A Transylvanian Diptych Wooden Icon: Wooden Support and Painting Materials Investigations

摘要

In order to preserve a wooden icon belonging to the Transylvanian Ethnographic Museum collection the scientific expertise of the wooden support and of the picture materials (ground, pigments, binder and varnish) used for the Virgin Mary with the Child" and "Diptych" diptych icons (8228 inventory number) was performed by FTIR spectroscopy, EI-MS spectrometry and DSC thermal analysis. FTIR spectroscopy and DSC methods offer information about the wooden support whereas EI MS and FTIR methods were employed for binder, varnish and pigments structural characterization. These structural data can be correlated with the artistic, theological and historical analysis of this religious patrimony object.