Fig. 11: MA-XRPD maps of the pearls in Van Ruytenburch’s hat. | npj Heritage Science

Fig. 11: MA-XRPD maps of the pearls in Van Ruytenburch’s hat.

From: Illuminating Rembrandt’s Chiaroscuro in The Night Watch: the painting process of Van Ruytenburch’s costume

Fig. 11

a Visible image, (b) calcite, (c) palmierite and d weddellite. Digital microscopic images (Hirox) of (e) a pearl with a red lake shadow that has a whitened appearance and corresponds with the distribution of calcite (red box in (b)) and weddellite (red box in (d)). f the distribution of palmierite corresponds to the presence of smalt in the textured paint. g microscopic image of the whitened shadow under the pearled hat decoration corresponding to calcite (blue box in (b)) and weddellite (blue box in (b)).

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