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Sociedad Mexicana de Física A.C.
2007
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- PIXE analysis of the obsidian support of two paintings from the Louvre by Murillo T. Calligaro P.-J. Chiappero F. Gendron E. Gonthier O. Meslay G. Poupeau D. Tenorio Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas PIXE INAA Murillo obsidian paintings The very unusual black backings of two paintings by the Spanish master Murillo (1617-1682) representing Passion Scenes, on display at theLouvre museum, have been analyzed by PIXE with the AGLAE facility of the C2RMF. The support proved to be obsidian, a natural volcanicglass widely employed to produce archeological artefacts, in particular in South and Meso-America. Five archeological artifacts with similarshape to the paintings called obsidian mirrors, originating from Mexico and belonging to the collections of the Mus´ee de lHomme inParis, have been analyzed and the composition of four of them showed to be very similar to Murillos obsidians. The comparison with theresults obtained on reference obsidian samples from Mexican sources and with data from the literature by instrumental neutron activationanalysis (INAA) suggested that the Ucareo/Zinap´ecuaro, Michoac´an, Mexico is the source of the obsidian employed for the paintings. Afield trip to this area was therefore organized to collect samples whose natural slab shape and chemical composition confirmed the Ucareoprovenance hypothesis. The rectangular backing of Murillos paintings are unlikely archaeological artefacts but rather objects specially madeafter the Spanish conquest by Mesoamerican craftsmen, among which some were exported to Europe where Murillo spent all his life. Theobservation, in the walls of the church and other Christian monuments in Ucareo, of obsidian inlays, a material of particular significance inthe pre-Hispanic culture, underlines the complex intrication of native culture and European influences which are also carried by Murillospaintings. Meanwhile, a third painting on obsidian by Murillo as been identified in the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Thisstudy also points out that even if the ranges of elements dosed by PIXE and INAA do not fully overlap, the measurements obtained by bothtechniques can be efficiently used for provenancing obsidians objects. 2007 artículo científico 0035-001X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57066310 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/570/57066310/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/570/57066310/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/570/57066310/57066310.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/570/57066310/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=570 Revista Mexicana de Física application/pdf Sociedad Mexicana de Física A.C. Revista Mexicana de Física (México) Num.3 Vol.53