The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings

rings and other dendrochronological work with diffuse-porous species more difficult than is work with ring-porous species such a ...

second curve by maximum coincidence leads to absolute dating. For each kind of wood, a master chronology must be established for ...

tree rings, but in other cases even 200 rings may not be enough. The number needed, of course, depends mainly on the quality of ...

Furthermore, the statements below regarding the number of sap- wood rings to be added are derived from statistical evaluation; e ...

tions with sixteenth-century beech wood resulted in an estimated season- ing time of two to seven years, corresponding well to w ...

Regarding the paintings ofHieronymus Bosch, it is obvious that the dendrochronological analysis can differ between the original ...

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and exhibit sapwood on both sides (see Fig. 6). These characteristics were found only in Rembrandt panels. For Rubens and his wo ...

Conifer wood To establish a chronology for fir, spruce, and pinewood, statistical measure- ments ofchronological compatibility o ...

panels ofthe cycle Gray Passion(Coll. Fürstenberg, Donaueschingen) created by Hans Holbein the Elder, as well as some boards fro ...

it is evident that the overall climatic conditions are often shrouded by local or regional influences, thus impeding the use of ...

however, a correlation between different boards originating from the oeuvre ofone artist could at least be established. Analyses ...

Oldenburg; Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Louvre Museum, Paris; Museum Boymans–Van Beuningen, Rot ...

1994a Dendrochronological analysis of panels attributed to Petrus Christus. In Petrus Christus, Renaissance Master of Bruges,ed. ...

D   in all woods if environmen- tal conditions are conducive to biotic or abiotic degradation proces ...

heartwood-degrading microorganisms can result in substantial degradation (Blanchette et al. 1990; Blanchette 1992). Anatomical c ...

sufficient free water available for fungal growth and development. The ideal environment for protecting wood from attack is ofte ...

attack cell-wall components in different ways. As decay progresses, gross differences in color and physical characteristics are ...

Brown rot frequently occurs in buildings in which wood products are in contact with a source of moisture. One of the most destru ...

The fungus colonizes wood at an optimum moisture content of 40–100% (similar to conditions fav orable for brown rot) and progres ...