Characterization of Brazilian artists’ palette from the XIX century using EDXRF portable system

In this work were characterized the palettes of some of the most representative Brazilian painters from the XIX century: Eliseu Visconti, Almeida Junior, Rodolfo Amoedo, Henrique Bernardelli, Rafael Frederico, Modesto Brocos, Augusto Rodrigues Duarte and Pedro Peres. EDXRF measurements were carried out with a portable system consisting of an X-ray tube Oxford TF3005 and a Si-PIN XR-100CR detector from Amptek. Some pigments identified were: zinc and lead white, ochre, umber, vermilion, Prussian blue, cobalt blue, cadmium yellow, black iron oxide, etc.