See fig. 246.
The act of embellishing/texturing the metal surface by repeatedly using a peen (pein) hammer (which has one rounded end and one flat end) to disguise porosity or other surface flaws and create a faceted effect. The term also refers to the type of tightly textured effect created by this process.
Note: The surface markings can be similar to those made by a and thus easily misidentified. In , the term refers to compressing the sand with the peen end of a rammer.
Sources
Cultural Heritage: Smith, Dylan. 2015. “Riccio in Relief: Documented Sculpture as a Technical Context for The Entombment.” Facture: Conservation, Science, Art History 2: pages unknown.; Avery, Victoria, ed. 2018. Michelangelo: Sculptor in Bronze : The Rothschild Bronzes. London: Philip Wilson Publishers., 162; Allen, Denise, Linda Borsch, James David Draper, Jeffrey Fraiman, and Richard E. Stone, eds. 2022. Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Italian_Renaissance_and_Baroque_Bronzes_in_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art., 254
Historical: Bolland, Simpson. 1894. The Encyclopedia of Founding and Dictionary of Foundry Terms Used in the Practice of Moulding. New York: Wiley., 298
Copper Industry: Palmer, R. H. 1929. Foundry Practice: A Text Book for Executives, Molders, Students and Apprentices. 4th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons. http://archive.org/details/foundrypracticet00palm., 294
Translations
French:
matage au marteau
Traitement mécanique de surfaçage directement au marteau à panne plane ou légèrement bombée et polie miroir. Utilisé à la fois pour masquer la ou d’autres défauts de surface et pour créer un effet facetté. Ne pas confondre avec le planage.
Note: Il n’existe pas à notre connaissance de terme particulier en français correspondant au terme anglais « peening », qui renvoie à la fois au matage et au grenaillage.
German:
Hämmern
Source
Bol, Peter C. 1985. Antike Bronzetechnik: Kunst und Handwerk antiker Erzbildner. München: Beck., 142
Italian:
martellatura
Sources
“Treccani - La Cultura Italiana - Enciclopedia.” n.d. Accessed April 4, 2023. https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/., under martellatura [definition b]; Battaglia, S. 1961. Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. Edited by Giorgio Bárberi Squarotti. Turin, Italy: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese. http://www.gdli.it/., under martellatura [definition 1, vol. 9, 840]
Chinese: 轻敲
Source
TNATD
Alternate Translation
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锤平
Source: TNATD