Catherine Higgitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3796086 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Higgitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Higgitt |
| SIGNATURE | HIGGITT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The National Gallery |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7928-6763 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Leonardo da Vinci’s London Virgin of the Rocks re-examined
The anniversary in 2019 of Leonardo’s death prompted a new investigation of the Virgin of the Rocks now in the National Gallery in London. This built on a substantial foundation of earlier research, one past milestone being the discovery through infrared reflectography of an underdrawing for a completely different composition, showing a Virgin higher up on the panel and in a different pose. This paper focuses on the latest findings associated wit…
Identifying Brazilwood’s Marker Component, Urolithin C, in Historical Textiles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
The fugitive nature of the colorants obtained from sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan L.) or the South American species commonly known as ‘brazilwoods’ (including other Caesalpinia species and Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.)) makes the identification of brazilwood dyes and pigments in historic artefacts analytically challenging. This difficulty has been somewhat alleviated recently by the recognition and structural elucidation of a relatively stable mark…
Looted, Recovered, Returned
Aging and yellowing of triterpenoid resin varnishes - Influence of aging conditions and resin composition
The Qatna lion
Using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, the authors show that amber was imported into Late Bronze Age Syria and used for making the prestige artefacts found in a Royal tomb of c. 1340 BC. The objects included beads and a unique vessel in the form of a lion, likely fashioned in Syria from raw amber imported from the Baltic via the Aegean
The Qatna lion
Using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, the authors show that amber was imported into Late Bronze Age Syria and used for making the prestige artefacts found in a Royal tomb of c. 1340 BC. The objects included beads and a unique vessel in the form of a lion, likely fashioned in Syria from raw amber imported from the Baltic via the Aegean
Aging and yellowing of triterpenoid resin varnishes - Influence of aging conditions and resin composition
The Qatna lion
Using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, the authors show that amber was imported into Late Bronze Age Syria and used for making the prestige artefacts found in a Royal tomb of c. 1340 BC. The objects included beads and a unique vessel in the form of a lion, likely fashioned in Syria from raw amber imported from the Baltic via the Aegean
Aging and yellowing of triterpenoid resin varnishes - Influence of aging conditions and resin composition
Looted, Recovered, Returned
Identifying Brazilwood’s Marker Component, Urolithin C, in Historical Textiles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
The fugitive nature of the colorants obtained from sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan L.) or the South American species commonly known as ‘brazilwoods’ (including other Caesalpinia species and Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.)) makes the identification of brazilwood dyes and pigments in historic artefacts analytically challenging. This difficulty has been somewhat alleviated recently by the recognition and structural elucidation of a relatively stable mark…
Leonardo da Vinci’s London Virgin of the Rocks re-examined
The anniversary in 2019 of Leonardo’s death prompted a new investigation of the Virgin of the Rocks now in the National Gallery in London. This built on a substantial foundation of earlier research, one past milestone being the discovery through infrared reflectography of an underdrawing for a completely different composition, showing a Virgin higher up on the panel and in a different pose. This paper focuses on the latest findings associated wit…
Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Chemistry (2 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · Materials Science (2 works) · Afghanistan (1 work) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 work)