European paintings 15th-18th Century: copying, emulating and replicating

Abstract

The authors in this illustrated volume explore how art historical and technical examination of 15th-18th century European paintings conducted in tandem not only address key subjects such as meaning, materials, and manufacturing techniques, but also allow fresh perspectives on the prevailing workshop practices of copying, replicating, and emulating paintings.

Contents

Pieter Brueghel as a copyist after Pieter Bruegel / Christina Currie and Dominique Allart -- Copies of prototypes by Quentin Massys from the workshop of his son Jan : the case of the Butter Madonna / Maria Clelia Galassi -- An unpublished copy of Hieronymus Bosch's Temptation of Saint Anthony / Catheline Périer-D'Ieteren -- Emulating van Eyck: the significance of grisaille / Noëlle L.W. Streeton -- Two versions of a Boutsian Virgin and Child painting : questions of attribution, chronology and function / Eva de la Fuente Pedersen and Troels Filtenborg -- Copies and versions : discussing Holbein's legacy in England : technical examination of copies of Holbein portraits at the National Portrait Gallery / Sophie Plender and Polly Saltmarsh -- A technical study of portraits of King James VI and I attributed to John de Critz the Elder (d. 1642) : artist, workshop and copies / Caroline Rae and Aviva Burnstock -- Michiel van Mierevelt, copy master : exploring the oeuvre of the Van Mierevelt workshop / Anita Jansen and Johanneke Verhave -- The Assumption of the Virgin by the studio of Peter Paul Rubens from the National Gallery of Art in Washington : between master's piece and student's copy / Julia Burdajewicz -- The problem of the portrait copies painted by Rubens in Madrid, 1628-29 / Jeremy Wood -- After Raphael : the Hunterian Entombment copy examined in the context of copying practices in early 17th-century Rome / Peter Black, Erma Hermens and Helen Howard -- Materials as markers : how useful are distinctive materials as indicators of master or copyist? / Libby Sheldon and Gabriella Macaro -- Joseph Booth's chymical and mechanical paintings / David Saunders -- The Strawberry girl : repetition in Reynolds's studio practice / Alexandra Gent, Rachel Morrison and Rica Jones.