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Index
Cover Halftitle Title Copyright Dedication Foreword Acknowledgements Preface Contents Acronyms Introduction
Scientific tools of the art detective What motivates fraud? Why do we care so much about authenticity? References
Chapter One Establishing the First Link in the Art Chain: Attribution
The curator and gallery dealer The connoisseur and the art historian The Ely Zakhai case — connoisseurship’s role in unraveling a Gauguin forgery Stylistic and Morellian analysis The Rembrandt Research Project Rembrandt’s Old Man With a Beard authenticated References
Chapter Two Microscopy-Related Techniques
Optical microscopy Stereomicroscope and raking light Observation by optical microscopy of the craquelure at the surface of a painting Craquelure and the Han van Meegeren forgery Craquelure and The Virgin and Child with an Angel More on craquelure Cross section analysis The case of the authenticated Rembrandt Polarised light microscopy Polarised light microscopy plays a crucial initial role in the authentication of a Manet painting Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) Portrait Group depicting Frederico da Montefletro (Forgery confirmed by SEM/EDX) Raman spectroscopy and microscopy Russian avant-garde forgeries The Kandinsky and Popova cases (Analysis by micro-Raman spectroscopy) The unexpectedly dramatic case of a Chagall painting (More tricks from the Russian market, Ramanmicroscopy unravels a mystery) Infrared spectroscopy (IR) and Fourier transform infrared micro-spectroscopy (micro-FTIR) The Jackson Pollock case (revisited) References
Chapter Three Scientific Techniques Reliant on Mass Spectrometry
Introduction Principle of mass spectrometry Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS) High-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) Study by HPLC-MS of The Virgin and Child with an Angel Laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LD-TOF-MS) The Trotter affair The Jackson Pollock affair Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) Determination of the radioactive isotopes 137Cs and 90Sr by LA-ICP-MS and the Elena Basner affair Study of the provenance of pigments Mahmoud Said’s Girl with Green Eyes Multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) Authentication of paintings by lead isotopic ratio determination using MC-ICP-MS Authentication of Vermeer’s Saint Praxedis Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) The bomb peak effect The Fernand Léger forgery References
Chapter Four Some X-ray-based Techniques
Introduction X-ray fluorescence (XRF) Vincent van Gogh’s Sunset at Montmajour Proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) Electron probe microanalyser X-ray radiography (XRR) Portrait of a Woman Image alleged to have been created by Antonello da Messina X-ray fluorescence recorded using synchrotron radiation Van Gogh’s previously unknown floral still life X-ray computer tomography X-ray diffraction X-ray micro-diffraction using synchrotron radiation References
Chapter Five Infrared Reflectography
Principle and recent developments The Virgin and Child with an Angel Portrait of Anna Zborowska Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinca The Prado Mona Lisa References
Chapter Six Digital Techniques in Art Authentication
Principles of weave analysis Luminosity histograms and the artist’s hand Multispectral imaging and the layer amplification method (LAM) How does Cotte’s multispectral imaging work? Lady with an Ermine References
Chapter Seven Dendrochro nolgy
The Beltracchi affair (revisited) References
Chapter Eight The Beguiling Odalisque — Is the Courtroom the Proper Venue for Authentication?
Challenges to authentication Connoisseurs diverge — an inferior painting? Worth forging? Archival references and provenance? Scientific experts vie for the truth Is the courtroom the proper venue for authentication? References
Chapter Nine Three Portraits, Two Women — Can Science Decide?
The first painting: The Louvre Mona Lisa Multispectral imaging and X-ray fluorescence shed light on sfumato X-ray fluorescence The second painting: The Isleworth Mona Lisa Multispectral imaging Dating of the canvas by accelerator mass spectroscopy (AMS) Geometric analysis and the Vitruvian Man Computer image processing La Bella Principessa Multispectral imaging C14 dating using AMS Authentic or copy? Can science decide? References
Chapter Ten Psychology of the Viewer
Beyond aesthetics Belief and the human mind References
Chapter Eleven Psychology of the Forger
The psychology of the forger Racked by turmoil The art establishment: The ultimate target? Entirely devoid of creativity? References
Chapter Twelve Reflections on the Turbulent World of Authentication
References
Picture Credits Glossary Index
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