TY - JOUR A1 - Denker, A. A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Kanngießer, B. A1 - Malzer, W. A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Röhrs, S. A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Stege, H. T1 - Chemie der Kunst - Zerstörungsfreie Analyse von Kunst- und Kulturgütern JF - Materialprüfung = Materials testing N2 - Naturwissenschaftliche Informationen, insbesondere die chemische Zusammensetzung der Objekte, können Hinweise auf die Hintergründe der Objektherstellung liefern, die der alleinigen kunsthistorischen Begutachtung verborgen blieben. Es können nicht nur Fragen nach dem Prozess, Zeitpunkt und Ort der Herstellung beantwortet werden. Die chemische Analyse gibt auch Hinweise auf Ereignisse und Veränderungen, die erst nach der Fertigstellung des Objektes erfolgten. So werden Alterungsphänomene oder historische Überarbeitungen und Restaurierungen aufgedeckt, aber auch Konservierungsstrategien zur Erhaltung der Kunstwerke unterstützt. Durch den technologischen Fortschritt im Bereich der röntgenanalytischen Methoden, die berührungsfrei, ohne Probennahme und ohne Schädigung für das Untersuchungsobjekt arbeiten, erschließen sich dem Analytiker erstmalig Möglichkeiten, auch sehr wertvolle und fragile Objekte zerstörungsfrei zu untersuchen. PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2003-0003 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 45 IS - 11-12 SP - 485 EP - 503 PB - Carl Hanser Verlag CY - München AN - OPUS4-2745 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Denker, A. A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Kanngießer, B. A1 - Malzer, W. A1 - Röhrs, S. A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Stege, H. T1 - Röntgenanalytik für Kunstwerke und Kulturgüter JF - Nachrichten aus der Chemie N2 - Naturwissenschaftler arbeiten mit Archäologen, Kunsthistorikern und Restauratoren zusammen, um Materialinformationen über Kunstwerke mit den Erkenntnissen aus Altertumsforschung, Kunstgeschichte und Denkmalpflege zu verbinden. Röntgenfluoreszenz und Röntgenemission sind die Methoden der Wahl, wenn wertvolle und fragile Objekte zerstörungsfrei zu untersuchen sind. KW - Synchrotron KW - XRF analysis KW - Drawings KW - Paintings KW - Ink KW - Art objects KW - Archaeometry KW - Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse (RFA) KW - Zeichnungen KW - Gemälde KW - Tinten KW - Kunstobjekte KW - Archäometrie PY - 2005 SN - 1439-9598 SN - 1521-3854 VL - 53 IS - 2 SP - 118 EP - 123 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-6898 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Guerra, M. F. A1 - Calligaro, T. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich T1 - Fingerprinting ancient gold by measuring Pt with spatially resolved high energy Sy-XRF JF - Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research B N2 - Trace elements of ancient gold such as Pt, give fundamental information on the circulation of the metal in the past. In the case of objects from the cultural heritage, the determination of trace elements requires non-destructive point analysis in general. These conditions and the need of good detection limits restrain the number of applicable analytical techniques. After the development of a PIXE set-up with a selective Cu or Zn filter of 75 µm and of a PIXE-XRF set-up using a primary target of As, we tested the possibilities of spatially resolved Sy-XRF to determine Pt in gold alloys. With a Zn filter, PIXE showed a detection limit of 1000 ppm in gold while PIXE-XRF lowers this detection limit down to 80 ppm. This last value being constrained by the resonant Raman effect produced on gold. In order to improve the detection limit of Pt keeping the non-destructiveness and access to point analysis, we developed an analytical protocol for XRF with synchrotron radiation at BESSY II, using the BAMline set-up. The L-lines of Pt were excited by a beam of energy above and below 11.564 keV and measured using a Si(Li) detector with a 50 µm Cu filter. A µ-beam of 100–250 µm2 was used according to the size of the sample. The determination of the Pt content in the samples was carried out by Monte-Carlo simulation and subtraction of Au and Pt spectra obtained on pure standards. The limit of detection for Pt of 20 ppm was determined by using certified standards. The detection limits of a small set of other characteristic elements of gold were also measured using an incident energy of 33 keV. KW - PIXE-XRF KW - Sy-XRF KW - Pt KW - Ancient gold KW - Fingerprinting PY - 2005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2005.06.150 SN - 0168-583X SN - 1872-9584 VL - 240 IS - 1-2 SP - 505 EP - 511 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-14236 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Guerra, M. F. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Strub, Erik T1 - Analysis of trace elements in gold alloys by SR-XRF at high energy at the BAMline JF - Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research B N2 - Measuring in a non-destructive way the characteristic trace elements of the metal allows following the circulation of gold in the past. The aim of this work is to probe the possibilities of X-ray fluorescence with high energy synchrotron radiation (SR-XRF) at the BAMline at BESSY II to determine the concentration of Pt in ancient gold alloys. A HP-Ge detector was used to measure the Pt K-lines excited with an incident energy of 79.5 keV. Data processing was done by subtraction of a Pt free gold standard spectrum from the spectrum of the sample. Depending on the sample composition, the MDL ranges between 40 and 90 ppm. The first results obtained for a small set of gold alloys of different thickness, size and composition showed that high energy SR-XRF is a significant method for the non-destructive determination of Pt in gold. KW - SR-XRF KW - Gold KW - Provenancing KW - Trace elements PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.008 SN - 0168-583X SN - 1872-9584 VL - 266 IS - 10 SP - 2334 EP - 2338 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-17735 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Guerra, M.F. T1 - Beyond the Great Wall: Gold of the silk roads and the first empire of the Steppes JF - Analytical chemistry N2 - Fingerprinting ancient gold work requires the use of nondestructive techniques with high spatial resolution (down to 25 µm) and good detection limits (micrograms per gram level). In this work experimental setups and protocols for synchrotron radiation induced X-ray fluorescence (SRXRF) at the BAMline of the Berlin electron storage ring company for synchrotron radiation (BESSY) in Berlin for the measurement of characteristic trace elements of gold are compared considering the difficulties, shown in previous works, connected to the quantification of Pt. The best experimental conditions and calculation methods were achieved by using an excitation energy of 11.58 keV, a silicon drift chamber detector (SDD) detector, and pure element reference standards. A detection limit of 3 µg/g has been reached. This newly developed method was successfully applied to provenancing the Xiongnu gold from the Gol Mod necropolis, excavated under the aegis of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The composition of the base alloys and the presence of Pt and Sn showed that, contrary to what is expected, the gold foils from the first powerful empire of the steppes along the Great Wall were produced with alluvial gold from local placer deposits located in Zaamar, Boroo, and in the Selenga River. KW - Synchrotron radiation KW - X-ray fluorescence KW - Limit of detection KW - Platinum KW - Silicon drift detector KW - SR-microXRF KW - Elemental imaging KW - Gold PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/ac3025416 SN - 0003-2700 SN - 1520-6882 VL - 85 IS - 3 SP - 1650 EP - 1656 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-30224 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Duval, A. A1 - Guicharnaud, H. A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Schäfer, D. A1 - Simon, R. T1 - SY-XRF study of Hans Baldung Grien silverpoint drawings and the silver stylus from the 'Karlsruhe sketchbook' JF - X-ray spectrometry N2 - We performed spatially resolved synchrotron-induced x-ray fluorescence analyses (SY-XRF) of five silverpoint drawings from the famous `Karlsruhe sketchbook´ and a silverpoint, which is assumed to be an original one used by the Renaissance artist Hans Baldung Grien (1484-1545) himself. The silverpoint, one out of a very small number of ancient styli conserved nowadays, is fixed on the so-called `Karlsruhe sketchbook´. Measurements were executed at the FLUO-TOPO beamline at the electron storage ring ANKA. It has been shown, that SY-XRF at this beamline is nondestructive and sensitive enough for the analysis of minor and major elements in the silver strokes. This study provides new insights into this graphical technique and ancient drawing instruments: results are that three drawings have been created with a common type of silverpoint containing about (10.4 ± 0.7) wt% of Cu. In all the cases, Hg at a 10% level by weight was identified in the strokes. Presence of Hg is not due to the original silver alloy, but is a result of a general alteration phenomenon of silverpoint drawings. This fact is confirmed by the analysis of the original silverpoint, which contains only small traces of Hg. The result for the copper content of the silverpoint (10.4 ± 1.7) wt% is in good agreement with that of these three drawings. It is supposable that the silverpoint found attached today served for the creation of the corresponding drawings. Moreover, the graphical technique of Baldung is found to be continual over three decades. Only one very late drawing dated to 1543 was probably realized with another silverpoint, containing about 3 wt% of Cu. This difference in the chemical composition of drawings from the late period might be used as a more precise dating indicator of Baldung drawings that are not clearly attributed to a certain period. KW - Synchrotron KW - XRF analysis KW - Drawings KW - Silver stylus PY - 2007 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/xrs.963 SN - 0049-8246 VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 173 EP - 177 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester AN - OPUS4-16150 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Duval, A. A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riederer, J. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich T1 - Metallstiftzeichnungen Albrecht Dürers JF - PapierRestaurierung KW - Synchrotron KW - XRF analysis KW - Drawings KW - Archaeometry KW - Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse (RFA) KW - Zeichnungen KW - Archäometrie KW - Albrecht Dürer PY - 2004 SN - 1563-2628 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 30 EP - 38 PB - Foto Text Verl. CY - Stuttgart AN - OPUS4-3570 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riederer, J. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich T1 - Silberstiftzeichnungen - Zerstörungsfreie Spurenanalyse mit Synchrotronstrahlung JF - PapierRestaurierung T2 - 10. IADA-Kongress (Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Archiv-, Bibliotheks- und Graphikrestauratoren) CY - Göttingen, Deutschland DA - 2003-09-21 PY - 2003 SN - 1563-2628 VL - 4 PB - Foto Text Verl. CY - Stuttgart AN - OPUS4-2663 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riederer, J. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Roth, M. T1 - Following the traces of Albrecht Dürer: analysis of silverpoint drawings by spatially resolved synchrotron-induced X-ray fluorescence analysis JF - Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research B N2 - Spatially resolved X-ray fluorescence analysis using synchrotron radiation (SR-XRF) at the wavelength shifter beamline, BAMline, at BESSY was used to investigate Renaissance silverpoint drawings as it is extremely sensitive, non-destructive and can be carried out in air using an excitation spot in the hundred micrometer range. This paper deals with first results of the study of silverpoint drawings of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) belonging to the sketchbook that Albrecht Dürer used during a travel to the Netherlands in 1520/21. These results are compared to a PIXE study performed on drawings from the same sketchbook. The minor element composition of the silverpoint used for the drawings in the sketchbook was (10.6 ± 3.5) wt.% of Cu and traces of Zn. Mercury was found in the marks but does not belong to the initial composition of the silverpoint as it is attributed to an alteration phenomenon. One drawing of the sketchbook represents an exception. It consists of silver marks containing an additional minor element, Zn, in the marks and was, therefore, created with another silverpoint, probably at a different time than the other drawings. KW - Synchrotron KW - SR-XRF analysis KW - Drawing KW - Silverpoint KW - Albrecht Dürer PY - 2004 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2004.03.081 SN - 0168-583X SN - 1872-9584 VL - 226 IS - 1-2 SP - 83 EP - 91 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-4574 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Muller, K. A1 - Alberic, M. A1 - Scharf, O. A1 - Wahning, A. A1 - Bjeoumikhov, A. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Simon, R. T1 - Discovering vanished paints and naturally formed gold nanoparticles on 2800 years old Phoenician ivories using SR-FF-microXRF with the color X-ray camera JF - Analytical chemistry N2 - Phoenician ivory objects (8th century B.C., Syria) from the collections of the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany, have been studied with full field X-ray fluorescence microimaging, using synchrotron radiation (SR-FF-microXRF). The innovative Color X-ray Camera (CXC), a full-field detection device (SLcam), was used at the X-ray fluorescence beamline of the ANKA synchrotron facility (ANKA-FLUO, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany) to noninvasively study trace metal distributions at the surface of the archeological ivory objects. The outstanding strength of the imaging technique with the CXC is the capability to record the full XRF spectrum with a spatial resolution of 48 µm on a zone of a size of 11.9 × 12.3 mm² (264 × 264 pixels). For each analyzed region, 69696 spectra were simultaneously recorded. The principal elements detected are P, Ca, and Sr, coming from the ivory material itself; Cu, characteristic of pigments; Fe and Pb, representing sediments or pigments; Mn, revealing deposited soil minerals; Ti, indicating restoration processes or correlated with Fe sediment traces; and Au, linked to a former gilding. This provides essential information for the assessment of the original appearance of the ivory carvings. The determined elemental maps specific of possible pigments are superimposed on one another to visualize their respective distributions and reconstruct the original polychromy and gilding. Reliable hypotheses for the reconstruction of the original polychromy of the carved ivories are postulated on this basis. KW - SR-FF-microXRF KW - Elemental imaging KW - Ivory KW - Paints KW - Au NPs KW - Egyptian blue KW - Fe PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/ac4006167 SN - 0003-2700 SN - 1520-6882 VL - 85 IS - 12 SP - 5857 EP - 5866 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-30222 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 - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Bevers, H. T1 - Spatially resolved synchrotron radiation induced X-ray fluorescence analyses of rare Rembrandt silverpoint drawings JF - Applied physics A N2 - New analyses of a series of very rare silverpoint drawings that were executed by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606–1669) which are kept today in the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) of the State Museums of Berlin are reported here. Analysis of these drawings requires particular attention because the study has to be fully non-destructive and extremely sensitive. The metal alloy on the paper does not exceed some hundreds of µg/cm². Therefore, synchrotron radiation induced X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) is – together with external micro-proton-induced X-ray emission – the only well-suited method for the analyses of metalpoint drawings. In some primary work, about 25 German and Flemish metalpoint drawings were investigated using spatially resolved SR-XRF analysis at the BAMline at BESSY. This study enlarges the existing French–German database of metalpoint drawings dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, as these Rembrandt drawings originate from the 17th century where this graphical technique was even rarer and already obsolete. It also illustrates how SR-XRF analysis can reinforce art historical assumptions on the dating of drawings and their connection. KW - X-ray spectrometry KW - XRF KW - Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse KW - RFA KW - Silverpoint drawing KW - Silberstiftzeichnung PY - 2006 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-006-3505-4 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 83 IS - 2 SP - 169 EP - 173 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-12532 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -