Vanessa Henriques Antunes is integrated researcher of ARTIS-Instituto de História da Arte da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa and collaborator of LIBPhys-UNL, Laboratório de Instrumentação, Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Between 2015-2019 developed a post-doctoral research under the theme "Preparing the image - transcontextuality of the preparatory material in golden age of Portuguese painting". Between 2006-2014 attended a PhD in Art, Heritage and Restoration in Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa with the dissertation project under the title : "Techniques and preparation materials of portuguese painting from the 15th and 16th centuries"with a scholarship of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT).Has a 5 year Degree in painting C& R of Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, completed in 2002. Researcher in FCT projects such as "The invisible ground layer and its influence in portuguese paintings of the 15th and 16th centuries: a question to be settled" , "PRIM'ART-Portugal Rediscovering Mural ART:Historical and Scientific study of Évora Archepiscopate ( 1516-1615)”. Is also coordinator of the research projects“De artibus in Auream Goa”,financed by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and co-coordinator of "SOS PAINTINGS-Studying to Save Old masterS Paintings:the Lourinhã Mercy painting cycle" financed by Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.Experience of dealing with methods and scientific equipment: has the experience of sampling paintings, mounting and polishing samples.The scientific component of her doctoral and post-doctoral grants have enabled to work with other researchers in the analysis and interpretation of the results for the following techniques:µ- FTIR, µ-X-ray diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy, µ-Confocal Raman, High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled to Diode-Array and Mass Spectrometry and X-ray fluorescence.