{"id":5119,"date":"2012-07-31T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2012-07-31T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T20:04:00","slug":"a-keen-eyed-conservator-identifies-the-true-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2012\/07\/31\/a-keen-eyed-conservator-identifies-the-true-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"A keen-eyed conservator identifies the true artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excerpt from the Wall Street Journal:<\/p>\n

We are introduced to van Aelst by what must be one of the most ostentatious of “ostentatious still lifes” and, at 6\u00bd by 5\u00bd feet, one of the largest. “Pronk Still Life With Armor” (c. 1651) is a riot of richly embellished, highly polished metal, cascading from table to elaborately upholstered chair to floor, glowing against a dark background. There’s a breastplate, a helmet surmounted by a golden dragon, a sword and a dagger with lavish scabbards, miscellaneous ornate gold serving pieces, a nautilus cup and more, amid a waterfall of gleaming fabrics and a staggering amount of gold fringe. (There’s also a gold medallion with van Aelst’s monogram, spotted by the National Gallery’s conservator Melanie Gifford<\/strong>, that confirms his authorship; previously the painting was assigned to van Aelst’s fellow pronk specialist, Willem Kalf.) No surprise to learn that this astonishing picture was commissioned by a French aristocrat.<\/p>\n

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Read the entire article here: The Glitter of a Golden Age<\/a><\/p>\n

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Excerpt from the Wall Street Journal: We are introduced to van Aelst by what must be one of the most ostentatious of “ostentatious still lifes” and, at 6\u00bd by 5\u00bd feet, one of the largest. “Pronk Still Life With Armor” (c. 1651) is a riot of richly embellished, highly polished metal, cascading from table to … Continue reading “A keen-eyed conservator identifies the true artist”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":5356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}