À la recherche des couleurs disparues – La polychromie médiévale des albâtres anglais

In the late Middle Ages, alabaster panels depicting religious scenes imported from England were very popular throughout Catholic Europe. in the French département of Gironde, for instance, more than a hundred of these artworks still exist; however, most of them have lost their original rich colouring. By combining medieval painting techniques, advances physico-chemical analyses and 3D technologies, a group of researchers from Bordeaux has succeeded in restoring several alabasters to their former splendour.