Thesis: Painters' supports and studio practices (2009)

Title: Technical Art History: Painters' supports and studio practices of Rembrandt, Dou and Vermeer
Author:Jørgen Wadum
University: University of Amsterdam
Year: 2009
Pages: 237
Type of document: thesis
Link: http://dare.uva.nl/... (pdf)

Table of contents:

Introduction : discoursing artworks : the multiple faces of conservation documentation

Part I. Supports and their making, meaning and protection
The winter room at Rosenborg Castle : a unique survival of Antwerp mass-production
The Antwerp brand on paintings on panels
Historical overview of panel-making techniques in the northern countries
Microclimate boxes for panel paintings
Peeter Stas : an Antwerp coppersmith and his marks
Antwerp copper plates

Part II. Studio practices of Vermeer, Rembrandt and Dou
Dou doesn't paint, oh no, he juggles with his brush : Gerrit Dou, a Rembrandtesque 'fijnschilder'
Rembrandt under the skin : the Mauritshuis portrait of Rembrandt with gorget in retrospect
Vermeer in perspective
Contours of Vermeer

Part III. Bibliography