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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  • Fragment of funerary stele.

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    • IN 2787
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The stele is made of white marble, and is broken above and below.
      Traces of red paint can be seen with the naked eye on the base line of the relief.
      The stele has been examined with Visible Induced Luminescence, bu...

  • Votive relief

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    • IN 2308
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The relief is made of coarse-grained white marble. The surface is weathered.
      Traces of red colour below and on the sides of the border are visible to the naked eye.

      In August, 1991 a marble sample was taken to es...

  • Tomb lekythos

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    • IN 2786
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The lekythos is made of white, fine-grained marble. The upper part of the neck is missing and a new foot in limestone has been added.
      On the shoulder the remains of the original painted decoration are still visible t...

  • Head of a man

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    • IN 2569 LISTED AS 2559 IN CATALOGUE - NEIL
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The head is made of limestone. The nose and left part of the beard are missing.
      Traces of "red paint":/objects/92/attachments/195 can be seen with the naked eye.
      The head has been examined with Visible Induced Lumi...

  • Grave relief

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    • IN 1695
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The relief is made of white marble - probably Pentelic. The left-hand acroterion and ante capital are broken off, the break continues over the head of the sitting person, and through the neck of the standing figure. T...

  • Tomb lekythos

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    • IN 466
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The lekythos is made of white marble. The neck has been broken and later restored and the foot is of new marble. Depicted on the relief on the belly of the lekythos is a scene with four figures. Shown on the far right...

  • Statue of running Niobid

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    • IN 520
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The statue is made of Parian lychnites marble. The nose, right hand and part of the overfold are missing, as is the front part of the left foot, two toes on the right foot, and several small parts of the drapery folds...

  • Portrait of Roman woman

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    • IN 763
    • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
    • The bust is made of white marble. The nose and upper lip are damaged, and there are scratches on the veil.
      Frederik Poulsen noted in his catalogue from 1951, that the eyes had traces of original paint (Poulsen, 1951)...