"We believe this work will stimulate robust work to determine the nanoscale composition of oil paints and foster the development of art preservation and conservation practices." ...

W HEN AN OIL painting is dried and finished, it is supposed to stay that way. Yet when Ida Bronken, an art conservator, began ...

In terms of Botticelli’s typical pictorial technique, Apostle said “he has switched it up” here, blending tempera and oil ... white paint is used copiously throughout the composition ...

Oil paint, however, isn’t without its flaws ... “Thus two paints with the same composition can have different microstructures and this will result in different properties.” ...