???? The Paint Made of Corpses: The Dark Secret of "Mummy Brown" #ArtHistory #Painting #MummyBrown

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For centuries, European artists sought a specific, rich shade of brown for their shadows and glazes. They found it in a tube labeled "Mummy Brown." It wasn't a metaphor. This popular pigment was created by grinding up the actual mummified remains of ancient Egyptians—both humans and cats—and mixing them with pitch and myrrh.

Master painters, including Martin Drolling and the Pre-Raphaelites, used this macabre mixture to create masterpieces that hang in museums today, like Interior of a Kitchen. Most artists, however, were unaware of the literal ingredients. When the famous painter Edward Burne-Jones discovered the truth, he was so horrified that he held a formal funeral for his tube of paint in his garden. The production of this gruesome color only stopped in the 20th century for a simple, chilling reason: the manufacturers finally ran out of mummies.

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