Non-destructive in situ study of “Mad Meg” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder using mobile X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectrometers

• Published in: Spectrochimica acta. Part B: Atomic spectroscopy Vol. 97; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Van de Voorde, Lien, Van Pevenage, Jolien, De Langhe, Kaat, De Wolf, Robin, Vekemans, Bart, Vincze, Laszlo, Vandenabeele, Peter, Martens, Maximiliaan P.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.07.2014
• Subjects: Colors (materials); Diffraction; Economics; Flemish primitives painting; Instrumentation; Mobile Raman spectrometer; Mobile XRF/XRD spectrometer; Non-destructive in situ analysis; Pigment identification; Pigments; Spectrometers; X-ray fluorescence; Belgium; Non-destructive in situ analysis; Flemish primitives painting; Mobile Raman spectrometer; Pigment identification; Mobile XRF/XRD spectrometer

“Mad Meg”, a figure of Flemish folklore, is the subject of a famous oil-on-panel painting by the Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, exhibited in the Museum Mayer van den Bergh (Antwerp, Belgium). This article reports on the in situ chemical characterization of this masterpiece by u...