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Table 7 Overview of suggested content in the nine paintings

From: Characterisation of preparation layers in nine Danish Golden Age canvas paintings by SEM–EDX, FTIR and GC–MS

No.

SMK accession no.

Binders

Pigments and elements

Fillers

1

KMS3262

Drying oil (linseed or walnut) + egg

Lead carbonate

Calcium carbonate, perhaps calcium sulphate

2

KMS3004

Drying oil (perhaps linseed) + egg or casein

Lead carbonate

Silicon and calcium containing filler

3

KMS1072

Drying oil (linseed or walnut) + egg (whole or yolk)

Lead white + (Mg and Si)

Calcium sulphate and calcium carbonate

4

KMS1623

Drying oil and egg (whole or yolk)

Lower layer: iron earth pigment (Fe, Si, Al, Ca, K and Pb/S)

Top layer: lead carbonate + (Ca, Al, Si, Fe, and K)

 

5

KMS1671

Drying oil + egg (whole or yolk)

Lead carbonate

Calcium carbonate, perhaps calcium sulphate

6

KMS608

Drying oil (linseed or walnut) + egg

Lead carbonate, perhaps calcium sulphate

Calcium carbonate, perhaps calcium sulphate

7

KMS6177

Drying oil + egg (whole or yolk)

Lead carbonate, calcium sulphate

Calcium carbonate, calcium sulphate

8

KMS1081

Drying oil + egg (whole or yolk)

Lead carbonate

Silicon and calcium containing filler

9

KMS1644

Drying oil + egg or casein + gum

Top layer: lead carbonate, Fe, Si, Al, Na, Ca

Lower layer: no clear identification

Top layer: barium sulphate

Lower layer: calcium carbonate