by | Friday, 30 August, 2024 | Beer and Cider News won bronze in the no- and low-alcohol flavoured category and Super 8 IPA scored bronze in the IPA American-style category “We are very proud of this result,” said Baudouin van der Kelen, chief executive of Haacht Brewery “This is great recognition of the commitment of our employees and their continuous focus on quality and innovation “The innovative nature of the newly launched Super 8 Rouge 0.0 has not gone unnoticed We have succeeded in launching a non-alcoholic rouge beer that is significantly lower in calories and sugar than most of the other beers in this market segment “In addition to the spicy Super 8 IPA our abbey beer Tongerlo Brown has also won an award the entire Tongerlo range has been awarded gold Tongerlo Blond won gold across all categories at the World Beer Awards “These awards prove the top quality of our versatile range which we have been building and brewing with great craftsmanship passion and dedication for more 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found at the bottom of this page taken last week of a life-size canvas of the Last Supper have revealed that Leonardo da Vinci very likely painted the beautiful face of the Apostle John which were conducted at the Abbey of Tongerlo in Belgium where the painting has hung for more than 450 years by art historians Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher H the authors show that this painting was originally commissioned by King Louis XII of France who wanted a faithful copy of the Last Supper fresco in Milan A royal commission would have ensured that Leonardo personally supervised the painting citing evidence that the work was taken from Leonardo’s workshop in Italy to France in the early 16th century before being sold to the Belgian abbey.“The multispectral study reveals a highly delicate sfumato on the skin of John which shows that this could only be the work of Leonardo,” said Isbouts a doctoral professor at Fieldling Graduate University in Santa Barbara who supervises the project “Its beauty stands in sharp contrast to the facial treatment of the other Apostles which are clearly the work of lesser painters in Leonardo’s studio The scans will now be studied by an international group of scholars “Given that only 20 percent of the original fresco in Milan is still visible the Tongerlo version can show us what Leonardo’s original Last Supper painting once looked like,” said Brown director of Brown Discoveries LLC of North Carolina The multispectral scans were taken by IEMC in association with Fielding Graduate University and Brown Discoveries traces the arc of Leonardo’s fame across five centuries to today the authors show that it was the Last Supper that maintained the da Vinci mystique for 500 years ensured that by the end of the 16th century everyone in the European art circle knew about Leonardo’s Last Supper,” says Isbouts “Many of those copies and engravings were made from the Tongerlo Last Supper which until recently was known only to a small group of experts.” the full publication of the multispectral study ArtDependence Magazine is an international magazine covering all spheres of contemporary art ArtDependence features the latest art news highlighting interviews with today’s most influential artists fair directors and individuals at the axis of the arts The magazine also covers series of articles and reviews on critical art events new publications and other foremost happenings in the art world If you would like to submit events or editorial content to ArtDependence Magazine, please feel free to reach the magazine via the contact page Leonardo De Vinci himself probably participated in painting the version of "The Last Supper" in Tongerlo Abbey That's according to an American art history professor who studied the canvas this week using a special camera of the Leuven technological research centre Imec Leonardo Da Vinci was considered as an "Uomo universale" because he was also a scientist and engineer apart from being an artist he did not leave too many works of arts behind; only 18 works worldwide have been attributed to him with great certainty Multi-spectral cameras reveal "sfumato" technique One of Da Vinci's renowned works is "The Last Supper" in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan The one in Tongerlo is a copy which was made 6 years after the orginal there were rumours that Da Vinci himself participated in the making of the Tongerlo work This has now been investigated by Jean-Pierre Isbouts He cooperated with Imec to use so-called "multi spectral cameras" which are able to detect and reconstruct various layers in a painting and differentiate between the original and the restauration something which is typical for De Vinci's work Isbouts says that one character draws particular attention John who is sitting at Jesus' left hand side It is the same technique used for Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Isbouts argues that only De Vinci really mastered the technique so sell as to create John in this way He calls the work in Tongerlo Abbey "a second Last Supper" rather than "a copy" Another reason why it could be Da Vinci himself at work is that John shows androgynous characteristics (of both a man and a woman combined This is a something which intrigued Da Vinci a lot and which we also see in other works of his Isbouts' findings now have to be confirmed by other experts and further research into the paint used could shed more light on the matter Watch the video with Jean-Pierre Isbouts here: Haacht Brewery has landed Gold in this year’s World Beer Awards for the World’s Best Pale Belgian Style Triple category with its Tongerlo Tripel This Belgian tripel stands out thanks to the scale of fruity notes which accentuates the bitterness of the hops It previously won Europe’s Best at the World Beer Awards back in 2011 Haacht’s Tongerlo ales are authentic Belgian abbey ales For centuries the Norbertine Canons of Tongerlo have dedicated themselves to brewing beer Using contemporary technology and just as much passion “Previous years have seen the Tongerlo Tripel win Silver in 2020 and Gold in 2013 at the Brussels Beer Challenge To win a gold medal again at this year’s World Beer Awards is an incredible achievement that recognises the commitment to quality of the brewery team at Haacht in Belgium.” The World Drinks Awards are the global awards selecting the very best in all internationally recognised styles of drinks. Presented by thedrinksreport.com the world’s no.1 online resource for drinks professionals reward and promote the world’s best drinks to consumers and trade across the globe Haacht is well and truly ready to establish its presence in the UK For further information, please contact Rhiannon Thomas via rhiannon@weareplaster.com Email secretary@beerguild.co.uk Copyright © The British Guild of Beer Writers 2025 Developed by HGA Jean-Pierre Isbouts - one of National Geographic’s best-selling authors- has been studying and following Leonardo da Vinci’s paper trail for years He’s written about the Italian’s career and legacy Some of Isbouts findings defy our most common conceptions of da Vinci’s life and work As part of our magazine’s commemoration of Leonardo’s 500thanniversary and in light of Isbouts upcoming TV special The Search for the Mona Lisa and his new book The da Vinci Legacy (Apollo ArtDependence sat down with the writer to talk about how his new discoveries shed a different light on our image of the Italian artist To tell our readers as much as possible about our deep conversation with Isbouts The third part focuses on what makes Leonardo’sLast Supper (1495-1498) revolutionary and Isbouts’ theory on the oil on canvas version of the artwork found in Belgium ArtDependence (AD):  What makes da Vici’s Last Supper so unique Jean Pierre Isbouts (JPI): On top of its painterly quality it radically revolutionized the way the motif was depicted Up to that point artists depicted the Last Supper as the institution of the Eucharist In Ghirlandaio’s versions of the Last Supper you have Christ breaking bread - which in itself is not a very interesting thing to depict - while the Apostles sit there not doing anything Leonardo comes into the genre wanting action he breaks with the iconography of the Last Supper as the institution of the Eucharist and depicts the moment in the gospels when Jesus says: “one of you will betray me.” This bombshell announcement brings all these different human responses into the work and it made everyone at the time want to have a print copy of the work According to Leo Steinberg the Last Supperwas probably one of the first illustrations in history that enjoyed wide distribution Today we have no idea what the fresco looked like We only see 20 per cent of the original work even after Pinin Brambilla’s restoration which took 19 years The reason is she took off the overpaint that had been added over the centuries and left the original pigments AD: You have a theory about a second Last Supper made either by Leonardo or his atelier and owned by the Tongerlo Abbey in Belgium JPI: I was reading my Vasari - which is the Bible on Leonardo - and he had a curious story: king Louis XII conquered Milan in 1499 During a tour of the city he saw the Last Supper and was blown away He told his associates he wanted the wall taken down and shipped across the Alps but as a historian I know enough about kings and queens of the Renaissance to know they don’t take no for an answer but I thought: what if the king asked for the next best thing: a faithful copy made by Leonardo on canvas I started to go through the archives in France and Florence and in the latter found a letter where the king of France asks the Signoria to send Leonardo to work for him for a while da Vinci goes to Milan a second time as the painter of the king Because he’s making a copy of the Last Supper I was able to trace the painting to Galois where it shows up in the inventory of Louis XII’s Prime Minister’s palace It appears as a Last Supper of monumental figures I even found bills sent to Gianpetrino - a top painter of Leonardo’s atelier- who traveled to deliver it When the king and his Prime Minister die the artwork is put up for sale At the time the Tongerlo abbey in Belgium is being built because of the Reformation The Abbot wanted to find the biggest painting of Christ he could find to stick it to those protestants so he buys the Last Supper and hangs it the chapel In the abbey I found the testimony of a witness who wrote the story is this copy of the Last Supper of Leonardo JPI: I think his whole atelier worked on the painting under his supervision because Louis XII wanted the artwork done quickly I can see the signature of Boltraffio and Gianpetrino Which makes sense because if you’re working for a king you’re going to be on top of the work and use your best people There’s a theory that da Vinci’s assistants weren’t the only ones to work on the painting It’s believed that Leonardo himself painted Christ and St and X-ray tests done in the 1970’s somewhat corroborate the story They show those two figures don’t have underdrawings Who are the two most important faces in the Last Supper AD: Are there any more tests planned that could help unveil the truth JPI: In late April we’re doing a multi-spectral scan with a Belgian company to look at the pigments and restorations More importantly I want to use infrared reflectography to study the underdrawings Tests have been done on other copies of the Last Supper for example the one hanging in London’s Royal Academy of Arts But compared to the fresco there hasn’t been a match The only copy with which there’s been an absolute match is the one in Belgium Today what’s left of the fresco looks like a two-dimensional pastel This makes us think that at the very least the Belgian Last Supper must have been made at Leonardo’s atelier in the years immediately after the fresco was painted AD: Is it possible to visit the abbey and see the painting There’s one more incredible story about the Last Supper and the various copies that were made throughout the centuries that I think is worth telling: because the Last Supper was in such bad a state many old copies were exhibited in the hall of Santa Maria de la Grazia monastery where Leonardo’s fresco is One bomb fell on the monastery and destroyed all copies as Jesus led the consumption of bread and wine at the start of the Last Supper he beseeched his disciples: "Do this in remembrance of me" While that final dinner is indeed remembered it appears that aspects of the meal have been embellished by those charged with depicting the scene – specifically the amount of food the guests enjoyed A study of paintings of the Last Supper from the past 1,000 years has found the size of the portions set in front of the diners has increased dramatically over time Brian Wansink, the director of the food and brand laboratory at Cornell University, said the findings showed that the current tendency for people to eat bigger portions on bigger plates has gradually developed over the millennium Researchers from the New York-based university used computer technology to compare how much food the diners were presented with in each painting "We took the 52 most famous paintings of the Last Supper [from the book Last Supper] and analysed the size of the entrees relative to the average size of the average head in the painting," Wansick said Computer-aided design technology enabled the researchers to scan and rotate items in the paintings The study, published today in the International Journal of Obesity found that the size of the meals in the paintings had grown by 69% over the 1,000-year period "The last thousand years have witnessed dramatic increases in the production abundance and affordability of food," said Wansink the author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think these changes have been reflected in paintings of history's most famous dinner." No new Belgian three-star restaurants have been added to the 2025 Michelin Guide for Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg this year Zilte in Antwerp and Boury in Roeselare remain the only 3-star establishments one new Belgian two-star restaurant has been added: Maison Colette by Thijs Vervloet in Tongerlo (Antwerp) The annual presentation of the Michelin stars one of the most prestigious awards in the international culinary world took place at the Handelsbeurs in Antwerp this morning The show kicked off with a tribute to Jonnie Boer who died unexpectedly last week from the effects of a pulmonary embolism the only three-star restaurant in the Netherlands Few are the restaurants that can call themselves a three-star establishment Only Zilte in Antwerp and Boury in Roeselare (West Flanders) qualified Viki Geunes of Zilte in Antwerp is worth 3 Michelin stars for the fifth year in a row 'This is and remains a red-letter day for gastronomy We share the stage with Tim Boury with great pride Everyone who has worked extremely hard has been rewarded We are part of the most beautiful profession there is Tim Boury at Boury in Roeselare may call himself a three-star chef for the fourth year in a row 'I too am happy to be on the podium together with Viki I also congratulate all colleagues who received 1 or 2 stars To everyone else sitting here: go for it next year.' 2 new restaurants appear among the two-star restaurants this year: Maison Colette by Thijs Vervloet in Tongerlo and Léa Linster by Louis Linster in Frisange (Grand-duchy of Luxembourg) Thijs Vervloet 'had a circuitous route past big houses and renowned names' before settling in a former doctor's house in Tongerlo 'He is at home,' Michelin inspectors say 'We have found our end station.' The inspectors are 'exceptionally impressed with his à la carte offerings' 'It is nice that we get so much praise for that.'