The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings

D A  P P 47

Hieronymus Bosch and Follower

Garden of Earthly Delights

1468

1458

C.E.

1548

Baltic oak

1100     1150    1200    1250    1300    1350    1400    1450    1500    1550    1600

MA2823 — board II

MA2823 — board VII

Private coll. — board II

Private coll. — board III

Private coll. — board VII

MA2823 — board IV

MA2823 — board I

MA2823 — board V

MA2823 — board III

Private coll. — board V

Private coll. — board I

Private coll. — board VI

Figure 9
Dendrochronological analyses of oak panels
ofHieronymus Bosch (Prado, Madrid) and a
follower (private collection, Paris), both with
the subject the Garden of Earthly Delights.
(MA 5 Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.)

Art-historical

attribution/

Painting/Location Signature Wood species

Raising of the Cross (MP, 395) attr. 1633 Cedrela odorata

Man Holding a Glove (NY 14.40.620) sign. 164. [sic] Cedrela odorata

The Holy Family (A, 4119) attr. 1644 Cedrela odorata

The Visitation (DET, 27200) attr. 1640 Cedrela odorata

Self-Portrait (KSK, 237) sign. 1634 Swietenia mahagoni

Saskia (B, 812) sign. 1643 Swietenia mahagoni

Susanna Bathing (B, 828E) sign. 1647 Swietenia mahagoni

Christ at Emmaus (PL) sign. 1648 Swietenia mahagoni

Young Woman (PET) sign. 165(4) Swietenia mahagoni

Old Man in a Fanciful Costume (DRD, 1567) sign. 1654 Swietenia mahagoni

Anna Accused by Tobit (B, 805) sign. 1645 Cariniana legalis or C. estrellensis

Joseph’s Dream (B, 806) sign. 1645 Cariniana legalis or C. estrellensis

Table 4 Paintings of Rembrandt, with sup-
ports of tropical timber. (A 5 Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam; B 5 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,
Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie;
DET 5 Detroit Institute ofArts; DRD 5
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden; KSK 5 Staatliche
Kunstsammlungen, Kassel; MP 5 Alte
Pinakothek, Munich; NY 5 Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York; PET 5 Hermitage
Museum, St. Petersburg; PL 5 Louvre
Museum, Paris.)