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Drawing → Underdrawing → Painting: Compositional Evolution in the Working Process of Joachim Beuckelaer.

Drawing → Underdrawing → Painting: Compositional Evolution in the Working Process of Joachim Beuckelaer.

Authors :
Wolters, Margreet
Source :
Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art; 2012, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p1-17, 17p, 7 Color Photographs, 7 Black and White Photographs
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

This article compares a number of drawings and related paintings by the Antwerp artist Joachim Beuckelaer: three drawings of the Adoration of the Shepherds and two related painted versions of the same subject; two oil sketches on paper, each depicting half of a Crucifixion scene, and the associated painting; and a drawing and painting both representing Isaac Blessing Jacob. The paintings were examined with infrared reflectography (IRR), revealing for study the important intermediary step of the underdrawing. The article demonstrates how the artist began with a design on paper and worked toward the final paint stage in a continuous and supple design process that incorporated numerous shifts and changes in composition. It also shows that the use of squaring on drawings and paintings is not as straightforward as might be expected. Similarly, the deft handling of workshop models, as well as certain procedural idiosyncrasies, indicates that in most cases, instead of acting at the behest of his patrons, Beuckelaer himself was the one responsible for the changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19499833
Volume :
4
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
90170613
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5092/jhna.2012.4.2.2