Arsenic and old paint: Analyzing pigments in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch - Enlarge / Rembrandt's The Night Watch underwent many chemical and mecha... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2039017 #artconservation #thenightwatch #chemistry #rembrandt #pigments #science #physics

X-ray imaging of The Night Watch reveals previously unknown lead layer - Enlarge / Rembrandt's The Night Watch underwent many chemical and mecha... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1990394 #operationnightwatch #artconservation #dutchgoldenage #thenightwatch #dutchmasters #x-rayimaging #rembrandt #science #physics #art

Leonardo da Vinci used toxic pigments when he painted the Mona Lisa - Enlarge / A tiny fleck of paint, taken from the Mona Lisa, is revealing... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1978513 #infraredspectroscopy #chemicalanalysis #x-raydiffraction #artconservation #leonardodavinci #chemistry #monalisa #pigments #science

X-rays reveal hidden “first drafts” of ancient Egyptian paintings at Theban Necropolis - Enlarge / Portrait of Ramesses II in Nakhtamun tomb, Chief of the Altar... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1952836 #x-rayfluorescence #thebannecropolis #artconservation #ancientegypt #xrfmapping #chemistry #science #art

Beer byproducts were popular canvas primers for Danish Golden Age artists - Enlarge / Two Russian Ships of the Line Saluting by Christoffer Wilhelm... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1941236 #massspectrometry #artconservation #danishgoldenage #heritagescience #proteomics #culture #science #physics #beer #art

X-rays reveal hidden Van Gogh self-portrait - The mysterious image was revealed by an X-ray taken when conservationists at the N... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1867489 #artconservation #gaming&culture #vincentvangogh #x-rayimaging #science #physics #art

X-ray imaging reveals why this 17th century painted yellow rose lost its luster - Enlarge / The pigments used to create the yellow rose in Abraham Mignon... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1859787 #x-rayfluorescence #artconservation #gaming&culture #spectroscopy #chemistry #science

Shining an infrared light on how “metal soaps” threaten priceless oil paintings - Enlarge / NIST researchers collaborated with the National Gallery of Ar... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1841003 #jean-baptiste-camillecorot #nationalgalleryofart #metalcarboxylates #artconservation #gaming&culture #artandscience #spectroscopy #chemistry #science #physics #nist

Secret of tempera’s pleasing properties is how egg yolk interacts with pigment - Enlarge / Detail of Michelangelo's unfinished painting The Virgin and C... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1817283 #artconservation #gaming&culture #arthistory #chemistry #science #tempera

X-ray analysis reveals hidden composition under iconic portrait of the Lavoisiers - Enlarge

The French 18th-century chemist Antoine Lavoisier is ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1805565 #jacques-louisdavid #ramanspectroscopy #x-rayfluorescence #antoinelavoisier #artconservation #gaming&culture #science #art

Restored Vermeer painting finally reveals hidden Cupid in background - Enlarge / A new restoration of Johannes Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Ope... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1791079 #infraredphotography #artconservation #johannesvermeer #gaming&culture #dutchmasters #pointille #science #x-rays #art

Graphene veils may hold the secret to conserving priceless works of art - Enlarge / Detail from Matina Stavropoulou's original painting, Triton and Nereid,... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1789025 #artconservation #gaming&culture #graphene #science

Novel hydrogels can safely remove graffiti from vandalized street art - Enlarge / A five-year-old boy with boxing gloves poses in front of a huge mural o... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1757011 #artconservation #gaming&culture #chemistry #streetart #graffiti #science #art