The blue pigment and the plaster layer of Michelangelo s fresco The Last Judgment have been characterized by means of powder XRD, FT-IR, and Raman spectroscopy, as well as analytical TEM and SAED. The pigment is composed of a mineralogical assemblage that is consistent with a raw lapis lazuli rock. To try to define ne the provenance of this pigment, we investigated various lapis lazuli samples from different deposits that are currently considered as possible sources of the material. According to our results, the provenance of the pigment is quite dubious but the Pakistani one seems the most probable.

Mineralogical characterization of the blue pigment of Michelangelo’s fresco “The Last Judgement”, / Ballirano, Paolo; Maras, Adriana. - In: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST. - ISSN 0003-004X. - STAMPA. - 91:7(2006), pp. 997-1005. [10.2138/am.2006.2117]

Mineralogical characterization of the blue pigment of Michelangelo’s fresco “The Last Judgement”,

BALLIRANO, Paolo;MARAS, Adriana
2006

Abstract

The blue pigment and the plaster layer of Michelangelo s fresco The Last Judgment have been characterized by means of powder XRD, FT-IR, and Raman spectroscopy, as well as analytical TEM and SAED. The pigment is composed of a mineralogical assemblage that is consistent with a raw lapis lazuli rock. To try to define ne the provenance of this pigment, we investigated various lapis lazuli samples from different deposits that are currently considered as possible sources of the material. According to our results, the provenance of the pigment is quite dubious but the Pakistani one seems the most probable.
2006
The Last Judgment; mineralogical characterization; Rietveld method; FT-IR spectroscopy; raman spectroscopy; lazurite; TEM; SAED
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Mineralogical characterization of the blue pigment of Michelangelo’s fresco “The Last Judgement”, / Ballirano, Paolo; Maras, Adriana. - In: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST. - ISSN 0003-004X. - STAMPA. - 91:7(2006), pp. 997-1005. [10.2138/am.2006.2117]
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