A statistical model of the motion of pastels under vibration (Poster)

Fragile! handle with care! The effects of vibrations on pastels in transport (poster)

Jean-Etienne Liotard und Karoline Luise von Baden: Eine Geschichte der Pastelle

Das Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam beherbergt nach dem Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Genf die zweitgrößte Sammlung von Pastellgemälden von Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789). Im Hinblick auf die Wiedereröffnung des Museums 2013 wurde im Jahr 2007 ein großes Restaurierungs- und Forschungsprojekt zu den Pastellen initiiert. Die 23 Werke Liotards wurden aus...

Liotard's pastels: Techniques of an 18th-century pastellist

In 2007 the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam initiated a conservation and research project on framed pastels by the Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard. For the first time, 21 pastels were unframed and available for documentation, examination and technological analysis. In order to reconstruct both his workshop practice and his palette, materials used by...

When Conservation Meets Engineering: Predicting the Damaging Effects of Vibrations on Pastel Paintings

Pastel paintings are one of the most fragile types of objects of art. When handling loan requests, conservators lack scientific data to assess the risk for damage in transport, and thus for making decisions whether they can be transported. A research project was initiated in 2014 to investigate the effect of vibrations on the condition of pastel...