Macro X-ray fluorescence scanning (MA-XRF) as tool in the authentication of paintings
| dc.contributor.author | Saverwyns, Steven | |
| dc.contributor.author | Currie, Christina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lamas, Eduardo | |
| dc.date | 2018 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-03T16:54:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-03T16:54:25Z | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Steven Saverwyns, Christina Currie & Eduardo Lamas-Delgado, ‘Macro X-ray fluorescence scanning (MA-XRF) as tool in the authentication of paintings’, in Microchemical Journal, 137 (2017), pp. 139-147 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | https://balat.kikirpa.be/document/200063940 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7855 | |
| dc.description | Scanning macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF) was evaluated as a means for the non-invasive study of two paintings to investigate their authenticity. The first painting, a still-life attributed to the 17th century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran, was analysed both with point XRF analyses and MA-XRF. MA-XRF analyses facilitated the interpretation of the results, revealed a hidden painting and gave a clear answer to the question of authenticity. The second painting, attributed to the workshop or school of Pieter Paul Rubens, was investigated by MA-XRF alone. This revealed a hidden stamp of a canvas manufactory, which situated the painting a few hundred years later than originally supposed. In this last case MA-XRF results were supported by X-radiography and infrared reflectography (IRR). A brief comparison was made between MA-XRF and these traditional scientific imaging techniques, which were not able to detect the stamp. Moreover, it is suggested that in certain cases where for budgetary reasons X-radiographs cannot be made, MA-XRF images can sometimes suffice. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier B.V. | en_US |
| dc.title | Macro X-ray fluorescence scanning (MA-XRF) as tool in the authentication of paintings | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.subject.frascati | Arts | en_US |
| dc.audience | Scientific | en_US |
| dc.subject.free | Authenticity | en_US |
| dc.subject.free | Paintings | en_US |
| dc.subject.free | Macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF) | en_US |
| dc.subject.free | Scientific imaging | en_US |
| dc.source.title | Microchemical Journal | en_US |
| dc.source.volume | 137 | en_US |
| dc.source.page | 139-147 | en_US |
| dc.relation.project | http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11007768 | en_US |
| dc.relation.project | http://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11021403 | en_US |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2017.10.008 |
