Centre d’Analyses et de Recherche en Art et Archéologie
10 December 2018
CARAA 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 regions and to detect restorations, Read more...
05 December 2018
Physico-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 priest") kept in the Diocese of Quimper.
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17 May 2018
Physico-chemical analysis of the mural paintings
Conducted for nine years, the excavations of the Basilica Notre-Dame of Tongeren have revealed a significant amount of fragmentary mural paitings. The global study of these paintings was the subject of a public contract launched Read more...
06 December 2017
Elemental 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 spectroscopy (XRF). The artworks analysed during this workshop were:
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29 March 2017
Analytical 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 important restoration by J. Read more...
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