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Images in transformation: The color and its change in a group of Portuguese paintings from the second half of the 16th century

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COLOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATION
卷 47, 期 6, 页码 1358-1371

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/col.22809

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16th century painting; color; degradation; pigments; technique

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  1. ERIHS.pt [ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-022115]
  2. Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/109296/2015]
  3. Hercules Laboratory Strategic Plan [UIDB/04449/2020]
  4. Fundo Social Europeu
  5. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/109296/2015] Funding Source: FCT

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This article discusses four panel paintings depicting the birth of Christ, which were found to have a muted color palette. The investigation focused on analyzing the materials, painting technique, and degradation issues that affected the original paintings and changed the viewer's perception. The study identified the pigments used and detected chemical and physical alterations that caused color changes. The presence of moisture and reactions between pigment and binder played a central role in the long-term behavior of the paint film. Understanding these degradation processes is crucial for the interpretation and preservation of these artworks.
Four panel paintings depicting episodes related to the birth of Christ and attributed to the Portuguese mannerist painter Francisco Joao (doc. 1558-1585) were found to exhibit a muted palette that had no correspondence with the traditionally vivid colors used in the sixteenth century to represent joyful biblical events. Complementing previous research on the disruption and loss of the red glazes in these paintings, the investigation focused on the analysis of materials, painting technique and degradation issues that further affected the original paintings, changing the viewer's perception and understanding of these artworks. The investigation combined the visual examination of the painting surface with microscopic and spectroscopic analysis of the binder and pigments. A conventional palette made of lead white, lead-tin yellow, ochres, vermilion, verdigris, smalt, azurite, carbon black and a red lake made of brazilwood and cochineal was identified. The pigments were bound in an oil-based medium. Chemical and physical alterations detected in paints rich in smalt and verdigris were found to be responsible for color changes affecting significant areas of the compositions. The presence of moisture and the reaction between pigment and binder leading, among other products, to soap and oxalate formation, played a central role in the long-term behavior of the paint film. Understanding the main degradation processes involved and their consequences is crucial when interpreting an artists' color palette and designing the best approach to preserve these paintings.

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