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Artemis from Pompeii, National Museum Naples


Marble statue of Artemis from Pompeii (plaster cast in cooperation with the Universität Göttingen). Polychromy: Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, three-dimensional additions: Bertram Schüler (executed within the framework of the O. Primavesi 2007 Leibniz Prize project; in the possession of the German Research History).

(Liebieghaus Sculpture Collection, Frankfurt LGLHZ04, on permanent loan from LMU Munich)

Applied methods:
UVF=Ultraviolet Fluorescence (Schott KV 418)
UVR=Ultraviolet Reflectography (Schott UG1 or Schott BG12)
VIL=Infrared Fluorescence
VM=Visual Light Stereo Microscopy (10-50x, Zeiss & Minolta)
DM=Digital Microscopy
RL=Raking Light
NLBW=Photography in visible light, black & white
NLCOLOR=Photography in visible light, full color
MPH=Macro Photography (via Microscope or Macro lenses)
UV-VIS=UV-VIS Absorption Spectroscopy


(c) Vinzenz Brinkmann 2018, Leibnizpreisprojekt O. Primavesi 2007