Services
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Institut Restellini is dedicated to work in total independence from the art market, alongside the best scientists worldwide, on any work of art, and not only on works by Modigliani. For this purpose, it relies on the scientific analysis of Institut Restellini – Investigation in Geneva, continuing the partnership built with the SGS Art Services laboratory, allowing it to achieve complete analyses of ancient, modern and contemporary works of art and to create the most scientifically advanced catalogues, by integrating the latest techniques.
For each artwork submitted, Institut Restellini addresses recognized specialists of the artist, experts, authors of catalogues raisonnés, academics, museum curators, and gallerists from around the world, thanks to the international network created over the years by Marc Restellini.
Certification :
Aware that the future of artworks will be guaranteed by the enhanced control over their certification, Institut Restellini adopts advanced scientific and documentary research to ensure maximum traceability and allow a solid certification of these works. Institut Restellini offers its customers, for every work, a compliance report by performing for each of them the due diligence checks of all data concerning the work, namely a summary between the laboratory results and the expert opinion, to establish complete files of certification.
This task is performed by two independent centres: Institut Restellini – Investigation in Geneva for the scientific analysis and Institut Restellini – Documentation Centre in Paris.
The certification service includes the following services:
1. Technical report which can include:
- Visible light photography, macrophotography, raking light and UV fluorescence photography.
- Infrared reflectography, to detect possible underlying drawings or changes in the composition
- X-radiography.
- X-ray microfluorescence (XRF), to identify the chemical elements.
- FTIR spectroscopy, for the characterization of organic and inorganic matrixes.
- Raman microspectroscopy, for pigment identification.
- Optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, to characterize the pictorial technique (stratigraphy, pigments).
- Gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS), which allows the separation and characterization of complex organic mixtures, for example in varnishes, binding media and organic colorants.
2. Stylistic comparative analysis:
- Composition (subject)
- Techniques
- Signature
3. Documentation report:
- Provenance
- Exhibition history
- Literature