PMID- 34389953
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220413
LR  - 20220531
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 20
DP  - 2022 Apr
TI  - Multitechnique diagnostic analysis and 3D surveying prior to the restoration of 
      St. Michael defeating Evil painting by Mattia Preti.
PG  - 29478-29497
LID - 10.1007/s11356-021-15880-5 [doi]
AB  - In this study, a multimethodological analysis involving optical and 
      physical/chemical diagnostic techniques and 3D photogrammetric survey was 
      successfully applied, for the first time, on the large oil on canvas St. Michael 
      defeating Evil painting by Mattia Preti, located inside the Church of the 
      Immaculate Conception of Sarria (Floriana) in Malta. Pigmenting agents, binder 
      media, and raw materials were first characterized, both at elemental and 
      molecular scales, through X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), optical stereo 
      microscopy (SM), scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive 
      X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), 
      and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main goal was 
      to properly identify the execution technique of this famous painter, the artist's 
      palette, and possible nondocumented interventions. The 3D photogrammetric survey, 
      on the other side, allowed us to noninvasively evaluate the extension of the 
      areas that experienced restorations, and to properly map the domains of the 
      different canvasses observed. The joints between canvasses suggested that the 
      painting was folded and rolled up. In addition, the employment of a thermal 
      camera gave evidence of the different consolidating material injection points 
      used during the restoration to strengthen the painting. The obtained results 
      offer useful information for the development of optimized restoration and 
      conservation strategies to be applied and provide, at the same time, answers to 
      open questions related to provenance and dating of the investigated artwork.
CI  - (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, 
      part of Springer Nature.
FAU - D'Amico, Sebastiano
AU  - D'Amico S
AD  - Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida Campus, Msida, MSD2080, 
      Malta.
FAU - Comite, Valeria
AU  - Comite V
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Milan, Via Golgi 19, 20133, Milan, Italy.
FAU - Paladini, Giuseppe
AU  - Paladini G
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7446-0817
AD  - Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences and Earth 
      Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31, I-98166, 
      Messina, Italy. gpaladini@unime.it.
FAU - Ricca, Michela
AU  - Ricca M
AD  - Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, 
      Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy. michela.ricca@unical.it.
FAU - Colica, Emanuele
AU  - Colica E
AD  - Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida Campus, Msida, MSD2080, 
      Malta.
FAU - Galone, Luciano
AU  - Galone L
AD  - Department of Geosciences, University of Malta, Msida Campus, Msida, MSD2080, 
      Malta.
FAU - Guido, Sante
AU  - Guido S
AD  - Department of Literature and Philosophy, University of Trento, Via Tommaso Gar 
      14, I-38122, Trento, Italy.
FAU - Mantella, Giuseppe
AU  - Mantella G
AD  - Giuseppe Mantella Restauro Opere D'Arte, Circonvallazione Paparo 25, 88060, Isca 
      sullo Ionio (CZ), Italy.
FAU - Crupi, Vincenza
AU  - Crupi V
AD  - Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, 
      University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31, I-98166, Messina, 
      Italy.
FAU - Majolino, Domenico
AU  - Majolino D
AD  - Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences and Earth 
      Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31, I-98166, 
      Messina, Italy.
FAU - Fermo, Paola
AU  - Fermo P
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Milan, Via Golgi 19, 20133, Milan, Italy.
FAU - La Russa, Mauro Francesco
AU  - La Russa MF
AD  - Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, 
      Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
FAU - Randazzo, Luciana
AU  - Randazzo L
AD  - Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, 
      Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
FAU - Venuti, Valentina
AU  - Venuti V
AD  - Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences and Earth 
      Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31, I-98166, 
      Messina, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210813
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
SB  - IM
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
MH  - *Paintings/history
MH  - Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission/instrumentation/methods
MH  - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared/instrumentation/methods
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - 3D photogrammetric survey
OT  - Conservation
OT  - Globigerina limestone
OT  - Lunette
OT  - Mattia Preti
OT  - Multitechnique analysis
OT  - Pigment's identification
EDAT- 2021/08/15 06:00
MHDA- 2022/04/14 06:00
CRDT- 2021/08/14 06:25
PHST- 2021/04/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/08/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/08/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/04/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/08/14 06:25 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-021-15880-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-021-15880-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Apr;29(20):29478-29497. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-021-15880-5. Epub 2021 Aug 13.