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The Egmont Master phenomenon: X-ray fluorescence spectrometric and paper studies for art history research

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The aim of the research project “Typology of Dutch Drawing” was to establish an interdisciplinary approach for investigating heterogeneous drawing collections. To define a type common to a group of drawings, we determine elements that are common to them based on style and the use of identical materials. To that end, we investigated about 750 Dutch drawings from the sixteenth century at the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett using art historical and scientific methods. In this work, we present a detailed analysis of 30 drawings ascribed to the Egmont Master.

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  1. Countermarks are logos of papermakers that are as second watermarks into the paper sheet. They are completely independent of the main watermark.

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DFG grant is acknowledged, codes HA 2728/5‐1 and HO 1784/3‐1. Figures 3, 5, 6, and 7 were published with permission of all involved museums.

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  1. Department 4.2: Environmental Material and Product Properties, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany

    Georg Dietz, Timo Wolff, Ira Rabin & Oliver Hahn

  2. Papierstruktur.de, Kreuzstraße 3, Dresden, 01067, Germany

    Georg Dietz

  3. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Foundation Corboud, Obenmarspforten, 50667, Cologne, Germany

    Thomas Ketelsen

  4. Kupferstich-Kabinett, Residenzschloss, 01067, Dresden, Germany

    Manfred Hoss, Olaf Simon & Carsten Wintermann

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Published in the special issue Analytical Techniques in Art, Archaeology and Conservation Science with guest editor Oliver Hahn.

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Dietz, G., Ketelsen, T., Hoss, M. et al. The Egmont Master phenomenon: X-ray fluorescence spectrometric and paper studies for art history research. Anal Bioanal Chem 402, 1505–1515 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-5309-4

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