Materials and technological characteristics of paintings by Johann Georg de Hamilton (1672-1737) - a famous portraitist of horses

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Materials and technological characteristics of paintings by Johann Georg de Hamilton (1672-1737) - a famous portraitist of horses

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Johann Georg de Hamilton (1672-1737) was a painter of Scottish origin (after his father), born in Brussels and educated in the Southern Netherlands. For the purpose of this research, ten portraits of horses attributed to J. G. Hamilton were compared in order to identify specific materials and painting technique features of the artist and finally provide ground for clear differentiation between Hamilton’s paintings and later copies created after his death. One of the most important characteristics of Hamilton’s palette was the employment of not very widely used greyish blue pigment vivianite, applied in the underpainting. In Europe, natural accumulations of this mineral pigment are relatively frequent; however, their economic importance was – in most cases – questionable. Therefore, it seems that vivianite represents more probably a sign of artist’s preference rather than a sign of regional provenance. In the seventeenth century, vivianite became popular in the Northern Netherlands, but in the region of Central Europe and particularly in Bohemia, its findings are rather sporadic. That is why a copyist of Hamilton’s paintings, J. F. Adolph (probably of local Bohemian origin), used completely different technology and materials (earth pigments + indigo instead of vivianite + ultramarine) for the painting of the sky. On the other hand, mineralogical composition of earthy grounds used in the paintings of both artists is completely the same and corresponds to the regional source of earthy pigments in Bavaria.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Materials and technological characteristics of paintings by Johann Georg de Hamilton (1672-1737) - a famous portraitist of horses

Popis výsledku anglicky

Johann Georg de Hamilton (1672-1737) was a painter of Scottish origin (after his father), born in Brussels and educated in the Southern Netherlands. For the purpose of this research, ten portraits of horses attributed to J. G. Hamilton were compared in order to identify specific materials and painting technique features of the artist and finally provide ground for clear differentiation between Hamilton’s paintings and later copies created after his death. One of the most important characteristics of Hamilton’s palette was the employment of not very widely used greyish blue pigment vivianite, applied in the underpainting. In Europe, natural accumulations of this mineral pigment are relatively frequent; however, their economic importance was – in most cases – questionable. Therefore, it seems that vivianite represents more probably a sign of artist’s preference rather than a sign of regional provenance. In the seventeenth century, vivianite became popular in the Northern Netherlands, but in the region of Central Europe and particularly in Bohemia, its findings are rather sporadic. That is why a copyist of Hamilton’s paintings, J. F. Adolph (probably of local Bohemian origin), used completely different technology and materials (earth pigments + indigo instead of vivianite + ultramarine) for the painting of the sky. On the other hand, mineralogical composition of earthy grounds used in the paintings of both artists is completely the same and corresponds to the regional source of earthy pigments in Bavaria.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

AL - Umění, architektura, kulturní dědictví

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/DF12P01OVV048" target="_blank" >DF12P01OVV048: Nová mobilní zařízení, laboratoř a metodika pro nedestruktivní materiálovou analýzu výtvarného umění v kontextu ochrany kulturního dědictví</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Painting Techniques History, Materials and Studio Practice

ISBN

978-94-91714-95-5

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

154-162

Počet stran knihy

292

Název nakladatele

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Místo vydání

Amsterdam

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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