TY - JOUR A1 - Ketelsen, T. A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Simon, O. A1 - Merchel, Silke T1 - New information on Jan van Eyck's portrait drawing in Dresden JF - The Burlington magazine KW - Synchrotron KW - Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse KW - Mikroskopische Untersuchungen KW - Renaissance KW - Jan van Eyck KW - Silberstiftzeichnungen PY - 2005 SN - 0007-6287 VL - 167 IS - 1224 SP - 170 EP - 175 PB - Burlington Magazine Publ. CY - London AN - OPUS4-7155 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Ketelsen, T. A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Riederer, J. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Roth, M. T1 - Spatially resolved synchrotron-induced X-ray fluorescence analyses of metal point drawings and their mysterious inscriptions JF - Spectrochimica acta B N2 - Synchrotron-induced X-ray fluorescence (Sy-XRF) analysis was used to study the chemical composition of precious Renaissance silverpoint drawings. Drawings by famous artists such as Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) and Jan van Eyck (approximately 1395–1441) must be investigated non-destructively. Moreover, extremely sensitive synchrotron- or accelerator-based techniques are needed since only small quantities of silver are deposited on the paper. New criteria for attributing these works to a particular artist could be established based on the analysis of the chemical composition of the metal points used. We illustrate how analysis can give new art historical information by means of two case studies. Two particular drawings, one of Albrecht Dürer, showing a profile portrait of his closest friend, “Willibald Pirckheimer” (1503), and a second one attributed to Jan van Eyck, showing a “Portrait of an elderly man”, often named “Niccolò Albergati”, are the object of intense art historical controversy. Both drawings show inscriptions next to the figures. Analyses by Sy-XRF could reveal the same kind of silverpoint for the Pirckheimer portrait and its mysterious Greek inscription, contrary to the drawing by Van Eyck where at least three different metal points were applied. Two different types of silver marks were found in this portrait. Silver containing gold marks were detected in the inscriptions and over-subscriptions. This is the first evidence of the use of gold points for metal point drawings in the Middle Ages. KW - Sy-XRF analysis KW - Drawing KW - Metal point KW - Albrecht Dürer KW - Jan van Eyck KW - Renaissance PY - 2004 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2004.07.023 SN - 0584-8547 SN - 0038-6987 VL - 59 IS - 10-11 SP - 1657 EP - 1662 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-4575 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -