Clay and alunite-rich materials in painting grounds of prominent Italian masters – Caravaggio and Mattia Preti

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388980%3A_____%2F20%3A00518621" target="_blank" >RIV/61388980:_____/20:00518621 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60461446:_____/20:N0000002 RIV/60461446:_____/20:N0000048 RIV/00216208:11310/20:10413738

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0306835" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0306835</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2019.105412" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.clay.2019.105412</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Clay and alunite-rich materials in painting grounds of prominent Italian masters – Caravaggio and Mattia Preti

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Recently, the fine arts' research is increasingly carried out by non-invasive techniques, which do not require any sampling. However, some questions cannot be answered in this way. A typical example is the provenance analysis of the natural materials used in historical paintings. Another question is how much the provenance of the material is related to the provenance of the artwork itself (because of trade with pigments, painters' migration and their artistic preferences). Often, only painter's preference and intention are mentioned, and not economic factors and regional availability of the raw material. This is also the case of clay-based preparatory layers (grounds) on Caravaggio's paintings. In order to prove a connection of the ground composition with the place of the painting's creation, the painting grounds used by two prominent Baroque Masters Caravaggio and Mattia Preti have been investigated using X-ray powder micro-diffraction and Fourier transform infrared micro-spectroscopy in combination with micro-palaentological analysis. It was found that grounds applied by the same painter, but in two closely related regions – Italy and Malta, differ. While pottery clays were used in Italy, weathered Globigerina limestones were applied in Malta in combination with alunite-hematite material. It is the first time ever that such material has been identified as a main component in painting grounds.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Clay and alunite-rich materials in painting grounds of prominent Italian masters – Caravaggio and Mattia Preti

Popis výsledku anglicky

Recently, the fine arts' research is increasingly carried out by non-invasive techniques, which do not require any sampling. However, some questions cannot be answered in this way. A typical example is the provenance analysis of the natural materials used in historical paintings. Another question is how much the provenance of the material is related to the provenance of the artwork itself (because of trade with pigments, painters' migration and their artistic preferences). Often, only painter's preference and intention are mentioned, and not economic factors and regional availability of the raw material. This is also the case of clay-based preparatory layers (grounds) on Caravaggio's paintings. In order to prove a connection of the ground composition with the place of the painting's creation, the painting grounds used by two prominent Baroque Masters Caravaggio and Mattia Preti have been investigated using X-ray powder micro-diffraction and Fourier transform infrared micro-spectroscopy in combination with micro-palaentological analysis. It was found that grounds applied by the same painter, but in two closely related regions – Italy and Malta, differ. While pottery clays were used in Italy, weathered Globigerina limestones were applied in Malta in combination with alunite-hematite material. It is the first time ever that such material has been identified as a main component in painting grounds.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10504 - Mineralogy

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Applied Clay Science

ISSN

0169-1317

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

185

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

FEB

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

105412

Kód UT WoS článku

000510399600005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85076631853