Original research or treatment paper: Degradation of emerald green in oil paint and its contribution to the rapid change in colour of the descente des vaches (1834-1835) painted by théodore rousseau

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 199-210

  Keune, Katrien ^a,b   Boon, Jaap J ^c,f   Boitelle, R ^d   Shimadzu, Y ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE)   (Netherlands)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^d VAN GOGH MUSEUM   (Netherlands)

^e Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo   (Japan)

^f JAAP Enterprise for Art Scientific Studies   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic trioxide; Copper soap; Darkening; Emerald green; Migration; Painting; Scheele's green

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; COPPER SOAPS; DARKENING; EMERALD GREEN; MIGRATION; SCHEELE'S GREEN;

ARSENIC; COLOR; GEMS; PAINT; PAINTING; PALMITIC ACID;

COPPER;

EID: 84880890632     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047058412Y.0000000063     Document Type: Article

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