Exhibition at Dècouvert Fine Art

Iluminations is an exhibition of  my copies of illuminated miniatures from the 12th to 15th centuries.

It opens this Saturday 16 November 12 noon and can be viewed through Christmas at the Decouvert Fine Art Gallery,

73 Main Streat Rockport.

the Gallery specializes in American, European and Old Master Drawings, French Medals, object d'art, stained glass, and artist from Provence and Tuscany.

Here the Facebook Page of the Gallery.

Here below some images of the working in progress

Michelino da Besozzo St. Martin

Michelino da Besozzo St. Martin

Limbourg Brothers October

Limbourg Brothers October 

Aberdeen Bestiary the Peridens Tree

Aberdeen Bestiary the Peridens Tree

Copy of illumination from Girolamo dai Libri work in progress

I'm working on a copy of this illumination from Girolamo Dai Libri.

My client ask me to paint the missing part of the letter D, so after comparing all kinds of illuminations from this painter, I arrived at this solution...

Memling work in progress 2

Gilding the halo with gold leaf 23 3/4 and ammoniacum gum

gilding the frame in my atelier

the frame gilded and varnished

Memling work in progress 1

This is one of the many reasons that kept me away from my blog for so long. 
Finally, post photos of this miniature egg tempera on wood and gold leaf copied from Memling.
Here below share the details of the work in progress.


Questo è uno dei tanti motivi che mi ha tenuta lontana dal mio blog per tanto tempo. 
Finalmente posto le foto di questa miniatura a tempera a uovo foglia oro su tavola da Memling.
Qui sotto condivido alcune fasi di lavorazione in dettaglio.

Delaporte oil on canvas work i progress 3

the canvas varnished

glding the frame

finishing touches

Delaporte oil on canvas work in progress 2

Illuminations for Getty Museum Store

On the occasion of the exhibition Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance , the Getty Museum ordered me a series of illuminations on parchment for sale in their store. These are images of subjects chosen and some works in progress. 

They are made in egg tempera with real lapislazuli and gold leaf on parchment. 

In the last images I show a illumination before leaving my atelier.

In occasione della mostra Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance il Getty Museum mi ha ordinato una serie di miniature su pergamena per la vendita nel loro negozio. 

Queste sono le immagini dei soggetti scelti e alcune fasi di lavorazione. Sono realizzate a tempera a uovo con vero lapislazzuli e foglia oro su pergamena. 

Nell'ultima immagine mostro una delle miniature prima della partenza dal mio atelier.

Delaporte oil on canvas work in progress

Copy of "Le panier d'oeufs" from Henry Horace Roland Delaporte; oil on canvas.

detail

preparatory drawing on the backgroud color

Oil on wood

Copy from Gillis van Hulsdonck “Still life” XVII century 

oil on wood cm. 12,5x10,5, frame silver leaf, false marble cm. 22,5x24,5 

Copia da Gillis van Hulsdonck “Natura morta” XVII secolo olio su tavola cm.10,5x12,5, cornice foglia argento decorazione finto marmo cm. 22,5x24,5

Gilded frame with graffito decoration