Pigment analysis

Pigment analysis, using Raman spectroscopy. The report will be available in September, 2023.

Photomicrograph of area H, located on Domitian’s muscle cuirass.

Below, a selection of spectra.

Ultramarine (lapis lazuli)

Cinnaber

Lead white

Lead tin yellow (lead stannate)

Terre verte

Red ochre

Calcite and cinnabar mixed

Cerussite (natural lead white)

Massicot

Roman emperor Domitian, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Tizian, Tiziano Vecellio, Roman emperors, Eleven Caesars, Undici Cesari, Domitianus, Isabella d’Este, Federico II Gonzaga, Mantova, Mantua, Italy, Francis I, Amboise France, Charles I England.