In today’s complex landscape, the protection of cultural heritage demands increasingly advanced and specialized expertise. To meet this need, the SAG (Scuola di Archeologia Giudiziaria®) was established several years ago. SAG trains experts, consultants, and...
At the online auction “Dipinti Antichi” (Old Master Paintings) held April 10–16 by Pandolfini in Florence, a battle scene in poor condition—catalogued as the work of an anonymous 17th-century Lombard artist and estimated at €2,000–3,000—was sold for a remarkable...
As we were preparing the articles for our newsletter, we received the sad news of Carlo Frittelli’s passing. We are not entitle to recount Carlo’s career or the significance of his gallery, but we feel compelled to share a memory of him. Carlo was a gentle soul, a...
As announced in our previous newsletter, Florence Heri-Tech returns to Florence from 26 to 30 April. This event is dedicated to technologies applied to cultural heritage, to diagnostics, conservation, and to the valorisation of cultural assets. Art-Test has always...
Not only C14, a new method can help uncovering when and where a painting on canvas was produced Forget about counting threads through a mini magnifying glass or describing canvases using subjective classifications. In the technical laboratories of Museo Nacional del...
Diagnostics helps Next week at auction, respectively at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, two paintings connected to Rembrandt will be offered: the first, at Christie’s, was recently downgraded to “Follower of Rembrandt” (Christie’s); the second, at Sotheby’s, has had its...
