Discovery and material study of the missing feet part from Magritte’s L’évidence éternelle of 1954
Abstract One of the two missing canvases from L’évidence éternelle of 1954, the one of the feet, has been discovered beneath a small woman portrait painted in 1958, La toile de Pénélope. Indeed, the underlying woman’s feet revealed through the IRR and XRR images leave little doubt about the identity...
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| author | Catherine Defeyt Francisca Vandepitte Elodie Herens David Strivay |
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| description | Abstract One of the two missing canvases from L’évidence éternelle of 1954, the one of the feet, has been discovered beneath a small woman portrait painted in 1958, La toile de Pénélope. Indeed, the underlying woman’s feet revealed through the IRR and XRR images leave little doubt about the identity of the hidden composition. All the more so as the canvas dimensions perfectly match with the format ascribed to the feet part in the diagram Magritte made of the 1954 variant of L’évidence éternelle. This paper presents the main results of the material study conducted on La toile de Pénélope by means of non-invasive and complementary imaging and analytical techniques. Furthermore, it proposes a virtual colorized reconstruction of the hidden picture, built on the basis of the XRR and IRR images, the elemental information provided by the MA-XRF analysis, the Raman results and the microscope examination of the painting surface. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81b7c8ddd8164e1f9cc5160f3b6c9ca32022-12-21T22:53:26ZengSpringerOpenHeritage Science2050-74452019-11-01711810.1186/s40494-019-0338-yDiscovery and material study of the missing feet part from Magritte’s L’évidence éternelle of 1954Catherine Defeyt0Francisca Vandepitte1Elodie Herens2David Strivay3UR Art, Archéologie, Patrimoine, Université de LiègeRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumUR Art, Archéologie, Patrimoine, Université de LiègeUR Art, Archéologie, Patrimoine, Université de LiègeAbstract One of the two missing canvases from L’évidence éternelle of 1954, the one of the feet, has been discovered beneath a small woman portrait painted in 1958, La toile de Pénélope. Indeed, the underlying woman’s feet revealed through the IRR and XRR images leave little doubt about the identity of the hidden composition. All the more so as the canvas dimensions perfectly match with the format ascribed to the feet part in the diagram Magritte made of the 1954 variant of L’évidence éternelle. This paper presents the main results of the material study conducted on La toile de Pénélope by means of non-invasive and complementary imaging and analytical techniques. Furthermore, it proposes a virtual colorized reconstruction of the hidden picture, built on the basis of the XRR and IRR images, the elemental information provided by the MA-XRF analysis, the Raman results and the microscope examination of the painting surface.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-019-0338-yMagrittePaintingNon invasive |
| spellingShingle | Catherine Defeyt Francisca Vandepitte Elodie Herens David Strivay Discovery and material study of the missing feet part from Magritte’s L’évidence éternelle of 1954 Heritage Science Magritte Painting Non invasive |
| title | Discovery and material study of the missing feet part from Magritte’s L’évidence éternelle of 1954 |
| title_full | Discovery and material study of the missing feet part from Magritte’s L’évidence éternelle of 1954 |
| title_fullStr | Discovery and material study of the missing feet part from Magritte’s L’évidence éternelle of 1954 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discovery and material study of the missing feet part from Magritte’s L’évidence éternelle of 1954 |
| title_short | Discovery and material study of the missing feet part from Magritte’s L’évidence éternelle of 1954 |
| title_sort | discovery and material study of the missing feet part from magritte s l evidence eternelle of 1954 |
| topic | Magritte Painting Non invasive |
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