Scientific studies for the restoration of a wood painting of the Galleria Interdisciplinare Regionale della Sicilia-Palazzo Mirto di Palermo

The results of all analyses revealed that the portrait is a small panel painting made by an unknown painter in the second half of 16th century, with a traditional painting technique: a single wooden panel, two preparatory layers (“ammannitura”), a sort of priming (“imprimitura”), an underdrawing, a paint layer composed of oil as binding medium and pigments common in 16th century.