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Mapping gold leaf in Gentile da Fabriano’s paintings: a case study
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 988-995
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Author:
Llewellyn, Laura (Llewellyn, Laura)
Author:
MacLennan, Douglas (MacLennan, Douglas)
Subjects
artists:
Gentile da Fabriano / Gaddi, Taddeo / Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni
dates:
1400-1449
places:
Florence
subjects:
Italian art / Scientific analysis / Scanning macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF) spectroscopy / Gold / Panel paintings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Coronation of the Virgin, by Gentile da Fabriano, c. 1420. Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 93 x 64.1 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
2. Madonna and Child enthroned, by Gentile da Fabriano. c.1420. Tempera on poplar panel, 95.7 by 56.5 cm. (Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington). The blue outline represents the scanned region.
Attributed works:
3. Corrected gold (AuL [9.712keV]) MA-XRF element distribution map of the scanned region of Fig.1. Scanning parameters: 37kV, 1000 μA, spotsize Ø1mm, 25mm/sec scan rate, 40ms/pixel dwell time. MA-XRF image collected and processed by John K. Delaney and Kathryn Dooley, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.5.
Attributed works:
5. Nativity, by Gentile da Fabriano. c.1420–22. Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 72.1 by 42.6cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles). The blue outline represents the scanned region.
Attributed works:
6. Corrected gold (AuL [9.712keV]) MA-XRF element distribution map of the scanned region of Fig.5. Scanning parameters: 50kV, 600A, spotsize Ø450m, 33mm/sec scan rate, 15ms/pixel dwell time.
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7. The painting illustrated in Fig.1. The blue outline represents the scanned region.
Attributed works:
8. Corrected gold (Au Lα [9.712 keV]) MA-XRF element distribution map of the scanned region of Fig.7. Scanning parameters: 50 kV, 600 μA, spot size Ø 530 μm, 66.3 mm/sec scan rate, 8 ms/pixel dwell time.