Spectroscopic study of an icon painted on wooden panel
2014
Russian icon painted on wooden panel analyzed in this work is interesting for
art historians because there is no precise information in which workshops it
was made or who the author was. Similar icons are often found in churches and
monasteries in our region. In order to obtain information about materials
used for creation of investigated icon two micro-analytical techniques were
used: Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence spectroscopy (EDXRF) and
micro-Raman spectroscopy. Obtained results confirmed presence of following
materials: lead-white, vermilion, minium, ultramarine, brown and green earth
pigments and silver in combination with yellow organic varnish, which served
to an iconographer for gilding. Ground layer was made of calcite. Blue
pigment ultramarine was probably used for blue colour as well as for
obtaining particulars hues in several parts of the paint layer. This can be
important information for further research concerning particular workshop in
which the icon was made. Identified materials are typical for Russian
iconography of the 19th century. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike
Srbije, br. OI 177021 i OI 177012]
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