Sacha Zdanov

The 43rd issue of the Annales d’histoire de l’art et d’archéologie of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) has been published.

For further information, please reach out to Christine Boulanger (christine.boulanger@perier-dieteren.org).

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Sébastien Peel, Le cycle marial de la chapelle d’Eton : analyse des transferts artistiques entre les anciens Pays-Bas et l’Angleterre.

Sacha Zdanov, Le portrait d’Édouard IV d’Angleterre, reflet d’une œuvre perdue du Maître des Portraits Baroncelli.

Didier Martens & Alexandre Dimov, Le Maître de Briviesca, une figure oubliée de l’histoire de la peinture brugeoise du XVI^e siècle.

Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker, À propos d’une coupe all’antica de Pietro Maria Serbaldi : un prototype du faux archéologique à la fin du Quattrocento ? 

Marie-Anne Dragon, De la plume au pinceau. L’introduction du dindon dans l’iconographie des anciens Pays-Bas au XVI^e siècle.

Pierre Anagnostopoulos & Arnaud Schenkel, Lecture d’un relief à l’aide de l’imagerie 3D. Méthode de relevé, analyse et présentation du décor à grotesques d’une colonne du jubé de la collégiale Sainte-Waudru à Mons.

Anne-Sophie Laruelle, Les collections des princes-évêques de Liège (XVI^e-XVIII^e siècles) : état de l’art et perspectives.

Erika Basso & Philippe D’Arschot, Une cicogne au bébé. Une rare coupe animalière du XVII^e siècle.

Wendy Frère, Le captif enchaîné : héritage et circulation d’un motif iconographique dans la production des sculpteurs Quellinus.

Georges Rapsaet, Le frontispice gravé par Bernard Picart pour l’édition des Scriptores rei rusticae de Johan Matthias Gesner en 1735. La première représentation de la moissonneuse gallo-romaine et la symbolique de l’Humanisme radical.

Delphine Steyaert, Retables néogothiques conçus par Bethune, l’exemple de l’église Saint-Jacques de Tournai.

As part of the preliminary study to the restoration of the 16th-century Fountain of the Three Graces from the collections of the Brussels City Museum, the findings of KIK-IRPA’s interdisciplinary team made it possible to attribute the artwork to one of the major sculptors of the Italian Renaissance: Guglielmo Della Porta (1515-1577).

The white marble used by the artist, the iconographic theme of the fountain and the mythological scenes on its pedestal all seem to point to the Italian sculptor. Comparisons with the fountain at Boussu Castle, a well-known work from the sculptor’s workshop, bring the Three Graces even closer to Della Porta. The upcoming restoration of the fountain should enable the restorers to support this attribution.

Supported by the Périer-D’Ieteren Foundation, the restoration of the panels bearing the coats of arms of Philip the Fair and Philip of Burgundy has just been completed. The two heraldic paintings will be shown at the Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen as part of the Renaissance Children exhibition, which will open on 26 March (link).

On 22 May 1491, Philip the Fair (1478-1506), then 12 years old, convened the knights of the Golden Fleece in Mechelen. At this 15th chapter of the Order, thirty paintings representing the knights’ coats of arms and names were produced. These artworks have been attributed to court artists, such as Pierre Coustain and Jacob van Laethem. As usual, these panels were hung in the choir of the Saint Rumbold cathedral, where they can still be seen today.

The proceedings of the colloquium on applied brocade organised by the Université Grenoble-Alpes (UGA-CRHIPA) and ARC-Nucléart on 10 and 11 December 2015 have been published, in open access, thanks to the support of the Périer-D’Ieteren Foundation. Edited under the direction of Laurence Rivière Ciavaldini, the colloquium proceedings are available for consultation via the webjournal CeROArt. LINK: https://doi.org/10.4000/ceroart.6943.

Submission deadline : 31 March 2021

The Périer-D’Ieteren Foundation grants its support to a European visiting researcher at a Belgian university, to carry out postdoctoral research in the fields of art history or conservation-restoration under the supervision of a member of the university’s teaching staff. The grant will be awarded for a period of three to six months. The Foundation also offers selected researchers complimentary accommodation on its premises for the duration of the fellowship.

The application form can be completed either in English or in French : Link.

The 42nd issue of the Annales d’histoire de l’art et d’archéologie of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) has been published.

For further information, please reach out to Christine Boulanger (christine.boulanger@perier-dieteren.org).

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Olga SPAEY / Analyse stylistique et formelle de la grotte de Rouffignac (Dordogne)

Caroline EUDE-DEVAUX / La tenture de la Vie du Christ et de la Vierge d’Aix-en-Provence et ses liens avec l’atelier du peintre Colyn de Coter : nouvelles pistes de réflexion

Valentine HENDERIKS / L’attribution inédite du Portrait d’un membre de l’Ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem à Albrecht Bouts serait-elle la clé d’une énigme ?

Louise LONGNEAUX / À propos du carton de la Dérision des prisonniers, modèle pour une tapisserie des Gestes et des Triomphes de Scipion

Elsa ESPIN / Redécouverte d’un chef-d’œuvre : l’Adoration de l’Enfant du Petit Palais d’Avignon

Matthias HERCOT, Marie VANHUYSSE and Perrine FRANCO / Redécouverte d’un haut-relief de l’abbaye norbertine d’Averbode

Morgane POPELIN / Maurice Quentin de La Tour : Portrait d’un homme qui rit

Thomas UNGER / La fascination pour Caravage, figure d’exception des “Old Masters”

Publication of the proceedings of the conference on the Saint-Denis altarpiece, held at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage in Brussels from 22 to 24 October 2015.

The volume includes a contribution by Catheline Périer-D’Ieteren: La huche du retable de Saint-Denis. Un produit de l’atelier des Borman.

More details on the publisher’s website: Brepols.

Summary:

The impressive altarpiece in the church of Saint-Denis in Liège is one of the most prestigious but also one of the most enigmatic witnesses to the rich Brabantine altarpiece production at the end of the Middle Ages. The interdisciplinary study carried out during its restoration at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels between 2012 and 2014 allowed to resolve some of the questions involved and to propose new refreshing hypotheses. The attribution to the Borman, the most prestigious Brussels sculptor family, was refined, as was its dating in the early 1530s, when the vocabulary of Italian Renaissance began to invade the art of the Meuse banks simultaneously with the still well-anchored Gothic style.

This volume provides a broad platform for the exceptional character of the partial polychromy of the altarpiece, highlighted by the investigation conducted at the KIK-IRPA. This research was nourished by many comparative reflections. The abundant and varied studies presented here, mainly originate from an international conference held in October 2015. In addition, the restoration at KIK-IRPA, between 2016 and 2019, of some of the painted panels that initially adorned the shutters of the altarpiece, also allowed a beneficial reconsideration of the participation of the great Liège painter Lambert Lombard and some local workshop. Starting from an amazing work, they represent an important part of the artistic activity in Liège revived by Prince-Bishop Érard de La Marck.

The library of the Périer-D’Ieteren Foundation, which already held an important collection of catalogues from auction houses and art galleries dating from the late 20^th century to the present, has just been enriched by catalogues of Christie’s and Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings sales since the 1980s, from the personal collection of Roland de Lathuy.

This collection, of capital importance for research in art history, is accessible by appointment, from Monday to Thursday between 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-17:00, and is in the process of being inventoried in the online catalogue of the ULB’s Human Sciences Library (link).

The Foundation’s library has reopened.

The library is open to the public from Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., by appointment only. There is free access to books and articles. For the image library and archives, please indicate the reason for your visit in advance to facilitate your research.

Contacts.

The Périer-D’Ieteren Foundation has decided to grant financial aid to the project set up by Yvon Englert, the Rector of the Université libre de Bruxelles, and Professor Jean-Michel Hougardy.

More information.