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New technique uncovers the history of a painting through the paint used

NPR | By Mano Sundaresan,
Christopher Intagliata
Published December 3, 2021 at 4:52 PM EST

By analyzing white lead paint in Dutch paintings from the 1600s, including works by Rembrandt and Rubens, scientists were able to devise a new line of evidence for dating and authenticating paintings.

P. D'Imporzano et al, Time-dependent variation of lead isotopes of lead white in 17th century Dutch paintings

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