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Fig. 9

From: The dark halo technique in the oeuvre of Michael Sweerts and other Flemish and Dutch baroque painters. A 17th c. empirical solution to mitigate the optical ‘simultaneous contrast’ effect?

Fig. 9

A Peter Paul Rubens, Venus Frigida, 1614. Oil on panel, 143 × 184 cm. Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Antwerp), inv.no. 709. Image courtesy of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. B Detail. C PbL map displaying a lead-rich halo around the foot of Venus. D Cu–K map showing that the aforementioned halo is also rich in copper

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