X-ray Investigation of van Gogh Paintings
February 16, 2011
A microsample is taken from the van Gogh painting “Bank of river Seine” on display at the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (Netherlands), and then analyzed at the X-rays microscope at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble (France).
Credit: ESRF/van Gogh Museum
Topics:
Post-Impressionism, Modern art, Van Gogh Museum, Sunflowers, Yellow House, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Vincent Van Gogh, Visual arts