A pigment’s shift in chemistry robbed a painted yellow rose of its brilliance
The degradation of an arsenic-based paint stripped shadows and light from a still life flower
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A flat, lifeless yellow rose is a jarring element in Abraham Mignon’s otherwise lively painting Still Life with Flowers and a Watch.
Dupper Wzn. Bequest, Dordrecht