Revealing Smalt in the Sky of Titian's "Rape of Europa" – with Portable XRF

Join us as we talk to Jess Chloros and Gianfranco Pocabene, conservators from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, about conserving Titian’s “Rape of Europa”. From surprising finds in the paint in the sky to preparing a 600-year-old painting to travel. What could go wrong?  

Speakers:  

Jessica Chloros, Objects Conservator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Gianfranco Pocabene, Chief Paintings and Research Conservator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

YouTube: 

Art and Conservation Analysis with XRF - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF_GRo7UL0J08n8XP4eB5i4Wm1vZOO8qK 

Website:    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum : https://www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/women-myth-power

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/titian-women-myth-and-power-gallery-guide 

Bruker Fine Arts: https://www.bruker.com/en/applications/academia-materials-science/art-conservation-archaeology/fine-art-analysis.html 

Abstracts and Whitepapers: 

Marco X-ray fluorescence scanning (MA-XRF) as tool in the authentication of paintings -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026265X17307051?via%3Dihub  

App Notes application notes:

M6 JETSTREAM brochure download - https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/form/15240/021f:d-0002/0/-/-/-/-/index.htm 

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