Chemists have for the first time established how Rembrandt applied special arsenic sulfide pigments to create a 'golden' paint. Chemists at the Rijksmuseum and the University of Amsterdam (UvA ...

After examining these details with high-tech instruments, they found the particles contained pararealgar, a naturally occurring arsenic sulfide mineral. To create the perfect reflective paint for ...

Chemists at the Rijksmuseum and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have for the first time established how Rembrandt applied special arsenic sulfide pigments to create a ‘golden’ paint. Using ...

Researchers also compared The Night Watch to paint samples from other artists in the Rijksmuseum’s collection known to use arsenic sulfides, finding a similar pigment mixture in a painting by ...

Not just a tool for murder, arsenic was everywhere in the Victorian era ... their personal research interest in the pigment vermillion, which contains mercury sulfide, and their knowledge of the ...

Chemists at the Rijksmuseum and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have for the first time established how Rembrandt applied special arsenic sulfide pigments to create a "golden" paint. Using ...