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Art-Test offers a variety of dedicated professional services for the analysis of paintings and artworks in general. Technical examinations can provide information about materials and techniques used by artists. They may also reveal the extent of old damages now concealed by past restoration. Moreover, they can supply important art historical facts that can identify artists, assist in dating and help to uncover forgeries Thus the results of our investigations enable the detailed planning of targeted conservation activities, and support the monitoring and recording of their execution phases. 

Art-Test services are meant for private and public institutions, art collectors, exhibition and museum curators and conservators.

Our techniques are applicable to different sorts of artworks irrespective of size, material, techniques and period of execution. 

The analyses are carried out with portable non-invasive instruments, i.e. without the need of moving the artwork from its location and without extracting any sample from it. 

Technology and services for art diagnostics

  • Multispectral and scanning IR reflectography
  • Vidicon fast survey
  • False color IR imaging
  • Visible multispectral imaging
  • Metodo Multilayer
  • Multispectral UV fluorescence imaging
  • Termography
  • 3D acquisition and modeling
  • Digital X-rays
  • ED-XRF analysis
  • Ultrasound testing
  • Microclimate analysis
  • TAC
  • Endoscopy
  • Chemical tests
  • Data processing and modeling
  • Custom data presentation
  • Workshops on art-diagnostics


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NEWS

NEWS - Art-Test    art + diagnostics

The book documents the restoration done on the precious wooden crucifix , unattributed but dated to 1495-1500, close to Benedetto da Maiano school. The publication goes through the work of restorer Lisa Venerosi Pesciolini and the latest methods of diagnostic analysis applied by Art-Test. Now, after this accurate intervention, the crucifix will be returned to a new place of honor back inside Fuligno’s Cenacolo site, in Florence, with an official presentation on May 19th, at 12.00. << click on the image for more info

NEWS - Art-Test    art + diagnostics

6 dec 2011 The miraculous "Madonna delle Acque" is back in Impruneta after some restoration. During the conservation work some new interesting data has emerged thanks to RX and IR reflectography. The outcomes were presented at Circolo Cattolico San Giuseppe in Impruneta. << click on the image for more info