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 …

This article summarises the history of cinnabar, from its first uses in burials to modern oils on
canvas. After a brief introduction on mercury and contamination issues, the article gets to the …

The Pigment Compendium Dictionary is a comprehensive information source for scientists,
art historians, conservators and forensic specialists. Drawn together from extensive …

Minerals, as raw structural materials or pigments, play a fundamental role in archaeometry,
for the understanding of nature, structure and status of an artefact or object of interest for …

Abstract 'Green earths' are employed since antiquity as pigments in the creation of artworks.
The minerals responsible for the colour belong to four groups:(1) the clayey micas …

Green colored samples on wall paintings and green powder from a pigment pot found in
Pompeii area are investigated by micro-Raman, FT-IR and, for one sample, SEM-EDX. To …

This paper is a review on the studies performed through imaging and spectroscopy‐based
analytical methods on ancient 'gilded'art‐objects (9th–19th centuries) from the European …

Non-destructive analysis of the artist's palette of ancient wooden panel paintings is a difficult
task and studies are rare. Here we compare different methods of analysis of a wooden panel …

Twenty‐three paintings by Henrique Pousão—a 19th century Portuguese painter—
belonging to the collection of Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, Portugal, were …

This article presents the “in situ” and totally non destructive investigation of a wall painting in
Santa María de Lemoniz (Biscay, Basque Country, Spain) by Raman microprobe …