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Persian Horseman, Acropolis Museum Athens

So-called Persian Rider from the Acropolis in Athens, colour reconstruction with three-dimensional additions to the body of the horse (crystalline acrylic glass, natural pigment according to the Price Method in tempera technique). Polychromy: Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, three-dimensional additions: Christian Tobin (executed within the framework of the O. Primavesi 2007 Leibniz Prize project; in the possession of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).


(Liebieghaus Sculpture Collection, Frankfurt LGLHZ02, on permanent loan from LMU Munich)

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
VIL=Infrared Fluorescence

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(c) Dieter Rehm, Leibnizpreisprojektes O. Primavesi 2007 & Vinzenz Brinkmann, Ursula Buck, Thorsten Schwing, Polychromy Research Project