Catalogue

NAVAS DE TOLOSA ALTARPIECE

SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES 

- Physical-chemical Analyses (Enrique Parra 1996-1999)

- Preparation with a chalk and animal glue base applied in at least four layers. Average thickness of layer: 250µm.

- Impregnation of animal glue

- Pigments used: white lead, calcite, plaster, charcoal, indigo, vermillion,  red and ochre-coloured earth pigment.

- Agglutinates: oil and egg tempera.

- In some samples, traces of egg glaze have been found on the original gilt.

- Wood. Histological study, Enrique Parra (1996-1999)

- Correspondence of polychrome decoration (Centro Cristiano de Restauración (Christian Restoration Centre), 1996-1999)

 

*Data taken from Fernández-Ladreda, C. and Roldán Marrodán, F.J. (1999)