14-18 February 2000

Bonnefantenmuseum, 

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Final program

Monday 14 February

 

10.00Registration at location

Bonnefantenmuseum

Avenue Ceramique 250

Maastricht

tel. 31.43.3290190

fax. 31.43.3290199

 

 
 
 

11.45 - 12.30J.J. Boon (MOLART/AMOLF)

Fundamental studies of museum collections: the challenge of MOLART

12.30 - 14.00Lunch

14.00 - 14.30K. Anheuser (Cardiff University, UK)

IR Spectrometry of medieval mastic-based adhesives

14.30 - 15.00G. Bitossi (University of Florence, Italy)

Microreflectance and standard FT-IR analysis to the study of pigments in cultural heritage conservation

15.00 - 15.30Tea Break

15.30 - 16.00 S. de Groot (Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage)

What’s new, Man? FTIR analysis of binding media, varnish and pigments of the ‘Cathedra’ using various sampling techniques

16.00 - 16.30 M. Sato (Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute, Japan)

FT-IR microspectroscopy of archaeological organic materials

Reception

 
 
 

 

Oral presentations
 

09.30 - 10.00B.A. Price and J.H. Carlson (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Winterthur Museum, USA)

The infrared and Raman user’s group (IRUG) spectral database: past, present and future

10.00 - 10.30B. Pretzel (Victoria & Albert Museum, UK)

JCAMP-DX spectral file format for submissions to IRUG database

10.30 - 11.00Coffee break

11.00 - 11.30M. Mauro (University of Florence, Italy)

Materials in wall painting conservation: FT-IR analysis as a powerful tool

11.30 - 12.00T. van Oosten (Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, Amsterdam)

Laminates, delaminated: the analysis of multilayer laminates by imaging FTIR microscopy

12.30 - 14.00Lunch

14.00 - 14.30D. Kaan (Academy of Fine Arts, Austria)

Analysis of paint layers using FTIR techniques

 

 

14.30 - 15.30D. Bikiaris, Sister Daniilia, S. Sotiropoulou and Y. Chryssoulakis (Diagnostic Centre for the Research and Study of Byzantine Hagiography, Greece)

Non-destructive painting material characterization through ?Raman and ?FTIR spectroscopic measurements. Two case studies from the post-Byzantine iconography

D. Jembrih, M. Schreiner, M. Peev, P. Kresja and Ch. Clausen (Academy of Fine Arts, Institute of Chemistry, Austria)

Identification and classification of iridescent glass artifacts by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and additional data processing by means of statistical algorithms (principal component analysis – PCA)

M. Schreiner and R. Linke (Academy of Fine Arts, Institute of Chemistry, Austria)

Characterisation of corrosion products on ancient coins using FTIR-microscopy, X-ray diffraction , X-ray fluorescence analysis, and scanning electron microscopy

V. Grosso (Rome, Italy)

Infrared spectroscopy for dating of cellulose fibres

MOLART Posters:

Gert B. Eijkel, Jaap van der Weerd and Ron M.A. Heeren

FTIR imaging microspectroscopy and data analysis in the ICES-KIS virtual laboratory

Ron M.A. Heeren, Jaap van der Weerd and Jaap J. Boon

FTIR imaging spectroscopy for organic surface analysis

Oscar F. van den Brink, Magriet van Eikema Hommes and Jaap J. Boon

Ageing of indigo in the paint matrix

Nicolas Wyplosz, Ron Heeren and Jaap Boon

MS/MS analysis of flavonoids by laser desorption and ionisation – ion trap mass spectrometry

Oscar F. van den Brink, Gert B. Eijkel and Jaap J. Boon

Chemical changes in test paintings measure the environmental impact on the museum collection

Muriel Geldof, Jaap van der Weerd, Marieke K. van Veen, Nicolas Wyplosz, J.R.J. van Asperen de Boer, Karin M. Groen, Jaap J. Boon and Ron M.A. Heeren

Microscopic studies of paint cross-sections

Muriel Geldof, Jaap van der Weerd, Marieke K. van Veen, Nicolas Wyplosz, J.R.J. van Asperen de Boer, Karin M. Groen, Jaap J. Boon and Ron M.A. Heeren

A new polishing procedure for embedded paint samples

G. Languri, Jerre van der Horst, W. Muizebelt and Jaap J. Boon

On the composition of “Asphalt” and “Mummy” in the early 19^th century paint collection of Michiel Hafkenscheid

15.30 - 16.00Tea break

16.00 - 17.00Tour "Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg", Maastricht, The Netherlands

17.00Drinks

 
 

 

Oral presentations
 

09.30 - 10.00M. Picollo (IROE-CNR, Italy)

FT-IR reflectance spectroscopy for the discrimination between oil and egg-tempera media using chalcogenide fiber optics

10.00 - 10.30W. Muizebelt (AMOLF, The Netherherlands)

Crosslinking of linseed oil paints studied with FTIR

10.30 - 11.00Coffee break

11.00 - 11.30J. v.d. Weerd (AMOLF, The Netherlands)

FTIR imaging and UVVIS analyses of intermediate layers in embedded

paint cross-sections

11.30 - 12.00M. Geldof (AMOLF, The Netherlands)

Metal carboxylate inclusions in embedded paint cross-section

12.30 - 14.00Lunch

14.00 - 14.30J. Wilson (Bio-Rad Laboratories Spectroscopy Division, UK)

Infrared spectroscopic imaging: chemical identification through sample visualization

 

14.30 - 16.30Bio-Rad short course on FTIR imaging
 

 

Thursday 17 February

 

09.30 - 10.00 M.Chr. Christensen (The National Museum of Denmark, Denmark)

FT-IR Techniques for the preservation of photographic materials

Application of micro-Raman spectroscopy to the analysis of objects of art

10.30 - 11.00Coffee break

11.00 - 11.30S. Denoel (University of Liège, Belgium)

Raman spectrometry and PIXE with regard to a late sixteenth century illumination

11.30 - 12.00Closing remarks

12.30 - 13.45Lunch

13.45 - 16.15IRUG Business meeting

16.15 - 17.00Introduction Bonnefantenmuseum

by Mr. van den Brink, conservator of the Bonnefantenmuseum

17.00 - Tour Bonnefantenmuseum

19.00Dinner

 
 

 

08.00Excursion to AMOLF

10.30 Arrival and Coffee

11.00 - 12.30Tour (part I)

12.30 - 13.30Lunch

13.30 – 14.30Database demonstration by B. Pretzel, J. Carlson and B. Price

14.30 - 16.00Tour (part II)

16.00 - 17.00Reception

17.00Departure for Maastricht by bus