Analysis of red chalk drawings from the workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi using fiber optics reflectance spectroscopy

Abstract The viability of fiber optics reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) for the differentiation of red chalk drawing media was investigated, focusing on the group of drawings from the workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany. The evaluation of...

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Main Authors: Maria Krämer, Ute Henniges, Irene Brückle, Laura Lenfant, Kirsten Drüppel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-09-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00578-1