A Lost Picasso? Alloy Composition Profiles Could Help Identify, Date And Authenticate Bronzes

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 20:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

How do you tell when, where and how a Picasso or a Matisse sculpture was cast? Could bronze sculptures have their very own DNA? Researchers have completed the first comprehensive survey of the alloy composition of a large number of cast bronze sculptures by major European artists from the first half of the 20th century.

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