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DOI Artikel:Monkiewicz, Maciej: Ter Brugghen and Honthorst in Poland
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8. Caravaggio, St. Jerome
in his Study, Rome, Galleria
Borghese (Phot, after
P. Della Pergola, Galleria
Borghse. I Dipinti, II, Roma
1959, Fig. 115).
They reveal a vertical trace, noticeable even with the naked eye, exactly at
the spot where one might expect - on the grounds of the other versions of the
Pilate - the edge of the wall, opening to the view of Christ and the soldiers (Fig.
5a and 5b). Moreover, we can clearly recognize the head of one of the soldiers,
wearing a helmet, the shape of Christ’s head overlapping it on the right, and
- less distinctly - a sloping spear between them. What we may see here of the
arch over their heads is a matter of pure guesswork, especially the fair-sized
white trace to the left, which may also be the result of the differences in the
density of the wood of the stretcher.
The preceding discussion confirms, in my opinion, the priority of the
Lublin version. It also enables us to venture the hypothesis that another
repetition of Pilate, which appeared at auction at Sotheby’s on May 19, 1995
(Fig. 6), is a copy made after our painting had been cut down to its present
dimensions. Although there is more space in the upper and lower portions of
the painting in comparison to our work, we can see only part of the
background scene, corresponding with that revealed by the X-ray radiograph
of the Lublin Pilate. This also applies to the appearance of the right portion
of the painting.
in the Laboratory of Research and Record Techniques of the Faculty of Conservation of the
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. I am grateful to him and to Mr. Roman Stasiuk who undertook
the examination.
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in his Study, Rome, Galleria
Borghese (Phot, after
P. Della Pergola, Galleria
Borghse. I Dipinti, II, Roma
1959, Fig. 115).
They reveal a vertical trace, noticeable even with the naked eye, exactly at
the spot where one might expect - on the grounds of the other versions of the
Pilate - the edge of the wall, opening to the view of Christ and the soldiers (Fig.
5a and 5b). Moreover, we can clearly recognize the head of one of the soldiers,
wearing a helmet, the shape of Christ’s head overlapping it on the right, and
- less distinctly - a sloping spear between them. What we may see here of the
arch over their heads is a matter of pure guesswork, especially the fair-sized
white trace to the left, which may also be the result of the differences in the
density of the wood of the stretcher.
The preceding discussion confirms, in my opinion, the priority of the
Lublin version. It also enables us to venture the hypothesis that another
repetition of Pilate, which appeared at auction at Sotheby’s on May 19, 1995
(Fig. 6), is a copy made after our painting had been cut down to its present
dimensions. Although there is more space in the upper and lower portions of
the painting in comparison to our work, we can see only part of the
background scene, corresponding with that revealed by the X-ray radiograph
of the Lublin Pilate. This also applies to the appearance of the right portion
of the painting.
in the Laboratory of Research and Record Techniques of the Faculty of Conservation of the
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. I am grateful to him and to Mr. Roman Stasiuk who undertook
the examination.
228