Rogir van der Veiden: Sviatoi Luka risuiushchii Madonnu. K zaversheniiu restavratsii (Rogier van der Weyden: Saint Luke drawing the Virgin. /Published/ on the occasion of the completion of the restoration)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2016. Sewn pb. The authors describe the technical steps taken to restore a masterpiece of Netherlandish painting. Along the way they note the extraordinary provenance of the painting, the right and left halves of which came to the Hermitage at various times, its variants in other museum collections, parallel works by other artists, and the discoveries made about content and style that resulted from restoration. The plates and especially the many details reveal the remarkable results of restoring the painting and demonstrate why it it is a work of such splendor. 163 p., approx. 150 color and b/w illus., Rus. with title page and summary in ENGLISH. Item #2109
ISBN: 9785935726768
Price: $69.00