The Breslau Psalter

Yellow pigments

Artists' Materials

Yellow pigments were not part of the shared palette, and were scarcely used throughout the manuscript. The Gaibana Master and his Associate did not use yellow at all. Hands B and C used realgar, while Hand D chose a yellow earth pigment. The remaining artists probably used an organic dye to paint small pale yellow details.

This miniature shows Hand D’s emulation of the Gaibana Master’s facial types and his characteristic use of an earth pigment for yellow areas.