The impact of oil; a history of oil painting in the Low Countries and its consequences for the visual arts, 1350-1550


The aim of the project is to write an integrated history of the introduction, dissemination and development of the use of oil media in panel painting from 1350 to 1550. Even though the importance of the introduction of oil for the art of painting can hardly been overrated, such a history has never been the subject of a monograph. The project is scheduled to run from March 2007 to March 2012, and is funded by the NWO.

Research team

Principal applicant: Prof. Jeroen Stumpel, chair of Iconology and Art Theory, University of Utrecht [js@impactofoil.org]

Prof. Jan Piet Filedt Kok, University of Amsterdam, and senior curator of Early Netherlandish Paintings, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam [jpfk@impactofoil.org]

Dr Ann-Sophie Lehmann, University of Utrecht [asl@impactofoil.org]

Dr Arie Wallert, museum scientist, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam [aw@impactofoil.org]

Dr Mark Clarke, technical art historian, University of Amsterdam [mc@impactofoil.org]

and three PhD students

Abbie Vandivere [abbie@impactofoil.org]

Marjolijn Bol [mb@impactofoil.org]

Esther van Duijn [evd@impactofoil.org]

Progress abstracts

The project has now been running for over a year.

Overview of project progress

Individual activities:

    Abbie Vandivere

    Esther van Duijn

    Marjolijn Bol

    Mark Clarke

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