In addition to this he gives courses on digitization and the evaluation of scans to new co-workers at the National Archive. Rembrandt's 17th century masterpiece "The Night Watch" began restoration work on Monday in Amsterdam where visitors will be able to watch every step of the Rijksmuseum's biggest ever project. Jonathan Bikker has worked at the Rijksmuseum since 2001 and has been Curator of Research since 2006. Her current research activities include the application of non-invasive imaging techniques for the study of late Rembrandt paintings. It was left with several cuts up to 12 inches long, leading to the last major restoration work. The Night Watch by Rembrandt, one of the world’s most spectacular paintings, is to be restored under the world’s gaze at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, its … The sculpture gallery behind the Night Watch Gallery will be closed during Operation Night Watch. That enables the researchers to distinguish between the various pigments. Petria Noble is Head of Paintings Conservation at the Rijksmuseum. The Night Watch has been restored twice before. The Night Watch, a group portrait of Amsterdam’s civic guard in motion, has been exhibited as its main attraction since 1808. Rijksmuseum visitors will be invited to watch the restoration of The Night Watch, Rembrandt’s most celebrated masterpiece next year. “The second phase of ‘Operation Night Watch,’ the restoration of the painting, has been rescheduled due to the pandemic. AMSTERDAM — The Rijksmuseum announced on Tuesday that it will restore Rembrandt’s “ Night Watch,” a monumental group portrait that holds pride … She is responsible for the photography of 3D objects and paintings and for the museum’s conservation photography. Die Blendung Simsons und der Segen Jakobs' (2005/2006), 'Rembrandts landscapes' (2006, in collaboration with the Lakenhal, Leyden), 'Rembrandt-Bilder. Since 1992 he has been gradually shifting his practice exclusively to cultural heritage photography for museums and art institutions, such as the Kröller-Müller Museum, the Stedelijk Museum and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp. You’ll find the massive painting in the Gallery of Honour located in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.It is the first time since 1976 that the Rembrandt painting is being restored. The condition of the painting is constantly monitored. She coordinated the research project ‘Matthijs Maris at Work’, and the accompanying book publication. The multi-million-euro overhaul of the giant 1642 masterpiece, one of the world's most famous paintings, will also be streamed online so that "everyone in the world" can see. Using these and other methods, we will be able to form a very detailed picture of the painting – not only of the painted surface, but of each and every layer, from varnish to canvas. In 2016-2017 she was involved in the ‘Matthijs Maris at Work’ technical research project, and the accompanying book publication at the Rijksmuseum. He is, with Carola van Wijk, the author of the Instruction manual for 2d objects for the Rijksmuseum. Within the Night Watch project Lisette will be involved in the technical research and conservation treatment of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. The Night Watch is scanned successively by three different cameras. After shortly working at the Museum of the Tropics, he became a metals conservator at the Rijksmuseum in 1995. Amsterdam's famed Rijksmuseum will begin today the biggest ever restoration of Rembrandt's The Night Watch, erecting a huge glass cage around the painting so the public can see the work carried out live.. Taco Dibbits, General Director Rijksmuseum: The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings in the world. He has also contributed to a number of Rijksmuseum exhibition catalogs. With his skills as a semi-physicist, he has developed several tools to improve the photographic workflow. She has been involved in MA-XRF imaging of several paintings by Rembrandt including the Jewish Bride, the Syndics and Claudius Civilis and will be involved in the technical research and conservation treatment of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. She will be involved in the technical research of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. During and after her conservation studies she worked at the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), the Mauritshuis and in private practice. He has been a part-time Staff Photographer for the Rijksmuseum since 2005. All the Rembrandts of the Rijksmuseum (15 February to 10 June 2019) will bring together the Rijksmuseum’s entire collection of Rembrandt’s paintings, drawings and prints, for the first time in history. Step across the red cord, take captain Frans Banninck Cocq’s hand, zoom in and let yourself be carried away into the world of the Night Watch. Next to full conservation treatments and research on paintings, Lisette has gained (practical) experience with collections management and preventive conservation. Roelofs curated a variety of exhibitions, including ‘The Limbourg Brothers: Nijmegen Masters at the French Court’ (2005, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen), Hendrick Avercamp: Master of the Ice scene (2009, with the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC), Gabriel Metsu (2010, with the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin / NGA, Washington DC) and Rembrandt, Claudius Civilis (2014). Nienke Woltman graduated from the Paintings Conservation Masters Programme at the University of Amsterdam in 2012 and has been working as Junior Paintings Conservator at the Rijksmuseum since 2013. Since 2014 she has been working at the Rijksmuseum on different projects such as the development of the Paint Sample Database and a user-friendly system to gain color accurate photographs of cross-sections and the research and conservation of Rembrandt’s portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. de Carvalho-Heineken, PACCAR Foundation, Piet van der Slikke & Sandra Swelheim, American Express Foundation, Familie De Rooij, Het AutoBinck Fonds, Segula Technologies, Dina & Kjell Johnsen, Familie D. Ermia, Familie M. van Poecke, Bruker Nano Analytics, Henry M. Holterman Fonds, Irma Theodora Fonds, Luca Fonds, Piek-den Hartog Fonds, Stichting Zabawas, Cevat Fonds, Johanna Kast-Michel Fonds, Marjorie & Jeffrey A. Rosen, Stichting Thurkowfonds and the Night Watch Fund. A great deal of experience has been gained in the Rijksmuseum relating to the restoration of Rembrandt’s paintings. The Night Watch will be visible in the glass chamber during the entire project. Eighteen names appear on a shield, painted circa 1715, in the center-right background, as the hired drummer was added to the painting for free. The Rijksmuseum has launched the largest research and restoration project in its history on July 8, 2019: the restoration of The Night Watch. Giulia Sara de Vivo is a paintings conservator trained at the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro in Rome (2007) and at the Universita’ della Tuscia (2014). If you wish to order more than {{maxAmountOfArticles}} tickets, you have to make a group reservation. For Operation As part of the research team for Operation Night Watch, Francesca will be responsible for the visible (VIS) to near Infrared (NIR) imaging spectroscopy techniques. Rembrandt used a wide array of pigments for The Night Watch. The Night Watch has inspired artists and designers for centuries. Gregor J.M. Erma Hermens is Rijksmuseum Professor of Studio Practice and Technical Art History at the University of Amsterdam, Art History, Faculty of Humanities, and Senior Researcher in Technical Art History at the Rijksmuseum. Benefactors and partners of the Rijksmuseum In the frame work of the of the Late Rembrandt exhibition in 2015 she performed research into the painting technique of Rembrandt’s late works and contributed to the catalogue essay on the artist’s experimental technique. In the framework of Operation Night Watch he will work on different photographic techniques. He is currently involved in the scientific research of the Night Watch, where he is responsible for the scientific data infrastructure and computational imaging. Lisette has worked on special projects for the reopening of the Rijksmuseum in 2013, this included the stretching of two large scale wax-resin lined paintings, one being the largest free hanging painting in the Rijksmuseum: The Battle of Waterloo (J.W. The Night Watch was last restored in 1976 after a visitor vandalized it with a bread knife. In the framework of Operation Night Watch she will work on different photographic techniques. This will ensure that the painting can remain on display for museum visitors. The Night Watch is photographed in daylight. The Night Watch will be encased in a state-of-the-art clear glass chamber designed by the French architect Jean Michel Wilmotte. This was one of a series of seven similar paintings of the militiamen ( AkzoNobel is main partner of Operation Night Watch. In 2016-2018 she led the treatment of Rembrandt’s 1634 portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. Her research focuses mainly on the painting technique of Dutch 17th century artists, including Johannes Cornelis Verspronck and Pieter de Hooch. In the meantime, they added, the public will still have the opportunity to see Rembrandt's biggest masterpiece through the 28-feet-by-22-feet glass chamber, which will make the research work "more exciting. This detailed study is necessary to determine the best treatment plan, and will involve imaging techniques, high-resolution photography and highly advanced computer analysis. From 2012 to 2016, she was project leader of the NWO-sponsored ‘Science4Arts PAinT Project’ focusing on aspects of metal soaps and pigment-binder interactions. For example, the researchers may want to discover the reason for the white haze that can be seen in the picture surface here and there. The group portrait of the officers and other members of the militia company of District II, under the command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, now known as the Night Watch, is Rembrandt’s most ambitious painting. She was formerly Associate Professor in Technical Art History at the University of Glasgow, Scotland where she established an MA programme in Technical Art History. By Frances Romero Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. A total of 56 scans were made in order to produce various maps of the chemical elements. Night Watch Restoration Project: See it live online or in person. As part of the research team for Operation Night Watch, Laura has been investigating alternative varnish removal methods since 2018. In 2013 she joined the interdisciplinary research ‘From Isolation to Coherence: an Integrated Technical, Visual and Historical Study of 17th and 18th Century Dutch Painting Ensembles’. In 2014 Lisette participated in the research project ‘From Isolation to Coherence: an Integrated Technical, Visual and Historical Study of 17th and 18th Century Dutch Painting Ensembles’ at the Delft University of Technology and the Rijksmuseum. The Year of Rembrandt, 2019, marks the 350th anniversary of the artist’s death with two major exhibitions honouring the great master painter. She studied Art History at the University of Utrecht (1991-1996) and paintings conservation at the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL) in Maastricht (1998-2003). Operation Night Watch is the largest research and conservation project ever on 'the Night Watch'. Among other things this provides us with a mass of information about the pigments that Rembrandt used in the painting. Rembrandt's 17th century masterpiece "The Night Watch" begins restoration work on Monday in Amsterdam where visitors will be able to watch every step of the Rijksmuseum's biggest ever project. In the Rijksmuseum’s Fine Arts department, he primarily works as writer and editor-in-chief of a series of catalogs of 17th-century North Dutch paintings. Sorry, there aren’t any updates on the research phase yet. This led to the discovery that Rembrandt removed feathers from the helmets on the painting and that he used pigments containing poisonous arsenic. The results of the various studies are now last coming together and that means that a plan for the restoration can be drawn up. In addition, the cameras reveal the underlaying sketch layers or modifications. In 2012 he finished his PhD at Delft University of Technology combining Materials Science and Art History with the title: ‘Technical Studies of Renaissance Bronzes'. This will ensure that the painting can remain on display for museum visitors. A digital platform will allow viewers from all over the world to follow the entire process online continuing the Rijksmuseum innovation in the digital field. With a size of no less than 44.8 gigapixels you can zoom in so far that Rembrandt's paint strokes and even the pigment particles in the paint become visible. Since 2009 he is Head of Fine and Decorative Arts of the Rijkmuseum. Rembrandt's masterpiece The Night Watch is to stay on public display as part of the Rijksmuseum's biggest restoration project in its history. Operation Night Watch will be carried out over the coming years – in a glass chamber so the visiting public can follow its progress. In the framework of Operation Night Watch she will work on different photographic techniques. From this week, "The Night Watch," one of Dutch master Rembrandt's most famous paintings, will be painstakingly restored in front of what could be millions of onlookers. The Rijksmuseum continually monitors the condition of the Night Watch, and it has been discovered that changes are occurring, such as the blanching on the dog figure at the lower right of the painting. More information? Currently she works as project coordinator of the scientific research and conservation treatment of the Night Watch. In the framework of Operation Night Watch, Victor will carry out chemical imaging of the painting and synchrotron studies of pigments used by Rembrandt. Her expertise lies in aging and degradation studies of pigments and oil paintings at the micro- and molecular level, especially related to pigment-binding medium interactions. Part of Rembrandt’s masterpiece was scanned for Operation Night Watch. The project aims to go deep into the history of the "The Night Watch," investigating Rembrandt's technique and the impact of previous restorations, analyzing the canvas with the latest imaging technology, and eventually coming up with the best possible plan to preserve the artwork for future generations. She is currently involved in the technical art historical research of the Night Watch. The research team is made up of more than 20 Rijksmuseum scientists, conservators, curators and photographers. The current varnish layers on the Night Watch are not original but were applied during the restorations in the ‘70s and ‘90s. In 2013 she successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis ‘All that glitters is not gold. From 1994 to 2004, Weber served as curator of Italian painting at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, and from 2004 to 2009 as director of the Gemäldegalerie in Kassel. Read our cookie policy. Robert Erdmann is Senior Scientist at the Rijksmuseum and Full Professor in the Faculties of Science (Physics) and Humanities (Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage) at the University of Amsterdam, positions he has held since 2014. Carola van Wijk has been working as a staff photographer at the Rijksmuseum since 2007. The Rijksmuseum continuously monitors the condition of De Nachtwacht. It belongs to us all, and that is why we have decided to conduct the restoration within the museum itself – and everyone, wherever they are, will be able to follow the process online. As an expert in the material aspects of Rembrandt paintings she has (co-)published widely in conservation and scientific journals. Amsterdam museum begins live restoration of Rembrandt masterpiece. ". Henni is also involved in establishing guidelines for 2D digitization that serve as the standard for all photography in the museum. In total the robot has taken more than 8400 photos at an extremely high resolution of 5 microme-tres, or five thousandths of a millimetre. Help us to preserve The Night Watch for future generations. She graduated with a BA in chemistry (2009) and a MA in Physical Chemistry (2011) and a PhD in Chemical science applied to cultural heritage study (2015) at the University of Perugia and CNR-ISTM. Why touching art is so tempting -- and exciting. Verslype carried out technical research of the Rembrandt paintings of the Rijksmuseum for the second collection catalogue of Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The restorers, data experts and art historians at the Rijksmuseum call it Operation Night Watch. It had to be restored again in 1976, after a man edited the painting a year earlier with a knife. A total of 34 characters appear in the painting. The Rijksmuseum invites members of the public to watch the entire process at the museum and online. The architect of the Rijksmuseum building Pierre Cuypers (1827-1921) even created a dedicated gallery of honour for the Night Watch, and it is now admired there by more than 2.2 million people annually. Each scan will take 24 hours and 56 scans will be required to cover the entire canvas. Laura Raven is a Junior Paintings Conservator who graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a BA in Art History (2011), and a MSc (2013) and Professional Doctorate (2016) in Conservation and Restoration of Paintings. The large-scale 12.5 by … Susan Smelt is a paintings conservator who holds a BA and MA in Art History (University of Groningen) and a Professional Doctorate in Conservation and Restoration of Paintings (2012, University of Amsterdam). Minuscule samples of paint are taken in order to answer several questions about The Night Watch. Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has placed Rembrandt’s baroque masterpiece The Night Watch (1642) on public display as the museum begins an extensive restoration. With the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the City of Amsterdam, Founder Philips and main sponsors BankGiro Lottery, ING and KPN every year more than 2 million people visit the Rijksmuseum and The Night Watch. One reflects on the research into the identification of the guardsmen in Rembrandt’s Night Watch and the other on a suggestion for a new interpretation of its original location. 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