This post compares an InGaAs camera – used for Infrared Reflectography (IRR) with a Digital camera modified for Infrared photography (IR). An InGaAs camera is your choice when it comes to imaging underdrawings. Though, the advantages of the InGaAs camera, even if real, are limited. So, we should be aware of them before we decide
I started working on cultural heritage science with a bench-top Horiba Jobin Yvon Raman Spectrometer in 1999. I did keep working on other Raman systems from time to time. A lot has been written on this technique and its applications for Art and Archaeology.So, this post just provides – as usual – my personal insights.
Technical Art examination of Picasso has been more numerous than other 20th century painters. There are reliable resources on the internet from renowned institutions, such as the Art Institute Chicago [1], MoMA [2] and V&A [3]. Other information on the painting materials Picasso used throughout his life are found in scientific journals [4-7] and conservation
It‘s always thrilling to work on the attribution of such an important name. When authenticating a Caravaggio a lot depends on incisions. Caravaggio is known for the presence of incisions in many of his paintings which were supposedly made on the wet gesso with the back of his brush. There are a couple of hypothesis
I noticed I often talked about Infrared Fluorescence Photography in my posts, such as the one on historical pigments, and the one on the Windsor & Newton Gouache color chart, but I didn’t properly introduce the technique yet. This post wants to be a brief review of the Infrared Fluorescence Photography. Infrared Fluorescence Some molecules and minerals