NGA - Conservation: Scientific Research - Research on Conservation Materials

Scientific Research Department

Introduction | Conservation Materials | Artists' Methods and Materials
Publications | Fellowships

Scientific Research Department Publications

Delaney, John K., E. René de la Rie, Mady Elias, Li-Piin Sung, and Kathryn M. Morales. "The role of varnishes in modifying light reflection from rough paint surfaces. A study of changes in light scattering caused by variations in varnish topography and development of a drying model." Studies in Conservation (accepted for publication).

2008
Elias, Mady, E. René de la Rie, and John K. Delaney. "Modification de l'etat de surface et de l'apparence visuelle de surfaces rugueuses recouvertes par différents vernis." In De la peinture de chevalet à l'instrument de musique: vernis, liants et couleurs. March 6-7, 2007, edited by Nadine Ballot, 122–128. Paris: Cité de la musique, 2008.

Souguir, Zied, Anne-Laurence Dupont, and E. René de la Rie. "Formation of brown lines at the wet-dry interface in cellulosic materials." Biomacromolecules 9, no. 9 (2008): 2546–2552.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm8006067

2007
Berrie, Barbara H., ed. Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, vol. 4. Washington and London: National Gallery of Art and Archetype Publications, 2007.

Berrie, Barbara H., and Elizabeth Walmsley. "Raphael's Alba Madonna." In Raphael's Painting Technique: Working Practices Before Rome, edited by Ashok Roy, and Marika Spring, 101–108. Florence: KermesQuaderni, Nardini, 2007.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Review of The Pigment Compendium, 2 vols. and CD-ROM by Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin and Ruth Siddall." Studies in Conservation 52 (2007): 238–240.

Gifford, E. Melanie, Susanna P. Griswold, and Norma Uemura. "Mathias Grünewald's Small Crucifixion: Painting Practice and Personal Style." In La technique picturale de Grünewald et de ses contemporains, edited by Pantxika Béguerie-De Paepe, and Michel Menu, 73–80. Paris: Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF), 2007.

Glinsman, Lisha Deming, and Lee-Ann Hayek. "A Multivariate Analysis of Italian Renaissance Portrait Medals: An Expanded Nomenclature for Defining Alloy Composition." In Renaissance Medals, vol. 2, edited by John Graham Pollard, Appendix 56–63. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
http://www.nga.gov/shop/pdfs/collections.pdf

Lake, Susan, and Suzanne Quillen Lomax. "Arylide (Hansa) Yellow Pigments." In Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics, vol. 4, edited by Barbara H. Berrie, 179–222. Washington and London: National Gallery of Art and Archetype Publications, 2007.
http://www.nga.gov/shop/pdfs/conservation.pdf

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen, Michael R. Schilling, and Tom Learner. "The Identification of Synthetic Organic Pigments by FTIR and DTMS." In Modern Paints Uncovered, London, May 2006, edited by Mark Greenberg, 105–117. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007.

2006
Berrie, Barbara H. "Les pigments dans la peinture vénitienne et islamique." In exh. cat. Venise et l'Orient 828 – 1797, edited by Stefano Carbone, and Trinita Kennedy, 140–145. Paris and New York: Editions Gallimard, 2006.

Berrie, Barbara H., and Louisa C. Matthew. "Venetian ‘Colore': Artists at the Intersection of Technology and History." In exh. cat. Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, edited by David A. Brown, and Sylvia Ferino-Pagden, 301–309. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2006.

Elias, Mady, E. René de la Rie, John K. Delaney, Eric Charron, and Kathryn M. Morales. "Modification of the Surface State of Rough Substrates by Two Different Varnishes and Influence on the Reflected Light." Optics Communications 266 (2006): 586–591.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2006.05.051

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Evocation and Representation: Rembrandt's Landscape Painting Technique." In exh. cat. Rembrandt's Landscapes, edited by Christaan Vogelaar, and Gregor J. M. Weber, 120–143. Leiden: Stedelijk Museum het Lakenhal, 2006. (German edition: "Andeutung und Darstellung - die Maltechnik von Rembrandts Landschaften," 136-165. Rembrandts Landschaften. Gemäldegallerie Alte Meister. Kassel, 2006.)

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen, and Tom Learner. "A Review of the Classes, Structures, and Methods of Analysis of Synthetic Organic Pigments." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 45 (2006): 107–126.

McCabe, Constance, and Christopher A. Maines, eds. Coatings on Photographs: Materials, Techniques, and Conservation. Washington: American Institute of Conservation, 2006.

McGlinchey, Christopher, and Christopher A. Maines. "Chemistry and Analysis of Coating Materials." In Coatings on Photographs: Materials, Techniques, and Conservation, edited by Constance McCabe, and Christopher A. Maines, 22–47. Washington: American Institute of Conservation, 2006.

2005
Berrie, Barbara H., and Louisa C. Matthew. "Material Innovation and Artistic Invention: New Materials and New Colors in Renaissance Venetian Paintings." In Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in Conservation and Analysis, 12–26. Washington: National Academies Press, 2005.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11413.html

Berrie, Barbara H., and Louisa C. Matthew. "New Materials on the Renaissance Artists' Palette." Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology 7 (2005): 131–140.
http://lucy.mrs.org/publications/epubs/proceedings/fall2004/oo/index.html

Delaney, John K., Elizabeth Walmsley, Barbara H. Berrie, and Colin F. Fletcher. "Multi-spectral Imaging in the Infrared to Detect and Map Blue Pigments." In Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in Conservation and Analysis, 120–136. Washington: National Academies Press, 2005.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11413.html

Glinsman, Lisha Deming. "The Practical Application of Air-path X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry in the Analysis of Museum Objects." Reviews in Conservation 6 (2005): 3–17.

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen. "Phthalocyanine and Quinacridone Pigments: Their History, Properties, and Use." Reviews in Conservation 6 (2005): 19–30.

Maines, Christopher A., and E. René de la Rie. "Size-exclusion Chromatography and Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Low Molecular Weight Resins Used as Varnishes for Paintings." Progress in Organic Coatings 52 (2005): 39–45.

Van den Berg, Klaas Jan, Christopher A. Maines, Ester S. B. Ferreira, Catherine Higgitt, and Ken Sutherland. "The Users' Group for Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography and the Development of a Mass Spectral Database for the Study of Artistic and Cultural Objects." In Preprints of the 14th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Committee for Conservation, The Hague, September 2005, vol. 2, edited by Isabelle Verger, 837. London: James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 2005.

2004
Berrie, Barbara H. "Fine Art Examination and Conservation." In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Interscience, 2004.
http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/kirk/articles/finezels.a01/abstractfs.html

Dupont, Anne-Laurence, and Gabrielle Harrison. "Conformation and dn/dc Determination of Cellulose in N,N-dimethylacetamide Containing Lithium Chloride." Carbohydrate Polymers 58 (2004): 233–243.

Dupont, Anne-Laurence, and Gérard Mortha. "Comparative Evaluation of Size-exclusion Chromatography and Viscometry for the Characterization of Cellulose." Journal of Chromatography A 1026 (2004): 129–141.

Glinsman, Lisha Deming. "The Application of X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry to the Study of Museum Objects." PhD diss., University of Amsterdam, 2004.

2003
Balta, Ileana Z., and Luc Robbiola. "Study of Black Patinas on Copper and Bronze Obtained by Using 19th Century Western Traditional Techniques of Artificial Patination." In Proceedings of the NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineeers), September 2003. Ottawa, 2003.

Berns, Roy S., and E. René de la Rie. "The Effect of a Varnish's Refractive Index on the Appearance of Oil Paintings." Studies in Conservation 48 (2003): 251–262.

Berns, Roy S., and E. René de la Rie. "A Methodology for Analyzing the Effect of Varnishes on the Appearance of Paintings." Studies in Conservation 48 (2003): 73–82.

Brostoff, Lynn B. "Coating Strategies for the Protection of Outdoor Bronze Art and Ornamentation." PhD diss., University of Amsterdam, 2003.

de la Rie, E. René. "Why Use a Synthetic Picture Varnish?" In Art et chimie, les polymères, edited by Jean-Claude Bernier, François Guinot, Jean-Pierre Mohen, and Pierre Potier, 63–68. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), 2003.

Dupont, Anne-Laurence. "Cellulose in Lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide, Optimisation of a Dissolution Method Using Paper Substrates and Stability of the Solutions." Polymer 44, no. 15 (2003): 4117–4126.

Dupont, Anne-Laurence. "Gelatine Sizing of Paper and Its Impact on the Degradation of Cellulose during Aging: A Study Using Size-Exclusion Chromatography." PhD diss., University of Amsterdam, 2003.

Dupont, Anne-Laurence. "Gelatine/Alum Sizing of Paper and Its Impact on the Degradation of Cellulose: A Study Using Size-exclusion Chromatography with Multiangle Light Scattering Detection." In Art et chimie, les polymères, edited by Jean-Claude Bernier, François Guinot, Jean-Pierre Mohen, and Pierre Potier, 69–74. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), 2003.

Ellingson, Lisa A., Tara J. Shedlosky, Gordon P. Bierwagen, E. René de la Rie, and Lynn B. Brostoff. "The Use of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in the Evaluation of Coatings for Outdoor Bronze." Studies in Conservation 49 (2003): 53–62.

Gifford, E. Melanie, Susana M. Halpine, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, and Michael R. Schilling. "Issues Surrounding the Painting Medium: A Case Study of a Pre-Eyckian Altarpiece." In Recent Developments in the Technical Examination of Early Netherlandish Painting, edited by Mollie Faries, and Ron Spronk, 107–116. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

2002
Berns, Roy S., and E. René de la Rie. "The Relative Importance of Surface Roughness and Refractive Index in the Effects of Varnishes on the Appearance of Paintings." In Preprints of the 13th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Committee for Conservation, Rio de Janeiro, September 2002, vol. 1, edited by Roy Vontobel, 211–216. London: James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 2002.

Berns, Roy S., Jay Krueger, and Michael Swicklik. "Multiple Pigment Selection for Inpainting Using Visible Reflectance Spectrophotometry." Studies in Conservation 47 (2002): 46–61.

Berrie, Barbara H. "Book review of Bright Earth by Philip Ball." Chemical and Engineering News (March 25, 2002): 47–48.

Berrie, Barbara H., Yoon Joo Strumfels, and Carol Tolocka. "Winslow Homer's Watercolor Pigments." In The Broad Spectrum, Chicago, October 1999, edited by Harriet K. Stratis, and Britt Salvessen, 101–107. London: Archetype Publications, 2002.

Brostoff, Lynn B., Tara J. Shedlosky, and E. René de la Rie. "Research into Protective Coating Systems for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture and Ornamentation, Phase III." PTTPublications 2002-18. Natchitoches, LA: NCPTT, 2002.
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov

de la Rie, E. René, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, Michael R. Palmer, and Christopher A. Maines. "An Investigation of the Photochemical Stability of Films of the Urea-Aldehyde Resins Laropal® A 81 and Laropal® A 101." In 13th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Committee for Conservation, Rio de Janeiro, September 2002, vol. 2, edited by Roy Vontobel, 881–887. London: James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 2002.

Dupont, Anne-Laurence. "The Role of Gelatine/Alum Sizing in the Degradation of Paper: A Study by Size Exclusion Chromatography in Lithium Chloride/N,N-Dimethylacetamide Using Multiangle Light Scattering Detection." In Works of Art on Paper—Books, Documents and Photographs, IIC Baltimore Congress, edited by V. Daniels, A. Donnithorne, and Perry Smith, 59–64. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 2002.

Dupont, Anne-Laurence. "Study of the Degradation of Gelatine in Paper upon Aging Using Aqueous Size Exclusion Chromatography." Journal of Chromatography A 950 (2002): 113–124.

Schilling, Michael R., Susan Lake, Elizabeth Steele, and Suzanne Quillen Lomax. "Modern Science and Contemporary Paintings: Preserving an Evolving Legacy." GCI Newsletter 17, no. 3 (2002): 4–10.

Watts, Siobhan, and E. René de la Rie. "GCMS Analysis of Triterpenoid Resins; In situ Derivatization Procedures Using Quaternary Ammonium Hydroxides." Studies in Conservation 42 (2002): 257–272.

2001
Berns, Roy S. "The Science of Digitizing Paintings for Color-accurate Image Archives: A Review." Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 45 (2001): 305–325.

Berns, Roy S., and E. René de la Rie. "Evaluating the Effect of Varnishes on the Color and Spatial Image Quality of Paintings." In PICS 2001: Image Processing, Image Quality, Image Capture Systems Conference, Montreal, 181–184. Springfield VA: Society of Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T), 2001.
http://www.imaging.org/store/epub.cfm?abstrid=4617

Brostoff, Lynn B., Tara J. Shedlosky, and E. René de la Rie. "Research into Protective Coating Systems for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture and Ornamentation, Phase II." PTTPublications 2001–08. Natchitoches, LA: NCPTT, 2001.
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov

Sutherland, Ken. "Solvent Extractable Components of Oil Paint Films." PhD diss., University of Amsterdam, 2001.

2000
Brostoff, Lynn B., Tara J. Shedlosky, and E. René de la Rie. "External Reflection Study of Copperbenzotriazole Films on Bronze in Relation to Pretreatments of Coated Outdoor Bronzes." In Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation, IIC 2000 Melbourne Congress, edited by Ashok Roy, and Perry Smith, 29–33. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 2000.

de la Rie, E. René, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, Michael R. Palmer, Lisha Deming Glinsman, and Christopher A. Maines. "An Investigation of the Photochemical Stability of Urea-aldehyde Resin Retouching Paints: Removability Tests and Colour Spectroscopy." In Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation, IIC 2000 Melbourne Congress, edited by Ashok Roy, and Perry Smith, 51–59. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 2000.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Assessing the Evolution of Van Eyck's Iconography through Technical Study of the Washington Annunciation." In Investigating Van Eyck, edited by Susan Foister, Sue Jones, and Delphine Cool, 59–66. London: National Gallery, 2000.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Book review of exh. cat., Michael K. Komanecky, Copper as Canvas: Two Centuries of Masterpiece Paintings on Copper 1575–1775, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 1999." New York: CAA Reviews, 2000.
http://www.caareviews.org

Leonard, Mark, Jill Whitten, Robert Gamblin, and E. René de la Rie. "Development of a New Material for Retouching." In Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation, IIC 2000 Melbourne Congress, edited by Ashok Roy, and Perry Smith, 29–33. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 2000.

Strahan, Donna, and Christopher A. Maines. "Lacquer as an Adhesive for Gilding on Copper Alloy Sculpture in SE Asia." In Gilded Metals: History, Technology and Conservation, edited by Terry Drayman-Weisser, 185–201. London: Archetype Publications, 2000.

Sutherland, Ken. "The Extraction of Soluble Components from an Oil Paint Film by a Varnish Solution." Studies in Conservation 45 (2000): 54–62.

van den Berg, Klaas Jan, Margriet H. van Eikema Hommes, Karin M. Groen, Jaap J. Boon, and Barbara H. Berrie. "On Copper Green Glazes in Paintings." In Art et chimie: la couleur, edited by Jacques Goupy, and Jean-Pierre Mohen, 18–21. Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), 2000.

1999
de la Rie, E. René. "Conservation Science Unvarnished. Oration delivered on the assumption of the special chair for the Chemistry of Conservation and Restoration at the University of Amsterdam on 30 October 1997." Amsterdam: Stichting Bijzondere Leerstoel voor de Chemie van Conservering en Restauratie, 1999.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Landscape Painting Style and Technique: Fidelity to the 16th Century Tradition in Early 17th Century Landscape Production." In Colloque XII pour l'étude du dessin sous-jacent et de la technologie dans la peinture, edited by R. van Schoute, and H. Verougstraete, 177–188. Louvain-la-Neuve: Peeters, 1999.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Van Eyck's Washington Annunciation: Technical Evidence for Iconographic Development." Art Bulletin 81, no. 2 (March 1999): 108–116.

Halpine, Susana M. "HPLC Applications in Art Conservation." In Handbook of HPLC, edited by Elena Katz, Roy Eksteen, and Peter Schoenmakers, 903–927. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999.

Lake, Susan, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, and Michael R. Schilling. "A Technical Investigation of Willem de Kooning's Paintings from the 1960's and 1970's." In Preprints of the 12th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Conservation Committee, Lyon, September 1999, edited by Janet Bridgland, 381–385. London: James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 1999.

Shibayama, Nobuko, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, Ken Sutherland, and E. René de la Rie. "Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry and Its Application to Conservation: Analysis of Triacylglycerols." Studies in Conservation 44 (1999): 253–268.

Sutherland, Ken, and Nobuko Shibayama. "The Components of Oil Paint Films Extracted by Organic Solvents." In Preprints of the 12th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Conservation Committee, Lyon, edited by Janet Bridgland, 341–346. London: James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 1999.

1998
Brostoff, Lynn B., and E. René de la Rie. "Chemical Characterization of Metal/Coating Interfaces from Model Samples for Outdoor Bronzes by Reflection-absorption Infrared Spectroscopy (RAIR) and Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy (ATR)." In Metal 98, Proceedings of the International Conference on Metals Conservation, Draguignan, France, edited by William Mourey, and Luc Robbiola, 320–328. London: James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 1998.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Esaias van de Velde's Technical Innovations: Translating a Graphic Tradition into Paint." In Painting Techniques: History, Materials, and Studio Practice, IIC 1998 Dublin Congress, edited by Ashok Roy, and Perry Smith, 145–149. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 1998.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Painting Light: Recent Observations on Vermeer's Painting Technique." In New Vermeer Studies, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 55, edited by Ivan Gaskell, and Michiel Jonker, 185–199. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1998.

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen. "Chemistry as Applied to the Study of Works of Art." The Chemical Intelligencer (January 1998): 46–53.

Metzger, Catherine M., and Michael R. Palmer. "The Washington Portrait of a Lady by Rogier van der Weyden Reconsidered in Light of Recent Investigations." In Painting Techniques: History, Materials, and Studio Practice, IIC 1998 Dublin Congress, edited by Ashok Roy, and Perry Smith, 94–97. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 1998.

Roy, Ashok, and Barbara H. Berrie. "A New Lead-based Yellow Pigment in the Seventeenth Century." In Painting Techniques: History, Materials, and Studio Practice, IIC 1998 Dublin Congress, edited by Ashok Roy, and Perry Smith, 160–165. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 1998.

Samet, Wendy, and Jill Whitten. "General Application Techniques." In Painting Conservation Catalog: Varnishes and Surface Coatings, edited by Wendy Samet, 253–271. Washington: Paintings Specialty Group of the AIC, 1998.

van der Doelen, Gisela A., Klaas Jan van den Berg, Jaap J. Boon, Nobuko Shibayama, E. René de la Rie, and Wim J. Genuit. "Analysis of Fresh Triterpenoid Resins and Aged Triterpenoid Varnishes by HPLC APCI-MS (/MS)." Journal of Chromatography A 809 (1998): 21–37.

Whitten, Jill. "Characteristics of Low Molecular Weight Resins." In Painting Conservation Catalog: Varnishes and Surface Coatings, edited by Wendy Samet, 53–54. Washington: Paintings Specialty Group of the AIC, 1998.

Whitten, Jill. "Polymeric Varnishes." In Painting Conservation Catalog: Varnishes and Surface Coatings, edited by Wendy Samet, 133–134. Washington: Paintings Specialty Group of the AIC, 1998.

Whitten, Jill, and Robert Proctor. "Regalrez 1094." In Painting Conservation Catalog: Varnishes and Surface Coatings, edited by Wendy Samet, 109–116. Washington: Paintings Specialty Group of the AIC, 1998.

1997
Berrie, Barbara H. "Prussian Blue." In Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, vol. 2, edited by Ashok Roy, 191–217. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1997.

Berrie, Barbara H., and Suzanne Quillen Lomax. "Azo Pigments: Their History, Synthesis, Properties and Use in Artists' Materials." In Conservation Research 1996/1997, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 57, 9–33. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1997.

Brostoff, Lynn B. "Investigation into the Interaction of Benzotriazole with Copper Corrosion Minerals and Surfaces." In Metal 95, Proceedings of the International Conference on Metals Conservation, Semur en Auxois, France, 1995, edited by Ian D. MacLeod, Stéphane L. Pennec, and Luc Robbiola, 99–108. London: James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 1997.

Brostoff, Lynn B., and E. René de la Rie. "Research into Protective Coating Systems for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture and Ornamentation." In Metal 95, Proceedings of the International Conference on Metals Conservation, Semur en Auxois, France, 1995, edited by Ian D. MacLeod, Stéphane L. Pennec, and Luc Robbiola, 242–244. London: James and James (Science Publishers) Ltd., 1997.

Brostoff, Lynn B., and E. René de la Rie. "Research into Protective Coating Systems for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture and Ornamentation, Phase I." PTTPublications 1997-03. Natchitoches, LA: NCPTT, 1997.
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Style and Technique in the Evolution of Naturalism: North Netherlandish Landscape Painting in the Early Seventeenth Century." Ph.D. diss., University of Maryland, 1997.

Glinsman, Lisha Deming. "Renaissance Portrait Medals by Matteo de Pasti: A Study of Their Casting Materials." In Conservation Research 1996/1997, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 57, 93–107. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1997.

Glinsman, Lisha Deming, and Daphne Barbour. "Science and Art Converge at the National Gallery of Art." JOM: The Member Journal of TMS 49 (1997): 14–17.
http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9701/Glinsman-9701.html

Halpine, Susana M. "Analyses of Artists' Materials Using High-performance Liquid Chromatography." In Early Italian Paintings: Techniques and Analysis, edited by Tonnie Bakkenist, René Hoppenbrouwers, and Hélène Dubois, 21–28. Maastricht: Limburg Conservation Institute (Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg), 1997.

Palmer, Michael R., and E. Melanie Gifford. "Jan Steen's Painting Practice: The Dancing Couple in the Context of the Artist's Career." In Conservation Research 1996/1997, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 57, 127–155. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1997.

Shibayama, Nobuko, Ken Sutherland, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, and E. René de la Rie. "Application of Liquid Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) to the Analysis of Artists' Materials." In Eastern Analytical Symposium, November. Somerset, NJ, 1997.

van den Berg, Klaas Jan, Jorrit van der Horst, Jaap J. Boon, Nobuko Shibayama, and E. René de la Rie. "Mass Spectrometry as a Tool to Study Aging Processes of Diterpenoid Resins in Works of Art: GC-and LC-MS Studies." In Advances in Mass Spectrometry, vol. 14, edited by E. J. Karjalainen, A. E. Hesso, J. E. Jalonen, and U. P. Karjalainen, 563–573. London: Elsevier, 1997.

Walsh, Judith, Barbara H. Berrie, and Michael R. Palmer. "The Connoisseurship Problems of Discolored Lead Pigments in Japanese Woodblock Prints." In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of The Institute of Paper Conservation, London, edited by Jane Eagan, 118–124. Leigh, UK: The Institute of Paper Conservation, 1997.

1996
Boon, Jaap J., E. R. E. van der Hage, Gisela A. van der Doelen, Klaas Jan van den Berg, G. B. Eijkel, J. Pureveen, S. Funk, and E. René de la Rie. "Role of MS Techniques in the Characterization of Fresh and Aged Natural and Synthetic Varnishes Used for Paintings." In Proceedings of the 44th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Portland, 1104. Santa Fe, NM: American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 1996.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Jan van Goyen en de techniek van het naturalistiche landschap." In exh. cat. Jan van Goyen, edited by Christaan Vogelaar, 70–79, 81. Leiden: Stedelijk Museum Het Lakenhal, 1996.

Gifford, E. Melanie, Claire Berry, Barbara H. Berrie, and Michael R. Palmer. "Some Observations on Georges de La Tour's Painting Practice." In exh. cat. Georges de La Tour and His World, edited by Philip Conisbee, 239–257. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1996.

Halpine, Susana M. "An Improved Dye and Lake Pigment Analysis Method Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Diode Array Detector." Studies in Conservation 41 (1996): 76–94.

McCabe, Constance, and Lisha Deming Glinsman. "Understanding Alfred Stieglitz' Platinum and Palladium Prints: Examination by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry." In Preprints of Research Techniques in Photographic Conservation Conference, Copenhagen, 1995, edited by Mogens Koch, Jesper Stub Johnsen, Tim Padfield, and Ulla Kejser, 1–40. Copenhagen: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 1996.

1995
Gates, Glenn. "A Technical Note on the Historic Artists' Pigment Aureolin: The Investigation of Sodium Substitution in the Lattice of Potassium Hexanitrocobalt (III)." Studies in Conservation 40 (1995): 201–206.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Jan van Eyck's Washington Annunciation: Development and Alterations." In Colloque X pour l'étude du dessin sous-jacent dans la peinture, edited by R. van Schoute, and H. Verougstraete, 85–93. Louvain-la-Neuve: Laboratoire d'�tude des oeuvres d'art par les m�thodes scientifiques, 1995.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "A Pre-Eyckian Altarpiece in the Context of European Painting Materials and Techniques around 1400." In Flanders in a European Perspective: Manuscript Illumination around 1400 in Flanders and Abroad, edited by M. Smeyers, and B. Cardon, 357–370. Leuven: Peeters, 1995.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Style and Technique in Dutch Landscape Painting in the 1620s." In Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice, Preprints of a Symposium, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 26–29 June 1995, edited by A. Wallert, E. Hermens, and M. Peek, 140–147. Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 1995.

Glinsman, Lisha Deming, and Lee-Ann Hayek. "Statistical Evaluation of Renaissance Art Objects." STATS (January 1995): 15–18.

Halpine, Susana M. "Investigation of Artists' Materials Using Amino Acid Analysis: Introduction of the One Hour Extraction Procedure." In Conservation Research 1995, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 51, 29–69. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995.

Halpine, Susana M. "Trace Amino Acid Composition of Natural Resins: Elucidating the Nature of Resinous Artists' Materials." Amber, Resinite and Fossil Resins (1995): 234–254.

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen. "How to Calculate the Concentration of Solutions." AIC News (January 1995): 25–26.

McCabe, Constance, and Lisha Deming Glinsman. "Understanding Alfred Stieglitz' Platinum and Palladium Prints: Examination by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry." In Conservation Research 1995, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 51, 71–85. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995.

Metzger, Catherine M., and Barbara H. Berrie. "Gerard David's St. Anne Altarpiece: Evidence for Workshop Participation." In Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice, Preprints of a Symposium, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 26–29 June 1995, edited by A. Wallert, E. Hermens, and M. Peek, 127–134. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1995.

Whitten, Jill. "Conference review of Varnishes — Authenticity and Permanence." AIC News 20, no. 1 (January 1995): 15–16, 25.

Whitten, Jill. "Low-Molecular-Weight Resins for Picture Varnishes." In Paintings Specialty Group Postprints, 124–129. Washington: American Institute for Conservation, 1995.

Whitten, Jill. "Regalrez 1094: Properties and Uses." Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) Newsletter 17, no. 1 (1995): 11–12.

1994
Berrie, Barbara H. "Discovery of Clay in Dosso's Imprimatura Using SEM/EDS." In Eastern Analytical Symposium. Somerset, NJ, 1994.

Berrie, Barbara H. "A Note on the Imprimatura in Two of Dosso Dossi's Paintings." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 33 (1994): 307–313.

Berrie, Barbara H., Shelley Sturman, and Mervin Richard. "The Special Requirements for Exhibiting Enameled Metal." In Preventive Conservation Practice, Theory and Research, IIC 1994 Ottawa Congress, edited by Ashok Roy, and Perry Smith. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 1994.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Review of Making and Meaning: The Wilton Diptych, by Dillian Gordon with an essay by Caroline M. Barron and contributions by Ashok Roy and Martin Wyld, National Gallery, London (1993)." AIC News 27 (November 1994): 24–25, 27.

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen. "Application of Chemistry to the Examination of Works of Art." In 208th ACS National Meeting. Washington: American Chemical Society, 1994.

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen. "Conservation Science: Applying Chemistry to Understanding Works of Art." In Eastern Analytical Symposium. Somerset, NJ, 1994.

1993
Barbour, Daphne, and Lisha Deming Glinsman. "An Investigation of Renaissance Practices as a Means for Identifying Forgeries." In Conservation Research, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 41, 14–29. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1993.

Berrie, Barbara H., and Sarah L. Fisher. "A Technical Investigation of the Materials and Methods of Dosso Dossi." In Preprints of the 10th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Committee for Conservation, Washington DC, edited by Janet Bridgland, 70–74. Paris: ICOM Committee for Conservation, 1993.

de la Rie, E. René. "The Identification of Historic Artists' Oil Paint Media and Varnishes Using Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry." In Euroanalysis VIII, Edinburgh, 1993, edited by D. Littlejohn, and D. Thorburn Burns, LD2. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 1993.

de la Rie, E. René. "Polymer Additives for Synthetic Low-molecular-weight Varnishes." In Preprints of the 10th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Committee for Conservation, Washington DC, edited by Janet Bridgland, 566–573. Paris: ICOM Committee for Conservation, 1993.

de la Rie, E. René, Karin M. Groen, Manja Zeldenrust, and Michael R. Palmer. "Analysis of the Binding Media of Rembrandt's Jewish Bride Using Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry." In Preprints of the 10th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM-Committee for Conservation, Washington, DC, edited by Janet Bridgland, 908. Paris: ICOM Committee for Conservation, 1993.

Glinsman, Lisha Deming, and Lee-Ann Hayek. "A Multivariate Analysis of Renaissance Portrait Medals: An Expanded Nomenclature." Archaeometry 35 (1993): 49–67.

Steele, Elizabeth, and Susana M. Halpine. "Precision and Spontaneity: Jacob Lawrence's Materials and Techniques." In exh. cat. Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series, edited by Elizabeth Hutton Turner, 155–159. Washington: Rappahannock Press in association with the Phillips Collection, 1993.

1992
Berrie, Barbara H. "Investigations on a Mediaeval Spanish Enameled Ciborium." In Conservation of the Iberian and Latin American Heritage, IIC 1992 Madrid Congress, edited by H. W. M. Hodges, John S. Mills, and Perry Smith, 11–15. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 1992.

Berrie, Barbara H. "Understanding Art through Technical Analysis: Inferences from Pigment Identification." Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology 2 (1992): 195–204.

de la Rie, E. René. "Stability and Function of Coatings Used in Conservation." In Polymers in Conservation, edited by N. S. Allen, M. Edge, and C. V. Horie, 62–81. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 1992.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Technical Notes on an Altarpiece by Jacob de Punder." Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 49/50 (1992): 99–105.

Halpine, Susana M. "Amino Acid Analysis of Proteinaceous Media from Cosima Tura's The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse." Studies in Conservation 37 (1992): 22–38.

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen. "The Removability and Solubility of Aged Synthetic Picture Varnishes." Polymer Preprints 33 (1992): 654–655.

Maines, Christopher A. "Chemical and Physical Stability of Thermoplastic Polymers Used as Paint Binders in the Restoration of Paintings." Polymer Preprints 33 (1992): 648–649.

1991
de la Rie, E. René. "Degradation and Stabilization of Varnishes for Paintings." In Preprints to the Thirteenth International Conference on Advances in the Stabilization and Degradation of Polymers, 129–139. Lucerne, 1991.

1990
Christensen, Carol, Michael R. Palmer, and Michael Swicklik. "Van Dyck's Painting Technique, His Writings, and Three Paintings." In exh. cat. Anthony van Dyck, edited by Arthur K. Wheelock, 45–52. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1990.

de la Rie, E. René, and Christopher McGlinchey. "The Effect of a Hindered Amine Light Stabilizer on the Aging of Dammar and Mastic Varnish in an Environment Free of Ultraviolet Light." In Cleaning Retouching and Coatings, IIC 1990 Brussels Congress, edited by John S. Mills, and Perry Smith, 160–164. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works IIC), 1990.

de la Rie, E. René, and Christopher McGlinchey. "New Synthetic Resins for Picture Varnishes." In Cleaning Retouching and Coatings, IIC 1990 Brussels Congress, edited by John S. Mills, and Perry Smith, 168–173. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 1990.

Gifford, E. Melanie. "Maerten van Heemskerck's Panoramic Landscape with the Rape of Helen: Preliminary Report on the Analysis and Treatment." The Painting Specialty Group Annual 3 (1990): 36–40.

Lomax, Suzanne Quillen, and Sarah L. Fisher. "An Investigation of the Removability of Naturally Aged Synthetic Picture Varnishes." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 29 (1990): 181–191.

1989
de la Rie, E. René. "Old Master Paintings: A Study of the Varnish Problem." Analytical Chemistry 61 (1989): 1228A–1240A.

de la Rie, E. René, and Christopher McGlinchey. "Stabilized Dammar Picture Varnish." Studies in Conservation 34 (1989): 137–146.

Sturman, Shelley, and Barbara H. Berrie. "Technical Examination of Riccio Plaquettes." In Italian Plaquettes, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 22, edited by Alison Luchs, 175–188. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1989.