A Paul Cézanne painting

1) Edgar Collins, an Art Collector.
2) Libby, Collins' wife.
3) Dimirti, Collins' close friend.
4) Dr. Wandless, Metropolitan Museum curator.
5) Dr. Phillip Marden, an Art Historian, and a friend
of Dr. Wandless.
The 4 Scientists:
6) Dr. Pruschy, the Chief Scientist.
7) Dr. Anderson.
8) Dr. Montoya.
9) Dr. Simpkins.

Edgar Collins found a painting that looks like
a Cézanne; however, it is unlikely a genuine
Cézanne since it is widely known that there
are no other Cézanne works. Moreover, Collins
bought it from Joseph Berg, known for selling
fake work.
Collins decided to show the painting to the
Metropolitan Museum curator, Dr. Wandless,
who admits that it looks like a real Cézanne but
her position is at stake, she'll be fired if a fake
painting was bought by the museum. A team of
scientists gather in the museum to discuss their
findings about the painting.

a. The Painting is unsigned, but that's
not unusual for a Cézanne painting.
b. The Painting is very similar to a
Cézanne painting at the Barnes
Foundation.
c. Brushwork is similar to other works
from his period.

a. Used UV rays and 4 samples
from the paining, it doesn't
seem to be a hundred years
old painting.
** Contradicts with Dr. Simpkins'
findings.

a. Used IR to detect anomalies beneath
the painting, data shows that it might
not be a Cézanne, for Cézanne is
known not to draw over old drawings.
b. The painting had a Camdium Yellow
Lithopone pigment, which was not untill
20 years after Cézanne's death.
** Anderson said that the Camdium Yellow
Lithopone pigment could have been
caused by other factors, and that more
tests should be made to confirm this.

a. Examined it by x-ray fluorescence,
the pigments match the period of
Cézanne.
b. The absence of some substances
like titanium, cadmium, barium,
and manganese also enforce that the
painting is of that age, thus most
probably authentic.
** Montoya said that it is unlikely,
yet possible, that it can be fake. One
who can fake this has to be an expert
in art, art history, and materials.

a. Examined the surface of
the painting using short-wave
and long-wave UV. Shows
that it's authentic.
** Contradicts with Dr. Pruschy's
findings.

Edgar Collins leaves the matter to
Dr. Wandless, since it is her job
to accept or reject the painting
and that her job is in jeopardy.

Although most of them agree
that it is authentic, Dr. Pruschy's
results are to be taken seriously.
If I were in Dr. Wandless' shoe, I
would reject the painting untill
further tests prove that Dr.
Pruschy was mistaken.