Coremans Paul B (3 results)

Condition: Fair. Anmerkungen / bekritzelt / Stempel; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen.

First Edition. Near fine copy in contemporary gilt-blocked blue cloth boards. Endpapers lightly foxed, with the interior remaining tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Provenance: from the library of Sir Lawrence Gowing CBE (1918-1991), English artist, writer and curator. Physical description; viii, 40 pages, [33] leaves of plates : illustrations, diagrams, portraits ; 27 cm. Notes; Translated from the French by A. Hardy and C. Hutt. Contents; The pseudo-Vermeers and De Hooghs in the laboratory -- 1. Methods in the examination of old paintings -- 2. Methods applied in the examination of the pseudo-Vermeers and De Hooghs -- 3. Van Meegeren's working technique -- 4. Verification of Van Meegeren's technique -- The faked Vermeers and De Hooghs and history -- 5. H.A. Van Meegeren's biography and works -- 6. History and detection of the forgeries -- 7. Psychological aspect of the Vermeer-Van Meegeren case -- 8. The forgeries -- history of art and technique -- 9. Aesthetic examination of the forgeries. Subjects; Meegeren, Han van. Vermeer, Johannes. Hooch, Pieter de. Art forgeries. Painting expertising. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in contemporary gilt-blocked blue cloth boards. Endpapers lightly foxed, with the interior remaining tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Provenance: from the library of Sir Lawrence Gowing CBE (1918-1991), English artist, writer and curator. Physical description; viii, 40 pages, [33] leaves of plates : illustrations, diagrams, portraits ; 27 cm. Notes; Translated from the French by A. Hardy and C. Hutt. Contents; The pseudo-Vermeers and De Hooghs in the laboratory -- 1. Methods in the examination of old paintings -- 2. Methods applied in the examination of the pseudo-Vermeers and De Hooghs -- 3. Van Meegeren's working technique -- 4. Verification of Van Meegeren's technique -- The faked Vermeers and De Hooghs and history -- 5. H.A. Van Meegeren's biography and works -- 6. History and detection of the forgeries -- 7. Psychological aspect of the Vermeer-Van Meegeren case -- 8. The forgeries -- history of art and technique -- 9. Aesthetic examination of the forgeries. Subjects; Meegeren, Han van. Vermeer, Johannes. Hooch, Pieter de. Art forgeries. Painting expertising. 1 Kg.