non-invasive analysis – Heritage Science Group

19/11/2025
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A New Platform for Non-Invasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces: Integrating 3D Scanning and SSE TM Raman Mapping

A recent study, “Spatially registered 3D and sequentially shifted Raman mapping for painted surface characterization“, presents a new platform that integrates 3D surface scanning with SSETM Raman mapping to analyse painted surfaces non-invasively and with high spatial accuracy. Designed for hardware-registered data acquisition, the system enables automated macro-Raman acquisition, ensuring precise focus and co-registration even […]

3D Laser Scanner, Heritage Science, News, Publications, Raman, Scientific paper, VIS NIR multispectral scanner

CNR-INO scientific device at work on a Fattori's painting at Villa Mimbelli

11/11/2025
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From the Macchiaioli to Modern Science: CNR-INO Contributions to Understanding Giovanni Fattori

The exhibition at Villa Mimbelli (Livorno), celebrating the anniversary of Giovanni Fattori’s birth, opens a new chapter in the understanding of this major 19th-century painter. Fattori was not merely a Tuscan artist, but a figure of European stature, whose formal and thematic innovations represented a true revolution in Italian painting. Curated by Vincenzo Farinella, the exhibition […]

MOLAB, News, Scientific analysis, VIS NIR multispectral scanner

20/10/2025
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Exploring the Secrets of a Roman Fresco at Baia Castle

In October 2025, Valentina Di Sarno and Alessandra Rocco, researchers at CNR-INO, together with colleagues from CNR-ISASI and CNR-IREA, started a collaboration with Vivi Tornari and Michael Andrianakis from IESL-FORTH to analyse a Roman fresco inside the Baia Castle, Naples. The non-invasive investigations were carried out using a range of advanced diagnostic techniques, including holographic […]

3D Laser Scanner, Digtal Holographic Speckle Pattern Interferometry, MOLAB, News, Thermography

23/01/2025
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Francesco da Sangallo: New Discoveries on the Renaissance Master Through Diagnostic Investigations by CNR-INO

In Florence, CNR-INO Unveils the Secrets of His Works Through Advanced Diagnostic Techniques, Offering Fresh Insights into Renaissance Art and Conservation On January 28, 2025, a study day titled “Francesco da Sangallo, Sculptor and Portraitist, Favored by the Medici: New Historical and Diagnostic Readings” will be held in Florence. The event is organized by the […]

Conference, Event, News, senza

08/03/2023
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Art and Science: HSG study Artemisia’s Allegory of Inclination with 3D digital technology

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), […]

Heritage Science, Scientific analysis, senza, Video

19/09/2022
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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 CNR Heritage Science group, in collaboration with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, on the contactless analysis of a drawing by Raffaello Sanzio Link to the article: https://rdcu.be/cVJrh

Heritage Science, Publications