NINMACH 2013

Session

Autoradiography

AR

10 Sept 2013, 09:00

HS 1 (Physics Department at Technische Universität München)

Conveners

Autoradiography

• Andrea Denker (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie)
• Claudia Laurenze-Landsberg (conservator at the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Berlin)

22. Neutron Activation Autoradiographs – the Technique

Dr Andrea Denker (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie)

10/09/2013, 09:00

NINMACH

Oral

In collaboration with the research reactor in Berlin, the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie, the Gemäldegalerie Berlin is the only institute worldwide, which systematically employs the method of Neutron-Activation-Autoradiography to analyze paintings. Today we have investigated about 70 paintings. This is an effective, non-destructive, however, exceptional method for the...

28. The examination of paintings by Rembrandt with Neutron Autoradiography

Claudia Laurenze-Landsberg (conservator at the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Berlin)

10/09/2013, 09:30

NINMACH

Oral

The evaluation of autoradiographs of paintings by Rembrandt with a comparative study of the painting with the stereoscope leads to diverse consolidated findings for art historians and conservators. Results of Autoradiographiy and scanning macro-XRF will be compared.