Conference Program
Friday, 13 May
Chair: Dr. Ron Spronk
9.30 Registration
10.00 Greeting by Kadi Polli, the Director of the Kadriorg Art Museum
10.10–10.35 Introduction by Greta Koppel, Kadriorg Art Museum:
Why approach the theme? Technical art history in Estonian art history practice
10.40–11.15 Dr. Jørgen Wadum, National Gallery of Denmark: Rembrandt or not? The Rembrandt research project at the National Gallery of Denmark
11.20–11.50 Dr. Erma Hermens, Glasgow University (UK): Unveiling the painting technique of James Whistler (1834–1903)
Lunch
Chair: Dr. Jørgen Wadum
13.30–14.00 Mikkel Scharff, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Conservation & Anne Haack Christensen, National Gallery of Denmark:
16th century underdrawings in two family trees of Queen Dorothea and
Christian III
14.10–14.40 Ari Tanhuanpää, Finnish National Gallery: ‘As through so many veils’ – Technical art history from a critical viewpoint
14.05–14.35 Hilkka Hiiop, Art Museum of Estonia: Samson and Delilah. The story of an Italian painting
14.40–15.15 Discussion, moderated by Dr. Ron Spronk and Jørgen Wadum
Saturday, 14 May
9.30 Registration
10.00–10.05 Chair: Dr. Erma Hermens opens Day 2 of the conference. Introduction to the theme of the day
10.00–10.20 Greta Koppel, Kadriorg Art Museum: Introduction of the research project ‘Tracing Bosch and Bruegel’
10.25–10.55 Dr. Matthijs Ilsink, Noordbrabants Museum (Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands): The Bosch research and conservation project (2010–2016)
Coffee break
11.15–11.45 Dr. Ron Spronk, Hieronymus Bosch Chair at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (Professor of Art History at Queens University, Canada): The painting technique of Hieronymus Bosch under close inspection
11.50–12.20 Mikkel Scharff, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Conservation: Animations and other techniques to visualize technical imaging and technical art history
Lunch
13.50–15.30 Workshop ‛Expulsion of Money-lenders from the Temple’, in the Conservation Department of the Art Museum of Estonia (Kumu building), chaired by
Dr. Jørgen Wadum
13.55–14.15 Presentation 1. Alar Nurkse, Art Museum of Estonia: The Tallinn Bosch-Bruegel painting: Conservation and technical research on ‛Expulsion of Money-lenders from the Temple’ at the Art Museum of Estonia
14.20–14.40 Presentation 2. Hannah Tempest, National Gallery of Denmark:
The Copenhagen Bosch-Bruegel painting: Conservation and technical research
on ‛Expulsion of Money-lenders from the Temple’ at the National Gallery of
Denmark.
14.45–15.00 Presentation 3: Dr. Erma Hermens, Glasgow University:
Technical research of the Glasgow version of the Christ Expelling the Traders
from the Temple.
– 15.30 Discussion
Speakers: Dr. Ron Spronk (NL), Dr. Matthijs Ilsink (NL), Dr. Erma Hermens (UK), Dr. Jørgen Wadum (DK), Mikkel Scharff (DK), Anne Haack Christensen (DK), Bernard Vermet (NL), Polly Smith (UK), Alar Nurkse (EST), Hannah Tempest (DK/UK), Greta Koppel (EST)
Participation in the workshop is limited to 25, and therefore previous registration is required.
Closing of the conference