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Rembrandt used lead-based impregnation for Night Watch canvas New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer.

New NICAS call published on NWO website The new edition of the NICAS call for proposals "An Integrated Approach to the Scientific Study and Conservation of Art" has now been published by NWO.

Save The Date: 20 November Match Day 2023 Op 20 november 2023 organiseert het NICAS Match Day. Op deze dag kunnen (beginnende) (museum)onderzoekers en fondsen elkaar ontmoeten rondom erfgoedonderzoek.

NICAS joins research project on mummy portraits The Netherlands Institute for Conservation+Art+Science+ joins the research project Face to Face: The People Behind the ...

Visit by Minister Dijkgraaf and State Secretary Uslu On Wednesday 14 December, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science and State Secretary for Culture and Media visited NICAS.

Events

NICAS Colloquium Online

NICAS Colloquium with Liselore Tissen (TU Delft and Leiden University) and Catarina Rocha Pires (UVA)

NICAS Project Day

The NICAS Project Day is an afternoon filled with presentations and discussions on conservation, art and science. This year’s edition takes place at the TU Delft.

NICAS Colloquium Online

The presenters are Alessia di Benedetto (TU Delft / Politecnico Milano) and Luís Manuel de Almeida Nieto (TU Delft).

The chair is Edwin Buijsen.