TECHNICAL STUDY OF THE WORKS IN THE THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION

EL GRECO From Italy to Toledo

COLOUR PALETTE PALETTE OF PIGMENTS AND BINDERS IDENTIFIED

  • WHITES AND
    TRANSPARENT PIGMENTS
  • The Annunciation ca.1576
  • The Annunciation ca.1596-1600
  • Christ with the Cross ca.1587-1596
  • The Immaculate Conception ca.1608-1614
  • GESSO
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • CALCIUM CARBONATE
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • SILICATES
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • ALUMINIUM OXIDE
    (substrate in lake pigments)
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • WHITE LEAD
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok
  • ok

KEY

Detected in the paint layer.
Only detected in the primer layer as bits of palette residue.
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