Detection of potential biodeterioration risks for tempera painting in 16th century exhibits from State Tretyakov Gallery.
In this study, we investigated biodeterioration of Scrappers materials used in tempera painting by analyzing the structure of the microbiome in ancient tempera paintings exhibited in State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.Samples were obtained from 16th-century paintings, including a grand Russian Orthodox icon "The Church Militant" (all exhibits