Modelling of draperies
Artists' Techniques
Fabrics are modelled with highlights progressing from white mixed into the base pigment to pure white, and shaded with darker tones of the base pigment or with translucent glazes. Fully blended, directional brush strokes are combined with tiny brush strokes or dots. The resulting effect is most fluid and subtle in the images painted by the Madonna Master.
Last Judgement (Seven Requests to our Lord)
This miniature displays the salient features of the Rohan Master’s style: the juxtaposition of super-large and extra-small, Christ’s facial type (hotspot 1) and skeletal frame, and the background angels highlighted in gold ink. The idiosyncratic underdrawing is visible to the naked eye through the thin pink washes on Christ’s drapery. Infrared imaging clearly reveals the festoons of loops cascading down or congregating into pools of drapery folds (see Infrared Layer). On the surface, the folds and shadows are defined by thin parallel strokes of dark green and pink over the lighter green and white base layers (hotspots 2 and 3).