Imitation of golded marbles in Rococo polychrome altarpieces. A new technique
Abstract
In the Spanish altarpieces of eighteenth century we find a varied repertory in gilding alternating with matte and shinny effects, chiselled and bronzed. Here we present a technique unknown until now that combines the bronze effect with the imitation of marble.
The first time we found this technique was in Madrid, in Meco`s mayor altarpiece; then in Avila, Najera, Coria and Albarracin. In two cases, Meco and Avila, the name of Prospero Mortola, crown guilder, has been documented. It was also located outside of Spain, in the church of Saint Prisca in Taxco, Mexico.
Therefore we find ourselves before a new baroque polychrome technique that we can date between the early and middle thirds of the XVIII Century, which is associated with Rococo or Chinesco style “.
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