New insights into the working processes of American artist George Caleb Bingham have been discovered by the conservation department at The Met in New York, with the help of infrared reflectography, a non-invasive imaging technique that reveals underdrawing and underpainting.
Watch this informative video to see what the team uncovered and how this new insight adds a greater understanding of the painter and his processes.
16 Feb 2023
For attention of Apollo users
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06 May 2022
American Institute for Conservation
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Lighting Webinar Slides
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A study of George Caleb Bingham’s “Fur Traders Descending the Missouri”
New insights into the working processes of American artist George Caleb Bingham have been discovered…
02 Sep 2021
The Met Museum Share Conservation of Altarpiece
See how The Met utilised infrared reflectography with their Osiris camera to help inform the…
Infrared photography at the National Museum of Norway. Photo Annar Bjorgli/The National Musuem.
The Apollo camera has fomented new research in art history and English literature
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University
