Technical Examination of the Paintings by Philips Wouwerman

Title of the Research Project:
Technical Examination of the Paintings by Philips Wouwerman in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden

Project Executing Museum:
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Outline:
The Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden stores one of the world's greatest holdings of paintings by the Haarlem horse, landscape and genre painter Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668). Following the restoration of three paintings by Wouwerman in Dresden, the projects includes research on infra-red reflectography, on the support, on the ground coat and on the layers of paint of the Wouwerman holdings. Above all, the research seeks answers on questions concerning the workshop process and the authorship.

Results and Aims:
Studio exhibition in Dresden in 2013 with exhibition catalogue

Duration:
2010-2013

Project manager:
Dr. des. Christoph Schölzel, restorer in the restoration workshop Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister/ Galerie Neue Meister
Dr. Uta Neidhardt, chief conservator of Dutch painting in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Contact:
Christoph.Schoelzel@skd.museum
Uta.Neidhardt@skd.museum