Blue pigments in blue and purple painting layers of Gdasks' paintings of the mid-16th to the end of the 18th century

The technique of blue and purple painting layers were analyzed on the example of selected panel paintings of the mid-16th to the end of the 18th century from the Gdask painting workshops. Paintings are the property of the church and the museums of Gdask and Pelplin (Poland). Searching studies of the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Color research and application 2016-06, Vol.41 (3), p.270-275
Main Authors: Szmelter-Fausek, Boena, Olszewska-wietlik, Justyna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Color
Grounds
Iron oxides
Museums
Pigments
Searching
Workshops
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The technique of blue and purple painting layers were analyzed on the example of selected panel paintings of the mid-16th to the end of the 18th century from the Gdask painting workshops. Paintings are the property of the church and the museums of Gdask and Pelplin (Poland). Searching studies of the selected painting layers and of the samples were performed to characterize the pigments present in the individual blue and purple painting layers and the pictorial techniques. Samples were obtained from painting and ground layers. The blue pigments identified in Gdasks' paintings of the 16th and 17th century were natural azurite, smalt, and natural ultramarine, and of the 18th century, the only one blue pigment was organic indigo. Purple layers were obtained by adding organic red, lead red, vermilion, and iron oxide red. Col Res Appl, 41, 270-275, 2016
ISSN:0361-2317
1520-6378
DOI:10.1002/col.22030