id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_qfhaojdj45aa5k5qd73czm76am Elena Basso Unmasking a wild man: scientific analysis of Bertoldo di Giovanni's Shield Bearer in The Frick Collection 2020 14 .pdf application/pdf 8856 1160 70 The Frick Collection, New York, owns a Shield Bearer, one of a small number of bronze from the scientific analysis of The Frick statuette, including a detailed technical characterization of the casting alloy, X-radiography, microand portable X-ray fluorescence (μXRF and pXRF) spectroscopies, scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), Raman and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies, and pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). This study confirmed that The Frick figure was cast from the same brass alloy Keywords: Bertoldo di Giovanni, 15th century, Italian Renaissance sculpture, Organic coating, Brass, Bronze, Gilding, base on The Frick statuette is original, while visual examination and radiographs provided additional evidence of Materials studied include the metal alloy, solder, gilding, and organic coatings. Unmasking a wild man: scientific analysis of Bertoldo di Giovanni's Shield Bearer in The Frick Collection Unmasking a wild man: scientific analysis of Bertoldo di Giovanni's Shield Bearer in The Frick Collection ./cache/work_qfhaojdj45aa5k5qd73czm76am.pdf ./txt/work_qfhaojdj45aa5k5qd73czm76am.txt