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5. Diagnostic investigation of the Cycle of the new church of Sarria (Floriana, Malta) by Mattia Preti

Author

Venuti, V., Caridi, F., Colica, E., Crupi, V., D'Amico, S., Guido, S., Majolino, D., Paladini, G., and Mantella, G.

Subjects
History, Painting -- Conservation and restoration -- Malta -- Floriana, Preti, Mattia, 1613-1699, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Sarria (Floriana, Malta), Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

In the present paper, we present the main results of a diagnostic investigation on different paintings by Mattia Preti, belonging to the Cycle of the New Church of Sarria, located inside the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Sarria (Floriana) in Malta. The analysis was carried out on the occasion of the restoration process and, due to the short time available, only on some representative areas of each painting. A multi-technique approach was applied in situ, employing X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and Raman microscopy. The aim was to achieve information on the execution technique, in a completely non-invasive way, following the requirements of the restorers., peer-reviewed

Published
2022

6. GPR Investigation at the Archaeological Site of Le Cesine, Lecce, Italy

Author

Luigi Coluccia, Ilaria Catapano, Emanuele Colica, Sebastiano D'Amico, Antonella Antonazzo, Rita Auriemma, Giovanni Ludeno, Raffaele Persico, Colica, E., Antonazzo, A., Auriemma, R., Coluccia, L., Catapano, I., Ludeno, G., D'Amico, S., and Persico, R.

Subjects
Shift and zoom, Inverse scattering, Archaeology -- Data processing, Excavation, Information technology, T58.5-58.64, Archaeology, Ground penetrating radar, Inverse scattering transform, Geography, Ground-penetrating radar, Harbour, Cost action, Archaeology -- Italy, computer, Information Systems, computer.programming_language
Abstract

In this contribution, we present some results achieved in the archaeological site of Le Cesine, close to Lecce, in southern Italy. The investigations have been performed in a site close to the Adriatic Sea, only slightly explored up to now, and where the presence of an ancient Roman harbour is alleged on the basis of remains visible above all under the current sea level. This measurement campaign has been performed in the framework of a short-term scientific mission (STSM) performed in the framework of the European Cost Action 17131 (acronym SAGA), and has been aimed to identify possible points where future localized excavation might and hopefully will be performed in the next few years. Both a traditional elaboration and an innovative data processing based on a linear inverse scattering model have been performed on the data., peer-reviewed

Published
2021

7. Multitechnique diagnostic analysis and 3D surveying prior to the restoration of St. Michael defeating Evil painting by Mattia Preti.

Author

D'Amico S, Comite V, Paladini G, Ricca M, Colica E, Galone L, Guido S, Mantella G, Crupi V, Majolino D, Fermo P, La Russa MF, Randazzo L, and Venuti V

Subjects
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission instrumentation, Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission methods, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared instrumentation, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared methods, Paintings history
Abstract

In this study, a multimethodological analysis involving optical and physical/chemical diagnostic techniques and 3D photogrammetric survey was successfully applied, for the first time, on the large oil on canvas St. Michael defeating Evil painting by Mattia Preti, located inside the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Sarria (Floriana) in Malta. Pigmenting agents, binder media, and raw materials were first characterized, both at elemental and molecular scales, through X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), optical stereo microscopy (SM), scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main goal was to properly identify the execution technique of this famous painter, the artist's palette, and possible nondocumented interventions. The 3D photogrammetric survey, on the other side, allowed us to noninvasively evaluate the extension of the areas that experienced restorations, and to properly map the domains of the different canvasses observed. The joints between canvasses suggested that the painting was folded and rolled up. In addition, the employment of a thermal camera gave evidence of the different consolidating material injection points used during the restoration to strengthen the painting. The obtained results offer useful information for the development of optimized restoration and conservation strategies to be applied and provide, at the same time, answers to open questions related to provenance and dating of the investigated artwork., (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)

Published
2022
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