Paris: MRA-FRA-Par002
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-FRA-Par002
Sample Material Type
- Pigment
Sample Sub-type
- micro-fragment
Other info about sample identity
- FRA/A/2; Louvre-Maestro S. Sebastian. 2 azzurro madonna [hand written note]
Geographic Location
- Country
- France
- Place
- Paris
- Detailed location not available
- no
Site/monument
- France (FRA)
Paris
Historical note about the site/monument
- Louvre museum- Maestro di San Sebastiano, Crocifissione
Chronological period (sample)
- Around 1500
Sample taken by
- Mora
Date of sampling
- Unknown
- Yes
Related samples
- MRA-FRA-Par001 and MRA-FRA-Par003
Other information about the sample
- According to archival research, there is a mission by Mora listed as N.D.: Louvre, Maestro di San Sebastiano, “Crocifissione” (data recorded in Mora’s CV). No specific date is provided; however, Mora is documented as having made at least eight working visits to Paris, including two at the Louvre in 1970 and 1972. The three blue microsamples were scraped from the paint layers of “Crocifissione”, an oil painting dated to circa 1500.
Other materials/notes
- It is unknown whether pigment particles are still present