Welcome to the Tracking Colour objects database. It contains information on ancient artworks from the collections of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek examined for their original polychromy.

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  • Pinax with warriors

    Hin796_t_grey
    • HIN 796
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • Fragmented pinax depicting two warriors.

  • Pinax fragments depicting a naked man and a black hand

    Hin794_t
    • HIN 794
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • Fragmented pinax depicting two individuals - a naked young man and an second unidentified indivdual, where only an outreaching hand is preserved.
      The upper edge of the pinax is decorated with a band of red lozenges w...

  • Antefix with female head

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    • HIN 452
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • This beautiful "antefix":/objects/124/attachments/367 has well-preserved traces of original colour which are visible to the naked eye.
      The "palmette leaves":/objects/124/attachments/372 were once painted alternately ...

  • Antefix with female head

    Hin453_t_0
    • HIN 453
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • This beautiful "antefix":/objects/123/attachments/345 has well-preserved traces of original polychromy.
      The palmette leaves are painted alternately black and red with white outlines while the background around them i...

  • Statuette of Hermes

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    • HIN 423a
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • Statuette of Hermes standing against a pillar. He is rendered naked, except from a cloak worn over the shoulders and boots.

  • Male statuette

    Hin423b_t_0
    • HIN 423b
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The male statuette is well-preserved with only some of the fingers missing on both hands. He is standing against a pillar and is wearing a cloak, loincloth and boots.

  • Lid from a sarcophagus

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    • IN 431
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The sarcophagus fragment is well preserved and shows extensive remains of antique polychromy. A white ground is found on the sides of the fragment, partially in the ears and on the hair, along the sides of the face an...

  • Antefix with silen head

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    • HIN 68
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The polychromy on the antefix is rather well-preserved. The colour palette is limited to calcite, red ochre, carbon black and Egyptian blue. Mineral clays constitute an essential part of the entire stratigraphy sugges...