An Egyptian Cartonnage of the Graeco-Roman Period: Examination and Discoveries.Megan Dennis et al. (Getty Conservation Institute, USA) Using a combination of techniques the pigments used to decorate the cartonnage were identified as minium, Egyptian Blue, green earth, a copper proteinate green, a mixture of Egyptian blue and iron ochres, a mixture of green earth and Egyptian blue, orpiment, hydrocerussite, a lac dye and a carbon lamp black The use of previously unrecognised and apparently rare pigments, such as a copper proteinate pigment from 350BC, suggests there is still much work to be done on the use of pigments and the techniques of painting and cartonnage production. |
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