Till-Holger Borchert
Middlebury College, History of Art and Architecture, Department Member
- Early Netherlandish Painting, 15th Century Burgundy, Northern Renaissance, Patronage and collecting, Late Medieval History, Art History, and 13 moreHistoriography (in Art History), Early German Painting and Sculpture, Portraiture, Landscapes, Visual Culture, Art Around 1400, Technical Art History, Early Modern History, Medieval History, Late medieval and renaissance art in northern europe, Northern Renaissance Art, Jan Van Eyck, and Hans Memlingedit
- Till-Holger Borchert is an international renowned art historian and museum director, specialised in Northern Renaissance art and historiographyedit
The article is discussing reflections of a lost work of Jan van Eyck through panel painting and book illumination in the Low Countries from 1430 to c. 1530
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This essay looks at the various versions of Jan van Eyck's depiction of the Holy Face and attempts to provide a new context for understanding.
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本稿は，2022 年3 月5 日にオンラインで行われたティル・ホルガー・ボルヒェルト氏の講演「The legacy of Jan van Eyck in the Burgundian Netherlands and the rest of Europe, c. 1440-1470」の邦訳であ る。 ボルヒェルト氏は，北方ルネサンス美術研究の世界的権威であり，ブリュージュのフルーニンヘ 美術館の主任学芸員（2003 ～ 2014 年），ブリュージュ美術館組合理事長（2014... more
本稿は，2022 年3 月5 日にオンラインで行われたティル・ホルガー・ボルヒェルト氏の講演「The
legacy of Jan van Eyck in the Burgundian Netherlands and the rest of Europe, c. 1440-1470」の邦訳であ
る。
ボルヒェルト氏は，北方ルネサンス美術研究の世界的権威であり，ブリュージュのフルーニンヘ
美術館の主任学芸員（2003 ～ 2014 年），ブリュージュ美術館組合理事長（2014 ～ 2021 年）を務め，
ヨーロッパ各国とアメリカにおいて初期ネーデルラント美術に関する展覧会を多数企画・運営して
きた。代表的な展覧会として，Jan van Eyck, the Flemish Primitives and the Mediterranean World 1430-
1530 (2002)，From van Eyck to Dürer: Early Netherlandish Art and Central Europe, 1430-1530 (2010-11)
が挙げられる。2022 年4 月より，アーヘンのズエルモント・ルートヴィヒ美術館長を務めている。
本講演会は，科学研究費助成事業特別研究員奨励費（課題番号19J00314）による招聘の一環であ
り，西洋中世学会の後援を得ている。ボルヒェルト氏には，日本の聴衆の関心を考慮いただき，初期
ネーデルラント美術の巨匠ヤン・ファン・エイクの芸術がブルゴーニュ公領ネーデルラントおよび
ヨーロッパにおいていかに受容され，継承されていったかという点を広く論じていただいた。当日の
講演は，長年にわたり膨大な量の作品調査を重ねてきたボルヒェルト氏ならではの緻密な図像分析
と，ヨーロッパ各地をダイナミックに捉える視点をあわせ持つものとなり，質疑応答においても，豊
かで示唆深い見解が示された。本講演原稿の紹介が，美術史研究はもちろん，西洋中世研究全体の発
展にも資することを願ってやまない。 （今井澄子 記）
legacy of Jan van Eyck in the Burgundian Netherlands and the rest of Europe, c. 1440-1470」の邦訳であ
る。
ボルヒェルト氏は，北方ルネサンス美術研究の世界的権威であり，ブリュージュのフルーニンヘ
美術館の主任学芸員（2003 ～ 2014 年），ブリュージュ美術館組合理事長（2014 ～ 2021 年）を務め，
ヨーロッパ各国とアメリカにおいて初期ネーデルラント美術に関する展覧会を多数企画・運営して
きた。代表的な展覧会として，Jan van Eyck, the Flemish Primitives and the Mediterranean World 1430-
1530 (2002)，From van Eyck to Dürer: Early Netherlandish Art and Central Europe, 1430-1530 (2010-11)
が挙げられる。2022 年4 月より，アーヘンのズエルモント・ルートヴィヒ美術館長を務めている。
本講演会は，科学研究費助成事業特別研究員奨励費（課題番号19J00314）による招聘の一環であ
り，西洋中世学会の後援を得ている。ボルヒェルト氏には，日本の聴衆の関心を考慮いただき，初期
ネーデルラント美術の巨匠ヤン・ファン・エイクの芸術がブルゴーニュ公領ネーデルラントおよび
ヨーロッパにおいていかに受容され，継承されていったかという点を広く論じていただいた。当日の
講演は，長年にわたり膨大な量の作品調査を重ねてきたボルヒェルト氏ならではの緻密な図像分析
と，ヨーロッパ各地をダイナミックに捉える視点をあわせ持つものとなり，質疑応答においても，豊
かで示唆深い見解が示された。本講演原稿の紹介が，美術史研究はもちろん，西洋中世研究全体の発
展にも資することを願ってやまない。 （今井澄子 記）
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This article looks at the functions of inscriptions on paintings by Jan van Eyck and focusses on the possible functional significance of the Quartrain of the Ghent Altarpiece
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The article looks at the inscription on the frame and at the possible original function of the portrait.
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This paper discusses the impact of the works of Jan van Eyck and his workshop in European Art before and around 1450.
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A short text on the Madonna of Jan Vos in the aftermath of Emma Capron's exhibition "The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus and Jan Vos" in the Frick Collection in 2018. In this paper, conceptual aspects of the painting... more
A short text on the Madonna of Jan Vos in the aftermath of Emma Capron's exhibition "The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus and Jan Vos" in the Frick Collection in 2018. In this paper, conceptual aspects of the painting are discussed in the light of the fact that Van Eyck likely died during its execution
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This paper examines the Genuese Patron's of Jan van Eyck and looks at the reception of his lost "Lomellini-Triptych"
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Short survey-summary on the likely involvement of the workshop of both Hubert and Jan van Eyck in the production of the Ghent Altarpiece.
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In 2009, the portrait of Margarete van Eyck was cleaned in London's National Gallery and thoroughly examined. The first part of the paper discusses the results of the IRR examination and compared with Van Eyck's portraits at the National... more
In 2009, the portrait of Margarete van Eyck was cleaned in London's National Gallery and thoroughly examined. The first part of the paper discusses the results of the IRR examination and compared with Van Eyck's portraits at the National Gallery in London. The 2nd part of the article analyses form and function of the underdrawing in Van Eyck's portraits and raises questions regarding the production process of portraiture in his workshop.
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Article surveys the drawings of the Van Eyck Group.
in: La pensée du regard
Études d’histoire de l’art du Moyen Âge offertes à Christian Heck
Editées par Pascale Charron, Marc Gil, Ambre Vilain
Brepols (Turnhout) 2016
in: La pensée du regard
Études d’histoire de l’art du Moyen Âge offertes à Christian Heck
Editées par Pascale Charron, Marc Gil, Ambre Vilain
Brepols (Turnhout) 2016
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Discusses the Eyckian Crucifixion drawing recently acquired by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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discusses when and how italians started to associate oil painting with Van Eyck
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Discusses workshop practices of the Memling workshop in Bruges
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This essay was written as an introduction to the 2005 Mewling's Portraits exhibition catalogue and is a short overview on the artist life and work.
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Hans Memling was one of the most important, prolific and versatile painters active in 15th-century Bruges, and one of the leading artists of the Early Netherlandish School. The text studies the career of the painter. Published in: John... more
Hans Memling was one of the most important, prolific and versatile painters active in 15th-century Bruges, and one of the leading artists of the Early Netherlandish School. The text studies the career of the painter.
Published in: John Marciari (ed): Hans Memling: Portraiture, Piety and a Reunited Altarpiece, London 2016
Published in: John Marciari (ed): Hans Memling: Portraiture, Piety and a Reunited Altarpiece, London 2016
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Study of the underdrawing of the fragments of the Memling's Najéra-Altarpiece and discussion of possible dating and patronage. The views on the patronage expressed here (1995) have been partly superseded by more recent research by Bart... more
Study of the underdrawing of the fragments of the Memling's Najéra-Altarpiece and discussion of possible dating and patronage. The views on the patronage expressed here (1995) have been partly superseded by more recent research by Bart Fransen (forthcoming)
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This essay discusses a recently discovered "Virgin and Child", since acquired by the Princely Collection of Liechtenstein, and its attribution to Jan Gossart.
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This essay looks at the influence that the art of Dieric Bouts had on Italian Renaissance art and then examines the impact of Italian art on Dieric Bouts.
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This essay presents a survey of the followers of Hugo van der Goes in Ghent, Brussels and elsewhere
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The paper discusses two double-sided wings from a lost altarpiece that can be attributed to Master Johannes, a documented painter active in Flanders around 1500 who painted the altarpiece of the Holy Kinship that was commissioned for the... more
The paper discusses two double-sided wings from a lost altarpiece that can be attributed to Master Johannes, a documented painter active in Flanders around 1500 who painted the altarpiece of the Holy Kinship that was commissioned for the abbey of Tongerloo but is now in Brasschat.
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Kurzer Essay über das Image Karls des Kühnen in den Bildnissen und Darstellungen seiner Person.
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Het portret in de Lage Landen. Voorgeschiedenis en opstaan van een renaissancegent
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A short survey of the portraits made of the Children of the Habsburg Dynasty for the catalogue of the exhibition "Renaissance Children" , curated and edited by Samuel Mareel for Hof Van Busleyden in Malines.
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This essay examines secular manuscript illumination in the Burgundian Netherlands under Philipp the Good and Charles the Bold and its role in disseminating a specific "Burgundian" taste.
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This text is a chapter from the catalogue of the Colard Mansion exhibition in the Groeningemuseum in Bruges (1 march - 3 june 2018) curated and edited by Evelien Hauwaerts, Evelien de Wilde and Ludo Vandamme.
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Examines the impact of Byzantine Icons on Early Netherlandish Painting.
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This article introduces the Biscayan-Triptych of the Lamentation in the context of the artist's oeuvre.
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English Translation of the above article
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Survey of the rediscovery and history of collecting Early Netherlandish Paintings from the late 18th to the 20th century
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Chapter from an extensive exhibition catalogue in the Groeningemuseum Bruges on the grey zones between restoration and falsifications
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An overview on the emerging renaissance vocabulary in two categories of Northern European Sculpture, namely altarpieces and funerary monuments.
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Survey of the artistic relations between Bruges' paintings, foreign patrons and export of artefacts.
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Discusses underdrawing of the Madonna of Wolfhard Strauss in St Emmeram in Regensburg with a Crucifixion by the same master in the Groeningemuseum in Bruges and analyses the differences with Van Eyck's underdrawing.
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This contribution addresses the problems concerning the notion "Dürer-Zeit" (The Age of Dürer) from a historiographical point of view and points to some characteristics in the contemporary perception of the early 16th century in Germany.
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The paper addresses the problems regarding the term "époque de Durero" in its historical context,
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A survey of the Riemenschneider rediscovery and research until ± 1945.
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Examens the possible cross-currents between different artistic media in Milan under the Visconti and focusses on Giovannino dei Grassi who was active both as illuminator and sculptor.
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This essay addresses the relation between Antonello da Messina and Early Netherlandish Painting.
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Périodisation Siècle, époque, ou année tournant, la période est un outil complexe mais nécessaire. et histoire de l’art Quels en sont les présupposés idéologiques ? Est-il encore opératoire à l’heure du postmodernisme ? De la Grèce... more
Périodisation Siècle, époque, ou année tournant, la période est un outil complexe mais nécessaire. et histoire de l’art Quels en sont les présupposés idéologiques ? Est-il encore opératoire à l’heure du postmodernisme ? De la Grèce antique à l’art islamique, de l’historicisme aux manuels d’histoire de l’art, essais et débats sur une notion clé
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reactie op 'Cyriel Stroo: Rezension von: Till-Holger Borchert [Hg.]: The Age of Van Eyck. The Mediterranean World and Early Netherlandish Painting 1430-1530. Ausstellungskatalog Groeningemuseum, Brugge 2002, London: Thames &... more
reactie op 'Cyriel Stroo: Rezension von: Till-Holger Borchert [Hg.]: The Age of Van Eyck. The Mediterranean World and Early Netherlandish Painting 1430-1530. Ausstellungskatalog Groeningemuseum, Brugge 2002, London: Thames & Hudson 2002
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... the collection in the following years; one of these was the Lamentation that Keverberg had had restored by Van Bree [fig ... 68 That same year he bought an Entombment in Milan [fig ... 112], then attributed to Lucas van Leyden, in... more
... the collection in the following years; one of these was the Lamentation that Keverberg had had restored by Van Bree [fig ... 68 That same year he bought an Entombment in Milan [fig ... 112], then attributed to Lucas van Leyden, in which he thought he rec-ognized the hand of van der ...
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L’Agneau mystique des freres Van Eyck (1432) est unanimement reconnu comme oeuvre picturale sublime, avec un rayonnement et une influence exceptionnels. Ce fut la premiere peinture a l’huile de grande taille et le mysticisme religieux... more
L’Agneau mystique des freres Van Eyck (1432) est unanimement reconnu comme oeuvre picturale sublime, avec un rayonnement et une influence exceptionnels. Ce fut la premiere peinture a l’huile de grande taille et le mysticisme religieux s’en degage avec force. Le retable se lit presque comme un ABC du christianisme, allant de l’Annonciation au sacrifice symbolique du Christ : « l’agneau mystique » represente sur un autel dans un paysage paradisiaque, versant son sang dans le Saint Graal. Ce livre regroupe pour la premiere fois un grand nombre de savoirs lie a l’Agneau mystique – soit le monumental polyptyque realise par les freres Hubert et Jan Van Eyck en collaboration avec un atelier de renom et un ensemble de conseillers sur le plan du contenu. Ce livre nourrit une ambition similaire : reunir des experts des disciplines les plus diverses. Ce n’est qu’en combinant les points de vue des specialistes en histoire de l’art, des historiens, des philosophes, des scientifiques du religieux...
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Catalogue exhibition FACES THEN - Renaissanceportretten uit de Lage Landen, BOZAR Brussel. Essay: "De functie van het portret" pp. 58-69 and the entries on Anthonis Mor "Self-portrait", "Portrait of Jan van... more
Catalogue exhibition FACES THEN - Renaissanceportretten uit de Lage Landen, BOZAR Brussel. Essay: "De functie van het portret" pp. 58-69 and the entries on Anthonis Mor "Self-portrait", "Portrait of Jan van Scorel" and "Portrait of a Married Woman" (pp. 152-157).
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L'exposition "Jean Van Eyck, les Primitifs flamands et le Sud", presentee au musee Groeninge jusqu'au 30 juin, aborde pour la premiere fois, de maniere exhaustive, l'influence exercee par l'art des Primitifs... more
L'exposition "Jean Van Eyck, les Primitifs flamands et le Sud", presentee au musee Groeninge jusqu'au 30 juin, aborde pour la premiere fois, de maniere exhaustive, l'influence exercee par l'art des Primitifs flamands sur la peinture du sud de l'Europe, dans le midi de la France, l'Italie, l'Espagne et le Portugal. Outre les chefs-d'œuvre des musees de Bruges, tels La Madone et le Chanoine Van der Paele de Van Eyck ou La Mort de la Vierge d'Hugo Van der Goes, elle reunit, grâce a des prets internationaux, des peintures d'Antonello de Messine, Giovanni Bellini, Nuno Goncalves, Pedro Berruguette, Nicolas Froment ou encore Ludovico Brea.
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Rapidement reconnu comme un portraitiste talentueux par la societe brugeoise, Memling mit au point un nouveau type de portrait : le portrait sur fond de paysage. Une exposition presentee a Madrid est consacreepour la premiere fois a cet... more
Rapidement reconnu comme un portraitiste talentueux par la societe brugeoise, Memling mit au point un nouveau type de portrait : le portrait sur fond de paysage. Une exposition presentee a Madrid est consacreepour la premiere fois a cet aspect fondamental de son oeuvre.
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The longer we gaze at the paintings of the old masters, the more we appreciate the subtlety and artistry of the painters who created them. This beautiful book offers readers an opportunity to learn and study the art of Jan van Eyck,... more
The longer we gaze at the paintings of the old masters, the more we appreciate the subtlety and artistry of the painters who created them. This beautiful book offers readers an opportunity to learn and study the art of Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and many other masters of this period and region. It also explores their influence on later artists from the Baroque period. Each of the works is briefly presented along with its historical and contextual background and importance. Then in a series of full-page illustrations, specific details are enlarged to guide the reader carefully and thoughtfully through the piece's nuances and often overlooked features. The result is the next best thing to a private viewing at a museum - a truly sensuous and emotional experience that will engage both the novice and the expert. Till-Holger Borchert's texts are informative and engaging as he shares his singular passion for these great works in a magnificent book that will inspire viewers to form their own opinions and exercise their own powers of observation within the context of this important period in art history
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This article revisits the Belgium restorer Jef Van der Veken.
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survey on the images of Saint George as part of an exhibition catalogue for Mons, Cultural Capital of Europe 2015
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Short overview on hispano-flemish painting in Aragon.
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Review of the English translation of Schlosser's seminal publication. With an introduction by Thomas Da Costa Kauffmann
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ACC Art Books, London & New York, distrib. Hannibal Publishing. ISBN 978 94 9267 797 6 The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by the Van Eyck brothers (1432), is recognised worldwide as a great work of art, and one of... more
ACC Art Books, London & New York, distrib. Hannibal Publishing.
ISBN 978 94 9267 797 6
The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by the
Van Eyck brothers (1432), is recognised worldwide as a great work
of art, and one of the most influential paintings ever made. It was
the world’s first major oil painting, and it is laced with religious
mysticism. The work almost reads like an A to Z of Christianity – from
the Annunciation to the symbolic sacrifice of Christ, with the ‘Mystic
Lamb’ on an altar in a heavenly meadow, bleeding into the Holy Grail.
For the first time, this book gathers together diverse insights on the
Ghent Altarpiece, the monumental polyptych that the brothers Hubert
and Jan van Eyck realised with the assistance of a large workshop
and advisers on the painting’s subject matters. This book has the
same aim: to bring together experts from the most diverse disciplines.
Only by combining the perspectives of (art) historians, philosophers,
religious studies scholars, mathematicians and specialists in optics
can one fully understand the riches and depth of this masterpiece.
Lavishly illustrated, including details that have come to light using
state-of-the-art techniques during the current conservation project and
are not always visible to the naked eye.
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INTRODUCTION
From conservation
to re-evaluation:
an interdisciplinary
approach to
the Ghent Altarpiece
Maximiliaan P.J. Martens
& Danny Praet
p. 10
Chapter I
(ART) HISTORY
THE CITY
Ghent and the Burgundian state
in the fifteenth century
Marc Boone
p. 16
THE CLIENTS
A noble altarpiece:
the socio-historical context
of the painting
Frederik Buylaert & Erik Verroken
p. 50
THE CREATORS
The role of Hubert Van Eyck
in the Ghent Altarpiece
Maximiliaan P.J. Martens
p. 116
Jan Van Eyck and his workshop:
organisation, collaborators, legacy
Till-Holger Borchert
p. 138
SCIENCE
Virtual restoration and mathematical
analysis of the pearls in the Ghent
Altarpiece
Aleksandra Pižurica, Ljiljana Platiša,
Tijana Ružić, Bruno Cornelis, Ann Dooms,
Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Marc De Mey
& Ingrid Daubechies
p. 182
PERCEPTION
De visione Dei: optics, theology
and philosophy in the Ghent Altarpiece
Marc De Mey
p. 202
VIRTUES
De virtutibus Dei: ancient and
medieval philosophy of the virtues
in the Ghent Altarpiece
Danny Praet
p. 240
CRIME AND MYTH
The Ghent Altarpiece:
the most stolen artwork ever
Karel Mortier
p. 302
FILM
The Silence of the Mystic Lambs:
film, Van Eyck, Panofsky and Cauvin
Steven Jacobs
p. 320
PHOTOGRAPHY
The post-war life of
the Ghent Altarpiece
ISBN 978 94 9267 797 6
The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by the
Van Eyck brothers (1432), is recognised worldwide as a great work
of art, and one of the most influential paintings ever made. It was
the world’s first major oil painting, and it is laced with religious
mysticism. The work almost reads like an A to Z of Christianity – from
the Annunciation to the symbolic sacrifice of Christ, with the ‘Mystic
Lamb’ on an altar in a heavenly meadow, bleeding into the Holy Grail.
For the first time, this book gathers together diverse insights on the
Ghent Altarpiece, the monumental polyptych that the brothers Hubert
and Jan van Eyck realised with the assistance of a large workshop
and advisers on the painting’s subject matters. This book has the
same aim: to bring together experts from the most diverse disciplines.
Only by combining the perspectives of (art) historians, philosophers,
religious studies scholars, mathematicians and specialists in optics
can one fully understand the riches and depth of this masterpiece.
Lavishly illustrated, including details that have come to light using
state-of-the-art techniques during the current conservation project and
are not always visible to the naked eye.
6
INTRODUCTION
From conservation
to re-evaluation:
an interdisciplinary
approach to
the Ghent Altarpiece
Maximiliaan P.J. Martens
& Danny Praet
p. 10
Chapter I
(ART) HISTORY
THE CITY
Ghent and the Burgundian state
in the fifteenth century
Marc Boone
p. 16
THE CLIENTS
A noble altarpiece:
the socio-historical context
of the painting
Frederik Buylaert & Erik Verroken
p. 50
THE CREATORS
The role of Hubert Van Eyck
in the Ghent Altarpiece
Maximiliaan P.J. Martens
p. 116
Jan Van Eyck and his workshop:
organisation, collaborators, legacy
Till-Holger Borchert
p. 138
SCIENCE
Virtual restoration and mathematical
analysis of the pearls in the Ghent
Altarpiece
Aleksandra Pižurica, Ljiljana Platiša,
Tijana Ružić, Bruno Cornelis, Ann Dooms,
Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Marc De Mey
& Ingrid Daubechies
p. 182
PERCEPTION
De visione Dei: optics, theology
and philosophy in the Ghent Altarpiece
Marc De Mey
p. 202
VIRTUES
De virtutibus Dei: ancient and
medieval philosophy of the virtues
in the Ghent Altarpiece
Danny Praet
p. 240
CRIME AND MYTH
The Ghent Altarpiece:
the most stolen artwork ever
Karel Mortier
p. 302
FILM
The Silence of the Mystic Lambs:
film, Van Eyck, Panofsky and Cauvin
Steven Jacobs
p. 320
PHOTOGRAPHY
The post-war life of
the Ghent Altarpiece
Research Interests: History of Religion, History of Christianity, Urban History, Painting, Spirituality & Mysticism, and 12 moreMedieval Low Countries, 15th Century Burgundy, Flemish Painting, Jan Van Eyck, The history of the Low Countries in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Bruges, Hubert van Eyck, Flemish Primitives, Ghent, Ghent Altarpiece, Van Eyck, and Jan van Eyck and the Mystic Lamb
Attributions are central questions in art history. Since the introduction of new examination methods such as radiography, infrared photography and reflectography, conventional art history has undergone major changes. Technical... more
Attributions are central questions in art history. Since the introduction of new examination methods such as radiography, infrared photography and reflectography, conventional art history has undergone major changes. Technical examinations can provide additional arguments for attributing works of art to individual artists or their workshops. However, technical studies often also reveal complex working methods, while new scientific imagery sometimes challenges accepted attributions and instigates reconsiderations of traditional attributions. The XIXth symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting which was held in Bruges on 11-13 September 2014 was dedicated to technical studies of paintings: problems of attribution (15th-17th centuries). It focussed on the various ways in which technical studies can provide answers to the often complex issue of attribution and will discuss the challenges that art historians face in proposing conclusive theories.
This book captures the variety of twenty-four papers presented at the symposium.
This book captures the variety of twenty-four papers presented at the symposium.
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Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Frick Collection (18 September 2018-13 January 2019). This book celebrates the reunion -- for the first time in twenty-four years and only the second time in their history -- of two masterpieces of... more
Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Frick Collection (18 September 2018-13 January 2019).
This book celebrates the reunion -- for the first time in twenty-four years and only the second time in their history -- of two masterpieces of early Netherlandish painting commissioned by the Carthusian monk Jan Vos during his tenure as prior of the Charterhouse of Bruges in the 1440s: The Frick Collection's "Virgin and Child with St. Barbara, St. Elizabeth, and Jan Vos", commissioned from Jan van Eyck and completed by his workshop; and the Gemäldegalerie's "Virgin and Child with St. Barbara and Jan Vos", painted by Petrus Christus. These panels are examined with a selection of objects that place them for the first time in the rich Carthusian context for which they were created. Drawing on recent technical examination and new archival research, this volume explores the panels' creation, patronage, and function in their rich Carthusian context.
The Carthusian order was one of the most austere strands of late medieval monasticism. In apparent contradiction to this asceticism, Carthusian monasteries became remarkable repositories of art, a material accumulation often attributed to lay patronage. However this explanation overlooks the ways in which the Carthusians themselves commissioned and used images for their daily devotions and liturgy, as well as their commemoration. The story of Jan Vos and his patronage of Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus fundamentally informs our understanding of the role played by images in shaping monastic life and funerary strategies in late medieval Europe.
This book celebrates the reunion -- for the first time in twenty-four years and only the second time in their history -- of two masterpieces of early Netherlandish painting commissioned by the Carthusian monk Jan Vos during his tenure as prior of the Charterhouse of Bruges in the 1440s: The Frick Collection's "Virgin and Child with St. Barbara, St. Elizabeth, and Jan Vos", commissioned from Jan van Eyck and completed by his workshop; and the Gemäldegalerie's "Virgin and Child with St. Barbara and Jan Vos", painted by Petrus Christus. These panels are examined with a selection of objects that place them for the first time in the rich Carthusian context for which they were created. Drawing on recent technical examination and new archival research, this volume explores the panels' creation, patronage, and function in their rich Carthusian context.
The Carthusian order was one of the most austere strands of late medieval monasticism. In apparent contradiction to this asceticism, Carthusian monasteries became remarkable repositories of art, a material accumulation often attributed to lay patronage. However this explanation overlooks the ways in which the Carthusians themselves commissioned and used images for their daily devotions and liturgy, as well as their commemoration. The story of Jan Vos and his patronage of Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus fundamentally informs our understanding of the role played by images in shaping monastic life and funerary strategies in late medieval Europe.
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Die altniederländischen Künstler um Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin und Rogier van der Weyden haben nicht nur die Tafelmalerei grundlegend erneuert, sondern auch einen entscheidenden Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der altdeutschen Malerei... more
Die altniederländischen Künstler um Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin und Rogier van der Weyden haben nicht nur die Tafelmalerei grundlegend erneuert, sondern auch einen entscheidenden Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der altdeutschen Malerei ausgeübt. Erstmals wird hier anhand zahlreicher Meisterwerke dieser Einfluss auf die wichtigsten mitteleuropäischen Kunstregionen umfassend und systematisch dargelegt. In Beiträgen führender Experten wird deutlich, dass die Städte mit ihren Handelsbeziehungen – neben den dynastischen Kontakten – in diesem Prozess eine wichtige Rolle spielten. Künstlerische Impulse wurden über transportable Zeichnungen und Druckgrafik, aber auch durch Künstlerreisen vermittelt, auf welchen die Maler ihre Vorbilder direkt in Augenschein nehmen konnten."
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This catalogue provides an overview of Memling's successful career in portraiture, with a selection of some thirty portraits , including portrait-wings from diptychs and triptychs along with autonomous panels of individual patrons. Each... more
This catalogue provides an overview of Memling's successful career in portraiture, with a selection of some thirty portraits , including portrait-wings from diptychs and triptychs along with autonomous panels of individual patrons. Each of the three exhibition venues—the Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid, the Groeningemuseum, Bruges, and The Frick Collection, New York—has contributed paintings unique to its collection, and all the works are reproduced here. The selection illustrates topics of particular relevance to Memling's work: the exchange of influences with contemporary portraiture from Italy to Germany; issues of patronage relating to donor-portraits; and the role of the workshop in artistic production. Four essays by Till-Holger Borchert, Lorne Campbell, Paula Nuttal, and Maryan Ainsworth shed new light on Memling's techniques and aims.
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The emergence of early Netherlandish painting and its dissemination throughout Europe took place during one of the most intriguing epochs in the history of Western Europe. This age of transition from the late Middle Ages to early modern... more
The emergence of early Netherlandish painting and its dissemination throughout Europe took place during one of the most intriguing epochs in the history of Western Europe. This age of transition from the late Middle Ages to early modern times was characterized by fundamental changes in economics, politics, religion, society, andin its broadest senseculture. It is no coincidence that the art of Jan van Eyck, the Master of Flemalle, Rogier van der Weyden, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, and Gerard David flowered in the period that saw the formation and expansion of a mighty Burgundian state in the prosperous provinces of the Netherlands and the neighboring regions. The ever-growing political significance of Burgundy was reflected by the success of Burgundian culture abroad. From the outset, members of the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese business communities residing in Flanders, such as the Arnolfini and Portinari, took pride in commissioning works by Netherlandish painters that were eagerly sought after by the princes and urban entrepreneurs of their homelands. The Sforza of Milan sent their court painter to Bugatto to train with Rogier van der Weyden; Alphonso V of Aragon ordered his painter Dalmau to travel to the Netherlands; and Isabella of Castile appointed Juan de Flandes alongside other Northerners as her court painter. The presence of Netherlandish works of art in the South inspired Iberian, French, and Italian artists such as Jean Fouquet, Filippino Lippi, Antonello da Messina, Bartolome Bermejo, and Nuno Goncalves. This book explores the complex artistic, cultural, socioeconomic, and political relationships between Burgundian Netherlands and the Mediterranean.
German prints and drawings c. 1420 - 1575 from the collection of Museum Boijmans- van Beuningen