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A reproduction of the hand of Saint Ginés de la Jara, hand-painted to illustrate the encarnaciones technique.
Viewed from left to right:
- (l) glue on wood
- (2) yeso grueso and yeso mate
- (3) base coat of oil paint
- (4) translucent coat of oil paint
- (5) oil paint highlights.
Carving by Marcelo Santos; encarnaciones by Sylvana Barrett (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 85.SD.161)
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/special-topics-art-history/creating-conserving/sculpture/a/making-a-spanish-polychrome-sculpture-saint-gins-de-la-jara