TY - JOUR
T1 - Analytical characterization of the palette and painting techniques of Jorge Afonso, the great 16th century Master of Lisbon painting workshop
AU - Antunes, Vanessa
AU - Candeias, António
AU - Mirão, José
AU - Carvalho, Maria L.
AU - Dias, Cristina Barrocas
AU - Manhita, Ana
AU - Cardoso, Ana Margarida
AU - Francisco, Maria J.
AU - Lauw, Alexandra
AU - Manso, Marta
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/PD/PD%2FBD%2F52694%2F2014/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147413/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147339/PT#
SFRH/BPD/103315/2014 through program QREN-POPH-typology 4.1.
UID/Multi/0/14/19/2013 to HERCULES.
PY - 2018/3/15
Y1 - 2018/3/15
N2 - In this work, a study on a set of paintings from the most significant altarpiece assigned to Master Jorge Afonso (c. 1470–1540) painting workshop is presented. This altarpiece is composed by fourteen paintings made to the church of Convento de Jesus, in Setúbal, Portugal, and was made circa 1517–19/1530, according to art-history. This set of paintings is compared to one of the other most important Portuguese altarpieces from the 16th century: the panels of the Round Church of the Convento de Cristo, in Tomar, made circa 1510–1515. The aim of this study is to characterize the wooden support, pigments, ground layers materials and technique used in Jorge Afonso workshop by means of complementary analyses. A dendrochronological approach was made in order to corroborate (or not) the historical date initially assigned. Infrared photography (IRP) and reflectography (IRR) allowed the study of the underdrawing technique and macro photography (MP) was used to recognize overlapping layers technique. Cross-sections from the paintings were examined by optical microscopy (OM), and analyzed by μ-X-ray diffraction (μ-XRD), Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence spectroscopy (EDXRF), Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), micro-Raman spectroscopy (μ-Raman), micro-Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (μ-FTIR), Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (py-GC/MS). The characterization of the palette and ground layers and the study of the overlapping of paint layers brought a new insight of the adopted painting techniques by the most important group of painters working in Portugal in the 16th century - the Lisbon workshop, leaded by Master Jorge Afonso.
AB - In this work, a study on a set of paintings from the most significant altarpiece assigned to Master Jorge Afonso (c. 1470–1540) painting workshop is presented. This altarpiece is composed by fourteen paintings made to the church of Convento de Jesus, in Setúbal, Portugal, and was made circa 1517–19/1530, according to art-history. This set of paintings is compared to one of the other most important Portuguese altarpieces from the 16th century: the panels of the Round Church of the Convento de Cristo, in Tomar, made circa 1510–1515. The aim of this study is to characterize the wooden support, pigments, ground layers materials and technique used in Jorge Afonso workshop by means of complementary analyses. A dendrochronological approach was made in order to corroborate (or not) the historical date initially assigned. Infrared photography (IRP) and reflectography (IRR) allowed the study of the underdrawing technique and macro photography (MP) was used to recognize overlapping layers technique. Cross-sections from the paintings were examined by optical microscopy (OM), and analyzed by μ-X-ray diffraction (μ-XRD), Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence spectroscopy (EDXRF), Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), micro-Raman spectroscopy (μ-Raman), micro-Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (μ-FTIR), Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (py-GC/MS). The characterization of the palette and ground layers and the study of the overlapping of paint layers brought a new insight of the adopted painting techniques by the most important group of painters working in Portugal in the 16th century - the Lisbon workshop, leaded by Master Jorge Afonso.
KW - Anhydrite
KW - Ground layer
KW - Jorge Afonso
KW - Lisbon workshop
KW - Pigments
KW - Portuguese painting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038958944&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.saa.2017.12.027
DO - 10.1016/j.saa.2017.12.027
M3 - Article
C2 - 29258021
AN - SCOPUS:85038958944
VL - 193
SP - 264
EP - 275
JO - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
JF - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
SN - 1386-1425
ER -