Publication
Title
Exploring benzyl alcohol derivatives and related compounds in the cleaning of oil paintings
Author
Abstract
This study examines five benzyl alcohol derivatives and three chemically similar compounds and compares them against benzyl alcohol in gelled emulsions for the removal of overpaint during cleaning of oil paintings. Comparative cleaning tests using xanthan gels, Pemulen® TR-2 gels, and neat solvent were made on overpaint on fragments of a seventeenth-century test painting. This approach demonstrated that molecular changes to a benzyl alcohol core resulted in enhanced control during the cleaning process. In some cases a benzyl alcohol derivative enabled selective removal of non-original material, when benzyl alcohol appeared to affect the original paint. Select derivatives were also tested in an area of overpaint on a sixteenth-century oil on panel painting by Jan van Scorel in the Rijksmuseum Collection through modifying the chemical activity of benzyl alcohol. Finally, two GC-MS-based methods were used to monitor benzyl alcohol retention and possible oxidation in paint layers post-treatment.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Studies in conservation / International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works [London] - London, 1952, currens
Publication
London : 2023
ISSN
0039-3630 [print]
2047-0584 [online]
DOI
10.1080/00393630.2023.2233374
Volume/pages
(2023) , p. 1-12
ISI
001027641300001
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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External links
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Creation 18.12.2023
Last edited 12.02.2024
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