Dating and provenancing the Woman with lantern sculpture – A contribution towards attribution of Netherlandish art

Domínguez‐Delmás, Marta; Bossema, Francien G.; Mark, Bieke van der; Kostenko, Alexander; Coban, Sophia Bethany; Daalen, Sjoerd van; Duin, Paul van; Batenburg, Kees Joost

doi:10.1016/j.culher.2021.04.005

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“…The scan of the Holy woman with lantern of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, shows that this method makes it possible to record and digitize complex shapes and show the internal structure (Figure 7). Furthermore, they show that surface scans can be added to the CT data, thus overcoming the issue that CT scanning does not record the object's material appearance [41,42].…”

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3D Printing and the Art World: Current Developments and Future Perspectives

Tissen¹

2023

Advances in 3D Printing

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3D printing’s rapid technological development is starting to impact the art field because, for the first time, it has become possible to exactly reproduce and reconstruct artworks without any loss of their physical features. Yet, a coherent overview of how 3D printing is used within the art field while paying attention to ethical considerations does not exist. This study will provide an overview of the current developments of 3D printing in the art world, its use, and the direction it is moving toward. Within this study, the technologies that enable, influence, and will continue to affect the 3D reproduction of artworks, namely technologies necessary to capture an artwork’s materials on a chemical and physical level, artificial intelligence (AI), 3D printing technology itself, and the rise of the non-fungible token (NFT) are analyzed to be able to understand what 3D printing implies for our changing perception of art in the future.

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Section: Computed Tomography (Ct)mentioning

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3D Printing and the Art World: Current Developments and Future Perspectives

Tissen¹

2023

Advances in 3D Printing

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“…and 17th centuries have attested the flow of oak timber into the former Dutch Republic. This timber originated largely from the Baltic (mainly used in works of art and furniture up to c. 1650) and different parts of Germany (used in buildings, infrastructures, and from c. 1650 onwards, on works of art) [40][41][42]. Our results, albeit derived from a small portion of the ship's hull, contribute to the collective knowledge about north European timber trade and illustrate the geographical extent of areas supplying timber for shipbuilding in the Dutch Republic in the 17th century.…”

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Batavia shipwreck timbers reveal a key to Dutch success in 17th-century world trade

2021

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Ocean-going ships were key to rising maritime economies of the Early Modern period, and understanding how they were built is critical to grasp the challenges faced by shipwrights and merchant seafarers. Shipwreck timbers hold material evidence of the dynamic interplay of wood supplies, craftmanship, and evolving ship designs that helped shape the Early Modern world. Here we present the results of dendroarchaeological research carried out on Batavia’s wreck timbers, currently on display at the Western Australian Shipwrecks Museum in Fremantle. Built in Amsterdam in 1628 CE and wrecked on its maiden voyage in June 1629 CE in Western Australian waters, Batavia epitomises Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or VOC) shipbuilding. In the 17th century, the VOC grew to become the first multinational trading enterprise, prompting the rise of the stock market and modern capitalism. Oak (Quercus sp.) was the preferred material for shipbuilding in northern and western Europe, and maritime nations struggled to ensure sufficient supplies to meet their needs and sustain their ever-growing mercantile fleets and networks. Our research illustrates the compatibility of dendrochronological studies with musealisation of shipwreck assemblages, and the results demonstrate that the VOC successfully coped with timber shortages in the early 17th century through diversification of timber sources (mainly Baltic region, Lübeck hinterland in northern Germany, and Lower Saxony in northwest Germany), allocation of sourcing regions to specific timber products (hull planks from the Baltic and Lübeck, framing elements from Lower Saxony), and skillful woodworking craftmanship (sapwood was removed from all timber elements). These strategies, combined with an innovative hull design and the use of wind-powered sawmills, allowed the Dutch to produce unprecedented numbers of ocean-going ships for long-distance voyaging and interregional trade in Asia, proving key to their success in 17th-century world trade.

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“…In the case of panel paintings, the slices where the surface paint contains less metals are the most desirable ones, as those will provide the highest quality of the reconstructed image. In polychrome sculptures for example, several slices can be selected at different heights, where protuberances in the design may provide more tree rings towards the center and the outside of the tree, allowing to retrieve the longest possible tree ring series from the object [25].…”

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“…This study was followed by a real breakthrough when [20] succeeded to date a collection of archaeological objects from the Viking era using dendrochronology on X-ray CT images. Since then, a few studies have demonstrated the successful implementation of dendrochronology based on CT imaging to date cultural heritage objects such as archaeological artefacts [22], Japanese Shinto sculptures [23], Norwegian late medieval sculptures and shrine-door panels [24], and a Netherlandish sculpture [25]. The results of those studies demonstrate the suitability of the method to visualize tree-ring patterns in archaeological wood with different degrees of preservation, and in historical polychromed wood from both broadleaf (Quercus robur/petraea) and conifer (Chamaecyparis obtusa) species.…”

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X-ray computed tomography for non-invasive dendrochronology reveals a concealed double panelling on a painting from Rubens’ studio

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Dating the wood from historical art objects is a crucial step to ascertain their production time, and support or refute attribution to an artist or a workshop. Dendrochronology is commonly used for this purpose but requires access to the tree-ring pattern in the wood, which can be hindered by preparatory layers, polychromy, wax, or integrated frames. Here we implemented non-invasive dendrochronology based on X-ray computed tomography (CT) to examine a painting on panel attributed to Rubens’ studio and its presumed dating around 1636 CE. The CT images achieved a resolution of 37.3 micron and revealed a double panelling, which was concealed by oak strips covering all four edges. The back (visible) board is made of deciduous oak (Quercus subg. Quercus), the most common type of wood used in 17th-century Netherlandish workshops, and was dated terminus post quem after 1557 CE. However, the front (original) board used for the painting has been identified through examination of the wood anatomy as a tropical wood, probably Swietenia sp., a species seldom used in Netherlandish paintings, and remains undated. Its very presence attests the global character of 17th-century trade, and demonstrates the use of exotic species in Flemish studios. The date of the oak board refutes previous results and suggests that this board was trimmed to meet the size of the tropical one, having been glued to it for conservation purposes or with deceiving intentions to pretend that the painting was made on an oak panel. These revelations have opened new lines of art historical inquiry and highlight the potential of X-ray CT as a powerful tool for non-invasive study of historical art objects to retrieve their full history.

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Dating and provenancing the Woman with lantern sculpture – A contribution towards attribution of Netherlandish art

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

3D Printing and the Art World: Current Developments and Future Perspectives

3D Printing and the Art World: Current Developments and Future Perspectives

Batavia shipwreck timbers reveal a key to Dutch success in 17th-century world trade

X-ray computed tomography for non-invasive dendrochronology reveals a concealed double panelling on a painting from Rubens’ studio

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