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Athena from the Aphaia Temple, Glyptothek Munich
(Variant B)

Athena from the west pediment of the Aphaia Temple, Aegina, Variant B, colour reconstruction (plaster, natural pigment according to the Price Method in tempera technique). Polychromy: Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, Sylvia Kellner.

(Liebieghaus Sculpture Collection, Frankfurt ST.P689A)

Applied methods:
UVF=Ultraviolet Fluorescence (Schott KV 418)
UVR=Ultraviolet Reflectography (Schott UG1 or Schott BG12)
VM=Visual Light Stereo Microscopy (10-50x, Zeiss & Olympus)
RL=Raking Light (Schott KL1500)
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

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(c) Stephan Eckardt, Universität Göttingen & Vinzenz Brinkmann, Polychromy Research Project