An Eyckian crucifixion explored : ten essays on a drawing / concept and editorial supervision Albert J. Elen and Friso Lammertse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lammertse, Friso, editor.

Elen, Albert J., editor.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Series:

Boijmans studies ; 11.

Boijmans Studies ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440--Criticism and interpretation.

Eyck, Jan van.

Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440.

Drawing, Netherlandish--15th century--Criticism and interpretation.

Drawing, Netherlandish.

Criticism and interpretation.

Local Subjects:

Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Eyckian crucifixion explored : 10 essays on a drawing

A new look at a Van Eyck masterpiece.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, [2016]

Summary:

In 2012 a hitherto unknown 'Eyckian' drawing of the Crucifixion was exhibited in The Road to Van Eyck in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Forty years earlier Wim Hofman, a psychiatrist and art collector from Groningen, had bought the drawing - as a reproduction - for just ten guilders at a local estate auction. He was convinced, however, and rightly so, that it was an original work of art, and he spent the rest of his life researching it. The Rotterdam museum acquired the drawing shortly after the exhibition. In this book leading specialists examine various aspects of this mysterious drawing - its discovery, the scientific and technical research into the materials, and the identity of the artist. Is it a work by Jan van Eyck himself or a workshop assistant, or is it a late fifteenth-century copy of a work by the famous progenitor of Netherlandish painting?

Contents:

The discovery / Friso Lammertse

Notes on the material aspects / Arie Wallert, Birgit Reissland, Luc Megens

Two papers and a watermark / Albert J. Elen

The use of goldpoint and silverpoint in the fifteenth century / An Van Camp

Attribution, style and date / Fritz Koreny

Reflections, models and possible function / Guido Messling

Copying and beyond: the multiple functions of early Netherlandish drawing / Stephanie Buck

Some Eyckian drawings and miniatures in the context of the drawing / Till-Holger Borchet

The drawing and colour / Stephan Kemperdick

The relationship between Rotterdam drawing and the New York painting / Maryan W. Ainsworth.

Notes:

Published to coincide with the exhibition "A new look at a Van Eyck masterpiece" held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 25-April 24, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157).

Contains:

Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9789069182902

9069182904

OCLC:

934618504