The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings

however, a correlation between different boards originating from the

oeuvre ofone artist could at least be established. Analyses of linden wood

initially showed more promising results, but at present, the irregularity of

the growth-ring structure in individual trees impedes a successful estab-

lishment of master chronologies.

The biological investigations of panels and wood carvings can be

helpful to the art historian, but they should always be interpreted along

with results obtained by other methods. With regard to future research,

the existing master chronologies must be completed. Furthermore, addi-

tional dendrochronological analyses with several kinds of wood from

different centuries and regions are yet to be accomplished.

The author kindly thanks the following museums for their collaboration

and willing help: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,

Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie; Magyar Nemzeti Galéria,

Budapest; Art Institute of Chicago; Hessisches Landesmuseum,

Darmstadt; Detroit Institute of Arts; Coll. Fürstenberg, Donaueschingen;

Gemäldegalerie, Dresden; Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische

Galerie, Frankfurt; Schlossmuseum, Gotha; Roseliushaus, Bremen;

Sinebrychoffin Taidekokoelmat, Helsinki; Hamburger Kunsthalle,

Hamburg; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe;

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel; National Gallery, London; Museo

Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Metropolitan

Museum of Art, New York; Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte,

Acknowledgments

52 Klein

Hunga ria n Mast er and Ma ste r fr om Vienna

C. E.

Fir

12 00 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 150 0

BU N 52.6 57 I

BU N 52.657 IV

BUN 52 .656 III

BU N 52 .6 57 II

BUN 52.6 56 VI

BUN 52.6 57 III

BUN 52.6 56 V

BU N 52.6 56 IV

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BU N 52.656 II

BU N 52.6 56 I

Same tree

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Hunga ria n Mast er

Figure 15
Dendrochronological analyses offir panels of
a Hungarian master and a master ofVienna.
(BUN 5 Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest.)