"It was actually originated for testing potentially forged paintings by a woman named Elena Basner while she was working as curator of 20th-century art at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg."
Neal's smooth exterior melds comfortably into real enthusiasm. The restraint of years keeps him from completely letting go of the pretense of pure charm. "She worked with some chemists and other experts to develop a test where they take a micro sample from a painting and see if the paint contains caesium–137 and strontium–90. If it does, post-1945. Not foolproof though--you can get around the test by using reconstituted paint from other pre-war works and canvases from whatever period you're aiming to recreate."
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Neal's smooth exterior melds comfortably into real enthusiasm. The restraint of years keeps him from completely letting go of the pretense of pure charm. "She worked with some chemists and other experts to develop a test where they take a micro sample from a painting and see if the paint contains caesium–137 and strontium–90. If it does, post-1945. Not foolproof though--you can get around the test by using reconstituted paint from other pre-war works and canvases from whatever period you're aiming to recreate."