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Mineral painting

Scope note

Painting technique used occasionally in the 19th century, employing pigments in water painted on plaster and coated with water glass potassium or sodium silicate. OCA

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000178679

Broader Terms used

<painting techniques by medium>

Created

13yrs ago

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