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Table 1 Results of quantitative EDX analysis of smalt particles in cross-section samples (in weight% oxides and normalized to 100wt%)

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

 

SiO2

K2O

CoO

Fe2O3

As2O3

Al2O3

CaO

NiO

Sample x05 Homer’s cap

 Spot 1 (top layer)

86.34

0.39

3.31

2.78

4.35

1.50

0.42

0.91

 Spot 2 (top layer)

81.91

0.48

3.26

3.37

6.81

2.43

0.78

0.97

Sample x27 background

 Spot 11 (layer 3)

80.36

0.79

3.14

4.48

4.47

3.28

2.93

0.55

 Spot 12 (layer 3)

79.83

0.89

3.02

2.86

6.92

5.24

0.81

0.42

 Spot 8 (layer 5)

86.55

0.13

3.11

2.86

4.27

1.59

0.74

0.76

Sample x58 undergarment

 Spot 6 (layer 4)

84.12

0.74

3.14

2.98

4.79

3.46

0.36

0.41

 Spot 8 (layer 4/5)

81.67

0.62

3.61

3.23

5.96

3.97

0.30

0.65

 Spot 9 (layer 5)

81.84

0.58

3.52

3.14

6.19

3.60

0.25

0.88

 Spot 10 (layer 5)

83.92

0.46

3.23

3.28

4.95

3.35

0.42

0.40

 Spot 11 (layer 7)

77.91

10.09

2.66

2.72

3.04

2.41

0.42

0.74

 Spot 12 (layer 7)

84.40

0.73

3.43

3.13

4.04

2.15

1.21

0.91

 Spot 13 (layer 7)

82.74

0.46

3.12

2.93

5.94

3.90

0.41

0.51

 Spot 14 (layer 7)

82.69

0.30

3.61

3.34

5.57

3.42

0.22

0.85