Study of Bronze Statues “John the Baptist” and “Dancing Cupid” from the Collections of the Pushkin State Museum

Bronze statues “John the Baptist” and “Dancing Cupid” from the collections of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts have been investigated at the National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute.” These statues were previously damaged in fire. Before carrying out restoration, it was necessary to perfor...

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Published in:Crystallography reports 2018-07, Vol.63 (4), p.692-698
Main Authors: Glazkov, V. P., Kovalenko, E. S., Murashev, M. M., Podurets, K. M., Veligzhanin, A. A., Kolobylina, N. N., Rastorguev, V. A., Tulubenskiy, M. G., Tereschenko, E. Y., Kashkarov, P. K., Yatsishina, E. B., Kovalchuk, M. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BRONZE
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CONTAMINATION
CRACKS
Crystallographic Methods in Humanitarian Sciences
Crystallography and Scattering Methods
CULTURAL OBJECTS
DAMAGE
DEFECTS
DIFFRACTION
Fire damage
FIRES
Fracture mechanics
INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
MICROANALYSIS
Museums
NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY
PHASE STUDIES
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Radiography
Restoration
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Sculpture
Statuary
SURFACES
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
TOMOGRAPHY
X RADIATION
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Summary:Bronze statues “John the Baptist” and “Dancing Cupid” from the collections of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts have been investigated at the National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute.” These statues were previously damaged in fire. Before carrying out restoration, it was necessary to perform their complex study, including identification of statue materials; elemental and phase analysis of contaminations; estimation of the state of surfaces and internal parts; and detection of technological elements, as well as hidden defects, corroded parts, and cracks. To this end, scanning electron microscopy with X-ray microanalysis, synchrotron radiation diffraction, and neutron radiography and tomography have been used.
ISSN:1063-7745
1562-689X
DOI:10.1134/S1063774518040077