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While only a small fraction of the paintings of well-known masters have been subject to in-depth technical research, the data gathered is nevertheless substantial and increasing rapidly. Especially, the data collected with advanced photography and scanning methods such as MA-XRF and HI/RIS is considerable. We have entered a digital age that comes with entirely new challenges and potential. How to manage and properly interpret vast amounts of data? In what way and to what extent can digital techniques facilitate art authentication?
Erdmann, R.G.: Image processing for the Bosch research and conservation project. In: Hoogstede, L., Spronk, R., Erdmann, R.G., Klein Gotink, R., Ilsink, M., Koldeweij, J., Nap, H., Veldhuizen, D. (eds.) Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman, Technical Studies, pp. 31–51. Yale University Press, Brussels (2016a)
Images collected by different photographers, with different light sources, or at different institutions will invariably display differences due to imaging technique. To the degree possible, these differences in equipment and technique should be minimised. Even so, differences will remain, but these variations can be attenuated by performing careful colour management during the processing of the raw photos. The variations in lighting and wavelength-dependent pixel sensitivity are lessened by always photographing a colorimetric standard (e.g., an XRite ColorChecker SG colour card) as part of a standard workflow, so that a colour profile can be made which will adjust the as-captured colours to their correct values. Imaging guidelines such as the Metamorfoze GuidelinesFootnote 1 or the FADGI GuidelinesFootnote 2 have proven useful in defining best practices and criteria for acceptable image quality.
The program they developed successfully confirmed existing attributions in a training set, and so did several other programs (Johnson et al. 2008; Hendriks and Hughes 2009; Li et al. 2012; Van Noord et al. 2015; Ji et al. 2021). However, thus far such programs have not been used to make new attributions or to confirm or exclude attributions in court—which is related to the complexity of such decisions. Complicating factors include, among other things, the condition of the painting studied (for example, old master paintings virtually always include restorations and later retouches which ‘muddy’ the data). Also, as we have seen, artists sometimes deliberately varied their styles and techniques, and/or used assistants in the execution of their works, which further complicates the analysis. In short, computer programs that can make decisions in the expert’s place remain hitherto elusive. As of yet, it is unclear if these can be realised in the near future; the need for contextual knowledge may prove too formidable a hurdle.
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