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Abstract
A thinly painted panel painting attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, at Copenhagen’s Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), illustrates The Strife of Lent
with Shrove-Tide. It is signed ‘BRVEGHEL·1562’ and depicts three faces modelled over an underdrawing in red chalk. This contribution argues for a firm attribution of the painting to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, founded on the results from thorough technical analyses, including dendrochronology, infrared reflectography, X-radiography, SEM-EDX and XRF. The terminus post quem provided by the felling date of the tree used for the panel matches Bruegel’s lifetime, and examination by infrared reflectography revealed a hitherto unobserved signature and date in the upper-right corner of the painting
that corresponds with the dendrochronological result.
The long scholarly debate on the attribution of the painting is also addressed through a study of the painting’s provenance and attribution history.
with Shrove-Tide. It is signed ‘BRVEGHEL·1562’ and depicts three faces modelled over an underdrawing in red chalk. This contribution argues for a firm attribution of the painting to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, founded on the results from thorough technical analyses, including dendrochronology, infrared reflectography, X-radiography, SEM-EDX and XRF. The terminus post quem provided by the felling date of the tree used for the panel matches Bruegel’s lifetime, and examination by infrared reflectography revealed a hitherto unobserved signature and date in the upper-right corner of the painting
that corresponds with the dendrochronological result.
The long scholarly debate on the attribution of the painting is also addressed through a study of the painting’s provenance and attribution history.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Bruegel Success Story : Papers Presented at Symposium XXI for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting, Brussels, 12-14 September 2018 |
| Editors | C Currie |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Place of Publication | Leuven |
| Publisher | Peeters |
| Publication date | 2021 |
| Pages | 129-146 |
| Article number | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789042943322 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789042943339 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Series | Underdrawing and Technology in Painting. Symposia |
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| Volume | 21 |
Activities
- 1 Hosting an academic visitor
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Annette T. Keller
Ludvigsen, L. (Host)
21 Aug 2018 → 22 Aug 2018Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Imaging Brueghel Multi band imaging af SMK værker tilskrevet Brueghel
Ludvigsen, L. (PI)
Project: Research
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The father, the son, the followers: Six Brueg(h)els in Copenhagen examined
Haack Christensen, A. (Project participant), Wadum, J. (Project participant) & Buti, D. (Project participant)
01/05/2018 → 01/10/2018
Project: Research