References
- Bacharach, Sondra, and Deborah Tollefsen. ‘We Did It: From Mere Contributors to Coauthors.’ Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 68 (2010): 23–32. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6245.2009.01389.x
- Beck, James, and Michael Daley. Art Restoration: The Culture, the Business, and the Scandal. New York: Norton, 1996.
- Bomford, David.
‘Conservation and Restoration.’ In Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke, 148–53. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. - Brandi, Cesare. ‘The Cleaning of Pictures in Relation to Patina, Varnish, and Glazes.’ Burlington Magazine 91 (1949): 183–88.
- Brandi, Cesare. Teoria del Restauro. 1963. Milan: La Nave di Teseo, 2022.
- Carroll, Noël. ‘Interpretation and Intention: The Debate between Hypothetical and Actual Intentionalism.’ Metaphilosophy 31 (2000): 75–95. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9973.00131
- De Clercq, Rafael.
‘Conservation and Restoration.’ In Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture, edited by Noël Carroll and Jonathan Gilmore, 452–59. New York: Routledge, 2023. DOI: 10.4324/9781003312727-52 - De Clercq, Rafael. ‘The Metaphysics of Art Restoration.’ British Journal of Aesthetics 53 (2013): 261–75. DOI: 10.1093/aesthj/ayt013
- Dequeker, Luc. Het Mysterie van het Lam Gods: Filips de Goede en de Rechtvaardige Rechters van Van Eyck. Leuven: Peeters, 2011.
- Diebold, William J. ‘The Politics of Derestoration: The Aegina Pediments and the German Confrontation with the Past.’ Art Journal 54 (1995): 60–66. DOI: 10.1080/00043249.1995.10791693
- Dubois, Hélène. ‘The Conservation History of the Ghent Altarpiece.’ Burlington Magazine 160 (2018): 754–65.
- Froyen, Kathleen. ‘Revealing Van Eyck, Six Centuries Later.’ visitgent. 12 September 2024.
https://visit.gent.be/en/blog/revealing-van-eyck-six-centuries-later - Giombini, Lisa. ‘But Is This Really Authentic? Revising Authenticity in Restoration Philosophy.’ Lebenswelt, no. 12 (2018), 21–35.
- Gombrich, Ernst H. Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation. 1960. London: Phaidon, 2002. DOI: 10.1515/9780691252742
- Gombrich, Ernst H. ‘Dark Varnishes: Variations on a Theme from Pliny.’ Burlington Magazine 104 (1962): 51–55.
- Hales, Steven D. ‘Value Pluralism in Restoration Aesthetics.’ British Journal of Aesthetics 64 (2023): 397–414. DOI: 10.1093/aesthj/ayac038
- Hanson, Louise. ‘Moral Realism, Aesthetic Realism, and the Asymmetry Claim.’ Ethics 129 (2018): 39–69. DOI: 10.1086/698732
- Hardy, Matthew, ed. The Venice Charter Revisited: Modernism, Conservation and Tradition in the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
- Hirsch, E. D. D. Validity in Interpretation. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1967. DOI: 10.5040/9781350928510
- Krier, Léon. Architecture: Choice or Fate? London: Papadakis, 2007.
- Lamarque, Peter. ‘Reflections on the Ethics and Aesthetics of Restoration and Conservation.’ British Journal of Aesthetics 56 (2016): 281–99. DOI: 10.1093/aesthj/ayw041
- Livingston, Paisley. Art and Intention: A Philosophical Study. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. DOI: 10.1093/0199278067.001.0001
- McGivern, Hannah. ‘Ghent Altarpiece: Latest Phase of Restoration Unmasks the Humanised Face of the Lamb of God.’ Art Newspaper. 18 December 2019.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2019/12/18/ghent-altarpiece-latest-phase-of-restoration-unmasks-the-humanised-face-of-the-lamb-of-god - Muñoz-Viñas, Salvador.
‘Beyond Authenticity.’ In Art, Conservation and Authenticities: Material, Concept, Context, edited by Erma Hermens and Tina Fiske, 33–38. London: Archetype, 2009. - Muñoz-Viñas, Salvador. Contemporary Theory of Conservation. Oxford: Elsevier, 2005.
- Ross, William David. The Right and the Good. Edited by Philip Stratton-Lake. 1930. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. DOI: 10.1093/0199252653.001.0001
- Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage. ‘First Results Promise Stunning Outcome.’ Press kit. 26 March 2024.
https://www.kikirpa.be/files/Pers/Dossier-Het-Lam-Gods/Press-Kit-Phase-3-Ghent-Altarpiece-26032024-KIK-IRPA-EN.pdf - Ruskin, John. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. 1880. New York: Dover, 1989.
- Sagoff, Mark. ‘Art and Identity: A Reply to Stopford.’ British Journal of Aesthetics 57 (2017): 319–29. DOI: 10.1093/aesthj/ayx011
- Sagoff, Mark. ‘On Restoring and Reproducing Art.’ Journal of Philosophy 75 (1978): 453–70. DOI: 10.2307/2025386
- Scott, David A. ‘Ancient Marbles: Philosophical Reflections on the Restoration of Sculpture.’ Studies in Conservation 68 (2023): 388–406. DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2022.2049032
- Scott, David A. Art: Authenticity, Restoration, Forgery. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute, 2016.
- Scott, David A. ‘Conservation and Authenticity: Interactions and Enquiries.’ Studies in Conservation 60 (2015): 291–305. DOI: 10.1179/2047058414Y.0000000159
- Scott, David A.
‘The Restoration of Chartres Cathedral: Theories and Practices.’ In Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Architectural Reconstruction, edited by Zoltán Somhegyi and Lisa Giombini, 310–22. London: Routledge, 2024. DOI: 10.4324/9781003334200-26 - Stecker, Robert. Artworks: Meaning, Definition, Value. College Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. DOI: 10.1515/9780271071756
- Stock, Kathleen. Only Imagine: Fiction, Interpretation and Imagination. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198798347.001.0001
- Van der Snickt, Geert, Kathryn A. Dooley, Jana Sanyova, Hélène Dubois, John K. Delaney, E. Melanie Gifford, Stijn Legrand, et al. ‘Dual Mode Standoff Imaging Spectroscopy Documents the Painting Process of the Lamb of God in the Ghent Altarpiece by J. and H. Van Eyck.’ Science Advances 6, no. 31 (2020), 1–10. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb3379
- Verougstraete, Hélène. ‘Adoration de l’Agneau (Fase 2 de la restauration): Questions de méthodologie.’ Manuscript.
- Verougstraete, Hélène. ‘The Ghent Altarpiece: The Catastrophic Restoration of Phase 2.’ 2023.
https://www.closertohubertvaneyck.be/en/ - Zemach, Eddy M. Real Beauty. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/eeja.785 | Journal eISSN: 2571-0915
Language: English
Page range: 123 - 139
Submitted on: Feb 4, 2026
Accepted on: Jun 25, 2026
Published on: Sep 15, 2026
Published by: Helsinki University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
© 2026 Rafael De Clercq, published by Helsinki University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.