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Art History

Finding Theses

See the Queen's guide Finding Theses and Dissertations to see the many resources that list theses over time and across dicsiplines. Search the database Dissertations and Theses for PDF full text of most dissertations and theses since 1997.

Finding Primary Sources

Queen's University has primary source material of interest to Art history in Rare Books and Special Collections, and in University Archives.

See also Queen's Library's research guide on Primary Sources.

Underdrawing

Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons. Virgin and Child with Saints by a Netherlandish painter (possibly Hugo van der Goes), c. 1472, oil on wood, private collection. In the 17th century, the paint layers on the figures of the Mary and Saint John the Baptist were scraped off and repainted to produce The Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. The later additions were removed in 1983.