Identification of inorganic constituents in the coloured preparations of easel paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries
Programme start: 2006 CICRP: Christine Benoit Coloured layers, most often red or brown, have been used in the 17th and 18th to prepare the canvases of Western easel paintings. These preparation layers consist of iron oxides, ochres or earths, used with an oil binder, alone or in