Identification of Pigments in Colored Layers of a Painting by Raman Spectroscopy

Journal Article · Fri Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Optics and Spectroscopy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X17120128· OSTI ID:22786598

Petrova, O. I. ^[1]; Povolotckaia, A. V.; Borisov, E. V. ^[2]; Beznosova, M. O.; Krivul’ko, T. A. ^[1]; Kurochkin, A. V. ^[2]

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1. St. Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, Faculty of Monumental and Decorative Arts (Russian Federation)
2. St. Petersburg State University, Research Park (Russian Federation)

Using the method of Raman spectroscopy the pigment composition is investigated of, and the brushwork technique used in, the original layer of a 19th century painting is established. It is an overdoor worked, presumably, by Antoine Jean-Etienne Faivre. It is established that the artist used the following pigments: cinnabar and dyes on the basis of goethite and hematite (for red, yellow–orange, and brown shades), ultramarine and Prussian blue (for blue shades), and Emerald green and a mixture of blue and yellow shades (to obtain a green color). It is determined that white lead was used a primer.

• OSTI ID: 22786598
• Journal Information: Optics and Spectroscopy, Vol. 123, Issue 6; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0030-400X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC
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PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COLOR
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LAYERS
PIGMENTS
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY