The examination of Van Gogh’s chrome yellow pigments in ‘Field with Irises near Arles’ using quantitative SEM–WDX

Abstract In this paper we present the results of quantitative measurements on the pigment chrome yellow (PbCr1−xSxO4 with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) using scanning electron microscopy-wavelength dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM–WDX). Traditionally, Optical Microscopy (OM) in combination with scanning electron micro...

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Main Authors: Muriel Geldof, Inez Dorothé van der Werf, Ralph Haswell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0341-3