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Special topics in art history
Course: Special topics in art history > Unit 2
Lesson 5: Painting conservation- Conservation of paintings
- Conservation: portrait miniatures
- Ghent Altarpiece project overview
- Conserving a portrait of King Edward VI
- Jan Gossart - Conservation Discoveries
- Conserving Velázquez's Portrait of Philip IV
- Conserving van Walscapelle's Flowers in a Glass Vase
- Conserving Everhard Jabach and His Family
- Conserving the Virgin of Guadalupe
- Conserving Vincent van Gogh's Field with Irises near Arles
- Conserving Van Gogh's "Enclosed Field with Ploughman" Under Raking Light
- The Science of Van Gogh's Bedrooms
- Restoring Rothko
- Conserving Cuzco School Paintings
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Jan Gossart - Conservation Discoveries
Gossart was among the first northern artists to travel to Rome to make copies after antique sculpture and introduce historical and mythological subjects with erotic nude figures into the mainstream of northern painting. Most often credited with successfully assimilating Italian Renaissance style into northern European art of the early sixteenth century, he is the pivotal Old Master who changed the course of Flemish art from the Medieval craft tradition of its founder, Jan van Eyck (c. 1380/90--1441), and charted new territory that eventually led to the great age of Peter Paul Rubens (1577--1640).
Read more about Jan Gossart and his circle on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Created by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Read more about Jan Gossart and his circle on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Created by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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From1:22to1:39, the speaker discusses the coat of arms and the decision to cover it up. Hasn't that covering up decision and actions strayed from conservation to outright modification of the painting? Was there any research as to whether Gossart painted the coat of arms, or if it was a later addition by someone else? What is the provedence of the painting and the coat of arms? If it was painted by Gossart or under his direction in his workshop, what right do the conservators have to alter it to be different from Gossart's artistic decision to show that coat of arms?(16 votes)
Well, apparently, the coat of arms was a fake, so I thought that is was a good idea.(3 votes)
- At1:54there is (maybe) a pin on his hat. Does anyone know what it is depicting? (Or its purpose?) Thanks.(2 votes)
On the basis of the coat of arms on the right, the figure was for a long time believed to be Frank van Borselen, the fourth husband of Jacqueline of Bavaria. However, this identification is incorrect, because the coat of arms was a later addition to the painting. After cleaning, it had become particularly obtrusive. As it was poorly painted and deemed to detract from the spatial quality of the composition, it was decided in consultation that it should be overpainted. http://vlaamseprimitieven.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/en/news/portrait-is-an-original-gossart(2 votes)
What's the last painting about? And why is the man nude?(1 vote)- This is Jesus prior to his crucifixion. He's nude because that is one of the traditions regarding how he was executed. The executioners divided up his clothes among themselves because he wouldn't need them any more.(2 votes)
How many faces does the old man have in the last picture.(1 vote)
1:22