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Archaeological evidence of Venetian trade in colouring materials: the case of the Gnalić shipwreck

In late October or early November 1583, the Gagliana Grossa sailed from Venice towards Constantinople loaded with cargo, a large part of which comprised colouring materials, from the most prominent European workshops. Studies of these unique archaeological finds are providing an insight into the colouring materials available in Venice, as well as its international export power capacity. Since 1967 numerous archaeometric analyses have been carried out on these colouring materials, resulting in the identification of lead carbonate, lead oxide, mercury sulphide, antimony sulphide, iron oxide- and arsenic- based colouring materials, lake pigment, elementary tin and mercury. Until now, an understanding of Venetian trade in colouring materials has been based entirely on archival sources. The aim of this research is to merge the results of the archaeological data with archival documents in order to obtain an overview of the trade in colouring materials.Precisely dated archaeological finds, combined with archival documents, have generated a list of colouring materials used in wholesale, retail and international trade.Archival and archaeological evidence presents a unique insight into the materials available in 16th- century Venice.

Gnalić ; shipwreck ; colouring materials ; sixteenth century ; trade

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