Art Examination service
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Our Portable Instrumentation
We are based in Italy but we provide international on-site art examination service traveling with our portable instruments. Our clients are museums, art researchers, private collectors, art galleries, and art authentication companies. We also provide advanced lab analysis by taking tiny paint samples.
We will provide, at your location, these portable examination methods:
- Technical Photography (TP)
- Visible photography (VIS)
- Polarized light photography (PL)
- Raking light photography (RAK)
- Ultraviolet Fluorescence photography (UVF)
- Reflected Ultraviolet photography (UVR)
- Infrared photography (IR)
- Infrared False Color photography (IRFC)
- Infrared Fluorescence photography (IRF)
- Transmitted Infrared photography (IRT)
- Colorimetry
- Infrared Reflectography (IRR)
- Reflectance Spectroscopy (RS)
- Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)
- Multispectral Imaging (MSI)
- X-Radiography (XR)
- X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)
- FT-IR spectroscopy (FT-IR)
We also take tiny samples and we run lab analysis:
- Optical Microscopy (OM)
- Raman spectroscopy (RAMAN)
Europe On-site Art Examination Service
Checklist for on-site Art Examination
Please, read this checklist in order to be prepared for our visit.
- Examination Room. We need a room at least 4×6 m and pitch dark. Electrical power outlet in the room for up to 2000 W.
- Timeframe. Consider 1 hour to set up the equipment and 3-to 4 hours for examination and documentation of each painting.
- Prepare your object for examination. Remove frame.
Results
Any material (images and data) produced during the investigation is delivered immediately at the end. We deliver the final report within 1 weeks.
What kind of objects do we analyze?
- Paintings
- Wall paintings
- Manuscripts
- Prints, stamps
Examples: On-site Art Exams
Examples: Field Projects
Artists’ References
Learn Technical Photography for Art Examination
Technical Photography is one of the most powerful—and often overlooked—tools for the scientific examination of art and archaeology. If you are a conservator, scientist, or art collector and you are not yet familiar with this method, it is truly a missed opportunity. Using simple, affordable equipment and a clear methodology, Technical Photography allows you to reveal underdrawings, retouchings, material differences, and conservation issues in a completely non-invasive way. Far from being complex or inaccessible, it is an easy entry point into scientific analysis. In many cases, Technical Photography represents the first essential step toward a deeper understanding of artworks and archaeological objects.
Scientific Art Examination – Resources:
Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) – USA
The British Museum – Scientific Research Department – UK
Scientific Research Department – The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
C2RMF (Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France) – France
Rijksmuseum – Science Department – Netherlands
