Table 1 Coatings for the mechanical tests and permeability test: recipes with the components, application modes and series assignment

White ground

C

7% chalk from Champagne

1 × dabbed,

2 × painted

(crosswise)

Isolation

C

3.5% rabbit skin glue in aqua dest

1 × painted

White imprimatura

C

1 VF¹ linseed stand oil + 

2 VF lead white (ground with a slab)

1 × painted

Resin oil varnish (Mechelner²)

C

Straßburger Turpentine (170.75 g) + linseed stand oil (170.75 g) + lead red (170.75 g) + pine turpentine (600 ml)

1 × painted

Linseedoil varnish

C

linseed oil, siccativated with manganese

1 × painted

Resin oil colour

([25], p. 645, receipe 2)

C

1 VF paintmedium (1 VF Venetian Turpentine + 3 VF pine turpentine) + 1 VF oil colour (1 VF linseed stand oil + 2 VF light ochre)

1 × painted

Egg tempera (C)

C

1VF Terra di Sienna (281 g) + 5 VF egg yolk without membrane (518 g) + 3 VF linseed oil (316 g) total 1115 g tempera

1 × painted

Distemper

C

7% rabbit skin glue (667 ml) in aqua dest. + Verona green earth (333 g)

1 × painted

Beeswax

2 VF pine turpentine + 1 VF beeswax

Sizing + textile

I

pre-sizing of 12% uncleaned hide glue,

28% glue solution embedding the textile

1 × painted,

2 × painted embedding

the textile

Hardwhite

I

55.6 g water + 4.1 g glue + 56 g chalk for 1 layer

1 × dapped

Primer

I

40.9 g water + 3.08 g rabbit skin glue + 56 g chalk

6 × painted

Egg tempera (I)

I

35% pigment, 8.5% binding medium, 56.5% water

3 × painted

Olifa

I

80% linseed oil and 20% commercial hard drying

1 × painted, excess removed

Spirit varnish

I

25% dammar, 25% Shellsol A, 50% white spirit

1 × painted