Old masters under the microscope. Technical and material comparison of a 17th c. mural and panel painting assigned to Jose de Escovar in Southern Portugal

摘要

This paper reports the results of a multi analytical research undertaken on a mural and on a panel painting altarpiece authored by Jose de Escovar in 1603, one of the most productive and controversial painters working for Evora Archiepiscopate at the end of the 16th century and beginning of the 17th century. The two paintings are among his first documented artworks in the region and the only case where both are still in their original architectural location - the Chapel of the Souls in the main church of Vila Nova da Baronia (30 km away from the city of Evora).