Drawing Sheet 5-B

Support

Dimensions:

22.4 (approx.) x 16.9 cm

Cut edge:

Possibly right edge (?)

Paper type:

Ivory wove paper, discolored to buff

Pinholes:

Possibly, lower right area in fragment and above right shoulder of center figure

    Additional notes:

Difficult to assess due to extensive loss at bottom

Sewing holes:

—

Edges overlapping adj. sheet:

Right and possibly bottom edge

Edges extending below adj. sheet:

Top edge

Edges abutting adj. sheet:

Left edge

Media

Colored pencil:

Black pencil is used to define the overall composition; there are two different densities of black medium (one possible conté crayon)

Red pencil is applied over the black pencil on the figure’s bodies and faces

Green/greenish blue pencil is applied over the black pencil in the figures bodies and mask-like faces, and in the background

Yellow pencil is used in the upper left figure’s (harpe) hair

Graphite:

Graphite additions throughout in right figure’s face and in the small faces (?)

Pastel:

—

Watercolor:

—

Scratching:

Possibly in breast of left figure (harpe)

Additional media notes:

Composition

Drawing to sheet edges:

Right, top and left

Drawing into adjacent sheet:

Composition closely relates to 5A, esp. in figure that overlaps edges; drawn black lines correspond closely but not exactly; color media extend over in the lower 2/3 but abruptly end in the upper area

Three darker black pencil at top right of nimbus extend across to join in 5C

No lines directly correspond to 4B above

Compositional changes/additions:

Nimbus and hat around upper right figure added on top of earlier drawing

Artist’s patches:

Center-right area over figure’s genitals

Former restoration:

Large areas of loss were filled at lower right and bottom

Drawing on verso:

Graphite drawing of angel, relates to Ensor’s painting Adam & Eve Expelled from Paradise’, (1887)

Additional observations:

Analysis

Technique

Area/location

Results/observations

Photo microscopy:

Ultra-violet radiation:

Infrared radiation:

Verso overall

Capture study referred to below

Raman Spectroscopy:

X-Ray diffraction: