Centre d’Analyses et de Recherche en Art et Archéologie
Sponsorship & internships at CARAA
15 June 2021Each year, CARAA engages through skills sponsorship and internships with students in conservation-restoration and chemistry. This year, Clémence Coatmellec (École de Condé) is benefiting from access to various measuring [...] Lire la suite...
Painted backgrounds at the Vasarely foundation
12 November 2020Étude des fonds d'œuvre à la fondation Vasarely. Avec ARCOART Lire la suite...
The Chapel of the Musical Angels at Le MANS
Studies prior to the restoration in the Chapel of the Musical Angels at Le MANS This preliminary study carried out in collaboration with ARTHEMA restoration was carried out in the Chapel of the Virgin -XIVth century [...] Lire la suite...
The Treasure Behind the Wall …
26 November 2019In Paris, the incredible story of a work of art found by chance ... Details of analyzes and examinations conducted at CARAA Lire la suite...
Multispectral Camera
10 December 2018CARAA has recently acquired a new XpeCAM X01 multispectral camera. This camera equipped with 30 filters covers the region from 360 to 1200 nm and allows to observe “beyond the visible” in the ultraviolet and infra-red [...] Lire la suite...
Painted parchments by Michel le Nobletz
05 December 2018Physico-chemical Analyzes and Multispectral examinations The CARAA had the honor to participate with the DRAC Bretagne and Marine Letouzey in a vast study of painted parchments by Michel le Nobletz (named the “mad [...] Lire la suite...
Peintures Romaines de la basilique de Tongres
17 May 2018Analyses Physico-chimiques des peintures Menées durant neuf années, les fouilles de la basilique Notre-Dame de Tongres ont mis au jour une quantité importante de peintures murales fragmentaires. L’étude globale de [...] Lire la suite...
XRF Workshop
06 December 2017Elemental analyses by X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy Conservation students from the Ecole de Condé (Paris) participated in a workshop dedicated to the use and interpretation of elementary analyses by mean of X-ray fluorescence [...] Lire la suite...
Discovery of a painting by Le Nain
29 March 2017Analytical study of a painting recently attributed to Le Nain “Christ at Martha and Mary” is a painting discovered in the church of Saint-Didier in 2012 in France and today attributed to Mathieu Le Nain. After an [...] Lire la suite...
National Archeology Days
24 January 2017CARAA will be present at the National Archeology Days in Paris on June 16, 17 & 18th. We invite you to come and meet us to discuss all issues you are facing. Details related to this event (exact locations and detailed program [...] Lire la suite...
Meetings
05 May 2014Meeting on “Archaeological Metals” Brussels (Belgium), Thursday 8 and Friday, May 9, 2014. CARAA will be present at the conference “The Preservation of Archaeological Metals, from first aid to long-term [...] Lire la suite...
Social Network
04 May 2014Social Network and Media Have a look at the last news in Conservation and Restoration on the pages of CARAA in Google +, LinkedIn and Twitter. Lire la suite...
Teaching
03 May 2014CARAA participates to the teaching and training of the future Art market actors, experts and conservators at the Écoles de Condé and at the Institut National du Patrimoine (INP). Lire la suite...
Exhibition
25 March 2013CARAA is at the MANS’ART (2013) Le Mans, city of art and history, welcomes on April 5th, 6th and 7th 2013 the 2nd edition of Mans’Art Days exhibition opened to heritage crafts: restoration, conservation, old books [...] Lire la suite...
Statments
07 February 2013Summary of analytical report (statment): Painting on canvas, portrait of a woman On November 21th 2012, CARAA was mandated to analyze by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) three areas of a painting on canvas depicting the portrait of a [...] Lire la suite...
Research
01 June 2011New research program “GALLE”: Non-invasive study of the work of the glass maker Emile Gallé CARAA, in collaboration with the LARCROA and the Museum of the Ecole de Nancy started a new research program to better [...] Lire la suite...