University of Glasgow – Unwrapping an Icon

The Symposium, February 2019

Posted on May 27, 2019 by unwrappinganicon

It’s been a busy time for the project! Our international symposium was held from February 20th-22nd 2019. Contributors from around the world met to discuss and present findings from research into Lady in the Fur Wrap and the related Spanish portraits. These included: Patrick Dietemann, Doerner Institut, Munich Stefan Zumbühl, University of Applied Sciences, … Continue reading The Symposium, February 2019 →

Examining an ‘Arranged Pair’: the Portraits of Philip II and Anne of Austria

Posted on July 4, 2018March 21, 2019 by unwrappinganicon

This month has seen further technical examination of two of the Stirling Maxwell Collection portraits in the ‘Unwrapping an Icon’ project. This is to help us to deepen our understanding of the techniques and materials being used in the studio of Alonso Sánchez Coello in sixteenth-century Spain and to compare our findings with those for … Continue reading Examining an ‘Arranged Pair’: the Portraits of Philip II and Anne of Austria →