Optical characterization of artist’s materials
in ancient paintings
by spectral imaging in the VIS-IR range
Nicole de Manincor,
Giacomo Marchioro,
Vittorio Barra,
Ornella Salvadori,
Claudia Daffara
Kapitel/Beitrag aus dem Buch: Längle, T et al. 2017. OCM 2017 – 3rd International Conference on Optical Characterization of Materials, March 22nd – 23rd, 2017, Karlsruhe, Germany : Conference Proceedings.
In the last few years, the non-invasive infrared reflectography (IRR) imaging technique has been improved by means
of the multispectral option both in the VIS and in the NIR range
in order to achieve more reliable and accurate results. Hence, the
collected data can be visualised and studied both in the spatial
and in the spectral domain, being processed as reflectographic
images or as punctual reflectance spectra of the materials composing the painting.
This work presents the formulation and application of an easyto-use methodology to identify and map the original artist’s
pigments in ancient paintings starting by a set of spectral data
acquired with multispectral imaging technique in the VIS-NIR
range. The preliminary results shown are obtained on a painting by Vittore Carpaccio, belonging to the collection of Gallerie
dell’Accademia in Venice, Italy.