Cassatt Experts employs a research team, fluent in both French and English, with access to the most reputable research institutions in the world, however, Cassatt Experts also utilizes science and forensics to thoroughly appraise and authenticate the Cassatt piece in your collection. Cassatt Experts applies scientific and forensic methods to authenticate your artworks by employing techniques such as:
- x-rays: analyzing the many layers of the painting to compare with other pieces by the same artist to determine consistency in brushstrokes, layers, etc.
- pigment analysis: testing the pigments in the paint to determine period consistency
- signature analysis: using access to known signatures, Cassatt Experts compares the nuances of the artists known signature with the signature on your piece
- age of material: confirm the consistency with other artworks produced in the same time period
- infrared, uv and multispectral photography
- raking light photography: applying a parallel light to document the topographical nuances of the painting
