Edwards HGM, Vandenabeele P, Benoy TJ. Raman spectroscopic study of "The
Malatesta": a Renaissance painting?
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2015;
137:45-49. [PMID:
25194320 DOI:
10.1016/j.saa.2014.07.047]
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Abstract
Raman spectroscopic analysis of the pigments on an Italian painting described as a "Full Length Portrait of a Gentleman", known also as the "Malatesta", and attributed to the Renaissance period has established that these are consistent with the historical research provenance undertaken earlier. Evidence is found for the early 19th Century addition of chrome yellow to highlighted yellow ochre areas in comparison with a similar painting executed in 1801 by Sir Thomas Lawrence of John Kemble in the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. The Raman data are novel in that no analytical studies have previously been made on this painting and reinforces the procedure whereby scientific analyses are accompanied by parallel historical research.
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