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Table 2 Reported use of Scheele’s in heritage objects from previously published studies

From: Hidden in plain sight: revisiting the synthesis, characterisation, degradation and the intricate relationship between Scheele’s green and Emerald green

Date

Artist, country, title or description, location

Analysis and method of identification

Ref.

1805

Joseph M. W. Turner, British, Oil sketch on panel, Guildford form the Banks of Wey, Tate gallery, London N02310

EDX Scheele’s green

[32, 33]

1812–1814

Dufour and Leroy, France, Le monuments de Paris, Paris

Raman Scheele’s green

[34]

1830

Antonio Vighi, Russia, Historical house, Red living room plafond, St.-Petersburg

Raman Scheele’s green/Emerald green

[35]

1862

Edouard Manet, French, Music in the Tuileries Gardens, National Gallery, London 3260

EDX Scheele’s green

[36]

1866

Edwin Landseer, British, Queen Victoria at Osborne Royal Collection, England

EDX Scheele’s green

[2]

1866

Unknown, Germany, Roccoco stucco, Holzhausen, St Martin’s Church, Upper Bavaria

FTIR Scheele’s green

[6]

1859–1884

Henrique Pousao, 23 paintings from 1859–1884, collection of Museu Nacional Soares dosReis, Porto, Portugal

Raman Scheele’s green/Emerald green

[37]

1890–1920

Spanish forger, England, 4 miniatures painted on vellum, V&A collection,

Raman Scheele’s green/Emerald green

[38]

19th C

Thang-ka, Nepal, Dr J. A. van der Hoeven private collection, Netherlands

No information given

[39]

19th C

Scheele’s Grun, Federal Austrian Authority for the protection of monuments, Austria

Raman, FTIR Scheele’s green

[6]

19th C

Unknown, Morocco, Dala’il al-Kayrat, private collection, Meknes and Fez

Raman Scheele’s green/Emerald green

[40]

19th C

Unknown, Shamanic painting of Bokgaedang Romance of three kingdoms, Korea, National Folk Museum of Korea

FTIR Scheele’s green/Emerald green

[18]

19th C

Fleury Richard, France, Powders on envelop, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

No information given, only XRF was done

[41]