Department Chair

Patrick Ravines

Julie Ribits

Date of Award

8-2016

Access Control

Open Access

Degree Name

Art Conservation, M.A., C.A.S.

Department

Art Conservation Department

Advisor

James Hamm

Department Home page

https://artconservation.buffalostate.edu

Abstract

This specialization project encompasses the technical study and conservation treatment of an early 17th century Italian oil on wood panel painting loosely attributed to the Circle of Orazio Gentileschi: Madonna and Child with Two Angels. This painting previously had only a small amount of related information with regards to provenance and attribution, and the goals of this technical study and treatment were to determine a possible date of manufacture as well as to learn more about the artist’s materials and techniques in the hopes of establishing a better timeline of production. X-Ray Fluorescence, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, and Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy were utilized in order to gain a more thorough understanding of the materials present on the panel, and treatment was completed in order to return the painting to a condition level appropriate for exhibition at the Loyola University Museum of Art.

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