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µ-XRPD investigations of pigments in 17th-century panel paintings from Gdańsk and the northern region of Poland

Publication date: 03.06.2016

Opuscula Musealia, Volume 23 (2015), Volume 23, pp. 21 - 32

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843852.OM.15.003.5381

Authors

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Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha
Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry (Cracow, Poland)
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Marta Grzesiak-Nowak
Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland
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Justyna Olszewska-Świetlik
Institute for the Study, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Nicholas Copernicus University, ul. Sienkiewicza 30/32, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Bożena Szmelter-Fausek
Institute for the Study, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Nicholas Copernicus University, ul. Sienkiewicza 30/32, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Wiesław Łasocha
Wydział Chemii UJ; Instytut Katalizy i Fizykochemii Powierzchni PAN
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µ-XRPD investigations of pigments in 17th-century panel paintings from Gdańsk and the northern region of Poland

Abstract

This study was focused on identifying the components of ground and paint layers in several panel paintings which were created during the 17th century in Gdańsk (northern Poland). Due to the fragile nature of the paintings, very small samples of paint and ground layers were taken and mounted in synthetic resin, to prepare cross-sections that could be used in several nondestructive studies, such as X-ray powder micro-diffraction (µ-XRPD). White, yellow, red, blue and green layers were examined. Studies revealed that the white paint layers contained calcite, cerrusite and/or hydrocerrusite; the yellow layers contained lead tin yellow type I; blue layers contained azurite and/or lazurite. The detection of µ-Al2O3 in the red layer suggests the presence of an organic dye in a base containing aluminium. The obtained results clearly prove the importance and usefulness of X-ray powder diffraction techniques in investigations of objects of cultural heritage.
 

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Information: Opuscula Musealia, Volume 23 (2015), Volume 23, pp. 21 - 32

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

µ-XRPD investigations of pigments in 17th-century panel paintings from Gdańsk and the northern region of Poland

English:

µ-XRPD investigations of pigments in 17th-century panel paintings from Gdańsk and the northern region of Poland

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7642-8845

Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha
Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry (Cracow, Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7642-8845 Orcid
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Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry (Cracow, Poland)

Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5892-8619

Justyna Olszewska-Świetlik
Institute for the Study, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Nicholas Copernicus University, ul. Sienkiewicza 30/32, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5892-8619 Orcid
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Institute for the Study, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Nicholas Copernicus University, ul. Sienkiewicza 30/32, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Institute for the Study, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Nicholas Copernicus University, ul. Sienkiewicza 30/32, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Wydział Chemii UJ; Instytut Katalizy i Fizykochemii Powierzchni PAN

Published at: 03.06.2016

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha (Author) - 20%
Marta Grzesiak-Nowak (Author) - 20%
Justyna Olszewska-Świetlik (Author) - 20%
Bożena Szmelter-Fausek (Author) - 20%
Wiesław Łasocha (Author) - 20%

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