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Dating of Artwork by Radiocarbon

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Analytical Chemistry for the Study of Paintings and the Detection of Forgeries

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The Radiocarbon method, which allows analysis of carbon bearing material and its potential for dating artwork is reviewed. The development of the 14C measurement techniques (conventional and AMS) and its significance for dating art is discussed. This includes the present state-of-the-art of the Radiocarbon dating method on timescale calibration, sample quality aspects, and sample pretreatment. Dating of paintings and textiles are discussed as case studies.

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    Becquerel (Bq) per gram Carbon; 1 Bq equals 1 decay per second.

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Many thanks to Laura Hendriks for her input to this article. The teams of LIP ETH (Zürich) and CIO (Groningen) are thanked for their continuous support with 14C sample preparation and measurement.

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van der Plicht, J., Hajdas, I. (2022). Dating of Artwork by Radiocarbon. In: Colombini, M.P., Degano, I., Nevin, A. (eds) Analytical Chemistry for the Study of Paintings and the Detection of Forgeries. Cultural Heritage Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86865-9_13

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