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Fig. 8

From: The role of smalt in complex pigment mixtures in Rembrandt’s Homer 1663: combining MA-XRF imaging, microanalysis, paint reconstructions and OCT

Fig. 8

Detail of brushwork in Homer’s sleeve (a) and a series of paint reconstructions applied with a brush showing the effect of different volume percentages of smalt on the surface texture of the paint: mixture of red earth, yellow earth and a little bone black, diluted with oil (b), mixture of red earth, yellow earth and little bone black (c), same pigment mixture as (c) with 25 volume% smalt (d), with 50 volume% smalt (e), with 75 volume% smalt (f)

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