Technical study of paintings by Peter Brueghel the Younger in Belgian public collections : preliminary results
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Arts
Subject
Brueghel the Younger, underdrawing
Audience
Scientific
Date
2001Publisher
Peeters, Leuven
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As part of a doctoral thesis into the working techniques of paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Younger in Belgian public collections, the Ghent version of the 'Wedding Dance' was closely examined using dendrochronology, X-radiography, infrared reflectography and the binocular microscope. Dendrochronology, plus analysis of the Antwerp brand and the "clover" panel maker's mark of Michiel Claessens, dates the panel to 1620 or after. Infrared reflectography also identifies particular stylistic traits in the underdrawing. X-radiography shows that the artist used the traditional technique of leaving reserves in the background paint for his major forms. Le dessin sous-jacent et la technologie dans la peinture : Colloque XIII. Bruges, 15, 16, 17 septembre 1999.
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Christina Currie, ‘Technical Study of Paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Younger in Belgian Public Collections : Preliminary Results’, in : Roger Van Schoute & Hélène Verougstraete (eds.), La peinture et le laboratoire : procédés, méthodologies, applications (Louvain, 2001), pp. 121-130.
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Article
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No
Language
eng