An investigation of the lead tin yellows type I and II and their use in Bohemian panel paintings from the Gothic period

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023281%3A_____%2F15%3A%230000772" target="_blank" >RIV/00023281:_____/15:#0000772 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-015-0045-2" target="_blank" >http://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-015-0045-2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-015-0045-2" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40494-015-0045-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An investigation of the lead tin yellows type I and II and their use in Bohemian panel paintings from the Gothic period

Original language description

Presented article summarizes the results of a broad-based survey on painting techniques used during the High and Late Gothic period in the Bohemian panel paintings located in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague. The work is focused on the specific use of yellow pigments -lead tin yellow type I and type II in the panel painting from the period around 1340-1550. In the scientific investigation supplementary microscopic and spectral analyses were made. A representative range of 57 micro-samples collected from the 36 panel paintings of the 21 Masters and their workshops was investigated by the methods of optical microscopy on polarizing microscope (OM). Molecular analysis of both types of yellow was performed using Raman micro-spectroscopy (RMS). The use of this technique was crucial for the non-destructive differentiation between each type of lead-tin yellow. Thanks to the Raman spectroscopy it was possible for the first time to map the usage of lead tin yellow type I and II in such a broad range. Combination of the analytical techniques brought the knowledge about the morphology of the grains and variability of the use of the lead tin yellows in the Bohemian panel paintings. The contribution offers a systematic view on the outcomes and in a synoptic way consults the results of respective scientific methods. It clearly confirms both the temporally and locally specific use of both types of lead tin yellows. The presented facts are the results of interdisciplinary collaboration among the scientists and the art historian.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60401 - Arts, Art history

Project

<a href="/en/project/DF13P01OVV010" target="_blank" >DF13P01OVV010: Historical technologies and modern methods of research. The interpretative possibilities of the specialized methods of the research of the medieval artworks using the innovative technologies.</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Heritage Science

ISSN

2050-7445

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1-15

UT code for WoS article

000356921700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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