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The Legend of St. Joseph (detail), possibly ca. 1490–1500, follower of Robert Campin. Hoogstraten, Church of St. Catherine.from Frames and Supports in 15th- and 16th-Century Southern Netherlandish Painting
Today marks the launch of a new in-depth study of selected panel paintings and their frames, Frames and Supports in 15th- and 16th-Century Southern Netherlandish Painting, supported by the Getty Foundation as part of the Panel Paintings Initiative.
This free e-book is published by KIK-IRPA, the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage in Brussels, and written by scholar Hélène Verougstraete. Offering 700 images and 1500 diagrams, the book is an updated study based on the author’s 1989 doctoral thesis, which was prepared in French with black and white pictures. The new version has been fully translated into English and contains expanded research with crisp full-color illustrations and a searchable, zoomable interface. Oh, and did I mention there is a whole section devoted to the Ghent Altarpiece? Here, a few thoughts about what makes this new study so exciting.
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