Non-invasive identification of white pigments on 20th-century oil paintings by using fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy

Journal of The American Institute for Conservation

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-37

  Bacci, Mauro ^a   Picollo, Marcello ^a   Trumpy, Giorgio ^a   Tsukada, Masahiko ^b   Kunzelman, Diane ^c  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b Tokyo National Museum   (Japan)

^c Opificio delle Pietre Dure   (Italy)

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EID: 60950676347     PISSN: 01971360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/019713607806112413     Document Type: Review

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