A study of the blue colors used by Telemaco Signorini (1835-1901)

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-280

  Bacci, Mauro ^a   Magrini, Donata ^a   Picollo, Marcello ^a   Vervat, Muriel ^b  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b Vervat Conservation Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

19th century blue pigments; Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy; Non invasive analysis; Pigment identification; Telemaco Signorini

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649117669     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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