Maite Barrio Olano and Bart Fransen (eds) ‘The votive panel of Juan Martínez de Mendaro. Study and intervention of a 15th century Flemish painting (Zumaia)’. Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa: Donostia / San Sebastián, 2024.
The publication offers a complex and careful vision of this unique painting, which commemorates the death of the sailor and merchant during a battle that took place in 1476 in the context of the struggle for the succession to the throne of Castile. Through the texts of 14 experts and more than a hundred images and graphics, specialists in art history and conservation, as well as amateurs, will be able to enjoy a serious and rigorous analysis of the various disciplines covered.
The book can be purchased through the following link: Publications Service – Argitarapen Zerbitzua – Gipuzkoa.net
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
– A. Sánchez-Lassa de los Santos. INTRODUCTION FLEMISH PAINTING IN GIPUZKOA
– I. Irixoa Cortes. HISTORICAL APPROACH TO THE PANEL: THE MENDARO FAMILY AND ZUMAIA IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
– B. Fransen, M. Léonard. THE VOTIVE PANEL OF JUAN MARTÍNEZ DE MENDARO. STUDIES IN ART HISTORY
– X. Alberdi Lonbide. CHARACTERISATION OF THE SHIP OF JUAN MARTÍNEZ DE MENDARO
– C. Maggi, P. Fraiture. RESULTS OF THE DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SUPPORT OF THE TABLA VOTIVA OF JUAN MARTÍNEZ DE MENDARO
– J.A. Glatigny, I. Berasain Salvarredi. TECHNOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE SUPPORT: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PANEL OF JUAN MARTÍNEZ DE MENDARO
– M. Barrio Olano, J. Sanyova, I. Cárdaba López, V. Aldabe Gil, A. Sánchez Ledesma. FROM THE GROUND LAYER TO THE COLOUR: A STUDY OF THE PICTORIAL TECHNIQUE OF A 15TH-CENTURY FLEMISH PAINTING.
– J. Sanyova, M. Barrio Olano, I. Cárdaba López, V. Aldabe Gil, A. Sánchez Ledesma. GILDING TECHNIQUES: TYPOLOGY, MATERIALS AND FORM OF APPLICATION
– I. Cárdaba López, M. Barrio Olano, V. Aldabe Gil, A. Sánchez Ledesma. THE PROTECTIVE LAYER ON THE PAINTING OF MARTÍNEZ DE MENDARO: THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN ORIGINAL VARNISH?
– V. Aldabe Gil, I. Cárdaba López, M. Barrio Olano. CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION INTERVENTION: METHODOLOGY, PROCESS AND RESULTS
– EPILOGUE
– BIBLIOGRAPHY