The ‘Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints’ of Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the St. Augustine Church (Siena, Italy): Raman microspectroscopy and SEM-EDS characterisation of the pigments

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 363-371

  Damiani, D ^a   Gliozzo, E ^a   Memmi, I Turbanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambrogio Lorenzetti; Fresco pigments; Raman microspectroscopy; SEM EDS; Siena

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911894719     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-014-0175-6     Document Type: Article

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