David Bomford

As well as a biographical sketch, an essay on Degas's working methods and materials and a discussion of his reputation in Britain, in the context of his life and artistic milieu as well as his place in the Impressionist movement, this book has catalogue entries on 14 works owned by or on loan to the National Gallery. Ashok Roy is Director of Scientific Research at the National Gallery, London. ChristopherR iopelle is Curator of Nineteenth-Cen tury Paintings at the National Gallery, London. David Bomford is Senior Restorer at the National Gallery, London. Jo Kirby is Senior Scientific Officer at the National Gallery, London. Sarah Herring is Isaiah Berlin Assistant Curator of Nineteenth-Century Paintings at the National Gallery, London.

Degas

National Gallery (Great Britain)

Christopher Brown

Ashok Roy

"The first of a series of exhibitions ... which aim to present to a non-specialist public the results of technical research undertaken by the National Gallery's Conservation and Scientific Departments ... based on evidence obtained from X-rays, infra-red photographs and the analysis of paint samples by a wide range of modern scientific methods ... the core of the present Catalogue entries is the technical descriptions, which cover the material bases of Rembrandt's paintings"--Introduction.

Rembrandt

Axel Rüger

Jo Kirby

Raymond White

Rembrandt (1606-1669) is generally regarded as the finest painter of the Dutch "Golden Age." This new edition of Art in the Making: Rembrandt (published on the 400th anniversary of the artist's birth) reexamines 21 paintings firmly attributed to Rembrandt and 6 now assigned to followers. It reassesses his technique, materials, and working methods in the light of significant scholarly developments over the last 20 years, addressing problems of attribution that were hardly touched on in the original, groundbreaking edition of 1988. Introductory essays by distinguished conservation, curatorial, and scientific specialists cover the artist's studio and working methods, the training of painters in 17th-century Holland, and Rembrandt's materials and technique. The essays are followed by handsomely illustrated catalogue entries on 27 paintings. A comprehensive bibliography provides a rich source of information about the practice of oil painting, not only for Rembrandt but for 17th-century Dutch painting in general.

David Bomford

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