Scientific Proof for Cezanne Painting
(Mariam Mina)
Proof its a Cezanne
Not signed
Painted in a studio
brushwork similar to other paintings
x-ray fluorescence
colors support time period
lack of barium, manganese...
proves correct time period
Proof its not a Cezanne
UV spectrum
absorption of polyene
did not support 1880's
infrared spectroscopy
Yellow cadmium lithipone
used in 1920's
(after cezanne died)
animal glue binding
used in 1940's
IR refractography
Charcoal Underdrawing,
Cezanne didnt do underdrawings