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Nirvana, Portrait of Meyer de Hahn, macro detail in raking light

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Description: Nirvana, Portrait of Meyer de Hahn, macro detail in raking light

TitleNirvana, Portrait of Meyer de Hahn, macro detail in raking light

Creator nameGauguin, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1890

Object typePainting

MaterialsDistemper on fine cotton

DimensionsUnknown

LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

Accession number1943.445

SubjectsPainting--TechniqueJewelry in artClothing and dress in artPost-impressionism (Art)--France

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Andrea Kirsh, Rustin S. Levenson

Description: Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies

Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies

The most significant information revealed by study of the support is the approximate age of the painting and whether the work has survived in complete or fragmentary form. These are crucial questions for anyone interested in a paintings subject matter or history, or in its formal characteristics. Examination of the support can also reveal the painting’s condition and any structural restoration that it has received. This can be essential in determining its authenticity or provenance. …

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Andrea Kirsh, Rustin S. Levenson

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright©2000 by Andrea Kirsh and Rustin S. Levenson

Related print edition pages: pp.5-65

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00110.004

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Chapter subject tags:Canvas stretchingCanvas FoundationWood panelsArt--Technique--HistoryCase studies

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