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Fig. 6

From: Beauty is skin deep: the skin tones of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring

Fig. 6

Paint cross-section a dark flesh tone from the shadow on her cheek (sample 39). a Sample location, b light microscopic images, dark field, and c ultraviolet-induced fluorescence. d Corresponding SEM backscattered-electron image, e detail of d, and EDX maps of f oxygen, g lead (Pb-M), h calcium, i silicon, j iron, k aluminium, l mercury, m potassium, n sulphur. o Light microscopic image showing location of μ-XRPD analysis: p distribution map of hydrocerussite, q distribution map of cerussite

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