Masterpiece detection

New Yorker published this fascinating article on new methods of art authentication. It examines new methods of tracing evidence left behind by an artist, including chemical analysis of pigment variation, fingerprint’s characteristics and  and other “rigorous methodology” that follows “accepted police standards”. 

Forensic consultant Laszlo Biro working on an early 16th century Venetian painting on poplar attributed to the workshop of Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516).