TY - JOUR
T1 - Uncover the mantle: rediscovering Gregório Lopes palette and technique with a study on the painting “Mater Misericordiae”
AU - Antunes, Vanessa
AU - Candeias, António
AU - Oliveira, Maria J.
AU - Carvalho, Maria L.
AU - Dias, Cristina Barrocas
AU - Manhita, Ana
AU - Francisco, Maria J.
AU - Costa, Sónia
AU - Lauw, Alexandra
AU - Manso, Marta
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/117099/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH%2FBPD%2F70031%2F2010/PT#
Post-doc Grants SFRH/BPD/103315/2014
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Gregório Lopes (c. 1490–1550) was one of the most prominent painters of the renaissance and Mannerism in Portugal. The painting “Mater Misericordiae” made for the Sesimbra Holy House of Mercy, circa 1535–1538, is one of the most significant works of the artist, and his only painting on this theme, being also one of the most significant Portuguese paintings of sixteenth century. The recent restoration provided the possibility to study materially the painting for the first time, with a multianalytical methodology incorporating portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy–energy-dispersive spectroscopy, micro-X-ray diffraction, micro-Raman spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to diode array and mass spectrometry detectors. The analytical study was complemented by infrared reflectography, allowing the study of the underdrawing technique and also by dendrochronology to confirm the date of the wooden panels (1535–1538). The results of this study were compared with previous ones on the painter’s workshop, and significant differences and similitudes were found in the materials and techniques used.
AB - Gregório Lopes (c. 1490–1550) was one of the most prominent painters of the renaissance and Mannerism in Portugal. The painting “Mater Misericordiae” made for the Sesimbra Holy House of Mercy, circa 1535–1538, is one of the most significant works of the artist, and his only painting on this theme, being also one of the most significant Portuguese paintings of sixteenth century. The recent restoration provided the possibility to study materially the painting for the first time, with a multianalytical methodology incorporating portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy–energy-dispersive spectroscopy, micro-X-ray diffraction, micro-Raman spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to diode array and mass spectrometry detectors. The analytical study was complemented by infrared reflectography, allowing the study of the underdrawing technique and also by dendrochronology to confirm the date of the wooden panels (1535–1538). The results of this study were compared with previous ones on the painter’s workshop, and significant differences and similitudes were found in the materials and techniques used.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00339-016-0481-1
DO - 10.1007/s00339-016-0481-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84991773751
VL - 122
JO - Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing
JF - Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing
SN - 0947-8396
IS - 11
M1 - 965
ER -