Non-Invasive Study of the Pigments of a Painting on Copper with the Inscription “Boceto di Pablo Veronese” on the Back Blanc García, María Rosario Manzano Moreno, Eloisa López Montes, Ana Domínguez Gasca, Nazaret Vílchez Quero, José Luis Painting on copper support Pigments; non-invasive techniques XRF XRD The palette used on a small painting on copper support, with the inscription “Boceto di Pablo Veronese” on the back, was characterized. Non-invasive techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD) and hand-held X-ray fluorescence (XRF) were proven to be highly effective for this. The objectives of the proposed work were twofold. On the one hand, the objective was the study, in situ, of the pigments of a painting on a copper support. On the other hand, it was to enrich the literature related to the study of paintings on metal supports, since few related studies are available despite the relatively large number of such 16th and 17th century paintings from Italy and Northern Europe. The results of the analysis showed a copper support with a base layer of gypsum mixed with ochre earths. Atop this layer is a sketch with lead white in the lighter areas and bone black in the darker shadow areas, suggesting that the artist performed a preliminary study of the luminosity of the scene. Finally, the upper or pictorial layer consists of a mix of pigments with some lead white to lower saturation and increase lightness, particularly evident in the flesh tones. The resulting palette thus includes lead white, vermilion, bone black, Naples yellow, and lazurite pigments. These results are compared to Veronese’s other paintings, as well as to those of certain contemporary artists, and the use of the resulting pigments in 16th and 17th century Italian painting techniques is discussed 2023-07-24T10:42:31Z 2023-07-24T10:42:31Z 2023-06-14 journal article Blanc, R.; Manzano, E.; López-Montes, A.; Domínguez- Gasca, N.; Vílchez, J.L. Non-Invasive Study of the Pigments of a Painting on Copper with the Inscription “Boceto di Pablo Veronese” on the Back. Heritage 2023, 6, 4787–4801. [https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6060254] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/83953 10.3390/heritage6060254 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI