Journalist Giuliano Aluffi interviewed Marco Leona, director of the scientific laboratory at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Alice Dal Fovo, a researcher at the National Institute of Optics (CNR-INO) and a member of the Heritage Science Group, for Il Venerdì di Repubblica. The interview offers an intriguing perspective on how science […]
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In the world of art conservation, understanding the materials that make up historical artworks is essential for their preservation and restoration. A recent publication in the journal Minerals sheds light on an innovative approach using Raman spectroscopy to identify and characterize historical pigments with remarkable precision. Raman spectroscopy (RS) is a powerful analytical tool that […]
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Title: Non-invasive stratigraphic analyzes of gelatine-based modern painting materials with linear and nonlinear optical methods Link to the publication: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7647/ad5772 Summary: Stratigraphic analyzes of polychrome surfaces, such as paintings, often need samples to offer consistent results regarding the sequence and composition of the layers. Non-invasive methodologies based on linear and nonlinear optical techniques limit material […]
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A symposium to present the results of the DIAGNOSE project The DIAGNOSE project (Non-invasive diagnostics and conservation of daguerreotypes and other photographic materials) organizes its final event on June 3, 2024 at the Museo Galileo in Florence. This project is funded by the Tuscany Region from the FSC Development and Cohesion Fund as part of […]
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25 years after the signing of the first CNR – National Institute of Optics and Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze (Ministry of Culture) collaboration agreement, they renew the collaboration agreement signed in 1998, setting themselves a decidedly ambitious but realistic goal: to create, together, an integrated laboratory of chemical-physical investigations equipped with unique and […]
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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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