Here we have a small landscape painting (30 x 20 cm), titled on the back ”Al calar del sole.” belonging to a client of mine in Sicily he bought at an antiques fair. I definitely like the color rendition of the sky.
Small landscape painting from an antiques fair in Sicily. 30 x 20 cm.
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And here a video of the RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging) model. This give you a feeling of the real painting’s textur
Ultraviolet Fluorescence highlights loss in priming.
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Ultraviolet fluorescence of both border and painting’s face.
UV Reflected shows the loss in priming as a darker spot.
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Infrared False Color gives insight into the pigments used for this small landscape.
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IR fluorescence is helpful in show cadmium pigments.
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Infrared with modified digital camera can image underdrawing.
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IR Transmitted – when can be done – allows the better imaging of underdrawing.
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Visible photo of the back of this small landscape painting.
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UVF back side.
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Infrared it’s useful to distinguish inks.
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Below are some images collected with an hand-held microscope which turns out extremely useful to give other documentation at a macro and microscopic level.
10×10 mm image allows to characterize the canvas in terms of thread count (14/12 cm) and
Higher magnification allows to image each fiber. Probably would be linen, for sure not cotton. This is allows to date back the canvas to the early 1900. This images shows the characteristic flakes of a pencil.
Compare this image with the one above to tell the difference between a pen writing with a fluid ink and a pencil.
Clearly there are more than one ink used for the writings on the canvas. This is the blue one, compare with the black one above.
Video microscopy is actually more powerful in providing a 3D feeling of some features, such as an unexplained sparkling grains on the left border.
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