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From: Visualizing and measuring gold leaf in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italian gold ground paintings using scanning macro X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy: a new tool for advancing art historical research

Fig. 4

a Giovanni di Paolo, Branchini Madonna, 1427, tempera and gold leaf on panel, 182.9 × 99.1 cm (Norton Simon Museum, F.1978.01.P) visible light image, detail; b Au Lα element map (instrumental settings: 50 kV, 600 µA, 530 µm spot size, 530 µm sampling, 6 ms/pixel dwell time); c Giovanni di Paolo, Crucifixion, 1427, tempera and gold leaf on panel, 73 × 52 cm (Pinocoteca Nazionale di Siena, 146) visible light image; d Au Lα element map (instrumental settings: 50 kV, 600 µA, 450 µm spot size, 460 µm sampling, 5 ms/pixel dwell time). Digital images courtesy of a Norton Simon Museum and c Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena

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