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A combination of portable non-invasive techniques to study on reverse glass paintings at Mistretta museum

V. Mollica NardoEugenio CaponettiMaria Luisa SaladinoR. C. PonterioCirino VasiG. AnastasioVincenzo Renda

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PaintingReverse glaGeographic areamedia_common.quotation_subjectXRF010401 analytical chemistryNon invasive02 engineering and technologyArt021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesArchaeologylanguage.human_language0104 chemical sciencesAnalytical ChemistryRaman spectroscopylanguagePortable instrumentation0210 nano-technologySicilianTR FTIRSpectroscopySettore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisicamedia_common

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Abstract Reverse painting on glass is an old decorative technique used since the Roman time consisting in applying a cold paint layer on the reverse side. The Sicilian Regional Museum of forestry and pastoral traditions in Mistretta (Messina, Italy) houses the largest collection of reverse glass paintings in Italy with a total of 195 artworks. The artworks are attributed to the different Italian geographic area from north to south Italy. A combination of non-invasive analysis by using complementary portable spectroscopic instrumentations (mainly XRF and Raman Spectrometers) was applied on some selection of reverse glass paintings. The goal of the work is the characterization of the nature of pigments and of binders used in the realization of the paints. The composition of glasses used as substrate has been also investigated.

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2019-05-01Microchemical Journal
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2019.01.067