The Last Master of Handmade Gold Leaf
2nd May 2018
Marino Menegazzo’s specialty is hammering gold into sheets so fine you can destroy them with a breath of air. His workshop, a nondescript brick building in a corner of old Venice, was once the home and studio of Titian, Italy’s immortal Renaissance painter. Come visit with a man who might be the world’s last true master of handmade gold leaf.