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Reconstruction of a marble finial in the form of a sphinx
Vinzenz Brinkmann German
Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann
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Original: Red (cinnabar with red ocher) iris and black (carbon black) brow. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Iris and brow. False color Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Incrustation following the ornament on diadem. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Ornament on diadem in false colors. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Ornament on diadem. Composite map of scanning x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) of the Sphinx’s diadem showing cinnabar (represented in red) and azurite (represented in blue). Image Federico Carò and Elena Basso
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Original: Scale-shaped feathers on the chest. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Scale-shaped feathers on the chest in false colors. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Scale-shaped feathers on the chest in false colors (detail). iDstretch Image
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Original: Long feathers on the tip of the front wing. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Long feathers on the tip of the front wing in false colors. iDStretch Image
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Original: Long feathers on the tip of the front wing in false colors. iDStretch Image
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Original: Long feathers on the tip of the front wing in false colors. iDStretch Image
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Original: Long feathers on the right side of the front wing. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Long feathers on the right side of the front wing in false colors. iDStretch Image
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Blue (azurite) on the long feathers on the tip of the front wing. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Lower border of chest feather area in fluorescent UV-light. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Long feathers on the lower part of the rear wing. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Long feathers on the lower part of the rear wing in false colors. iDStretch Image
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Original: Long feathers on the lower part of the rear wing. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Long feathers on the lower part of the rear wing in false colors. iDStretch Image
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Original: Reddish brown (hematite) on hair (back view). Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Red (cinnabar with red ocher) on the carpal pads of both front legs. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Blue (azurite) tip of the lion’s tail. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Red (hematite) support of the curled tail. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Red (hematite) area between the two wings. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Original: Blue (Egyptian blue) areas between the tips of the wing feathers on the front of the Sphinx in visible-induced infrared luminescence imaging (VIL). Image De Abramitis
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Comparandum: Red and yellow feathers on a Greek marble Sphinx, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Inv. Nr. NAM Inv. Nr. Γ 77 © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development, Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Comparandum: Red and yellow feathers on a Greek marble Sphinx in false colors, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Inv. Nr. NAM Inv. Nr. Γ 77 © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development, Image iDstretch
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Comparandum: Yellow lion’s fur on a Greek marble Sphinx, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Inv. Nr. NAM Inv. Nr. Γ 77 © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development, Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Comparandum: Yellow lion’s fur on a Greek marble Sphinx in false colors, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Inv. Nr. NAM Inv. Nr. Γ 77 © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development, Image iDstretch
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Comparandum: Vinzenz Brinkmann photographing a Greek clay sculpture of a Sphinx in the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth. Image Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann. The rights of the depicted monument belong to the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and of Sports (Law 3028/2002)
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Comparandum: Organization of chest feathers on a Greek clay statue of a Sphinx, Archaeological Museum, Ancient Corinth, inv. SF-31-2. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann. The rights of the depicted monument belong to the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and of Sports (Law 3028/2002)
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Comparandum: Painted claws on a Greek clay statue of a Sphinx, Archaeological Museum, Ancient Corinth, inv. SF-31-2. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann. The rights of the depicted monument belong to the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and of Sports (Law 3028/2002)
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Comparandum: Painted elements of the eyes, cheek red, skin color and small earring on a Greek clay figure of a Sphinx, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Inv. Nr. NAM Inv. Nr. Γ 7870 © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development, Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Comparandum: Comparison of the painted eye of a Greek clay Sphinx in the National Museum Athens (National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Inv. Nr. NAM Inv. Nr. Γ 179870 © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development) and the color traces on the Sphinx in the Metropolitan Museum New York. Images Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Comparandum: Long feathers on the rear wing of a Greek marble Sphinx in raking light, Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos Museum, Athens, inv. P1050. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann. The rights of the depicted monument belong to the Ministry of Culture and of Sports (Law 4858/2021). The sculpture is under the jurisdiction of the ministry of Culture and Sports - Organization for Management and Development of Cultural Resources (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development)
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Comparandum: Patterned area in the center of the wing of a Sphinx painted on a Greek vessel, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Inv. Nr. NAM Inv. Nr. A 16383 © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development. Image Vinzenz Brinkman
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Comparandum: Scale-shaped body feathers on a Greek bronze shield device, Archaeological Museum, Olympia, inv. B4990. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Comparandum: White skin color on face neck and breast and a golden necklace on a terracotta stand in the form of a Sphinx, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. 1980.537
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Comparandum: Spiral on the head of a Sphinx painted on a Greek vessel, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Inv. Nr. NAM Inv. Nr. A 354 © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: The two parts of the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) 3D-print as arriving in the Frankfurt studio. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: The two parts of the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) 3D-print assembled in the Frankfurt studio. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Incrustations following the painted chest feathers well visible in the 3D-print. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Three stages showing a) application of marble stucco, b) application of the rectangular guidelines, b) application of red cinnabar and yellow ocher for the ornament of the diadem. Images Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann polishing the yellow ocher and red cinnabar with an agate. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann applying hematite on the hair using egg and casein as binding media (tempera). Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Intermediate stage of pigment application. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Testing the pigments and color scheme for the colors of the face. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Palette of natural pigments as applied on the sphinx from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Testing the processing of the gilded metal sheet in the center of the front wing. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Tip of the front wing in sunlight. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Front view in sunlight. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
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Reconstruction process: Rear view in sunlight. Image Vinzenz Brinkmann
