Speed painting Ultramarines

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The Story of Ultramarine from the Silk Road to Renoir: The Chemistry of Colour | National Gallery

Ultramarine Blue — The Divine Pigment For centuries, ultramarine was the most sacred and sought-after color in the world—a pigment so precious it rivaled gold. Mined from lapis lazuli in the mountains of Afghanistan, its deep celestial hue found its way into the robes of the Virgin Mary and the skies of Renaissance art. Artists like Vermeer spent beyond their means to capture its otherworldly luminosity, while Michelangelo left canvases incomplete when he could no longer afford it. Ultramarine w