Multiscientific Analytical Approach of Polychrome Greco-Roman Palette Applied on a Wooden Model Naos: Case Study

Abdallah, Mogniss H.; Abdrabou, Ahmed; Kamal, Hussein M.

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“…Between the 4 th century BC and the 4 th century AD, attestations of the use of lead white, regarding the Mediterranean area, are few and limited to coffin cartonnage, earthenware, wall paintings and wood portraits found in Egypt, Italy and, possibly, Ukraine (e.g., Sack et al 1981;Smith and Barbet 1999;Scott et al 2003;Aliatis et al 2010;Salvant et al 2018;de Ferri et al 2019;Abdallah et al 2020;Tarquini et al 2020).…”

Section: Lead White In Artworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases

Gliozzo

Ionescu

2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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This review summarises the state-of-the-art of lead-based pigment studies, addressing their production, trade, use and possible alteration. Other issues, such as those related to the investigation and protection of artworks bearing lead-based pigments are also presented. The focus is mineralogical, as both raw materials and degradation products are mineral phases occurring in nature (except for very few cases). The minerals described are abellaite, anglesite, blixite, caledonite, challacolloite, cerussite, cotunnite, crocoite, galena, grootfonteinite, hydrocerussite, laurionite, leadhillite, litharge, macphersonite, massicot, mimetite, minium, palmierite, phosgenite, plattnerite, plumbonacrite, schulténite, scrutinyite, somersetite, susannite, vanadinite and an unnamed phase (PbMg(CO3)2). The pigments discussed are lead white, red lead, litharge, massicot, lead-tin yellow, lead-tin-antimony yellow, lead-chromate yellow and Naples yellow. An attempt is made to describe the history, technology and alteration of these pigments in the most complete manner possible, despite the topic's evident breadth. Finally, an insight into the analytical methods that can (and should) be used for accurate archaeometric investigations and a summary of key concepts conclude this review, along with a further list of references for use as a starting point for further research.

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Section: Lead White In Artworkmentioning

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“…Among other organic binders, animal glues have been frequently attested, especially in Chinese and Japanese paintings (Gettens et al 1967;Wei et al 2010;Liu et al 2016;Luo et al 2019) and on wooden supports (Arjonilla et al 2019a;Abdallah et al 2020;Abdel-Maksoud et al 2020).…”

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Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases

Gliozzo

Ionescu

2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…In recent years, a wide selection of Egyptian artwork and remains were studied and characterised by means of instrumental methods, especially those that are non-destructive or micro-invasive [2,3,6,[17][18][19][20][21]. In particular, the characterisation of painting materials is commonly performed by means of different analytical techniques and, most often, the achievement of a comprehensive identification of the painting techniques and palettes involves both elemental analyses and spectroscopic techniques.…”

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A Multi-Analytical Approach for the Characterisation of Pigments from an Egyptian Sarcophagus Cover of the Late Dynastic Period: A Case Study

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This work is concerned with a multi-analytical identification of the colour palette utilised in the decoration of the cover of an Egyptian sarcophagus dated to the Late Dynastic Period and belonging to a private collection. In this study, six different points were analysed with a portable Raman spectrometer; then, in these same points, six micro-fragments were taken from the sarcophagus for laboratory analysis performed by scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDXS), attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and visible induced luminescence imaging (VIL). Raman spectra collected in situ showed the characteristic bands of calcite, red ochre and black carbon. SEM-EDXS analyses highlighted the presence of a copper-based pigment in the light blue, blue and black fragments; then, the ATR-FTIR spectrum of the light blue sample only displayed the peculiar bands of Egyptian blue. The latter result was confirmed by VIL analysis, which successfully identified the same pigment in blue-black fragments as well, leading to the possible authentication of the finding. Moreover, the presence of calcite, red ochre, green earth and some organic material was assessed by FTIR spectroscopy, confirming some of the results of in situ Raman analyses. Regarding organic materials, whose investigation is still ongoing, some hypotheses were made on the basis of their FTIR spectra.

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Spectroscopic and chemometric characterization of green earth pigments employed by ancient Romans in the wall decoration of buildings in the X Regio (Venetia et Histria)

Lorenzi

Fabbro

Alterio

2023

Spectroscopy Letters

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Multiscientific Analytical Approach of Polychrome Greco-Roman Palette Applied on a Wooden Model Naos: Case Study

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Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases

Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases

A Multi-Analytical Approach for the Characterisation of Pigments from an Egyptian Sarcophagus Cover of the Late Dynastic Period: A Case Study

Spectroscopic and chemometric characterization of green earth pigments employed by ancient Romans in the wall decoration of buildings in the X Regio (Venetia et Histria)

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