• 02-02-2024
  • RCE, Smallepad 5, Amersfoort + online
Network meeting

The Picture Meeting is a platform to discuss topics and burning questions regarding the conservation and research of painted objects.

The next Picture Meeting will be a hybrid meeting, so it will be possible to attend in Amersfoort or online. 

Admission to this event is free after online registration. There is space for a maximum of 100 participants at the location in Amersfoort. You can follow the meeting online if you are unable to travel to Amersfoort.

Program

Tijd

Onderwerp

09.00

Walk-in

09.30

Welcome and introduction
Klaas Jan van den Berg (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed)

09.40

Hold your Horses; another Boar-ing presentation about Paulus Potter and the Stier
Jolijn Schilder and Abbie Vandivere (Mauritshuis)

10.10

New light on Maarten van Heemskerck’s Saint Luke painting the Madonna 
Mireille te Marvelde and Jessica Roeders (Frans Hals Museum)

10.40

Coffee/tea break

11.10

The Crucifixion of the master of the Lamentation of Christ in Lindau macro- and microscopically
Luc Megens (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed)

11.40

The Triptych of the Madonna with Saints (c.1410) in the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum - examination and decisions
Eva van Zuien (freelance/Museum Boijmans van Beuningen)

12.10

MOXY project (Green atmospheric plasma-generated atomic oxygen technology for restoration of works of art)
Catarina Pires (University of Amsterdam)

12.30

Lunch

13.30

Poplars near Nuenen by Van Gogh (provisional title)
Erika Smeenk-Metz (freelance/Museum Boijmans van Beuningen)

14.00

Examination and treatment of cadmium yellow paint in a neoplastic painting by Piet Mondrian
Laura Kolkena (Kunstmuseum Den Haag)

14.30

1) The long industrial road to synthetic indigo;
2) Let´s talk about YInTiCo red, a new pigment made from rare elements
Matthijs de Keijzer (independent)

15.00

Coffee/tea break

15.30

Tears covered by paint – understanding the current state of a painting by Eugène Leroy
Chiara Schweizer (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam)

16.00

Aspergillus, Alternaria and Penicillium – treatment of Fungal Infestation in a Plaster Casts Collection
Lydia Beerkens (Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg)

16.30

Drinks and nibbles