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Characterization of glue sizing under calcium carbonate ground layers in Flemish and Luso-Flemish painting – analysis by SEM-EDS, μ-XRD and μ-Raman spectroscopy

Vanessa Antunes,*a  M. José Oliveira,b  Helena Vargas,b  Vitor Serrão,a  António Candeias,bd  Maria Luísa Carvalho,c  João Coroado,e  José Mirão,d  Luís Dias,d  Stéphane Longelinc  and  Ana Isabel Seruyac 
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a Instituto História da Arte da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (IHA-FLUL), Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214 Lisboa, Portugal
E-mail: vanessahantunes@gmail.com

b Laboratório José de Figueiredo/Direcção-Geral do Património Cultural (LJF-DGPC), Rua das Janelas Verdes 37, 1249-018 Lisboa, Portugal

c Centro de Física Atómica da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (CFA-FCUL), Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal

d Laboratório HERCULES, Universidade de Évora, Largo Marquês de Marialva 8, 7000-676 Évora, Portugal

e Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT)/GeoBioTec ID&T unit, 2300-313 Tomar, Portugal

Abstract

This work regards the study of painting techniques in Portuguese workshops of the 15th and early 16th centuries, specifically addressing the methodology used on the preparation of ground layers. The influence of Flemish painting in Portugal is evident in stylistic and iconographic themes of that period. As regards the painting materials, we confirmed that this influence also extended to the ground layer technique. The use of a sizing layer with calcium sulphate or garlic to isolate the support from the calcium carbonate layer was verified by SEM-EDS but not confirmed by μ-XRD or μ-Raman spectroscopy. This work is part of a larger project, “The invisible ground layer and its influence in Portuguese paintings from the 15th and 16th centuries: a question to be settled”.

Graphical abstract: Characterization of glue sizing under calcium carbonate ground layers in Flemish and Luso-Flemish painting – analysis by SEM-EDS, μ-XRD and μ-Raman spectroscopy

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The article was received on 02 Aug 2013, accepted on 28 Nov 2013 and first published on 28 Nov 2013


Article type: Paper
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41327F
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Citation: Anal. Methods, 2014,6, 710-717
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    Characterization of glue sizing under calcium carbonate ground layers in Flemish and Luso-Flemish painting – analysis by SEM-EDS, μ-XRD and μ-Raman spectroscopy

    V. Antunes, M. J. Oliveira, H. Vargas, V. Serrão, A. Candeias, M. L. Carvalho, J. Coroado, J. Mirão, L. Dias, S. Longelin and A. I. Seruya, Anal. Methods, 2014, 6, 710
    DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41327F

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