Uncovering modern paint forgeries by radiocarbon dating.

ABSTRACT: Art forgeries have existed since antiquity, but with the recent rapidly expanding commercialization of art, the approach to art authentication has demanded increasingly sophisticated detection schemes. So far, the most conclusive criterion in the field of counterfeit detection is the scientific proof of material anachronisms. The establishment of the earliest possible date of realization of a painting, called the terminus post quem, is based on the comparison of materials present in an artwork with information on their earliest date of discovery or production. This approach provides relative age information only and thus may fail in proving a forgery. Radiocarbon (¹⁴C) dating is an attractive alternative, as it delivers absolute ages with a definite time frame for the mat

SUBMITTER: Hendriks L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6613091 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature