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Symposium XXIII for the Study of the Underdrawing and Technology in Painting

The international and interdisciplinary XXIII Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting focuses on 'Cross-Media Perspectives. Technical Studies of Art on Panel, Paper and Parchment (1400-1600)'.

Date and time
11 January 2024 00:00 - 13 January 2024 00:00
Location
Leuven and Brussels

The XXIIIrd Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting will provide a scientific forum for the presentation of new technical studies in art history, concentrating on art from the Middle Ages and Early Modern period (1400-1600). The conference will focus on the technical examination of art in a variety of media and supports: panel paintings, painting on parchment and canvas, drawings, cartoons, sketches, model- and sketchbooks, prints and manuscript illuminations.

The symposium is organised with several partners: KU Leuven, Illuminare, UCLouvain, Musea Brugge, KIK-IRPA and this year also KBR and M Leuven.

The three-day congress will take place from 11 to 13 January 2024 in Leuven and Brussels.

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Upcoming KIK-IRPA events

The Archduchess Isabella (1566-1633). Artistic Agency between Madrid and the Southern Netherlands

12 September 2024 09:00 - 13 September 2024 16:00 - Instituto Cervantes & Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels

The twenty-third Art History Seminar of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) is organised in collaboration with the research project AGENART at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). It will take place on 12th-13th September 2024 at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage and at the Instituto Cervantes, both in Brussels, highlighting various fascinating aspects of the artistic patronage of the remarkable woman who was the Archduchess Isabella, who lived in Madrid and Brussels between 1566 and 1633.

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