Abstract To prevent the deterioration of artwork on stretched canvas in a museum, it is often necessary to neutralize the transmission of vibrations from sources such as the wall or the floor. An anti-vibratory system easily optimizes vibrations that are transmitted from the floor because the artwork's motion occurs in vertical translation. Hanging artwork, which receives vibrations from the wall, presents a more complex case because the motion consists of a translation and a rotation. This paper presents a model to determine a cutting frequency above which vibrations transmitted to the artwork are lowered. A procedure to obtain the parameters of this model is also presented. Experiments in a laboratory and in the Louvre Museum validate the predicted cutting frequency given by the model. A downloadable spreadsheet is available to apply this method to specific artwork.
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