TY - JOUR
TI - Obraz ,,Alegoria życia” z kolekcji prof. Wiesława Litewskiego, Muzeum Uniwersyteckie w Toruniu. Historia, technologia i technika
AU - Olszewska-Świetlik, Justyna
TI - Obraz ,,Alegoria życia” z kolekcji prof. Wiesława Litewskiego, Muzeum Uniwersyteckie w Toruniu. Historia, technologia i technika
AB - 
	The painting ‘The Allegory of Life’, from the collection of Professor Wieslaw Litewski, the University Museum in Torun. History, technology, and technique

	The University Museum in Torun holds the 18th century painting depicting the allegory of life, attributed to the German artist Christian Wilhelm Ernest Dietrich (1712–1774). The work forms part of Professor Wieslaw Litewski’s collection of pre-modern art, bequeathed to the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun in 2000. This paper discusses the identification of technology and painting technique of the work, based on a complex technological and restoration examination. The materials used in the painting process and the moulding technique have been identified and described, along with presenting the historical information and description of the iconography of the motif of life’s evanescence. The paint technique has been shown in the context of the rules of Dutch painting, discussed by Teodor Turquet de Mayerne in the manuscript Pictoria Sculptoria et qua subalternarum atrium spectantia, 1620–1649, and the Gerard de Lairesse’s treatise Het groot schilderboeck published in 1707. The examination results serve as a source material complementing the knowledge on the 18th century painting techniques.
VL - Volume 25 (2018)
IS - Volume 25
PY - 2018
SN - 0239-9989
C1 - 2084-3852
SP - 189
EP - 208
DO - 10.4467/20843852.OM.17.016.9613
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/opuscula-musealia/artykul/obraz-alegoria-zycia-z-kolekcji-prof-wieslawa-litewskiego-muzeum-uniwersyteckie-w-toruniu-historia-technologia-i-technika
KW - malarstwo XVIII wieku
KW - technologia i technika malarska
KW - Muzeum Uniwersyteckie w Toruniu
KW - Ch.W.E. Dietrich (1712–1774)
KW - malarstwo niemieckie
KW - traktat de Mayerne’a
KW - traktat de Lairesse ; 18th century painting
KW - painting technology and technique
KW - the University Museum in Torun
KW - German painting
KW - de Mayerne’s treatise
KW - de Lairesse’s treatise