High mass and spatial resolution mass spectrometry imaging of Nicolas Poussin painting cross section by cluster TOF-SIMS.
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) imaging using cluster primary ion beams is used for the identification of the pigments in the painting of Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well by Nicolas Poussin. The combination of the high mass resolution of the technique with a sub-micrometer spatial resolution offered by a delayed extraction of the secondary ions, together with the possibility to simultaneously identifying both minerals and organics, has proved to be the method of choice for the study of the stratigraphy of a paint cross section. The chemical compositions of small grains are shown with the help of a thorough processing of the data, with images of specific ions, mass spectra extracted from small regions of interest, and profiles drawn along the different painting layers. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Laboratoire d'Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale (LAMS), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8220, 5 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France.
Manale
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Laboratoire d'Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale (LAMS), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8220, 5 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France.
Elsa
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Van Elslande
Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
David
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Touboul
Laboratoire d'Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale (LAMS), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8220, 5 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France.
Helen
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Glanville
Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, CB22 4NE, Cambridge, UK.
Spike
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Bucklow
Laboratoire d'Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale (LAMS), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8220, 5 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France.
Philippe
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1804-8374
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Walter
Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Alain
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Brunelle
Nicolas Poussin; TOF-SIMS imaging; cultural heritage; organic matters (oils and proteins); pigments