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Revealing Gauguin’s practice: multi-analytical approach of the Portrait de Suzanne Bambridge
Defeyt, Catherine; Van Vyve, E.; Leen, F. et al.
2018In Heritage Science, 6 (20)
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Keywords :
MA-XRF; Overpaints removal; Painting materials; Paul Gauguin; Raman and FTIR spectroscopy
Abstract :
[en] The Portrait de Suzanne Bambridge (1891) is the first oil painting executed by Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) in Tahiti. A comprehensive material study of the painting by means of MA-XRF, Raman and FT-IR techniques has been conducted to understand Gauguin’s practice. The obtained results allowed collecting unexpected material evidences, which suggest restoration and subsequent addition made by Gauguin himself. Moreover relevant compositional information has been provided that has influenced the decision-making process during the restoration of the painting as the removal of the old varnish and the overpaints, dating from undocumented past treatments, turned out to be much more complicated than expected. While X-ray radiography and multi-spectral imaging methods could not give sufficient information, overpaints and original paint layers have been distinguished through this multi-analytical approach. © 2018, The Author(s).
Disciplines :
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Defeyt, Catherine ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Van Vyve, E.;  Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Rue du Musée 9, Brussels, Belgium
Leen, F.;  Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Rue du Musée 9, Brussels, Belgium
Vandepitte, F.;  Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Rue du Musée 9, Brussels, Belgium
Gilbert, Bernard ;  Chemistry departement, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman B6, Liège, Belgium
Herens, Elodie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Strivay, David  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Spectroscopie atomique et nucléaire, archéométrie
Language :
English
Title :
Revealing Gauguin’s practice: multi-analytical approach of the Portrait de Suzanne Bambridge
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Heritage Science
eISSN :
2050-7445
Publisher :
Springer
Volume :
6
Issue :
20
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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