Characterization of pigments and ligands in a wall painting fragment from Liternum archaeological park (Italy)

Gaetano Corso; Monica Gelzo; Angela Chambery; Valeria Severino; Antimo Di Maro; Filomena Schiano Lomoriello; Oceania D'Apolito; Antonio Dello Russo; Patrizia Gargiulo; Ciro Piccioli; Paolo Arcari

doi:10.1002/jssc.201200490

Characterization of pigments and ligands in a wall painting fragment from Liternum archaeological park (Italy)

Gaetano Corso, Monica Gelzo, Angela Chambery, Valeria Severino, Antimo Di Maro, Filomena Schiano Lomoriello, Oceania D'Apolito, Antonio Dello Russo, Patrizia Gargiulo, Ciro Piccioli, Paolo Arcari

Centro Cardiologico Monzino

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Spectroscopic and MS techniques were used to characterize the pigments and the composition of polar and nonpolar binders of a stray wall painting fragment from Liternum (Italy) archaeological excavation. X-ray fluorescence and diffraction analysis of the decorations indicated mainly the presence of calcite, quartz, hematite, cinnabar, and cuprorivaite. Infrared spectroscopy, GC coupled to flame-ionization detector, and MS analysis of the polar and nonpolar components extracted from paint layers from three different color regions revealed the presence of free amino acids, sugars, and fatty acids. Interestingly, LC-MS shotgun analysis of the red painting region showed the presence of αS1-casein of buffalo origin. Compared to our previous results from Pompeii's wall paintings, even though the Liternum painting mixture contained also binders of animal origin, the data strongly suggest that in both cases a tempera painting technique was utilized.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2986-2993
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Separation Science
Volume	35
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jssc.201200490
Publication status	Published - Nov 2012

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Cultural heritage
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Infrared spectroscopy
Liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry
Wall painting

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Analytical Chemistry
Filtration and Separation

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Corso, G., Gelzo, M., Chambery, A., Severino, V., Di Maro, A., Lomoriello, F. S., D'Apolito, O., Russo, A. D., Gargiulo, P., Piccioli, C., & Arcari, P. (2012). Characterization of pigments and ligands in a wall painting fragment from Liternum archaeological park (Italy). Journal of Separation Science, 35(21), 2986-2993. https://doi.org/10.1002/jssc.201200490

Characterization of pigments and ligands in a wall painting fragment from Liternum archaeological park (Italy). / Corso, Gaetano; Gelzo, Monica; Chambery, Angela; Severino, Valeria; Di Maro, Antimo; Lomoriello, Filomena Schiano; D'Apolito, Oceania; Russo, Antonio Dello; Gargiulo, Patrizia; Piccioli, Ciro; Arcari, Paolo.

In: Journal of Separation Science, Vol. 35, No. 21, 11.2012, p. 2986-2993.

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Corso, Gaetano ; Gelzo, Monica ; Chambery, Angela ; Severino, Valeria ; Di Maro, Antimo ; Lomoriello, Filomena Schiano ; D'Apolito, Oceania ; Russo, Antonio Dello ; Gargiulo, Patrizia ; Piccioli, Ciro ; Arcari, Paolo. / Characterization of pigments and ligands in a wall painting fragment from Liternum archaeological park (Italy). In: Journal of Separation Science. 2012 ; Vol. 35, No. 21. pp. 2986-2993.

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