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P L A T E 8 6 Adriaen de Vries (Dutch, 1 5 4 5 - 1 6 2 6 ) , P L A T E 8 7 Elemental distribution maps for sulfur, lead,
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Juggling Figure, ca. 615. Bronze, : 7 cm; w: 51.8 cm; tin, and carbon, together with secondary-electron SE)
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D : 1.9 cm. This indoor bronze was found to have an and backscattered electron BSE) images for the de Vries
"outdoor" patina, consisting principally of brochantite bronze shown in P L A T E 8 6 .
with small amounts of posnjakite over cuprite. The
work was being used as a common piece of garden P L A T E 8 8 Elemental distribution maps for magnesium,
sculpture in England before being reattributed to de copper, chlorine, and oxygen, together with secondary-
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Vries. It is shown here after conservation treatment to electron (SE) and backscattered electron BSE) images
disguise the visual impact of the streaked and corroded for the same area of the de Vries bronze analyzed
surface. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum (90.SB.44) . in P L A T E 87 . These electron microprobe maps show
part of the detailed structure of the patina.
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