Phoebus Focus: Jan Miel’s hidden signature revealed

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With Koen Fillet and Sven Van Dorst, head of restoration at The Phoebus Foundation studio.

During the conservation of Jan Miel’s Carnaval on a Roman Piazza, something that had remained hidden for centuries came to light on the reverse of the canvas. The discovery takes us back to seventeenth-century Rome, where lively scenes of everyday life found their way into aristocratic collections.

Jan Miel, Carnaval on a Roman Piazza (1650), showing a bustling open-air market filled with figures and animals against a monumental Roman landscape.
Jan Miel, Carnaval on a Roman Piazza, 1650

Want to know more? Read our Phoebus Finding, Jan Miel’s Signature and Inscription Uncovered.