RT Journal Article
T1 Gilding in Spanish panel painting from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries
A1 Kroustallis, Stefanos
A1 Gómez González, Marisa
A1 Miquel Juan, Matilde
A1 Bruquetas, Rocío
A1 Pérez Monzón, María Olga
AB Pure gold is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal. These characteristics allow it to be hammered into thin leaves and applied to other surfaces, a process known as gilding. This study examines the gilding techniques used in Spanish panel and retable painting from the fifteenth to early sixteenth century, considering gold’s intrinsic value and symbolism as well as its role as a painting material. First, historical references and laboratory analyses of panel paintings will be compared and interpreted; second, important technical aspects of gold leaf will be discussed, including its composition and possible origin, its thickness and size, its price, and the different poliments and modes of adhesion used to apply it to the substrate
PB Editores American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain (https://aarhms.wildapricot.org...) Taylor & Francis: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group (http://www.routledge.com/)
SN 1754-6559
SN 1754-6567
YR 2016
FD 2016-07-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120304
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120304
LA eng
NO Stefanos Kroustallis, Marisa Gómez González, Matilde Miquel Juan, Rocío Bruquetas Galán & Olga Pérez Monzón (2016): Gilding in Spanish panel painting from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, DOI: 10.1080/17546559.2016.1230273
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 abr 2026