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Reflectography of Artworks in the 0.9–1.7 μm Wavelength Using a SWIR Camera

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Icon “The Miracle of St. George about the Serpent” (the first third of the 18th century) and painting “Still Life with Chum Salmon” (M. Sokolov, 1930s) are studied with the aid of IR reflectography using a short-wave IR camera (0.9–1.7 µm). Hidden elements of the image that are not observed in the visible spectral range are revealed.

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  1. Enterprise “RD&P Center “Orion”, Russian Federation State Research Center, 111538, Moscow, Russia

    V. S. Popov, P. V. Khrabrov & V. P. Ponomarenko

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), 141701, Dolgoprudny, Moscow oblast, Russia

    V. S. Popov & V. P. Ponomarenko

  3. State Research Institute of Restoration, 107014, Moscow, Russia

    D. S. Pershin & E. A. Morozova

  4. State Tretyakov Gallery, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    D. S. Pershin

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Popov, V.S., Pershin, D.S., Khrabrov, P.V. et al. Reflectography of Artworks in the 0.9–1.7 μm Wavelength Using a SWIR Camera. J. Commun. Technol. Electron. 67 (Suppl 1), S66–S74 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064226922130071

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