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Originally a naturally occurring pigment collected from the slopes of Mt Vesuvius (hence the name) it was discovered during the Renaissance to be a lead antimony substance and was made synthetically from that time on. Its excellent permanence, pleasing color, fast drying, and ability to make the oil paint film stronger and more flexible made it a popular pigment until quite recently when health concerns have lead most manufacturers to replace the genuine pigment with mixtures of white, cadmium yellow and ochre. Like all mixtures there really is little point in buying it in that case as it can easily be mixed by the artist anyway.
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