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Portrait of Caligula, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Kopenhagen (Variant B)

Portrait of the Roman Emperor Caligula, today in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, colour reconstruction, Variant B (artificial marble, natural pigment according to the Price Method in tempera technique). Polychromy: Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, Sylvia Kellner.

(Liebieghaus Sculpture Collection, Frankfurt ST.P691)

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
XRF=X-ray Fluorescence Analysis
SEM=Scanning Electrone Microscopy
EXM=Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis
GC=Gas Chromatography
MS=Mass Spectrometry

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