3298
Accession Number
6036
Title Of Article Chaper
St. Olav fra Fresvik og St. Paulus fra Gausdal. To polykrome treskulpturer fra middelalderen
Title Of Journal Book
Universitetets Oldsaksamlings Ã…rbok 1979
Pages
221-227
Collation
summary, 2 tables.
Language Of Text
Norwegian
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The second part of the paper (see <i>AATA 17-578) deals with the painting technique, materials, and structure of the two late 13th-century sculptures. Pigment analyses were determined by optical and chemical microscopy tests, cross-sections, x-ray diffraction, and isotope analyses; solubility tests, gas chromatography, and IR spectroscopy were used for the medium analyses. The ground of both sculptures consists of chalk, most likely in animal glue impregnated with egg tempera. The coccolith assemblage of the chalk indicates in the case of St. Olaf that the chalk may have been imported from England, whereas the chalk on St. Paul originates from sources in northern Germany and/or possibly in Sweden or Denmark. The paint medium is a drying oil. Pigments are azurite, copper green, organic yellow, red lead, vermilion, organic red, red iron oxide, charcoal black, lead white, plus gold and silver foil. Isotope analyses show that the lead pigments most probably originated in England. Variations in the gilding technique are described. The final varnish is an egg tempera. -- AATA
pub_id
3298
Title Translation
St. Olaf from Fresvik and St. Paul from Gausdal, Two medieval polychrome wooden sculptures