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AID BY SCIENCE,

proved by the discovery upon it of pigment invented only in the 17th century.

Micro-Photography.

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Perhaps the most valuable and conclusive of Professor Laurie's labours is his system photography.

of miere F. M. T.

By means of enlarged photo- graphs of sections of a painting remarkably definite conclusiona сап be arrived at from the The discovery in Paris of a technique and brushwork of the wholesale manufactory of fake artist which are thus shown se pictures makes it more than ever clearly.

of evident that the assistance the scientist in deciding the authenticity of a picture is now amost essential.

The most competent expert can be deceived, as has been proved time and again, but the scientis with the X-rays, microscopic lens and chemical analysis of pigments to is now in a position to come conclusions which, as a rule, are unassailable.

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These pictures can be projected of a a screen by means lantern, and every detail of a painting's

closely structure compared side by side with similar photos of sections of an accepted work by the same artist.

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Micro-photography is especially valuable when examining pictures attributed to such artists Teniers and Watteau, whose touches are so fine as to be be The two Rembrandt portraits yond the limits of unaided sight. lent to the Dutch Exhibition by

All this undoubtedly marks a the Duke of Westminister, the authenticity of which was chal-great step towards the defeating lenged by a well-known critic, the machinations of the picture were definitely proved, by scientific forger.. means, to be excellent examples of Rembrandt's earlier work.

It. is. moreover, unnecessary

Face Painted Over..

It defeats the efforts of the

for the scientist to supplant en-maquilleur, whose speciality is tirely the recognised expert, with the painting over of an ugly or years of experience and a long, unprepossessing face in a por- artistic training, will always have trait, and replacing it by one of the last word. Rather will the results of scientific investigation be a valuable and often definite means of confirmation.

more pleasing character,

The trucqueur, the maker,of composite pictures, must also look to his laurels. His method should a Titian be required, is to care. Chemical Analysis. ---

fully copy a head from one weli Professor A. P. Laurie, Pro-known work, an arm from another, fessor of Chemistry to the Royal and so on, and thus build up a Academy, has, perhaps, done more picture to which he gives an ap than any man to defeat the maker propriate title. of spurious pictures.

Finally, before offering it for en-sale, he robs it of its "newness" Years of experiment have

pig-with the aid of scot, varnish, abled him to tabulate the ments used by artists of every tobacco-ash and lamp-black.

Such works, by their sheer period, and from his list it can

established cleverness, have at times deceived be. conclusively whether a certain colour was in the ordinary expert, but the most use at a certain time and when cursory examination would dis- certain colours fell into disuse. close the fraud to the scientist.

The process only necessitates the taking of a few minute frag- ments of the pigment of a picture, and by submitting it to chemical analysis the date of a painting can be fairly accurately arrived

at.

Microscopic examination of the pigments is another method fol- lowed by Professor Laurie. By this means it can be definitely established whether a picture has been retouched.

The discovery of certain colours which were known to be in use

Aid of Rontgen Rays.

The X-ray. and ultra-violet ray, too, have proved of inestimable value in proving or disproving the authenticity of pictures. By the help of the Rontgen ray it can at once be discovered whether the Pigments of a picture are old or modern...

Much, however, has yet to be done before the collector is im mune from the wiles of the pic- ture forger.

The scientist is not infallible, and his conclusions have at times

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The ideal expert of the future will be a man who combines the By this means the authenticity necessary scientific knowledge

of a reputed early 16th century with a familiarity with the techni- Italian picture was definitely dis-que of the art of painting.

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