This 1996 video demonstrates the use of neutron activation analysis to help determine the provenance (origin) of a fragment of medieval sculpture at The Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. For more information about this process and a database of samples, visit http://www.limestonesculptureanalysis.com/
Produced by art historian Georgia Wright
Copyright 1996 ICMA – The International Center of Medieval Art – http://www.medievalart.org/
Featuring:
Charles Little
Georgia Wright
Lore Holmes
Garman Harbottle
Thanks to:
The Cloisters,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Brookhaven National Laboratory
The Fogg Museum, Harvard University
The Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
The Cornell University Library
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