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Spatially resolved synchrotron-induced X-ray fluorescence analyses of metal point drawings and their mysterious inscriptions by Ina Reiche; Martin Radtke; Achim Berger; Wolf Görner; Thomas Ketelsen; Silke Merchel; Josef Riederer; Heinrich Riesemeier; Michael Roth is a Chemistry article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Spatially resolved synchrotron-induced X-ray fluorescence analyses of metal point drawings and their mysterious inscriptions about?
Synchrotron-induced X-ray fluorescence (Sy-XRF) analysis was used to study the chemical composition of precious Renaissance silverpoint drawings. Drawings by famous artists such as Albrecht Dqrer (1471-1528) and Jan van Eyck (approximately 1395-1441) must be investigated non-destructively. Moreover, extremely sensitive synchrotron-or accelerator-based techniques are needed since only small quantities of silver are deposited on the paper. New criteria for attributing these works to a particular artist could be established based on the analysis of the chemical composition of the metal points used. We illustrate how analysis can give new art historical information by means of two case studies. Two particular drawings, one of Albrecht Dqrer, showing a profile portrait of his closest friend, bWillibald PirckheimerQ (1503), and a second one attributed to Jan van Eyck, showing a bPortrait of an elderly manQ, often named bNiccolo `AlbergatiQ, are the object of intense art historical controversy. Both drawings show inscriptions next to the figures. Analyses by Sy-XRF could reveal the same kind of silverpoint for the Pirckheimer portrait and its mysterious Greek inscription, contrary to the
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- Author
- Ina Reiche; Martin Radtke; Achim Berger; Wolf Görner; Thomas Ketelsen; Silke Merchel; Josef Riederer; Heinrich Riesemeier; Michael Roth
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0584-8547)
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Chemistry (Physical Sciences)