Page 186 - Copper and Bronze in Art: Corrosion, Colorants, Getty Museum Conservation, By David Scott

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P L A T E ι Statuette of a Dead Youth, Greek, ca. 4 8 0 - 4 6 0 Β . C E . Bronze
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with copper inlays, w: 7.3 cm; : 13.5 cm. The sculpture was solid cast in tin
bronze by the lost-wax method. Shown here after mechanical conservation
cleaning, the patina is mostly malachite over cuprite, with a blistered surface,
now pitted, but originally with pustules of corrosion. Malibu, J. Paul Getty
Museum ( 8 6 . A B . 5 3 O ) .