Department of Conservation

2024

Increased NIR photoluminescence of Egyptian blue via matrix effect optimization

Nicola, M., Garino, C., Mittman, S., Priola, E., Palin, L., Ghirardello, M., Damagatla, V., Nevin, A., Masic, A., Comelli, D. & Gobetto, R., Feb 1 2024, In: Materials Chemistry and Physics. 313, p. 1-9 9 p.

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UK Museums and Heritage Sustainable Packing Group: Exploring Sustainable Strategies for Soft Wrapping Paintings.

Ellison, R., Hellen, R., Tate Harte, A., Gent, A., Kraczon, K., Ward, V. & Richardson, C., Jun 19 2024, In: Studies in Conservation. June, p. 1-10

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2023

A study of cadmium yellow paints from Joan Miró’s paintings and studio materials preserved at the Fundació Miró Mallorca

Gomez Lobon, M., Ghirardello, M., Burnstock, A., Juncosa Darner, E., Palomino Cabello, C., Bauza, M., Cotte, M., Burnstock, A., Nevin, A., Amato, S., Izzo, F. C. & Comelli, D., May 5 2023, In: Heritage Science. 11, 145, 16 p.

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Conservation Science EducationOnline (CSEO) - A heritage science resource

Murray, A., Biggs, K., Shugar, A., Ploeger, R., Uffelman, E., Stolts-Witlox, M., Gonzales, P., Smith, G. D., Loubster, M., Fuster López, L., Di Pietro, G., Sah, A., Nevin, A., Sardahi, A., Wei, S. & Casanova-González, E., Sept 27 2023, In: Chemistry Teacher International. p. 1 15 p.

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Digital technology virtual restoration of the colours and textures of polychrome Bodhidharma statue from the Lingyan Temple, Shandong, China

Tong, Y., Cai, Y., Nevin, A. & Ma, Q., Jan 18 2023, In: Heritage Science. 11, 12, p. 1-17 17 p.

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Francis Williams: Shedding light on the production, materials and techniques of the portrait of a Jamaican scholar

Melita, L., Amato, S., Risdonne, V., Ledwina, L., Nevin, A. & Burgio, L., Aug 4 2023, In: X-Ray Spectrometry. 15 p.

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Jay DeFeo's Dialectics of Painting

Gottschaller, P. & Mazurek, J., Aug 1 2023, In: Getty Research Journal. 18, p. 107-132

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Optimization of conditions for the cleaning of overpaint from the stone carvings of the Potala Palace, Tibet using enzyme-based cleaning agents

Guo, J., Shi, E., Mu, X., Han, J., Wu, W., Song, Y., Da, S., Dawa, O., Gua, F., Guo, L. & Nevin, A., Jan 1 2023, In: Journal of Cultural Heritage. 59, p. 83 92 p.

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Pierre Bonnard’s Oil on Cardboard: A Comparative Study of Two Paintings at the Gothenburg Museum of Art

Pullano, M., Skalleberg, V., Nygårds, E. & Nevin, A., Jul 24 2023, In: Paper Conservator: Journal of the Institute of Paper Conservation.

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The Courtauld launches National Wall Paintings Survey Project

Howe, E., May 3 2023, In: Iconnect Magazine. 2, p. 8 1 p.

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X-ray and Infrared Microanalyses of Mona Lisa’s Ground Layer and Significance Regarding Leonardo da Vinci’s Palette

Gonzalez, V., Wallez, G., Ravaud, E., Eveno, M., Fazlic, I., Fabris, T., Nevin, A., Caligaro, T., Menu, M., Deliuven, V. & Cotte, M., Oct 11 2023, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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2022

Application of Synchrotron Radiation-Based Micro-Analysis on Cadmium Yellows in Pablo Picasso’s Femme

Ghirardello, M., Gonzalez, V., Monico, L., Nevin, A., MacLennan, D., Schmidt Patterson, C., Burghammer, M., Réfrégiers, M., Comelli, D. & Cotte, M., Jul 1 2022, In: Microscopy and Microanalysis. 22, p. 1504-1513

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Elizabeth Neel: Interview with the artist

Gottschaller, P., May 2022, In: Burlington Contemporary. 5

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2021

A Critical Review on the Analysis of Metal Soaps in Oil Paintings

Izzo, F. C., Kratter, M., Nevin, A. & Zendri, E., Sept 17 2021, In: ChemistryOpen. 10, 9, p. 904-921 1 p.

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An investigation into the synthesis of cadmium sulfide pigments for a better understanding of their reactivity in artworks

Ghirardello, M., Otero, V., Comelli, D., Toniolo, L., Dellasega, D., Nessi, L., Cantoni, M., Valentini, G., Nevin, A. & Melo, M. J., Feb 1 2021, In: Dyes and Pigments. 186, p. 108998 1 p.

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Multianalytical Assessment of Armour Paints—The Ageing Characteristics of Historic Drying Oil Varnish Paints for Protection of Steel and Iron Surfaces in Sweden

Källbom, A., Nevin, A. & Izzo, F. C., Jul 7 2021, In: Heritage. 4, 3, p. 1141-1164 24 p.

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Multi-Analytical Assessment of Bodied Drying Oil Varnishes and Their Use as Binders in Armour Paints

Izzo, F. C., Källbom, A. & Nevin, A., Oct 14 2021, In: Heritage. 4, 4, p. 3402 3420 p.

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Painting as Technology: Toolpaths and Pathways through Cheyney Thompson's Work

Gottschaller, P., 2021, In: Journal of Contemporary Painting. 7, 1 & 2, p. 115-161

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Polychrome arhat figures dated from the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE) at the Lingyan Temple, Changqing, Shandong, China

Tong, Y., Cai, Y., Wang, X., Li, Z., Nevin, A. & Ma, Q., Oct 2021, In: Heritage Science. 9, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.

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Technical Study of the Paint Layers from Buddhist Sculptures Unearthed from the Longxing Temple Site in Qingzhou, China

Song, Y., Zhou, L., Wang, Y., Liu, F., Guo, J., Wang, R. & Nevin, A., Sept 22 2021, In: Heritage. 4, 4, p. 2599-2622 24 p.

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Technical study within Art Historical Scholarship and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Reissner, E. & Burnstock, A., 2021, In: Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung. 34, 2, p. 217-225

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The Conversion of Saint Paul Series at the Courtauld: Rubens’s Artistic Process Revealed by New Technical Discoveries

Richardson, C. & Stonor, K., 2021, In: Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art. 13, 1

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To be or not to be an azo pigment: Chemistry for the preservation of historical β-naphthol reds in cultural heritage

Angelin, E. M., Conceição Oliveira, M., Nevin, A., Picollo, M. & Melo, M. J., Feb 26 2021, In: Dyes and Pigments. 190, June 2021

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2020

The identification of synthetic organic red pigments in historical plastics: Developing an in situ analytical protocol based on Raman microscopy

Angelin, E. M., de Sá, S. F., Picollo, M., Nevin, A., Callapez, M. E. & Melo, M. J., Sept 13 2020, In: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 52, 1

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The multi-analytical in situ analysis of cadmium-based pigments in plastics

Angelin, E. M., Ghirardello, M., Babo, S., Picollo, M., Chelazzi, L., Melo, M. J., Nevin, A., Valentini, G. & Comelli, D., Sept 2020, In: Microchemical Journal. 157

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2019

An exploratory study for the non-invasive detection of metal soaps in paintings through optical coherence tomography

Vichi, A., Artesani, A., Cheung, C. S., Piccirillo, A., Comelli, D., Valentini, G., Poli, T., Nevin, A., Croveri, P. & Liang, H., 2019, In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 11058

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An ‘imperial radiation’: Experimental and theoretical investigations of the photo-induced luminescence properties of 6, 6′-dibromoindigo (Tyrian purple)

Verri, G., de Fonjaudran, C. M., Acocella, A., Accorsi, G., Comelli, D., D’Andrea, C., Nevin, A., Zerbetto, F. & Saunders, D., 2019, In: Dyes and Pigments. 160, p. 879-889 11 p.

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Combined photoluminescence and Raman microscopy for the identification of modern pigments: explanatory examples on cross-sections from Russian avant-garde paintings

Artesani, A., Ghirardello, M., Mosca, S., Nevin, A., Valentini, G. & Comelli, D., 2019, In: Heritage Science. 7, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.

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Degradation of cadmium yellow paint: new evidence from photoluminescence studies of trap states in Picasso’s Femme (Époque des “Demoiselles d’Avignon”)

Comelli, D., MacLennan, D., Ghirardello, M., Phenix, A., Schmidt Patterson, C., Khanjian, H., Gross, M., Valentini, G., Trentelman, K. & Nevin, A., 2019, In: Analytical Chemistry. 91, 5, p. 3421-3428 8 p.

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Egyptian blue pigment in East Mediterranean wall paintings: a study of the lifetime of its optical infrared emission

Linn, R., Comelli, D., Valentini, G., Mosca, S. & Nevin, A., 2019, In: Strain. 55, 2, p. e12277

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In-situ technical study of modern paintings part 1: The evolution of artistic materials and painting techniques in ten paintings from 1889 to 1940 by Alessandro Milesi (1856--1945)

Giorgi, L., Nevin, A., Nodari, L., Comelli, D., Alberti, R., Gironda, M., Mosca, S., Zendri, E., Piccolo, M. & Izzo, F., 2019, In: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 219, p. 530-538 9 p.

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Monitoring metal ion leaching in oil-ZnO paint systems with a paramagnetic probe

Artesani, A., Binet, L., Tana, F., Comelli, D., De Nardo, L., Nevin, A., Touati, N., Valentini, G. & Gourier, D., 2019, In: Microchemical Journal. 151, p. 104256 1 p.

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Red lakes from Leonardo's Last Supper and other Old Master Paintings: Micro-Raman spectroscopy of anthraquinone pigments in paint cross-sections

Osticioli, I., Pagliai, M., Comelli, D., Schettino, V. & Nevin, A., Jun 13 2019, In: Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 222

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2018

'A molecular study of modern oil paintings: investigating the role of dicarboxylic acids in the water sensitivity of modern oil paints'

Banti, D., La Nasa, J., Lluveras Tenorio, A., Modugno, F., van der Berg, K. J., Lee, J. A., Ormsby, B. A., Burnstock, A. & Bonaduce, I., Feb 6 2018, In: RSC Advances. 11

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A technical study of the materials and manufacturing process used in the Gallery wall paintings from the Jokhang temple, Tibet

Song, Y., Gao, F., Nevin, A., Guo, J., Zhou, X., Wei, S. & Li, Q., 2018, In: Heritage Science. 6, 1

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DFT calculations of the IR and Raman spectra of anthraquinone dyes and lakes

Pagliai, M., Osticioli, I., Nevin, A., Siano, S., Cardini, G. & Schettino, V., 2018, In: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy.

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Evolved Gas Analysis-Mass Spectrometry to Identify the Earliest Organic Binder in Aegean Style Wall Paintings

Linn, R., Bonaduce, I., Ntasi, G., Birolo, L., Yasur-Landau, A., Cline, E. H., Nevin, A. & Lluveras-Tenorio, A., 2018, In: Angewandte Chemie. 130, 40, p. 13441-13444 4 p.

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First principles study of the optical emission of cadmium yellow: Role of cadmium vacancies

Nevin, A., Giacopetti, L., Nevin, A., Comelli, D., Valentini, G., Nardelli, M. B. & Satta, A., 2018, In: AIP Advances.

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From Ruler to Tape: Stops and Starts in the History of Painted Abstraction

Gottschaller, P., Oct 2018, In: Getty Research Journal. 10, p. 149-166

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'Interpreting technical evidence from spectral imaging of paintings by Édouard Manet in the Courtauld Gallery'

Amato, S. R., Burnstock, A., Cross, M., Janssens, K., Rosi, F., Cartechini, L., Fontana, R., Fovo, A. D., Paolantoni, M., Grazia, C., Romani, A., Michelin, A., Andraud, C., Tournié, A. & Dik, J., Jan 23 2018, In: X-Ray Spectrometry.

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New insights into the complex photoluminescence behaviour of titanium white pigments

van Driel, B., Artesani, A., van den Berg, K. J., Dik, J., Mosca, S., Rossenaar, B., Hoekstra, J., Davies, A., Nevin, A. & Valentini, G., 2018, In: Dyes and Pigments. 155, p. 14-22 9 p.

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On the photoluminescence changes induced by ageing processes on zinc white paints

Artesani, A., Gherardi, F., Mosca, S., Alberti, R., Nevin, A., Toniolo, L., Valentini, G. & Comelli, D., Jun 1 2018, In: Microchemical Journal. 139, p. 467-474 8 p.

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Raman mapping and time-resolved photoluminescence imaging for the analysis of a cross-section from a modern gypsum sculpture

Mosca, S., Artesani, A., Gulotta, D., Nevin, A., Goidanich, S., Valentini, G. & Comelli, D., 2018, In: Microchemical Journal. 139, p. 500-505 6 p.

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Special issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry devoted to “Chemistry and Cultural Heritage”

Melo, M. J., Nevin, A. & Baglioni, P., 2018, In: Pure and Applied Chemistry. 90, 3, p. 429-433 5 p.

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Time-resolved photoluminescence microscopy combined with X-ray analyses and Raman spectroscopy sheds light on the imperfect synthesis of historical cadmium pigments

Ghirardello, M., Mosca, S., Marti-Rujas, J., Nardo, L., Burnstock, A., Nevin, A., Bondani, M., Toniolo, L., Valentini, G. & Comelli, D., 2018, In: Analytical Chemistry. 90, 18, p. 10771-10779 9 p.

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2017