Authentication of a Painting Attributed to the Rembrandt School
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This paper presents the archaeometric and chemometric authentication of a Renaissance-style oil painting on linen canvas, with plaster and barium sulphate-based primer preparation and bone glue as binder. By optical microscopy (OM), stereomicroscopy (SOM), scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) and attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), a series of archaeometric characteristics were identified: the grain size of the chemical components of the paint layers, the 3D porosity distribution of the pigments, the degree of penetration between the paint layers and the varnish and between the varnish and the oxidatively anchored dirt, and the typology of the craquelure (craquelure network arrangement and morphology). By correlating the results obtained, it was possible to estimate the period of the painting as 1660 ± 3 years.
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OpenAlex topics: Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Art History and Market Analysis · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
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Academy of Romanian Scientists (AORS), 54 Splaiul Independenței St., Sector 5, 050094 Bucharest, Romania
National Institute for Research and Development in Environmental Protection, 294 Splaiul Independenței, 6th District, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
Science Department, Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 11 Carol I Bulevard, 700506 Iasi, Romania
Romanian Inventors Forum, 3 Sf. Petru Movilă St., L11, III/3, 700089 Iași, Romania
Geoscience PhD School, Geography-Geology Faculty, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 11 Carol I Bulevard, 700506 Iasi, Romania
Iasi County Police Inspectorate, Str. Mihai Costăchescu, nr. 2, 700495 Iasi, Romania
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, 67 Dimitrie Mangeron Bulevard, 700050 Iasi, Romania
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