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Infrared Reflectography (900-1700 nm) of Pigments Checker

Check out the Infrared Reflectography (IRR) image of Pigments Checker v.3.

Pigments Checker is a collection of pigments important in art history. Among all the pigments and their varieties ever used in art this collection selects the most used from antiquity to early 1950’. Pigments Checker is a standard tool designed for Art professionals, scientists, students and conservators to evaluate and practice non-invasive techniques for pigments identification.

The images has been acquired with Archimedes, our new scanner for Art Diagnostics.

Archimedes, a multipurpose scanner for Art Diagnostics. It will be low-cost, mobile and lightweight.

Archimedes is developed thanks to funding collected with the “Low-cost X-Radiography for Paintings” successful crowdfunding campaign ended April 30th.

Archimedes will be a multipurpose scanner designed for traveling art diagnostics. It will fit methods such as Infrared Reflectography and X-Radiography.

One Scanner for all the imaging methods

Archimedes is just the latest of our tools for the art professional:

  • Bellini, the infrared reflectography adapter
  • Antonello, the low-cost multispectral imaging system
  • Pigments Checker, a tool to learn identification of pigments

 

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