Our works and techniques
Some examples of our 20 years track record
Our recent works
We have worked on a very wide range of artwork from ancient to contemporary period, including very famous artists.
Our customer’s privacy is of paramount importance, therefore we cannot disclose information on many important discoveries. Here you can find some published examples of analyses we have performed.
Margheritone d’Arezzo, excellent painter
This "San Francesco" is a work in the so-called "primitive" style by Margherito da Arezzo, a painter already...
Vasari, in the name of Michelangiolo
In 2018, a fundraising project “In the Name of Michelangelo” was set up, supported by 132 donors from fourteen...
Carlo Dolci a master of the seventeen century
Carlo Dolci, also known as Carlino, was a beloved and acclaimed artist by the critics of his time, he was considered...
Picasso, it wasn’t you!
Art diagnostics is, among other things, an outpost for the protection of cultural heritage. The case we are presenting...
POSSESSION – a tale of sick feelings for antiquities
In 2014 we participated in the studies conducted on archeological finds seized from the excavations of Paestum. A...
A portrait by Caravaggio?
Brazil welcomed the exhibition “Caravaggio and his followers: confirmations and problems” with extraordinary...
The sophistication of Filippino
The Nerli altarpiece by Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), a magnificent panel still in the original location selected for...
Protecting Bologna since centuries
After two years during which it was studied and restored, on May 4, 2013, the venerated image of the Madonna Di San...
Under disguise
A supposed Mary Magdalen turned out, thanks to diagnostics and restoration, to be the portrait of a young noble...
Vasari in Bosco Marengo
In the mid-sixteenth century, when he was still a cardinal, the future Pope Pius V decided to found a Dominican...
The world’s first diagnostic database
Art-Test wishes to introduce you to an unprecedented and ultimately relevant work: a database of diagnostic data of over 100 paintings of Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena.
By means of the adopted testing methodologies, the techniques and the materials constituting the support can be assessed with considerable precision, as well as the preparatory drawing and the diffferent painting layers and their state of preservation . These types of information are required both for maintenance and attribution purposes.
E’ il primo ed al momento unico sistema di questo genere al mondo.
It’s the first and, at the moment, only system of this kind in the world.
Publications
Our contributions to catalogues, exhibitions scientific conferences and journals.