Spectral and colorimetric characterisation of painted surfaces: a scanning device for the imaging analysis of paintings

Pierluigi Carcagni; Andrea Della Patria; Raffaella Fontana; Marinella Greco; Maria Mastroianni; Marzia Materazzi; Enrico Pampaloni; Luca Pezzati; Roberta Piccolo

doi:10.1117/12.612565

12 August 2005 Spectral and colorimetric characterisation of painted surfaces: a scanning device for the imaging analysis of paintings

Pierluigi Carcagni, Andrea Della Patria, Raffaella Fontana, Marinella Greco, Maria Mastroianni, Marzia Materazzi, Enrico Pampaloni, Luca Pezzati, Roberta Piccolo

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Proceedings Volume 5857, Optical Methods for Arts and Archaeology; 58570T (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.612565
Event: Optical Metrology, 2005, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In the last few years multispectral imaging has entered the field of painting diagnostics and conservation because of its effectiveness and safety. It provides spectral and colorimetric characterization of the whole paint layer, suitable to document the conservation state of the artwork and useful in the study for the identification of pigments. Here we present a high-resolution scanning system for 32-band multispectral imaging of paintings in the 380÷800 nm spectral region. This system is based on a fast spectrometer for contact-less single-point measures mounted on two orthogonal XY translation stages. It can scan an area of 1 m² with a spatial resolution of 4 dots/mm and a spectral resolution of 10 nm. Spectral reflection factor and tristimulus value measurements were carried out on coloured ceramic tiles and the results were compared with the corresponding certified values. Multispectral analysis was performed on a few ancient paintings and spectrophotometric results are shown.

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Pierluigi Carcagni, Andrea Della Patria, Raffaella Fontana, Marinella Greco, Maria Mastroianni, Marzia Materazzi, Enrico Pampaloni, Luca Pezzati, and Roberta Piccolo "Spectral and colorimetric characterisation of painted surfaces: a scanning device for the imaging analysis of paintings", Proc. SPIE 5857, Optical Methods for Arts and Archaeology, 58570T (12 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.612565

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