Emanuela Grifoni

Emanuela Grifoni

Researcher

+39 055 5225415
Florence
emanuela.grifoni@cnr.it

Professional profile

Heritage Scientist | Conservation Diagnostics Researcher | Computational Hyperspectral Imaging Specialist | Spectral Data Analyst | Technical Art History Researcher | Painting Materials and Techniques Scholar

Heritage Scientist specializing in imaging- and data-driven approaches to the study of cultural heritage. She also holds appointments as Adjunct Professor at the University of Milan, the University of Florence, and the Central Institute for Restoration (ICR) in Rome and Matera, teaching courses on the history and techniques of restoration and on multispectral and hyperspectral imaging applied to artworks.

She received her Master’s Degree in Science and Technologies for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the University of Padua with highest honors, followed by a First-Level Master’s Diploma in Materials and Diagnostic Techniques from the University of Pisa and a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Florence.

Her research focuses on computational hyperspectral imaging (UV-VIS-NIR-SWIR, reflectance and luminescence) for the characterization of painting materials and execution techniques within the field of Technical Art History, as well as on the characterization of degradation materials to assess the conservation status of artworks. She has also worked on 3D multiscale remote sensing for structural analysis and surface documentation (optical profilometry, RTI imaging, photogrammetry, structured light and triangulation scanning, and holographic speckle interferometry).

She has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and conducted studies on artworks ranging from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, including contributions on Margarito d’Arezzo, Barnaba da Modena, Masolino and Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Benozzo Gozzoli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Gaudenzio Ferrari, Gerolamo Genga, Agnolo Bronzino, Prospero Fontana, Artemisia Gentileschi, Anthony van Dyck, Pellizza da Volpedo, Edvard Munch, and Keith Haring.

She collaborates with the MOLAB platform of E-RIHS.it, the Italian node of the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS), taking part in diagnostic campaigns on major artworks in partnership with leading museums and conservation institutions. In 2025, she served on the organizing committee of TECHNART, the leading international conference in the field of Heritage Science.

CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors

  • SH8_1 Science and Technologies for Cultural Heritage
  • PE4_2 Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques
  • SH8_4 Museums, exhibitions, conservation and restoration

Groups & Labs CNR ISPC

Heritage Materials Science Lab →
Heritage Conservation Lab →

Publications

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