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Elisabeth Dhanens

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112:, who wrote of it on publication that "it must take its place immediately as the standard work on the artists". According to Campbell, Dhanens brought a fresh vision to existing van Eyck scholarship, much of which had been contradictory, saying about Dhanens that she "has a considerably greater respect for historical truth and for logical deduction than most of the art historians who have previously written about the van Eycks." 145:. From the 1970s to the 1990s she sat on a number of boards in Belgium and edited biographies about the van Eycks. The focus of her scholarship was to research original documents and to place the works in proper historical context. She revised all the documents to do with van der Weyden up to 1800. 22: 96:. The original sources allowed her to separate the work from "erroneous interpretations and mystifications" and "situate it in its original context". Additionally she studied 12th century theologian, 119:
influenced painters in Ghent during those years. She based these observations on thorough "historical, iconological, and stylistic research". From that research came a monograph about
142: 63:'s Art Patrimony, where she collected inventories from churches for the government. Based on field work in Italy in the early 1950s she published a monograph about 115:
In the following years she researched and published papers about artists who lived in Ghent between 1432 and 1465, advancing the theory that the
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at the Higher Institute of Art, where she earned a Ph.D in 1945. Her dissertation was a monograph on the early-16th century artist
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In 1965 she published an eight-volume inventory of "churches, cities, and villages in East Flanders". The inventory of the
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in 1973. Throughout the 1970s she continued to publish about the van Eyck brothers, culminating with the 1980 monograph
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in 1956, which earned her an award from the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts and a year later a
236: 90:. In her capacity as inspector, she had access to original sources which began a long scholarly examination of the 231: 109: 59:, where she worked in the documentation laboratory. From 1952 to 1976 she held a position as art inspector in 261: 75: 100:'s commentaries which she considered an important iconographical influence on the van Eycks. She published 33: 241: 124: 251: 246: 8: 120: 68: 92: 46: 37: 97: 83: 225: 64: 60: 135: 87: 175: 21: 52: 51:, published in 1948. From 1945 to 1952 Dhanens was a researcher in 32:(1915 – 11 March 2014) was a Belgian art historian specialising in 134:, attributed to van der Weyden in 1832, was instead painted by 128: 79: 143:
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
108:. The monograph was eagerly anticipated, according to 198:". Flemish Primitives. Retrieved 25 October 2014. 223: 171: 169: 167: 165: 163: 161: 25:Art historian Elisabeth Dhanens as a young woman 71:- allowing her to study in the United States. 158: 215:, Vol. 124, No. 947 (Feb. 1982), pp. 106-107 20: 82:began her lifelong passion for artists 224: 201: 148:She died on 11 March 2014, at age 98. 123:published in 1998, and studies about 57:Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage 190: 188: 186: 184: 13: 14: 273: 181: 36:. Dhanens studied art history at 102:Van Eyck: The Ghent Altarpiece 1: 257:Scholars of Netherlandish art 196:Elisabeth Dhanens is deceased 151: 178:. Retrieved 25 October 2014. 176:Dictionary of Art Historians 141:Dhanens was a member of the 34:Early Netherlandish painting 7: 10: 278: 237:Belgian women historians 213:The Burlington Magazine 209:Hubert and Jan van Eyck 106:Hubert and Jan van Eyck 232:Belgian art historians 26: 125:Rogier van der Weyden 69:Fulbright scholarship 24: 18:Belgian art historian 262:Women art historians 127:. She believed the 76:St Bavo's Cathedral 242:Writers from Ghent 27: 121:Hugo van der Goes 30:Elisabeth Dhanens 269: 216: 207:Campell, Lorne. 205: 199: 192: 179: 173: 117:Ghent Altarpiece 93:Ghent Altarpiece 50: 38:Ghent University 277: 276: 272: 271: 270: 268: 267: 266: 222: 221: 220: 219: 206: 202: 193: 182: 174: 159: 154: 98:Rupert of Deutz 44: 19: 12: 11: 5: 275: 265: 264: 259: 254: 249: 244: 239: 234: 218: 217: 200: 180: 156: 155: 153: 150: 110:Lorne Campbell 17: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 274: 263: 260: 258: 255: 253: 250: 248: 245: 243: 240: 238: 235: 233: 230: 229: 227: 214: 210: 204: 197: 191: 189: 187: 185: 177: 172: 170: 168: 166: 164: 162: 157: 149: 146: 144: 139: 137: 133: 130: 126: 122: 118: 113: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 94: 89: 85: 81: 77: 72: 70: 66: 65:Jean Boulogne 62: 61:East Flanders 58: 54: 48: 43: 42:Jan van Roome 39: 35: 31: 23: 16: 212: 208: 203: 147: 140: 136:Hans Memling 131: 116: 114: 105: 101: 91: 88:Jan van Eyck 73: 29: 28: 15: 252:2014 deaths 247:1915 births 45: [ 226:Categories 152:References 132:Entombment 53:Brussels 55:at the 129:Uffizi 84:Hubert 80:Ghent 49:] 86:and 78:in 228:: 211:. 183:^ 160:^ 138:. 47:nl 194:"

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Early Netherlandish painting
Ghent University
Jan van Roome
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Brussels
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
East Flanders
Jean Boulogne
Fulbright scholarship
St Bavo's Cathedral
Ghent
Hubert
Jan van Eyck
Ghent Altarpiece
Rupert of Deutz
Lorne Campbell
Hugo van der Goes
Rogier van der Weyden
Uffizi
Hans Memling
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts






Dictionary of Art Historians

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