La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire
The controversy about the attribution of « The Fall of Icarus» at the Brussels Museum of Fine Arts has been heightened many times, namely by a radiocarbon dating of the first canvas, from which it is concluded that P. Bruegel the Elder cannot have painted this canvas ; and more recently by the publi...
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| description | The controversy about the attribution of « The Fall of Icarus» at the Brussels Museum of Fine Arts has been heightened many times, namely by a radiocarbon dating of the first canvas, from which it is concluded that P. Bruegel the Elder cannot have painted this canvas ; and more recently by the publication of a book by D. Allart and C. Curri, as well as a paper from these authors published in this Journal. It seems to me that the desattribution of this painting is not compatible with some results of scientific examination that were previously published in the literature. Therefore, I propose to review the different studies about this painting in order to draw a conclusion that takes all of them into account. In particular, taking into account the analysis of a paint sample, I will provide an interpretation of the reflectograms of the underlying drawing that takes into account a probable transposition. I will finally demonstrate how different analyses lead to the conclusion that ``The Fall of Icarus´´ at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts is probably an authentic pannel by P. Bruegel, Father or Son, that has been heavily altered by a transposition on canvas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8c5285492d7144e6af72cfe7425e9ee42025-01-30T14:14:32ZengAssociation CeROArtCeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art1784-50922015-06-0110.4000/ceroart.4776La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoireLéopold KockaertThe controversy about the attribution of « The Fall of Icarus» at the Brussels Museum of Fine Arts has been heightened many times, namely by a radiocarbon dating of the first canvas, from which it is concluded that P. Bruegel the Elder cannot have painted this canvas ; and more recently by the publication of a book by D. Allart and C. Curri, as well as a paper from these authors published in this Journal. It seems to me that the desattribution of this painting is not compatible with some results of scientific examination that were previously published in the literature. Therefore, I propose to review the different studies about this painting in order to draw a conclusion that takes all of them into account. In particular, taking into account the analysis of a paint sample, I will provide an interpretation of the reflectograms of the underlying drawing that takes into account a probable transposition. I will finally demonstrate how different analyses lead to the conclusion that ``The Fall of Icarus´´ at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts is probably an authentic pannel by P. Bruegel, Father or Son, that has been heavily altered by a transposition on canvas.https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/4776BruegelattributionexpertiseThe Fall of Icarusscientific analysis |
| spellingShingle | Léopold Kockaert La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art Bruegel attribution expertise The Fall of Icarus scientific analysis |
| title | La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire |
| title_full | La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire |
| title_fullStr | La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire |
| title_full_unstemmed | La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire |
| title_short | La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire |
| title_sort | la chute d icare des musees royaux des beaux arts de belgique reattribuee par l examen de laboratoire |
| topic | Bruegel attribution expertise The Fall of Icarus scientific analysis |
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