Lifting the veil: The Dulle Griet rediscovered through conservation, scientific imagery and analysis
| dc.contributor.author | Currie, Christina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saverwyns, Steven | |
| dc.contributor.author | Depuydt-Elbaum, Livia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fraiture, Pascale | |
| dc.contributor.author | Glatigny, Jean-Albert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Coudray, Alexia | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Connellan, Lise | |
| dc.date | 2021 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-03T14:35:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-03T14:35:28Z | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Christina Currie, Steven Saverwyns, Livia Depuydt-Elbaum, Pascale Fraiture, Jean-Albert Glatigny & Alexia Coudray, ‘Lifting the veil : The Dulle Griet rediscovered through conservation, scientific imagery and analysis’, in : The Bruegel Success Story : Papers Presented at Symposium XXI for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting, Brussels, 12-14 September 2018, ed. by Christina Currie, in collab. with Dominique Allart, Cyriel Stroo, Bart Fransen & Dominique Vanwijnsberghe (Leuven, 2021), pp. 18-42 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-90-429-4332-2 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | eISBN 978-90-429-4333-9 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7826 | |
| dc.description | The conservation of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Dulle Griet (Antwerp, Museum Mayer van den Bergh) at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels was accompanied by scientific research of its original techniques and materials. Dendrochronology gives 1548 as the earliest possible date for the felling of the trees used in the panel's manufacture. Infrared imagery reveals a sparse, functional underdrawing, suggesting that Bruegel had carefully planned out the composition prior to painting. Indeed, few changes were made during execution and any such adjustments are minor. Cleaning brought to light Bruegel's exquisite brushwork. However, the paint layer is more translucent than at the outset and analysis shows that several colours have faded or darkened, including smalt and azurite-based blues and copper resinate greens. Infrared photography also helped reveal the signature and remains of the date, but it was only during cleaning that the full date was exposed: 1563 | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Peeters, Leuven | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Underdrawing and Technology in Painting | en_US |
| dc.title | Lifting the veil: The Dulle Griet rediscovered through conservation, scientific imagery and analysis | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.subject.frascati | Arts | en_US |
| dc.audience | Scientific | en_US |
| dc.audience | General Public | en_US |
| dc.subject.free | Dulle Griet | en_US |
| dc.subject.free | Pieter Bruegel the Elder | en_US |
| dc.subject.free | Technical art history | en_US |
| dc.source.title | The Bruegel Success Story. Papers Presented at Symposium XXI for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting, Brussels, 12-14 September 2018 | en_US |
| dc.source.volume | XXI | en_US |
| dc.source.page | 18-42 | en_US |
| dc.relation.project | http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/90531 | en_US |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | en_US |
| dc.source.editor | Christina Currie, in collaboration with Dominique Allart, Bart Fransen, Cyriel Stroo and Dominique Vanwijnsberge. | en_US |
