At the request of the KMSKA Museum in Antwerp, a comparative study was carried out on two groups of wooden sculptures bearing the signature of Ossip Zadkine: one held by the KMSKA Museum in Antwerp (The Misery of Job, inv. 2338) and the other in a private collection (Paris), depicting a kneeling Job. The archaeodendrometric study was carried out using non-intrusive visual examinations, enabling the main xylological characteristics of the wood used to be identified, the choice of timber selected for carving the sculptures to be reconstructed from a dendromorphological perspective, and to describe the tools used for cutting, shaping and carving based on the marks they left on the wood. The observations and data required for this study were carried out and collected on 18 and 19 May 2026 at the KMSKA Museum in Antwerp, and on 20 May in Paris.

Collaboration: KMSKA Museum, Antwerp – Plaatsnijderstraat 2 / 2000 ANTWERPEN (B). The project is being managed jointly by Véronique Van Passel, Curator of Sculpture, and Véronique Gautherin, Head of Collections at the Zadkine Museum in Paris