The ‘Calvary’ of S. Francisco's church in Leiria: workshop practice in a Portuguese late Gothic wall painting
1998; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 43; Issue: sup1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1179/sic.1998.43.supplement-1.65
ISSN2047-0584
AutoresGraça Horta, Isabel Ribeiro, Luís Urbano Afonso,
Tópico(s)Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
ResumoAbstractRecent restoration work at the church of the Convent of S. Francisco in Leiria (Portugal) revealed a large Late Gothic Calvary on the back wall of the main chapel. This paper is a first report of the study carried out by an interdisciplinary team, and provides information about the organization and practice of a Portuguese wall-painting workshop in the late fifteenth century. The stratigraphy and composition of the renders are analysed, as well as the different stages of the preparatory drawing, the palette, the binding media and the painting processes, particularly the giornate and the different methods used for the flesh painting. In comparison with known treatises, such as that of Cennino Cennini, the results of the laboratory analyses are surprising, particularly in regard to the binding media used in the secco painting and the gilding.
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