Male Page of Staves, Tarocco card, Milan mid-15th century, attributed to Bonifacio Bembo Burnished gold and tempera on gessoed card, backs painted reddish brown (upper corners chipped, a few losses of surface and gesso from gold background, pigment losses from upper part of figure, repaint to lower part of card). In design and style this figure is a duplicate of the Page of Staves in the Accademia Carrara: the soft contours and delicate modelling of flesh tones show it to be the work of the same artist. It varies from the Bergamo card, and others of that set in one detail of the technique. In the present card gold-leaf was laid over the entire area above the landscape and the figure was painted on top of that. This may have resulted in a subtle luminosity that would have accorded well with the preferred blonde tones in works attributed to Bembo. Unfortunately it has also resulted in the pigment adhering less securely than if it had been painted directly on to the gesso ground. It may be that it was in recognition of this that Bembo abandoned this innovation and completed the Bergamo and Morgan Library cards by conventionally applying paint directly onto gesso. 6 11/16 in. (17.1 cm) high, 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm) wide. Kaplan I & II, var.
Male Page of Staves, Tarocco card, Milan mid-15th century, attributed to Bonifacio Bembo Burnished gold and tempera on gessoed card, backs painted reddish brown (upper corners chipped, a few losses of surface and gesso from gold background, pigment losses from upper part of figure, repaint to lower part of card). In design and style this figure is a duplicate of the Page of Staves in the Accademia Carrara: the soft contours and delicate modelling of flesh tones show it to be the work of the same artist. It varies from the Bergamo card, and others of that set in one detail of the technique. In the present card gold-leaf was laid over the entire area above the landscape and the figure was painted on top of that. This may have resulted in a subtle luminosity that would have accorded well with the preferred blonde tones in works attributed to Bembo. Unfortunately it has also resulted in the pigment adhering less securely than if it had been painted directly on to the gesso ground. It may be that it was in recognition of this that Bembo abandoned this innovation and completed the Bergamo and Morgan Library cards by conventionally applying paint directly onto gesso. 6 11/16 in. (17.1 cm) high, 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm) wide. Kaplan I & II, var.
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