In preparation ofย the exhibition โNovecentoย sedottoโ at Museo Bardini in Florence, restoration of the Waterseller painting of Velazquez from the collection of the Uffizi museum has taken place. Another version of the Waterseller is at the Wellington Musem in London...
A superb painting was presented to public as it became, through a highly generous donation of Bernardo Caprotti, part of the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana collection. Art-Testย had the true privilege to investigate it with IR Scanner Reflectography, IR false color, UV...
A recent analysis by ย Art-Test on the Caravaggioโs Bacchusย has revealed the outline of a manโs faceย in the jug of wine in the foreground that is believed to be the self-portrait of the artist. The tiny image of the Renaissance master is hidden in a carafe of wine in...
Art-Test contributed, with multispectral image analyses (XR, IR, VIS, UV), macrophotos and XRF results, to the finding of a lost painting by Raphael. A portrait of a woman that lay discarded for decades in the vaultย of a northern Italian palace is in fact the work of...
Art-Test started recently working in Siena, after winning the public competition published by Sovrintendenza of Siena and Grosseto. The project includes the analyses of a selection of masterpieces, both currently exposed and in the deposits, some of which never tested...