Art Conservation
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Art Conservation Workshop Videos
Watch videos of the talks from our workshop at the National Gallery.
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Operation Nightwatch at the Rijksmuseum
An innovative exhibition and research project, where the public can watch researchers studying Rembrandt’s painting “The Night Watch” with scientific techniques including micro-XRF.
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National Gallery in London
The National Gallery in London used micro-XRF to reveal a hidden sketch on a Leonardo da Vinci painting, which is the focus of their exhibition: “Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece”.
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Saint Vincent Panels
Micro-XRF was used in a 3 year restoration project on the Saint Vincent Panels (~1450s). Element mapping provided information about the pigments used, and revealed previous restoration efforts. These images were taken using the Bruker Crono.
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Raman in Art Conservation
Multivariate analysis of Raman spectra of carbonaceous black drawing media was used for in-situ identification of historic art materials, in this study in the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy by the Department of Paper Conservation at the Getty Museum. Read the article…