Oxide crayon


Oxide crayon dating from around the Birth of Christ – the first documented find in Sweden of an artists’ material that is made, fired and shaped like a crayon. The crayon is of the same type that Rembrandt used for his drawings. Photo: K. Botwid / Lund University

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