Abstract

FLORES ROSAS, David Alberto. Revelations of the Divine Proportion in La estigmatización de san Francisco de Asís, a 17 ^th Century Painting Attributed to Baltasar de Echave Orio. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.24, pp.305-350.  Epub Sep 26, 2022. ISSN 2007-249X.  https://doi.org/10.30763/intervencion.257.v2n24.36.2021.

X-ray technology provided relevant support in the compositional analysis of the painting, La estigmatización de san Francisco de Asís, attributed to Baltasar de Echave Orio. The unprecedented and amazing results revealed the creative mastery that crafted this work of art and proved that the artistic beauty of the piece (immersed in a problem of attribution) was conditioned by the golden section and its creator’s meticulous compositional analysis. From the conservation-restoration perspective this study opens a novel view that recognizes the technical audacity of a cultured, European-trained artist who had access to prints from the Old World that were disseminated across 17th Century in New Spain.

Keywords : golden section; compositional analysis; radiological analysis; manufacturing technique; il disegno.

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