Categories: All - museum - painting - authenticity - donation

by Sally Radwan 12 years ago

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As light meets matter

A painting purportedly by Paul Cezanne is discovered by Edgar Collins, who then decides to donate it to a museum. The museum curator, Dr. Wandless, assembles a team of experts to verify the painting'

As light meets matter

Paul Cezanne's art painting

Discovered by Edgar Collins

Wants to donate it to a musuem
Musuem curator, Dr Wandless gathers inspectors to check it's authenticity

Subtopic

Authentic

Dr. Simpkins

Bright areas are also found in another painting by Cézanne called Gardanne

Dr. Montoya

XRF data of all three samples matches the composition of the pigments used during the period 1839-1906

Dr. Marden

Painted in the 1880's

Forged

Dr. Andersen

Presence of underdrawing, Cezanne didn't do this.

Dr. Pruschy

An absorbance of 0.6, not likely to be a hundred years old