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Titian, Portrait of Girolamo Fracastoro

Titian, Portrait of Girolamo Fracastoro

by Juraj Lipscher | Mar 30, 2016

The pigment analysis reveals a very limited palette with coal black and lead white as the main pigments. Fracastoro was the famous medical doctor who identified syphylis.

Titian, Portrait of a Man with a Quilted Sleeve

Titian, Portrait of a Man with a Quilted Sleeve

by Juraj Lipscher | Mar 30, 2016

The pigment analysis reveals an elaborate structure of the quilted and padded sleeve consisting of red and blue layers.

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