from BBC Radio 4 Material World
Art Fraud
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The first 15 minutes of the latest BBC Radio 4 science programme Material World highlights the investigative work done to detect art forgeries. The use of Raman Spectrometry was mentioned as a precise method to detect specific chemical composition (or "fingerprint") of different pigments. Combining that information with historical information on the use and manufacture of pigments, fakes could be determined with greater confidence then in the days of just relying on art connoisseurship.
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More information on the use of Raman Microscopy and Spectrometry in the analysis of pigments found on a 13th-century illumintaed manuscript.
ReplyDeletehttp://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/ac/98/feb/raman.html
Raman Microscopy Of A 13th-Century Illuminated TextA study of a rare manuscript demonstrates a promising technique for the nondestructive, in situ analysis of historical artifacts.
Robin J. H. Clark and Peter J. Gibbs
University College London (U.K.)