Sentence examples for gold ground from inspiring English sources

The plumage in glaring white is underlined by contrasting black legs on the uniform gold ground.

"He was incredibly scholarly and bought everything from gold ground paintings to 20th-century works".

It was small, measuring only 8 by 10 inches, and was painted on gold ground.

Memling's "Christ Blessing," a panel painted on gold ground depicting Jesus, bust length, his right hand raised in blessing, brought $4.1 million.

He's seen bust-length, dark-robed, expressionless against a gold ground, an open Gospel in his left hand, his right raised in blessing.

The strong green of the foliage is set off by the gold ground with an abruptness that is the negation of all that Chinese painting stands for.

For example the phrase "Honeycomb: To suck honey from a honeycomb denotes pleasure" is stenciled in copper-colored letters on a brown-gold ground.

The exhibition is rich in gold-ground painted icons.

The Frick owns four: a large portrayal of a white-haired Saint John the Evangelist, two small gold-ground paintings of saints and a small gold-ground crucifixion.

Galleries like Marlborough (modern masters) and Moretti (Florentine gold-ground paintings) are familiar to fair-goers.

Finding a gold-ground painting of this kind in pristine condition is nearly impossible, experts say.