Number 9 | January-March 2011 | BUY THE MAGAZINE

The enigma of the twill-weave canvas paintings

The recent discovery by the Prado museum of  Brueguel’s The wine at St. Martin’s feast has recaptured the importance of painting on linen. This technique, consists on the application of painting directly on a canvas without previous treatment. It was used by several painters among them Luis de Morales. Adelina Illán and Rafael Romero analyze this process in their article, with Christ carrying the cross, by ‘El Divino’.

By Adelina Illán y Rafael Romero
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