Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings

This study investigates how lead isotopes in lead white pigment can be used as an additional diagnostic tool to constrain the production time of 17th century Dutch paintings. Analysis of 77 well-dated paintings from 27 different Dutch artists reveal significant change in the source of lead used in l...

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Autores principales: D’Imporzano, Paolo, Keune, Katrien, Koornneef, Janne M., Hermens, Erma, Noble, Petria, Vandivere, A. L. S., Davies, Gareth R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021
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Physical and Materials Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8635429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34851656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi5905
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author D’Imporzano, Paolo
Keune, Katrien
Koornneef, Janne M.
Hermens, Erma
Noble, Petria
Vandivere, A. L. S.
Davies, Gareth R.
author_facet D’Imporzano, Paolo
Keune, Katrien
Koornneef, Janne M.
Hermens, Erma
Noble, Petria
Vandivere, A. L. S.
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description This study investigates how lead isotopes in lead white pigment can be used as an additional diagnostic tool to constrain the production time of 17th century Dutch paintings. Analysis of 77 well-dated paintings from 27 different Dutch artists reveal significant change in the source of lead used in lead white at the start, middle, and end of the 17th century. Isotopic shifts are related to major historical and socioeconomical events such as the English Civil War and Anglo-Dutch-French conflicts. These observations offer the prospect that lead isotope analysis of lead white could aid attribution and authentication of Dutch 17th century paintings and provide insights into artists’ international travels as well as lead production and trading.
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spelling pubmed-86354292021-12-13 Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings D’Imporzano, Paolo Keune, Katrien Koornneef, Janne M. Hermens, Erma Noble, Petria Vandivere, A. L. S. Davies, Gareth R. Sci Adv Physical and Materials Sciences This study investigates how lead isotopes in lead white pigment can be used as an additional diagnostic tool to constrain the production time of 17th century Dutch paintings. Analysis of 77 well-dated paintings from 27 different Dutch artists reveal significant change in the source of lead used in lead white at the start, middle, and end of the 17th century. Isotopic shifts are related to major historical and socioeconomical events such as the English Civil War and Anglo-Dutch-French conflicts. These observations offer the prospect that lead isotope analysis of lead white could aid attribution and authentication of Dutch 17th century paintings and provide insights into artists’ international travels as well as lead production and trading. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8635429/ /pubmed/34851656 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi5905 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Physical and Materials Sciences
D’Imporzano, Paolo
Keune, Katrien
Koornneef, Janne M.
Hermens, Erma
Noble, Petria
Vandivere, A. L. S.
Davies, Gareth R.
Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings
title Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings
title_full Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings
title_fullStr Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings
title_full_unstemmed Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings
title_short Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings
title_sort time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century dutch paintings
topic Physical and Materials Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8635429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34851656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi5905
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