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Klimt artwork: red-pigment material investigation by backscattering Fe-57 Mössbauer spectroscopy, SEM and p-XRF
Göstar KlingelhöferFolke DenckerManish KumarA. NieburFranz RenzR. LehmannH.-j. SchmidtRalf SindelarBenilde F.o. CostaD. Wengerowskysubject
Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::540 | ChemieArcheologyGoethiteMaterials scienceScanning electron microscopepigmentsAnalytical chemistryinfra-red-light investigationchemistry.chemical_elementZinc01 natural sciencesKlimt: “Trompetender Putto”PigmentMaterialcharakterisierung0103 physical sciencesMössbauer spectroscopy0601 history and archaeologyddc:750lcsh:CC1-960010306 general physics060102 archaeologyTrompetender PuttoMössbauer spectroscopy06 humanities and the artsDewey Decimal Classification::700 | Künste Bildende Kunst allgemein::750 | MalereiOverpaintingKlimt GustavDewey Decimal Classification::700 | Künste Bildende Kunst allgemeinCinnabarchemistryPigmentvisual_artddc:540visual_art.visual_art_mediumddc:660lcsh:ArchaeologyX-ray fluorescence analysisddc:700660 Technische Chemiescanning electron microscopyTitaniumdescription
Material tests were performed on a rediscovered Klimt-artwork "Trompetender Putto". We performed studies on the red colored spots, mainly taken from non-restored parts. MIMOS II Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy (novelty in art-pigment analysis) mainly reveals haematite and crystallized goethite in red colors. Electron microscopy can identify various layers of the original and overpainting of an artwork. The number of layers fluctuates between three and four chemically painted areas. The portable X-ray fluorescence analysis enables to reduce the pigment list to containing mercury (cinnabar), lead, zinc, iron and titanium. Infrared-light-irradiation visualizes the different age of the pigments.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2017-01-01 |