La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire

The controversy about the attribution of « The Fall of Icarus» at the Brussels Museum of Fine Arts has been heightened many times, namely by a radiocarbon dating of the first canvas, from which it is concluded that P. Bruegel the Elder cannot have painted this canvas ; and more recently by the publication of a book by D. Allart and C. Curri, as well as a paper from these authors published in this Journal. It seems to me that the desattribution of this painting is not compatible with some results of scientific examination that were previously published in the literature. Therefore, I propose to... Mehr ...