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“Old Masters” such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study.
Trace quantities of protein residue have long been detected in classic oil paintings, though they were often ascribed to contamination. A new…
