Seppe Roels, independent conservator - restorator

1. Research and conservation of an
early 16th century private altarpiece
from the M-collection
Wedding of Anna and Joachim
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

2. Welcome
• what do we know?
• what do we see?
• treatment
• treatment by colleagues
• additional research
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

3. what do we know?
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

4. Provenance
Provenienz:
Coll. Mme. Pericbon, Paris, (...) Montmartre
(laut Stempel im Schrein), Schweizer Privatsammlung
Gemälde Alter Meister
Auktion
Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2010
Nachmittag
Kat.-Nr. 1000–1112
1007*
ANTWERPENER SCHULE ANFANG 16. JH.
Retabel mit der Vermählung von Anna und Joachim (?)
Holz geschnitzt, polygrom gefasst und vergoldet mit Glaseinlagen (Mitte), Öl
auf Holz, je 58 x 20,5 cm (Seitentafeln) resp. 58 x 48 cm (geschlossen)
Der linke Flügel zeigt die Darstellung der Vermählung Mariens mit Joseph.
Der rechte Flügel zeigt die Anbetung der Könige.
Thank you M. Rief!
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

5. • Antwerp (?)
• ca. 1520
• mainly oak, oil paint, paper,
glass
Wedding of Anna and Joachim
• Composite/’pastiche’
• additions in 19th c.
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

6. Marriage of Maria and
Joseph
Adoration of the Magi
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

7. • oil - and water
gilding
• oil paint, bronze
paint, matt paint
• tempera paint
• glacis
• glass
• oak and?
Wedding of Anna and
Joachim
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

8. Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

9. closed front side back side
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

10. what do we see?
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

11. looking deeper at the object -
findings
16th century
• case & wings
• masonry and walls
• not this altarpiece
fragment
composite-composed altarpiece
19th century
• choir stalls
• glass
• addition of a 16th c. altarpiece
fragment
• predella
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

12. 16th century
was
now
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

13. ‘strips’
what?
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

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16. Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

17. additions in 19th century
hinges where replaced, board under the fragment
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

18. small and bigger changes...
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

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21. Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

22. synopsis of damage and
alterations
• purple: additions (19th c.)
• white: structural alterations
• green: ‘bandages’
• blue: new parts
• yellow & pink: glued
• red: lacunas wooden
support
group
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

23. bac
k
• blue: nail holes
• purple: additions
• grey: nails & spikes
• red: crack-fissure
• orange: cracks in wooden support
• white: structural alterations
• green & grey: paper strips (glass)
predella, back
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

24. Toon Van Campenhout
marks
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

25. marks
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26. forestry mark
tools: M. Rief
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

27. treatment
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

28. • green: positioning mark
• blue: hole
• red: empty holes, previous
• yellow: exit holes (insects)
• brown: re-sculpted area
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

29. Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

30. Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

31. during cleaning
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

32. treatment by colleagues
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

33. Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

34. multi-disciplinary
research
• glass:
• Joost Caen (analyses)
• Carola Van den Wijngaert (treatment)
• panels & x-ray: David Lainé
• paper: Ann Peckstadt
• photogrammetry: Thomas Van Damme
• wood:
• Peter Taeymans
• Seppe Roels
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

35. Peter Taeymans‘
work
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

36. paper conservation by Ann Peckstadt
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

37. Carola Van den
Wijngaert
Carola Van den
Wijngaert
Carola Van den
Wijngaert
Carola Van den
Wijngaert
Carola Van den Wijngaert
Carola Van den Wijngaert
conservation treatment of glass by Carola Van den
Wijngaert
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

38. additional research
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

39. Photogrammetry by Thomas Van
Damme
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

40. X-ray imaging by David
Lainé
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

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42. Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

43. before - after
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum

44. Thank You!
Scholars’ Day ‘Current research in late medieval sculpture’ November 26th 2015 @ M - Museum