In the framework of the research project on the works attributed to the Master of Elsloo, the mat... more In the framework of the research project on the works attributed to the Master of Elsloo, the materials and techniques used in polychromy were studied. Seven sculptures have been examined: the Crucified Christ and an Apostle from Ellikom, St Quirinus from Gerdingen, St Anthony Abbot from Neeroeteren, the Crucified Christ from Meeuwen, the Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon in Liège and the St Anne with the Virgin and Child from Elsloo. The results were interpreted in their technological and historical context, which led to a number of interesting findings, such as gilding with both fine gold leaf (almost pure gold) and ‘part gold’ or Zwischgold (produced by beating gold and silver leaf together) and the use of madder lake (Rubia tinctorum L.), obtained from waste from the textile industry.
The conservation and restoration of the sculpture of the Crucified Christ was part of the Interna... more The conservation and restoration of the sculpture of the Crucified Christ was part of the International Conservation Workshop Lopud (ICWL).1 The continuation of the initial investigation has recently revealed the use of maize stalks (Zea mays) for the making of the volumes of the image. The employment of this material is part of a technique that is found exclusively in the Mexican art of the sixteenth and part of the seventeenth centuries. Likewise, the notable formal dependencies that will be later disclosed, as well as technical aspects of this piece, which are comparable to similar examples found in Mexico and Spain, allow us to confirm that this crucifix is an early import to Lopud, an island that at the time belonged to the Republic of Ragusa, in present-day Croatia. This case, therefore, sheds light on the early contact between the eastern Adriatic and Mexico and, at the same time, it is a noteworthy work of reference for current scholarship on early lightweightsculpture produ...
In the framework of the research project on the works attributed to the Master of Elsloo, the mat... more In the framework of the research project on the works attributed to the Master of Elsloo, the materials and techniques used in polychromy were studied. Seven sculptures have been examined: the Crucified Christ and an Apostle from Ellikom, St Quirinus from Gerdingen, St Anthony Abbot from Neeroeteren, the Crucified Christ from Meeuwen, the Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon in Liège and the St Anne with the Virgin and Child from Elsloo. The results were interpreted in their technological and historical context, which led to a number of interesting findings, such as gilding with both fine gold leaf (almost pure gold) and ‘part gold’ or Zwischgold (produced by beating gold and silver leaf together) and the use of madder lake (Rubia tinctorum L.), obtained from waste from the textile industry.
The conservation and restoration of the sculpture of the Crucified Christ was part of the Interna... more The conservation and restoration of the sculpture of the Crucified Christ was part of the International Conservation Workshop Lopud (ICWL).1 The continuation of the initial investigation has recently revealed the use of maize stalks (Zea mays) for the making of the volumes of the image. The employment of this material is part of a technique that is found exclusively in the Mexican art of the sixteenth and part of the seventeenth centuries. Likewise, the notable formal dependencies that will be later disclosed, as well as technical aspects of this piece, which are comparable to similar examples found in Mexico and Spain, allow us to confirm that this crucifix is an early import to Lopud, an island that at the time belonged to the Republic of Ragusa, in present-day Croatia. This case, therefore, sheds light on the early contact between the eastern Adriatic and Mexico and, at the same time, it is a noteworthy work of reference for current scholarship on early lightweightsculpture produ...
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