gold and silver

Ingredients

pure gold, silver

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

The Qazvin painter used a combination of gold and silver specifically for large-scale background areas. This combination is described as being of lower quality compared to pure gold due to the significant amount of silver included in the mix (p. 272). The physical application involved combining these metals to create a metallic golden appearance, which is distinct from the pure, shiny gold used for finer details (p. 272).

Evidence

"In Qazvin paintings, pure gold and gold combined with silver are used (Fig. 5-182). Qazvin painter has used very little shiny gold and only for background details, but he/she has used a combination of gold and silver in larger dimensions and for background painting"

Remarks

The study notes that gold used by the Qazvin painter often contained a significant amount of silver. In larger dimensions used for background painting, this gold combination has frequently darkened over time (p. 272). This is specifically attributed to the corrosion of the silver component within the alloy (p. 272).