Scientific analysis revealed the original shapes of a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
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On the 12th of November 1998, Tito Arecchi, the esteemed Director of the National Institute of Optics, joined forces with Giorgio Bonsanti, the eminent Superintendent of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, to formalize an agreement that would solidify the scientific collaboration of the two institutes. This collaboration, which had already been flourishing for years under […]
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In the framework of Advanced Raman spectroscopy project, the Heritage Science Group (HSG) published an article titled “Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for madder lake detection in painting layers” in The European Physical Journal Plus. The HSG has created and analysed several types of lakes according to historical recipes and characterized them with X-ray diffraction (XRD), IR, […]
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Il gruppo Heritage Science dell’Istituto Nazionale di Ottica entra per la prima volta ai Musei Reali di Torino per fare analisi diagnostiche sulla Venere di Botticelli, appartenuta alla collezione Gualino. Ispirata alla Venere pudica dell’antichità che si copre il corpo con le mani ed i capelli, la figura emerge da uno sfondo scuro incorniciata da […]
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The Artemisia UpClose project is sponsored by Calliope Arts and Christian Levett, in collaboration with Fondazione Casa Buonarroti at the Buonarroti Museum. In this video, Physicist Raffaella Fontana, Director of Research, tells about the conservation of Artemisia’s Allegory of Inclination using 3D digital technology. The project is hosted in The Opificio delle Pietre Dure (OPD), […]
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