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Ex-Peploskore, Acropolis Museum Athens (Variant B)


So-called Peplos Kore from the Acropolis in Athens, Variant B, colour reconstruction with addition of the left forearm, bow and foliage wreath (plaster, wood, gilding, natural pigment according to the Price Method in tempera technique). Polychromy: Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, three-dimensional additions: Alfons Neubauer, Christoph Bergmann (Sylvia Kellner, Corinna Bohn)

(Liebieghaus Sculpture Collection, Frankfurt ST.P687)

Applied methods:
UVF=Ultraviolet Fluorescence (Schott KV 418)
UVR=Ultraviolet Reflectography (Schott UG1 or Schott BG12)
VIL=Infrared Fluorescence
VM=Visual Light Stereo Microscopy (10-50x, Zeiss & Olympus)
DM=Digital Microscopy
RL=Raking Light (Schott KL1500)
NLBW=Photography in visible light, black & white
NLCOLOR=Photography in visible light, full color
MPH=Macro Photography (via Microscope or Macro lenses)
UV-VIS=UV-VIS Absorption Spectroscopy

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(c) Vinzenz Brinkmann 2023, Liebieghaus Polychromy Research Project

 

Variant B (current extended version)

Variant B (former extended version)

Variant B (former unfinished version)

 

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NLCOLOR

NLCOLOR

Amphora Camtar Painter

 

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