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Vandivere, Abbie (author), van Loon, A. (author), Dore-Callewaert, T.W.J. (author), Haswell, Ralph (author), Proaño Gaibor, Art Ness (author), van Keulen, Henk (author), Leonhardt, Emilien (author), Dik, J. (author)The background of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665, Mauritshuis) has, until recently, been interpreted as a flat dark space. The painting was examined in 2018 as part of the research project The Girl in the Spotlight using a combination of micro- and macro-scale analytical techniques. The stratigraphy of the background was...journal article 2019
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Elkhuizen, W.S. (author), Dore-Callewaert, T.W.J. (author), Leonhardt, Emilien (author), Vandivere, Abbie (author), Song, Y. (author), Pont, S.C. (author), Geraedts, Jo M.P. (author), Dik, J. (author)A seventeenth-century canvas painting is usually comprised of varnish and (translucent) paint layers on a substrate. A viewer’s perception of a work of art can be affected by changes in and damages to these layers. Crack formation in the multi-layered stratigraphy of the painting is visible in the surface topology. Furthermore, the impact of...journal article 2019
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van Driel, B.A. (author), Wezendonk, T.A. (author), van den Berg, K. J. (author), Kooyman, P.J. (author), Gascon, Jorge (author), Dik, J. (author)Titanium white (TiO<sub>2</sub>) has been widely used as a pigment in the 20th century. However, its most photocatalytic form (anatase) can cause severe degradation of the oil paint in which it is contained. UV light initiates TiO<sub>2</sub>-photocatalyzed processes in the paint film, degrading the oil binder into volatile components...journal article 2017