White lead

Current name

Information from the Getty AAT

lead white

Synthetically produced white pigment; the oldest and most historically important white pigment as it was the only white used in European easel painting until the nineteenth century. By the twentieth century, the use of lead white had been replaced with titanium dioxide.

General
Filemaker ID: 
GLO3806
Other names: 
Bleiweiß
Historical names
Historical name Record
Blanc de plomb Manière d'imprimer à la colle.
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052, f.10]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.11]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.12]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.15]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.29]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052, f.4]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052, f.5]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052, f.6]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.7]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.8]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms. Sloane 2052, f 85]
Blanc de plomb [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052, f.9]
loot wit N. 1. Schoon loot wit te maken.,
Blanc de plomb N.o 2. Blanc de plomb
bly wiβ Nota bly wyβ und bly gel
blanc de plum No title (REC:124)
pleyweiß No title (REC:2860)
bleyweiß Oeconomische kundigheden. Over het LOODWIT, het fabriceeren van, en den handel met hetzelve. [Continued from No. 167. page 83.]
loot wit Om Wassche Beelden te gieten