Magnetic memory of oil paintings

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Science
Department Physics
Creator Symko, Orest George
Other Author Costa Ribeiro, P.; Bruno, A. C.; Carvalho, H. R.; Kafensztok, S. M.; Almeida, P. O.; Wolff, C. S.; Lins De Barros, H.; Acosta-Avalos, D.
Title Magnetic memory of oil paintings
Date 2007
Description The color in oil paints is obtained sometimes from magnetic minerals. This fact implies that oil paintings could present an intrinsic magnetization. Magnetic imaging of an oil painting consists in the measurement of magnetic flux related to the magnetization of the painting. In this report results of magnetic measurements show that oil paints from different manufacturers (Maimeri, Pebeo, and Grumbacher) are magnetic. The magnetic imagings of four similar oil paintings done with the same visual color, obtained using different mixtures of oil paints for each painting, were different. This shows that the magnetic imaging can be used as a fingerprint for the oil paintings. Magnetic imaging was obtained for oil paintings done by Oswald, Bianco, and Timoteo, all of them are Brazilian painters. The imaging obtained in measurements at different times was always the same, showing that the magnetic images are stable. This leads to the conclusion that magnetic imaging would be a common authentication technique of paintings.
Type Text
Publisher American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal Title Journal of Applied Physics
Volume 102
Issue 7
First Page 74912
DOI 10.1063/1.2786072
citatation_issn 218979
Subject Magnetic memory; Oil paintings; Authentication
Subject LCSH Paint -- Magnetic properties
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Costa Ribeiro, P., Bruno, A. C., Carvalho, H. R., Kafensztok, S. M., Almeida, P. O., Wolff, C. S., Lins De Barros, H., Acosta-Avalos, D., & Symko, O. G. (2007). Magnetic memory of oil paintings. Journal of Applied Physics, 102(7), 074912.
Rights Management (c)American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Costa Ribeiro, P., Bruno, A. C., Carvalho, H. R., Kafensztok, S. M., Almeida, P. O., Wolff, C. S., Lins De Barros, H., Acosta-Avalos, D., & Symko, O. G., Journal of Applied Physics, 102(7), 2007 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2786072
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