Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in Seville
The entrance of the Madre de Dios convent in Seville was carved in stone by Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera, an important sculptor who made great artistic productions, highlighting his carvings in wood and stone. Several studies have been carried out on the carvings in wood, but no interest has been...
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| description | The entrance of the Madre de Dios convent in Seville was carved in stone by Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera, an important sculptor who made great artistic productions, highlighting his carvings in wood and stone. Several studies have been carried out on the carvings in wood, but no interest has been paid by experts to the carving pieces in stone. In this work, this polychrome made on stone around 1590 was studied for the first time. Micro-samples were taken and studied using micro-analytical techniques (optical microscopy, SEM-EDX, colourimetry, XRD, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy). The pigments (smalt, atacamite, malachite, copper resinate, cinnabar, red earth, yellow ochre, carbon, and bone black) and the consolidation product (acrylic resin, very possibly Paraloid B72) were characterized. The experimental study indicated that the polychrome was applied on a layer of white lead (cerussite and hydrocerussite) that was laid on the substrate stone, constituted by calcarenite. This study also includes a comprehensive discussion on the use of these materials and techniques in other artworks within Seville’s cultural heritage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41cb423554784c519450edd484df0eb32024-03-27T13:56:09ZengMDPI AGMinerals2075-163X2024-02-0114322510.3390/min14030225Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in SevilleJosé Luis Pérez-Rodríguez0María Dolores Robador1Garbiñe Larrea2Adrián Durán3Materials Science Institute, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-University of Seville, Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Seville, SpainTechnical Architecture Faculty, University of Seville, Reina Mercedes 4, 41002 Seville, SpainChemistry Department, School of Sciences, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, SpainChemistry Department, School of Sciences, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, SpainThe entrance of the Madre de Dios convent in Seville was carved in stone by Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera, an important sculptor who made great artistic productions, highlighting his carvings in wood and stone. Several studies have been carried out on the carvings in wood, but no interest has been paid by experts to the carving pieces in stone. In this work, this polychrome made on stone around 1590 was studied for the first time. Micro-samples were taken and studied using micro-analytical techniques (optical microscopy, SEM-EDX, colourimetry, XRD, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy). The pigments (smalt, atacamite, malachite, copper resinate, cinnabar, red earth, yellow ochre, carbon, and bone black) and the consolidation product (acrylic resin, very possibly Paraloid B72) were characterized. The experimental study indicated that the polychrome was applied on a layer of white lead (cerussite and hydrocerussite) that was laid on the substrate stone, constituted by calcarenite. This study also includes a comprehensive discussion on the use of these materials and techniques in other artworks within Seville’s cultural heritage.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/14/3/225pigmentsstonesculpturemineralogySevillian artworks |
| spellingShingle | José Luis Pérez-Rodríguez María Dolores Robador Garbiñe Larrea Adrián Durán Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in Seville Minerals pigments stone sculpture mineralogy Sevillian artworks |
| title | Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in Seville |
| title_full | Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in Seville |
| title_fullStr | Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in Seville |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in Seville |
| title_short | Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in Seville |
| title_sort | revealing juan de oviedo y de la bandera s artworks the case of the polychrome of a stone carved sculpture from the madre de dios convent facade in seville |
| topic | pigments stone sculpture mineralogy Sevillian artworks |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/14/3/225 |
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