11626
Accession Number
25661
Editor
England, Pamela; Van Zelst, Lambertus
Title Of Article Chaper
Dendrochronological studies on oak panels of Rogier van der Weyden and Robert Campin
Title Of Journal Book
Application of science in examination of works of art: proceedings of the seminar, September 7-9, 1983
Pages
22-28
Collation
1 table, 8 figs.
Reference Bibliography
12 refs.
Publisher
Museum of Fine Arts
Publisher City
Boston
ISBN
0 87846 255 4
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph : Proceedings
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The purpose of applying dendrochronology to art historical problems is to establish, in the case of panel paintings, a felling date for the tree(s) from which the wood panel was made. Most 15th-century panel paintings tend to be neither signed nor dated: tree-ring analysis of the panels attributed to Rogier van der Weyden and to Robert Campion resulted in new criteria regarding their attribution. In addition to felling date, it is also possible to determine length of storage period before wood was used and provenance of the source tree. A few paintings and five altarpieces of Rogier van der Weyden and five paintings of Campion were examined for this study. See also <i>AATA</i> <b>24-45</b>, <b>24-625</b>, <b>25-30</b>, <b>25-493</b>, and <b>26-1489</b>.
Keywords
oak;Campin, Robert (1378-1444);dendrochronology;panel paintings; attribution;storage;wood;provenance;painting;altarpieces; Weyden, Rogier van der (1399-1464)
pub_id
11626