Mani Deli wrote:
[...] Check the word "smalt."
[...] Check the word "smalt."
Rembrandt was not using it this way, he was apparently using it as a thickener to make his paint like heavy butter, as well as using the cobalt compunds as a drying agent.
You are right of course in all you say, this particular glass was called smalt.
Evan Millner
