Beauty is skin deep: the skin tones of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring

Beauty is skin deep: the skin tones of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring

Abstract The soft modelling of the skin tones in Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (Mauritshuis) has been remarked upon by art historians, and is their main argument to date this painting to c. 1665. This paper describes the materials and techniques Vermeer used to accomplish the smooth flesh tone...

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Main Authors: Annelies van Loon, Abbie Vandivere, John K. Delaney, Kathryn A. Dooley, Steven De Meyer, Frederik Vanmeert, Victor Gonzalez, Koen Janssens, Emilien Leonhardt, Ralph Haswell, Suzan de Groot, Paolo D’Imporzano, Gareth R. Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
Painting technique 17th century
Flesh paint
Contours
Lead white
Lead isotopes
Lead degradation products
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0344-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0344-0

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