Glue-size
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Glue-size is a painting technique in which pigment is bound to cloth with hide glue, and typically the unvarnished cloth was then fixed to the frame using the same glue. Glue-size is also known as dis
Quentin Matsys: Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine, c. 1515-25. National Gallery, London. This near-ruined example of glue-size technique is covered by an accumulated layer of surface dirt which cannot be wiped by restorers for fear of severe damage to the pigments.
Bruegel, The Adoration of the Magi, c.1564, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Bruegel: The Wine of Saint Martin's Day, 1565-1568, Prado
Bruegel, The Blind Leading the Blind, 1568, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Quentin Matsys
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Quentin Matsys was a Flemish painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition. He was born in Leuven. According to tradition, he trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter. Matsys was active in Ant
Quentin Matsys, engraved by Johannes Wierix with Dominicus Lampsonius' poem about how Matsys' girlfriend preferred the quiet paintbrush to the heavy noise of hammering
Head of an Old Man
Detail of a c. 1500 Calendar Clock Face, which shows the artist with his 'brothers' Joost the clockmaker and Jan
The Money Changer and His Wife (1514) Oil on panel, 71 × 68 cm Louvre Abu Dhabi