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conservation history of the portrait

An exciting lecture about conservation history and the search for the artist.   ABOUT THE PORTRAIT OF GRATIA SUSANNA TJARDA VAN STARKENBORGH BORN CLANt Marjan de Visser and Marya Albrecht look for the conservation history of the portrait. They are

historic wallpaper

Handpainted Historical Wallpaper

There is a house in Holland… There is a house in Loenen aan de Vecht. One of the rooms is decorated with handpainted historical wallpaper. This historical wallpaper is not painted on paper but on linen. Flowers grow on a

cleaning painted surfaces

The Workshop of Paolo Cremonesi

Materials and Methods for Surface Cleaning and Removal of Film-Forming Materials. In the Workshop Paolo Cremonesi dots the i and crosses the t, ‘Materials and methods for surface cleaning and the removal of film-forming materials’’. This three-day workshop on surface

Jannes de Vries
cleaning painted surfaces

The last supper – Jannes de Vries

The Last Supper – Jannes de Vries was commissioned to paint for the church in Vries. Years ago, the  Protestants congregation in Vries were donated two paintings by a churchgoer. They were painted by Jannes de Vries, a triptych with

restoration

Restoration ★ Werkman cabinet ★

Restoration ★ Werkman cabinet ★ The letters around De Blauwe Schuit part 2 lays the foundation for the restaruration of the 12 religious paintings on Werkman cabinet.  In my page ★ panels of Werkman in Hindelooper cabinet ★ heb ik meer have

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Experience Restoration Internship Joanna Pietrzyk

Experience Restoration Internship Joanna Pietrzyk 2019 Restoration-internship in Restauratieatelier Marjan de Visser. One of the key experiences recommended during your time as an undergraduate is doing an restoration internship. Student time is time to deciding for the future and without

internship stagiaire
internship

Internship experience

Internship experience by Eden Victoria Christian Eden Internship experience Painting Conservation student at Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials, Melbourne – Australia Internship for 3 weeks in 2017 As part of my master’s degree in paintings conservation I found myself looking for a practical

salomo mesdach in de tentoonstelling 'dit is zeeland' in het Zeeuws museum in Middelburg
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Salomon Mesdach

 THIS IS ZEELAND –  Salomon Mesdach   Salomon Mesdach   Mesdach painted this family portrait in 1612. At that time he worked in Middelburg, but he is actually a painter from Antwerp. The Van Vlierden family portrayed is also originally from Antwerp

gamblin colors retouching paint for conservation
gamblin colors

Gamblin Colors retouching paint

Gamblin Colors voor retouching paintings Gamblin Colors retouching paint for painting conservation was developed by Robert Gamblin with the aid of conservation specialist. Among others my former teachers Jill Whitten and René de La Rie. Using a urea-aldehyde resin as medium

modern art

tear mending

Tear mending modern acrylic painting on cotton A large scale modern acrylic painting of 300 x 300 cm. The textile has a deformed weave, stretchen vessels, paint losses and blue pen on the paint layer. tear mendig setup and tests

conservation tools

XRF in painting conservation

XRF in painting conservation The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), the Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) and Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL) presented a jointly organised X ray fluorescente ( XRF ) Boot Camp for conservators of

retouching

Workshop MASTERING FILLS-INPAINTING

Announcement: Workshop MASTERING FILLS-INPAINTING Workshop Master Fillings-Inpainting by James Bernstein, April 2016, organised by SRAL Workshop Mastering fils-inpainting, taking place in April four and a half day 18-22. Reading the programme and the reviews on James website, I got very

workshop on new methods for cleaning by Richard Wolbers

In 2012 Richard Wolbers was back in Europe travelling for 6 weeks to several countries, UK, France as well as the Netherlands where he is giving right now his famous lectures on ‘New Methods of Cleaning (painted) Surfaces. The restorers

Experimenting with Mist-lining for lining damage

Experimenting with Mist-lining Maggie and Marjan were experimenting with mist-lining. They tested an alternative for lining damaged canvases which is called “Mist-lining”. This picture shows our low-pressure vacuum set-up. We tested different types of damaged and prepared textiles (colored strips

conservation tools

Der Trecker (THE PULLER)

Der Trecker (THE PULLER) developed by W. Heiber ´Der Trecker´ developed by W. Heiber, was introduced to me by Ulrike Fischer researcher at the Doerner institute Munchen during the workshop TEAR BONDING given at the SRAL (Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg)

filling and retouching

SRAL Filling & Retouching Maastricht

SRAL Filling & Retouching, 23rd May 2011 Maastricht Maggie and Marjan spend a perfect day at SRAL Filling & Retouching Maastricht symposium organised by Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL). Kate Seymour gave a splendid lecture on fillings. The SRAL developed a very flexible and