A holistic view on the role of egg yolk in Old Masters’ oil paints

oleh: Ophélie Ranquet, Celia Duce, Emilia Bramanti, Patrick Dietemann, Ilaria Bonaduce, Norbert Willenbacher

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01

Deskripsi

Old Masters used paints containing mixtures of oils and proteins, but we lack an understanding on how and why proteins were used. Here, the authors use egg yolk in combination with two pigments to evaluate how different repartition of proteinaceous binder can be used to control the flow behaviour as well as drying kinetics and chemistry of oil paints.