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Chemija / Chemistry

ISSN 0235-7216
ISSN 2424-4538 (online)

2011 m. Nr. 1

St. Bruno. A Miracle in the Church: investigation of the painting technique
Jurga BAGDZEVIČIENĖ, Stasys TAUTKUS

A detailed investigation of the painting St. Bruno. A Miracle in the Church (1674) from the St. Francis of Assisi (Bernardine) Church in Vilnius was carried out. The ground, pigments and restoration materials were identified using combined analytical methods. FTIR and preliminary microchemical spot test results showed that the restoration materials were adhesives of several kinds. The structure of painting, the order of the main layers of painting, the distribution and colours of pigments have been described according to the results of a stratigraphic analysis of samples with an optical microscope. Analysis by the SEM / EDX and micro-XRD methods revealed the ground to contain chalk, ochre, lead white, minium and black carbon pigments. Smalt, azurite, lead tin yellow (type I) pigments as well as the lead white pigment, which is a mixture of hydrocerussite and cerussite, have been identified.

Keywords: painting, pigment, FTIR, optical microscopy, SEM / EDX, micro-XRD

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