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Challenging wax-cast figurine serial production unravelled by multi-analytical ...
Le Gac, A; Madeira, T; Pereira, M; Santos, J; Piorro, L; Dias, L; Manso, M; Bleton, J; Longelin, S; Prazeres, C; Mirao, J; marques, J; Candeias, AEight complementary techniques were successfully applied to study a pair of very alike eighteenth-century colored wax figurines belonging to the Museu Nacional Machado de Castro, Coimbra (Portugal): examination under visible and ultraviolet light, X-ray radiography (XRR), neutron radiography and tomography (NR and NT), energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF), scanning electron microscopy coupled with energ...
A COMPARATIVE MULTI-TECHNIQUE INVESTIGATION ON MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION OF GILDI...
Sandu, I; Murta, E; Ferreira, S; Pereira, M; Kuckova, S; Valbi, V; Dias, L; Prazeres, C; Cardoso, A; Mirao, J; Candeias, AThis paper deals with the multi-analytical comparative characterization of 59 samples of gilded and polychrome layers from 7 altarpieces studied during the Gilt-Teller project (www.gilt-teller.pt). The altarpieces studied here belong to seven churches in the areas of Lisbon, Santarém, Portalegre and Guarda and display stylistic and constructive features characteristic to the Mannerism carved wood decoration in ...