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Discovery of a woman portrait behind La Violoniste by Kees Van Dongen through hyperspectral imaging
Herens, Elodie; Defeyt, Catherine; Walter, Philippe et al.
2017In Heritage Science, 5 (14)
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Keywords :
hyper spectral imaging; MA-XRF; van Dongen
Abstract :
[en] Despite the fact that Kees Van Dongen was one of the most famous painter of the 20th century, only little information about his palette and his technique is available. To contribute to the characterization of Van Dongen's painting materials, La Violoniste, painted by the artist around 1923, has been analyzed by using three complementary techniques: macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF), Raman spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging. The elemental repartition given by MA-XRF and the results obtained thanks to Raman spectroscopy help us to complete the identification of pigments contained in La Violoniste (lead white, iron oxides, cadmium yellow, vermilion, Prussian blue, titanium white, ultramarine, a chromium pigment and carbon black) while the results obtained via hyperspectral imaging reveal a hidden woman portrait. Besides the fact that Kees Van Dongen was particularly renowned for his female portraits, this hidden composition presents obvious stylistic similarities with the well-known portraits produced by the artist during his Parisian stay (starting from 1899). Thanks to Raman spectroscopy, visual examination and MA-XRF, we show that the original background contains ultramarine, the hidden portrait's clothes are probably made of the same colour as the present violinist's dress and her carnation contains zinc, contrary to the violinist's flesh which is mainly made of lead white.
Research center :
CEA - Centre Européen en Archéométrie - ULiège
AAP - Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine - ULiège
Disciplines :
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Herens, Elodie ;  Université de Liège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Defeyt, Catherine ;  Université de Liège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Walter, Philippe;  Université Pierre et Marie Currie - Paris 6 - UPMC > LAMS
Strivay, David  ;  Université de Liège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Language :
English
Title :
Discovery of a woman portrait behind La Violoniste by Kees Van Dongen through hyperspectral imaging
Publication date :
April 2017
Journal title :
Heritage Science
eISSN :
2050-7445
Publisher :
Springer, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
5
Issue :
14
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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