{"id":9575,"date":"2019-01-19T22:12:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T05:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=9575"},"modified":"2019-01-27T22:16:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T05:16:25","slug":"rembrandts-secret-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/19\/rembrandts-secret-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Rembrandt&#8217;s Secret Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/rembrandt-secret-ingredient-1441042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>from artnet<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-title h1\">Scientists Have Found the Rare Secret Ingredient Rembrandt Used to Make His Paintings So Vibrant<\/h1>\n<p>The discovery could be critical in helping to preserve the Dutch artist&#8217;s masterful paintings for future generations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/about\/henri-neuendorf-205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by Henri Neuendorf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hv26ifhMfpk\" width=\"480\" height=\"292\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dutch and French scientists and have discovered the secret behind Rembrandt\u2019s brilliant and life-life impasto technique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Citing a research paper published in the scientific journal <i>Angewandte<\/i><em>Chemie<\/em>,\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6595039\/Rembrandts-secret-technique-REVEALED.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Daily Mail<\/i><\/a><i> <\/i>reports that the team has identified a substance called plumbonacrite, a rare compound thus far only identified in works of art from the 20th century and in one painting by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artists\/vincent-van-gogh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vincent van Gogh<\/a>.<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> The information is vital for understanding Rembrandt\u2019s work\u2014and could be crucial for conserving and restoring his masterpieces for future generations to enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t expect to find this phase at all, as it is so unusual in Old Masters\u2019 paintings,\u201d\u00a0the paper\u2019s chief author, Victor Gonzalez of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Delft University of Technology, told the <em>Daily\u00a0<\/em><i>Mail<\/i>. \u201c<\/span><span class=\"s1\">What\u2019s more, our research shows its presence is not accidental or due to contamination, but the result of an intended synthesis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/rembrandt-secret-ingredient-1441042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at artnet<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from artnet Scientists Have Found the Rare Secret Ingredient Rembrandt Used to Make His Paintings So Vibrant The discovery could be critical in helping to preserve the Dutch artist&#8217;s masterful paintings for future generations. by Henri Neuendorf Dutch and French scientists and have discovered the secret behind Rembrandt\u2019s brilliant and life-life impasto technique. Citing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}