Restauratie-REVELATIE
Subtitle: De buitenluiken van het 'Lam Gods' = Restauration-révélation : Les volets extérieurs de 'l'Agneau mystique' = Restoration-revelation : the exterior wings of the 'Ghent Altarpiece'
By: KIK-IRPA (red.) ; authors: Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium  (Anne-Sophie Augustyniak [and 13 others]) ; editing: Jochen Ketels and Simon Laevers
Contributors: Ketels, Jochen, editor; Laevers, Simon, editor; Institut royal du patrimoine artistique (Belgium); Caermersklooster, Provinciaal Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur (Ghent, Belgium)
Publisher: Provinciebestuur Oost-Vlaanderen
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Gent
Language: dut; fre; eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9789074311960
Subjects: Exhibitions; Art; Conservation and restoration
Other titles: Restauration-révélation : Les volets extérieurs de 'l'Agneau mystique'; Restoration-revelation : the exterior wings of the 'Ghent Altarpiece'
Description: In 2012 the restorers of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels) started treatment of the Ghent Altarpiece by the Van Eyck brothers. No one expected this restoration to turn into a revelation: the real Van Eyck proved to have been hidden underneath overpaint for centuries! The temporary exhibition restoration/revelation brings the tale of this spectacular intervention. An exploration journey through the old varnishes and overpaint, leading to the original work of Van Eyck. Unique images from before, during and after restoration address all your questions: how did the restorers proceed? What scientific techniques did they use to confirm their observations or discover new elements? And, most of all, in what way did the overpaint transform the art work and what does it look like now? The catalogue to the exhibition gives a good overview of the restoration project and process. Exhibition: Caermersklooster Provincial Cultural Centre, Ghent, Belgium (12.10.2016-28.05.2017).
Notes: "In conjunction with the Restoration/REVELATION. The exterior wings of the Ghent Altarpiece exhibition at the Provincial Culture Center Caermersklooster, from October 12, 2016 till May 28, 2017"--Colophon.

Text in parallel Dutch, French and English.