Pigments through the Ages

              
/ smalt /
Smalt
 		  
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use		  
  3. Making the
pigment		  
  4. Technical
details		  
  
  When was Smalt used?   
        
Discovery:    
 Used until:
  
before 16th century  
scarcely used after 17th century  
    

Use of Smalt among paintings in the SchackGallery, Munich:

Source: Kühn


Other blues        
(intro) - Azurite - Cerulean Blue - cobalt blue - Egyptian blue - Indigo      
Prussian blue - smalt - Ultramarine        

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