Episode 5 | The Materials

Private Old Master · Oct 1, 2026 · 15m

Pigments, ground layers and binding media can help establish when and how a painting was made.

Technical examinations found a material profile consistent with early seventeenth-century painting practice. But compatibility with a historical period is not the same as proof of authorship.

This episode examines the materials identified in the painting, what they reveal about its physical construction and where the limits of material evidence must be respected.