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. She worked closely together with responsible authors and curators for various publications. 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. 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. Robert van Langh is head of the Department of Conservation & Science at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a position he has held since 2006. In the framework of Operation Night Watch she will work on different photographic techniques. The condition of the painting is constantly monitored. The sculpture gallery behind the Night Watch Gallery will be closed during Operation Night Watch. During this time he developed the metals conservation training program now being taught at the University of Amsterdam. This was one of a series of seven similar paintings of the militiamen ( 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. Her research focuses mainly on the painting technique of Dutch 17th century artists, including Johannes Cornelis Verspronck and Pieter de Hooch. She is currently involved in the technical art historical research of the Night Watch. Rembrandt expert Jonathan Bikker answers this and various other questions in this publication. Operation Night Watch is the largest research and conservation project ever on 'the Night Watch'. Big, bigger, bigger! Rembrandt van Rijn, The Night Watch (Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq), 1642. The actual restoration is expected to start early next year - a few months later than planned as the coronavirus delayed the studies. Taco Dibbits, General Director Rijksmuseum: The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings in the world. Last restored in 1975 following a knife attack, the restoration of The Night Watch is expected to take years. The Night Watch (1642) is one of the most famous paintings in the world - but why? For Operation Night Watch she will be responsible for the conservation treatment of the painting. The Night Watch will be encased in a state-of-the-art clear glass chamber designed by the French architect Jean Michel Wilmotte. Victor Gonzalez is junior scientist in the Science Department at the Rijksmuseum where he is involved in the scientific analysis of the materials and techniques of old master paintings, with a focus on historic inorganic pigments. Operation Night Watch will be carried out over the coming years – in a glass chamber so the visiting public can follow its progress. In addition to this he gives courses on digitization and the evaluation of scans to new co-workers at the National Archive. In the webshop of the Rijksmuseum you will find the greatest gift items with this incomparable masterpiece. Rembrandt was paid 1,600 guilders for the painting (each person paid one hundred), a large sum at the time. His PhD (1987) concerned art theory of the Dutch 17th century. Since 2019 Lisette is involved as an active participant in several grant projects within the Getty Foundation’s Conserving Canvas Initiative, which aims to pass on and expand knowledge and practical skills for the structural treatment of canvas paintings. 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. 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. 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. To start, the huge painting -- measuring 12.5 feet by 15 feet and weighing 740 pounds -- will be unframed and placed in a rig with two platform lifts that will allow researchers to reach across its surface. The Night Watch belongs to the city of Amsterdam, and it been the highlight of the Rijksmuseum collection since 1808. 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. The scan can reveal the different crystalline structures of pigments at an atomic level. 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. In addition, more than 12,000 high-resolution photographs will be taken from a distance of up to 5 micrometers (a thousandth of a millimeter), revealing never before seen details in the pigments. The most famous work of Rembrandt, the Night Watch, will get a grand restoration starting July 2019. What has already happened? Lisette Vos is a paintings conservator at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. 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. Gregor J.M. More information? When His current work focuses on applying data science and microstructural analysis to collect, process, and visualize massive multimodal datasets for art objects. The results of the various studies are now last coming together and that means that a plan for the restoration can be drawn up. The Night Watch The research team is made up of more than 20 Rijksmuseum scientists, conservators, curators and photographers. The Night Watch, a group portrait of Amsterdam’s civic guard in motion, has been exhibited as its main attraction since 1808. Many of the previously applied varnishes consist of a natural resin that ages and yellows over time. Her current research activities include the application of non-invasive imaging techniques for the study of late Rembrandt paintings. Rembrandt's Night Watch. You wish to order {{totalArticles}} tickets. This will ensure that the painting can remain on display for museum visitors. Would you like to help pass on The Night Watch to future generations? It is more than 40 years since the Night Watch underwent its last major restoration, following an attack on the painting in 1975. Since 2015 Robert also serves as chair of NICAS (Netherlands Institute of Conservation, Art and Science), an innovative multidisciplinary research centre housed in the Rijksmuseum Conservation building, uniting art history, conservation and the exact sciences. Robert is project leader of the scientific research and conservation treatment of the Night Watch. By Frances Romero Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. If you wish to order more than {{maxAmountOfArticles}} tickets, you have to make a group reservation. Die Blendung Simsons und der Segen Jakobs' (2005/2006), 'Rembrandts landscapes' (2006, in collaboration with the Lakenhal, Leyden), 'Rembrandt-Bilder. The Rijksmuseum continuously monitors the condition of De Nachtwacht. Within the Night Watch project Lisette will be involved in the technical research and conservation treatment of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. She was also main researcher of the ‘REVISRembrandt Project’ about the development and application of new chemical imaging techniques to Rembrandt’s late painting technique. During the last two years of her conservation studies she interned at Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), the Rijksmuseum and the Lunder Conservation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC, US. This detailed study is necessary to determine the best treatment plan, and will involve imaging techniques, high-resolution photography and highly advanced computer analysis. Currently, he is part of the steering group of Operation Night Watch and is involved in the art historical research of the Night Watch. This led to the discovery that Rembrandt removed feathers from the helmets on the painting and that he used pigments containing poisonous arsenic. Roeloefs is currently involved in the art historical research of the Night Watch and is part of the Night Watch advisory committee. The Night Watch is scanned successively by three different cameras. He is the author of ‘Marten and Oopjen: two monumental portraits by Rembrandt’ (2016) and ‘Rembrandt: Biography of a Rebel’ (2019). He is, with Carola van Wijk, the author of the Instruction manual for 2d objects for the Rijksmuseum. Prior to that, he studied applied Physics for two years at the University of Twente. For Operation Night Watch, Katrien will be responsible for the scientific research and paint sample analyses. He worked as a lecturer at various institutions, including the University of Bamberg, which appointed him 'honorary professor' in 2005. Next to full conservation treatments and research on paintings, Lisette has gained (practical) experience with collections management and preventive conservation. He studied Art History at McMaster University and Queen’s University in Canada. He organised various exhibitions on 16th to 18th century paintings, including four exhibitions on Rembrandt - in Kassel 'Rembrandt im Kontrast. Rik Klein Gotink studied at the Institute of the Arts (ARTEZ) Enschede. Pieter Roelofs is curator of 17th century Dutch painting at the Rijksmuseum since 2006. 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 Night Watch" has a troubled history. It is more than 40 years since the Night Watch underwent its last major restoration, following an attack on the painting in 1975. From 2016 to 2018 she led the scientific research in support of the treatment of Rembrandt’s portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. She trained as a chemist (MSc, UvA) and a paintings conservator (SRAL), before she specialized in the materials analysis and ageing and deterioration processes of old master paintings. Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has placed Rembrandt’s baroque masterpiece The Night Watch (1642) on public display as the museum begins an extensive restoration. 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. "The Night Watch" -- the official title of which is the less catchy "Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq" -- depicts one of Amsterdam's civil guard companies and was commissioned by its leader, Frans Banninck Cocq, who was also the city's mayor. Painted over several years, The Night Watch was commissioned as a group portrait of an Amsterdam city militia and broke new ground by showing its subjects in action rather than as a static portrait. The first time was in 1947, where 63 holes and cracks were noted and repaired. She has been working in the Rijksmuseum since April 2015 focusing on technical research and non-destructive analytical techniques. Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has begun historic restoration work on Rembrandt's 17th-century masterpiece "The Night Watch." She coordinated the research project ‘Matthijs Maris at Work’, and the accompanying book publication. 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. Our website uses cookies. The Night Watch is photographed in daylight. In 2016 she co-wrote an article in the ‘Burlington Magazine’ with Jan Piet Filedt Kok on the conservation history of the Night Watch. Carola is one of the initiators of the Manual photographing 3D objects for the Rijksmuseum that was published during 2and3D Photography conference, Amsterdam (2017). Since 2009 he is Head of Fine and Decorative Arts of the Rijkmuseum. Rijksmuseum visitors will be invited to watch the restoration of The Night Watch, Rembrandt’s most celebrated masterpiece next year. The painting was commissioned around 1639 by Captain Banninck Cocq and seventeen members of his Kloveniers (civic militia guards). The research team working on the Night Watch is made up of researchers, conservators and restorers from the Rijksmuseum, which will conduct this research in close collaboration with museums and universities in the Netherlands and abroad. 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. Die historische Sammlung der Kasseler Gemäldegalerie' (2006) and in Amsterdam 'Late Rembrandt' (2015, with Jonathan Bikker in collaboration with the National Gallery, London). Currently she works as project coordinator of the scientific research and conservation treatment of the Night Watch. He is currently involved in the art historical research of the 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. As an expert in the material aspects of Rembrandt paintings she has (co-)published widely in conservation and scientific journals. 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. As conservator she worked on numerous paintings from the 17th to the 19th century, from Van Goyen to Van Gogh. Henni is also involved in establishing guidelines for 2D digitization that serve as the standard for all photography in the museum. Carola van Wijk has been working as a staff photographer at the Rijksmuseum since 2007. Rembrandt's masterpiece The Night Watch is to stay on public display as part of the Rijksmuseum's biggest restoration project in its history. 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. Benefactors and partners of the Rijksmuseum 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). We have the largest and most detailed image ever made of a work of art. Amsterdam museum begins live restoration of Rembrandt masterpiece. The researchers will try to explore and unravel mysteries that … Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has begun work on a major new restoration project. AMSTERDAM — The Rijksmuseum announced on Tuesday that it will restore Rembrandt’s “ Night Watch,” a monumental group portrait that holds pride … Petria Noble is Head of Paintings Conservation at the Rijksmuseum. Carola is, with Henni van Beek, the author of the instruction manual for the photography of 2D objects. Annelies van Loon is Paintings research scientist at the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis. From 2016 to 2018 she was a postdoctoral researcher in imaging science at National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, USA, where she learnt and developed reflectance imaging techniques applied to the study of many art objects. The current varnish layers on the Night Watch are not original but were applied during the restorations in the ‘70s and ‘90s. Why touching art is so tempting -- and exciting. Henni van Beek, has been working as photographer for the project ‘Printroom Online’ at the Rijksmuseum since 2007. Part of Rembrandt’s masterpiece was scanned for Operation Night Watch. He gives advice about technical specifications when outsourcing diverse projects and how to maintain quality standards throughout the process. The large-scale 12.5 by … Prior to joining the Rijksmuseum in 2014, she worked for 18 years at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, where she treated numerous paintings by Rembrandt. This 1642 commission by members of Amsterdam’s civic guard is Rembrandt’s first and only painting of a militia group. 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. The varnish was removed in the 1940s, revealing a much brighter composition, but the name stuck. For Operation Night Watch she is responsible for the macro-XRF scanning of the painting. Rembrandt used a wide array of pigments for The Night Watch. First, separate photos were taken, which were subsequently digitally assembled to form a single image. 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. The Year of Rembrandt, 2019, marks the 350th anniversary of the artist’s death with two major exhibitions honouring the great master painter. The painting was slashed again In 1975, this time by an unemployed schoolteacher with a history of mental illness. In 2012-15 she was employed by the Vatican Museums, before that she had worked on the Omayyad paintings of UNESCO World Heritage site Qusayr Amra (Kingdom of Jordan, 2012) and held a private practice in conservation. Having been trained as a gold- and silversmith, Robert was subsequently trained as a conservator at the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp. The technique employed can identify different pigments very precisely on the evidence of their crystalline structure. Weber studied art history at universities in Cologne, Aachen and Utrecht. Francesca Gabrieli is a junior scientist in the Science department at the Rijksmuseum. Paintings are often varnished with a transparent varnish layer to saturate and protect the paint layers. Operation Night Watch is made possible by The Bennink Foundation, C.L. Its nickname derives from the fact that the many layers of varnish applied to the painting over the centuries darkened it to the point that it seemed to depict a night scene. In October 2018, the Nightwatch becomes breaking news in both the Dutch and international media: the Rijksmuseum announces a large-scale research project and subsequent restoration of the Nightwatch. She will be involved in the technical research of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. Among the exhibition projects he was involved in are ‘Asia > Amsterdam’ (2015, with Peabody Essex Museum, Salem) and ‘Hercules Segers’ (2016, with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). She is responsible for the photography of 3D objects and paintings and for the museum’s conservation photography. Read our cookie policy. 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. In 2008, she received a PhD in chemistry from FOM Institute AMOLF/ UvA on the topic of ‘Color changes and chemical reactivity in seventeenth-century oil paintings’. The 3D scan is one of the last steps in the preparations for the Night Watch restoration. Ige Verslype studied Art History at the University of Utrecht and was trained as a paintings conservator at the Limburg Conservation Institute (SRAL), Maastricht. Following a postgraduate internship at the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge (MA), she has been working as a paintings conservator at the Rijksmuseum since 2004. She studied Art History and conservation at New York University (USA). She has published and lectured widely in this field and (co)organized many conferences. Night Watch Restoration Project: See it live online or in person. AkzoNobel is main partner of Operation Night Watch. During and after her conservation studies she worked at the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), the Mauritshuis and in private practice. Some of them are examined more in depth here. 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. In 2016, two Rembrandt portraits were, The research phase will take almost a year, a representative of the Rijksmuseum team confirmed via email, and only then a final restoration plan will be presented. Two Raphael paintings unearthed at the Vatican after 500 years. Before focusing on cultural heritage, he worked on multiscale computational materials science, image processing, and machine learning for design of novel materials and material processing. 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. It hangs in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, which has planned the restoration in … Help us to preserve The Night Watch for future generations. Prior to this, he held a one-year postdoctoral position at TU Delft, after obtaining a PhD in Chemistry from the Sorbonne-UPMC University and the Center for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France in Paris (C2RMF). A cookie is a small text file which will be saved on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. 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. Since 2007 she has been working as a paintings conservator at the Rijksmuseum. In 1715, when it was removed from its original location, it was trimmed on all sides to make it fit between two columns in its new home, at the Amsterdam Town Hall, cutting off a portion of Rembrandt's original work and losing two figures. She also holds an appointment as Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). It will then be scanned millimeter by millimeter using X-rays, which will result in a map of the exact chemical elements that it is made of, laying Rembrandt's painting process bare. 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. 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. The depiction of gold-brocaded velvets in fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century Netherlandish paintings’. ED OUDENAARDEN / AFP / Getty. Nienke conducted full restoration treatments and technical research on paintings by Colijn de Coter, Jan van Goyen, Aert de Gelder, George Hendrik Breitner and Fernand Khnopff. Because the painting has never been sold, it's hard to put a value on it and it is considered priceless. Van Heel has published two articles in the Rijksmuseum Bulletin in 2009. Operation Night Watch would not be possible without our benefactors and partners. It was left with several cuts up to 12 inches long, leading to the last major restoration work. They may also want to see how the paint layers are built up, or whether the paint has altered in the course of time, and if so, how. 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. She has worked on several paintings by Rembrandt's pupils and studio and will be involved in the technical research and treatment of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. This will ensure that the painting can remain on display for museum visitors. A great deal of experience has been gained in the Rijksmuseum relating to the restoration of Rembrandt’s paintings. The first research part of Operation Night Watch has been a succes. In addition, the cameras reveal the underlaying sketch layers or modifications. All three can detect a different band of the electromagnetic spectrum. Among other things this provides us with a mass of information about the pigments that Rembrandt used in the painting. 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). Katrien Keune has a PhD in chemistry and is head of Science at the Rijksmuseum. He has also contributed to a number of Rijksmuseum exhibition catalogs. 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. He is currently involved in the scientific research of the Night Watch, where he is responsible for the scientific data infrastructure and computational imaging. Last year saw the completion of the restoration of Rembrandt’s spectacular portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. 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). The second exhibition, Rembrandt-Velázquez (11 October 2019 to 19 January 2020), will put the master in international context by placing 17th-century Spanish and Dutch masterpieces in dialogue with each another. 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. She is responsible for managing, assessing and performing conservation work on paintings going on loan. The Night Watch was last restored in 1976 after a visitor vandalized it with a bread knife. The Night Watch has inspired artists and designers for centuries. In 2013 she successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis ‘All that glitters is not gold. 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. In 2016-2017 she was involved in the ‘Matthijs Maris at Work’ technical research project, and the accompanying book publication at the Rijksmuseum. The wall-sized masterpiece "The Night Watch" showcases a group of 17th-century militiamen in dramatic light. 2019, The Year of Rembrandt In 1911 it was attacked with a knife by a visitor who wanted to protest the fact that he was unemployed. In 1990, a man sprayed acid on it from a concealed bottle, damaging the varnish. Sorry, there aren’t any updates on the research phase yet. That enables the researchers to distinguish between the various pigments. His academic publications take a broad approach and address the art theory, iconography and stylistic analyses of art originating from the areas to the north and south of the Alps. Commissioned in 1642 by the mayor and leader of the civic guard of Amsterdam, Frans Banninck Cocq, to create a group portrait of his shooting company, the Night Watch is recognised as one of the most important works of art in the world today and hangs in the specially designed “Gallery of Honour” at the Rijksmuseum. 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. The restorers, data experts and art historians at the Rijksmuseum call it Operation Night Watch. To gain a better understanding of its condition as a whole, the decision has been taken to conduct a thorough examination. The Night Watch will be encased in a state-of-the-art clear glass chamber designed by the French architect Jean Michel Wilmotte. In the framework of Operation Night Watch he will work on different photographic techniques. As part of the research team for Operation Night Watch, Laura has been investigating alternative varnish removal methods since 2018. Minuscule samples of paint are taken in order to answer several questions about The Night Watch. 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