Scientific analysis on The Allegory painted by Artemisia Gentileschi

The Power of Taboo: How censorship shapes artistic expression 

Scientific analysis revealed the original shapes of a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi

25 years of collaboration among CNR INO and OPD

The joint CNR-INO and OPD Optical Metrology laboratory: a successful model for the conservation of Italian cultural heritage

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[…]

Analisi diagnostiche VIS NIR sulla Venere di Botticelli ai Musei Reali

Vedere oltre la pittura: come Botticelli disegnò la sua Venere

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[…]

Non-invasive microanalyses on 19th-century daguerreotypes

In the framework of the DIAGNOSE project, an article titled “The Colors of the Butterfly Wings: Non-Invasive Microanalytical Studies of Hand-Coloring Materials in 19th-Century Daguerreotypes”[…]

Contactless analysis on a drawing by Raffaello Sanzio

Are you interested in Italian Renaissance drawing or paper #conservation? Read the recent paper published in Nature Portfolio by the Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del[…]

A HSG image used as a cover story in the Journal of Imaging

The research reporting on the prototype for the reflectance photoacoustic imaging applied for the first time in the Heritage Science field appears as the cover[…]

MOLAB in Oslo

MOLAB analysis with multispectral VIS NIR in Oslo at the Munch Museum

Optical analyses on the Uffizi Gallery’s drawing 8P by Leonardo da Vinci

The HSG published the results of non-invasive optical analyses on the Uffizi Gallery’s drawing 8P by Leonardo da Vinci. Together with art historians and conservators,[…]

HSG’s tools at work on Morandi’s artworks in Bologna

In the framework of E-RIHS.it, HSG is analysing some artworks at the Morandi Museum in Bologna.

MOLAB INO at work in Naples

Il gruppo Heritage Science dell'Istituto Nazionale di Ottica ha applicato gli strumenti diagnostici su alcuni quadri di Tiziano al Museo Capodimonte di Napoli, alla presenza[…]