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2. Oil on copper - Wikipedia

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   The old masters prepared the copper for painting first by rubbing it with fine pumice abrasive. The copper surface was then treated with garlic juice which is believed to improve adhesion of the paint. Finally a white or grey ground layer of oil paint was applied as a primer. After drying the copper panel was ready for the artist to begin painting.

3. Imperial Fritillaries in a Copper Vase - Wikipedia

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   Imperial Fritillaries in a Copper Vase is an oil painting on canvas measuring 73.5 by 60.5 cm which was painted in Paris in 1887. [1] [2] It depicts a bouquet of golden imperial fritillaries in a copper vase, the shiny patina of which (surrounded by lavender highlights) "reflects the color of the flowers as the motted wall stands out with a combination of blue, green and yellow shades" with ...

4. The Flight into Egypt (Elsheimer) - Wikipedia

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   Hendrick Goudt, The Flight into Egypt (1613), engraving, Courtauld Institute Elsheimer's inventory shows the painting to have been located in his bedroom. [7] The importance of Elsheimer's painting can be judged from a letter dated 14 January 1611 from Rubens to the doctor, botanist and art collector Johann Faber in which he discusses the extraordinary price of 300 scudi demanded by the widow.

5. Conservation and restoration of frescos - Wikipedia

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   The oldest method, known as the a massello technique, involves cutting the wall and removing a considerable part of it together with both layers of plaster and the fresco painting itself. The stacco technique, on the other hand, involves removing only the preparatory layer of plaster, called the arriccio together with the painted surface.

6. Portal:Painting - Wikipedia

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   Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush , but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes , may be used.

7. List of paintings by Rembrandt - Wikipedia

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   The painting is covered with a thick layer of yellowed varnish Self-portrait with Plumed Beret: 1629: Oil on panel: 89.7 x 73.5: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston: 29: Self-portrait with a Gorget: c. 1629: Oil on panel: 38.2 x 31: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg: 30: The painting is covered by a layer of yellowed varnish and shows ...