in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 1911. Photograph taken during the first exhibition of the Moderne Kunstkring, with works by Cézanne from the Hoogendijk collection. (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague). Left to right: Maison dans la campagne Aixoise (R597); Bouteilles et pêches (R679); Le vase de fleurs et pommes (R660); La Montagne Sainte-Victoire (R767); Pot de gingembre (R773).
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22. Gallery of Honour in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 1911. Photograph taken during the first exhibition of the Moderne Kunstkring, with works by Cézanne from the Hoogendijk collection. (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague). Left to right: Carafe, boîte à lait, bol et orange (R430); Fleurs dans un vase rouge (R476); Pins et rochers (Fontainebleau?) (R906); Pichet et fruits sur une table (R742); Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de l’Estaque (R626); Le vase fleuri (R892).