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Fresco Reveals Renaissance Genius Raphael Used Egyptian Blue – World’s Oldest Artificial Pigment

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:50

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Ancient Egyptians understood the value of what is today known as the world’s oldest artificial pigment. Egyptian blue appeared about 5,000 years ago in a tomb painting dated to the reign of Ka-sen, the last king of Egypt’s First Dynasty.

Modern scientists have discovered the Egyptian blue pigment has extraordinary properties and will enable us not only to reconstruct the past, but also possibly to shape the technological future.

One person who understood the secrets of Egyptian blue was the great Renaissance Genius Raphael who used the artificial pigment to achieve the intense blue of the sky and sea in his famed Triumph of Galatea in Rome’s Villa Farnesina.

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