Paintings : genuine, fraud, fake : modern methods of examining paintings / R.H. Marijnissen
1985, First Edition. Brussels Westport, CT : Elsevier. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #405900
ISBN: 9010058670
Physical description; 415 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-408) and index. Contents; The certificate -- True or false? -- How people used to think about it -- Categories of authenticity -- The scientific approach -- Art history and art science -- The laboratory study -- Essay in method -- The preliminary investigation -- The physical examination -- The support -- The ground layer -- Underdrawing -- The protective layer -- The frame -- Genesis -- Inscriptions and signatures -- Physical history -- Non-physical investigation -- Stylistic analysis -- Historical and archaeological research -- The synthesis of the investigation. Subjects; Painting Expertising. Painting Attribution. Painting Radiography. Art, works of Authenticity. Forgeries.
Price: €125.00