Kroustallis, StefanosGómez González, MarisaMiquel Juan, MatildeBruquetas, RocíoPérez Monzón, María Olga2025-05-212025-05-212016-07-02Stefanos 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: 10.1080/17546559.2016.12302731754-65591754-656710.1080/17546559.2016.1230273https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120304Pure 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 First, historical references and laboratory analyses of panel paintings will be compared and interpreted; second, important technical aspects of gold leaf will be discussed, including its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 substrateengjournal articlehttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/revista/27344/A/2016metadata only access7 (091)Medieval artGold LeafWater gildingMordant gildingSpanish panel paintingHumanidades5506.02 Historia del Arte