MATIS EXPERIENCE
Supporting Art Experts in their daily Authentication Works
MATIS offers a user-friendly, certified multispectral camera coupled with an intuitive user interface for a robust pigment mapping, pigment identification and improved visualization of underdrawings in oil paintings.
With our improved and targeted illumination-induced technology, our camera is an intuitive tool to assist art experts in their daily authentication assessment, increasing efficiency without hiring costly third-party experts or engineers.
MATIS CAMERA
Looking at Art differently
Our multispectral camera reveals underdrawings and identifies pigments, providing access to art’s unique fingerprint.
- High resolution images
- 13 different bands
- Handheld
- No external lamps and equipment needed
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Certificate of authenticity become much more valuable when coupled with provenance and technical investigation: scientific analysis put into context with technical art history.
OUR TECHNOLOGY
MATIS illumination from ultraviolet to infrared gives you access to information beneath the surface paint layers, helps you visualize erased signatures and identify pigments.
The MATIS technology solution is unique: built at Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM) our illumination-induced multispectral camera is linked with advanced photonics algorithms, end-to-end encryption for secured data storage and a robust machine learning approach.
PIGMA SOFTWARE
Unlocking Art
Our software provides you a secure access to art’s hidden information. It accurately identifies pigments and visualises underdrawings unlocking the unique signature of art.
- Pigment identification
- Pigment mapping
- Underdrawings visualisation
PIGMENT IDENTIFICATION
We focus on historical pigments. Our comparison procedure is accurate and quick and provide a suggestion of identification for accurate interpretation.
PIGMENT MAPPING
We extract the spectral signature of the images material from the carefully-chosen 13 illuminations. Our robust algorithm gives you accurate mapping and pigment identification suggestion.
UNDERDRAWINGS VISUALIZATION
Based on physical models of mater-light interactions, we give you access to underdrawings visualization in an intuitive and clear way.
SUBSCRIPTION PLANS
Scientific assessment of paintings is now easily accessible to all art professionals through our various subscription plans.
You only have to choose the subscription that best serves your specific needs. Our promise is to deliver you instantaneous results that are accessible to interpret. Through the subscription, you get access to the camera and our proprietary software for image visualizations and analysis. Please feel free to contact us for more information.
ABOUT US
We bring together art and science to art professionals for a daily access to scientific assessments on artworks.
MATIS, part of the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) post-doc for industry program, has created a solution that supports art experts who authenticate paintings. MATIS develops an easy-to-use multispectral camera and an image-processing algorithm based on CSEM built expertise and technologies. MATIS’s innovation allows a faster and easier interpretation of the hidden information from painting than existing methods.
Marie Didier, PhD
CEO
Marie has a background in Art and Science. She has been developing and using innovative technologies to characterize fragile samples either in art (as an Imaging Fellow at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC) or in biology (PhD in Neurophotonics from EPFL). Marie has experience in fundamental research in non-invasive Optics, image processing and art-driven imaging technologies. Passionate about art and science Marie is an excellent communicator and naturally thrive in an interdisciplinary environment.
Triana Temer
Client Relation Manager
Triana is a freelance art historian and curator working with private clients both artist and collectors. She possesses a good knowledge and network in the art world in Switzerland and abroad. Thanks to her active interaction and exchange with art expert and museums members for different mandates, she has a thorough understanding of their methods of work and needs.
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