In the present study, shards from Roman wall paintings (from the end of the first century to the fourth century A.D.) decorating the domus below the Basilica of SS. John and Paul on the Caelian Hill (Rome), were analyzed in order to identify the pigments used. The analytical techniques employed for the characterization of the pigments were the scanning electron microscope coupled with an energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS) and infrared spectroscopy (ATR and micro ATR). While SEM-EDS allowed to perform a qualitative analysis of the material, by FT-IR chemical species have been identified. The pigments identified were those mentioned in the literature for the Imperial Roman fresco painting: different types of ochre (yellow and red), mixtures containing lead, green earths and precious pigments such as cinnabar and Egyptian blue. They were often used as mixtures and the use of the most valuable pigments (cinnabar and Egyptian blue) were found in the most ancient rooms

Fermo, P., Piazzalunga, A., de Vos, M., Andreoli, M. (2013). A multi-analytical approach for the study of the pigments used in the wall paintings from a building complex on the Caelian Hill (Rome). APPLIED PHYSICS. A, MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, 113(4), 1109-1119 [10.1007/s00339-013-7754-8].

A multi-analytical approach for the study of the pigments used in the wall paintings from a building complex on the Caelian Hill (Rome)

PIAZZALUNGA, ANDREA
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2013

Abstract

In the present study, shards from Roman wall paintings (from the end of the first century to the fourth century A.D.) decorating the domus below the Basilica of SS. John and Paul on the Caelian Hill (Rome), were analyzed in order to identify the pigments used. The analytical techniques employed for the characterization of the pigments were the scanning electron microscope coupled with an energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS) and infrared spectroscopy (ATR and micro ATR). While SEM-EDS allowed to perform a qualitative analysis of the material, by FT-IR chemical species have been identified. The pigments identified were those mentioned in the literature for the Imperial Roman fresco painting: different types of ochre (yellow and red), mixtures containing lead, green earths and precious pigments such as cinnabar and Egyptian blue. They were often used as mixtures and the use of the most valuable pigments (cinnabar and Egyptian blue) were found in the most ancient rooms
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Fermo, P., Piazzalunga, A., de Vos, M., Andreoli, M. (2013). A multi-analytical approach for the study of the pigments used in the wall paintings from a building complex on the Caelian Hill (Rome). APPLIED PHYSICS. A, MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, 113(4), 1109-1119 [10.1007/s00339-013-7754-8].
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