This painting originally on a wooden panel has been transposed to a canvas. It was restored in the workshop of Mrs. Sophie Mortier. An infra-red photography and stratigraphic analysis were performed. Dr. Joost Vander Auwera senior curator at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium was able to identify the artist as Abraham Janssen. The epitaph honours important members of the household of the Barbançon palace which allows us to identify the donator as a Princess of Arenberg. The total cost of 10.000 € for the studies restoration and transportation were taken care of by a subsidy of Brussels-Capital Region and the Fund of the Friends of the church.
Restoration of the painting of the Virgin Mary with Child and John the Baptist by Abraham Janssen
Date :
2017
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