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
The Misanthrope is a tempera painting on canvas by the Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, created in 1568. It is now in the National Museum of Capodimonte, in Naples.
Wierix, Johannes Portrait of Pieter Brueghel 1572 RP P 1907 593 cropped