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I put it completely wrong. As far as I read that the da Vinci found a way to strengthen the composition of oil, due to which it is better to fall on canvas, reproduce colors and persisted. Those of oil, the brothers invented van Eykami, had many shortcomings, so not popular. This is the version that I knew. Glad I will hear other versions.

began to look into this issue, and now that he has found.

http://www.openspace.ru/news/details/328/

Oil painting techniques were invented in the territory of modern Afghanistan for centuries, before it mastered in Europe. That is the conclusion reached by French scientists who examined the oil painting of the Buddhist complex of Bamiyan (Bamiyan).

Buddhist monastery in the caves of Bamiyan functioned in IV-VII centuries AD Here, in particular, were carved two giant statues of Buddha that were blown up by extremists from the Taliban as "idols insulting Islam".

After the overthrow of the Taliban forces of the international coalition in Baminane reopened scientists. Oil paintings made on cave walls and depicting the Buddha, discovered by Japanese scientists for the first time they were dating VII century AD Now the French have confirmed this pre-dating.

According to various estimates, in Europe began to paint in oils between X and XIII centuries.