Today the painting is displayed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In addition, he is notable for his dramatic use of light and shadow, which creates a sense of movement.
In a painting by the famous Dutch Golden Age artist Rembrandt van Rijn night watch, painted in oils in 1642, discovered a rare chemical compound never before found in any other work of art. Express writes about it.
A team of scientists from the University of Antwerp in Belgium combined various multi-scale imaging techniques to study the materials Rembrandt used to write his work. They developed a special X-ray device.
As a result, it became clear that an organometallic compound was present in Rembrandt’s masterpiece. It is lead formate.
Study author Victor González of Ecole Normale Paris-Saclay said the lead format was found only once in a painting in 2020, but it was found in model paintings that used fresh paint.
Image: University of Antwerp
Rare chemical compound found in Rembrandt painting
Recall that earlier than the cult self-portrait of the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, researchers discovered a new species of yeast of the genus Blastobotrys. The painting was painted in 1515.
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