Authentications & Attributions
Why not specialize in Crimes against Cultural Heritage?
The 4th edition of the Master in Legal Archeology and Crimes against Cultural Heritage, based in Rome, will begin in March 2018. This course, organized by the CSC, “Center for Criminological, Legal and Sociological Studies” of Viterbo, in collaboration with the “Osservatorio Internazionale Archeomafie”, aims to prepare professional profiles on the objectives, modus operandi, strategies and […]
Leonardo: is it the real deal?
The “Salvator Mundi”, recently rediscovered and attributed to Leonardo, goes to auction at Christie’s, with an estimated value of about $ 100M. Will it be sold? Will it come back to Italy? With all the spotlights on this painting, someone started playing devil’s advocate, questioning the authorship, pointing to some alleged mistakes in the representation of the orb […]
Is it Michelangelo? Are we on the verge of a new discovery?
Art-Test has been called to shed light on the matter in a small church near Florence Who painted the “Pietà di Marcialla”? The issue has been debated for many years, but only on last 9th of May the first analyses were carried out on the wall painting in Santa Maria a Marcialla, a small church on the […]
Learn how to fight fakes with a Master
The trade of fake artworks is a crime. But what is a fake, and how can you recognize it? Last January 14th Art-Test Florence held a lecture on“TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC DATING – Artistic and architectural heritage, artworks origin analysis and false works recognition through scientific testing. Case Studies”. The Master in “Judicial frauds and Crimes against […]
Are they False? Fake? Copies? How to assess it?
The eye is not enough but an incomplete diagnostics campaign is also not enough We say that the best way to assess the essence of a person is to look into their eyes, which are the mirror of the soul. But these same eyes, when used to judge a work of art, may be an […]