INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INTO ARTISTS’ MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE
ANNUAL REPORT JANUARY – DECEMBER 2014
CATS Centre for Art Technological Studies and Conservation
The establishment of the first Danish cultural heritage research infrastructure, Centre for Art Technological Studies and Conservation (CATS), in 2011 became a reality thanks to a considerable donation from the VILLUM FOUNDATION and the VELUX FOUNDATION.
The centre is a strategic research partnership between three Copenhagen based research institutions Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) The National Museum of Denmark (NMD) The School of Conservation at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (SoC)
The cornerstone of CATS is technical art history, which is an interdisciplinary field of research between conservators, natural scientists and scholars from art historical and cultural studies. Technical art history investigates the making and meaning of art works, painting techniques and artists’ materials.
A main objective of the research centre is to develop new and more exact methods to diagnose, treat and preserve our art historical heritage. The exploration of artistic practices is aimed at shedding light on the complex and fascinating cartography of ageing processes within works of art – to contribute to and advance the field of technical art history.
Contact CATS Website: www.cats-cons.dk E-mail: [email protected]
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Contents
Introduction ...... 4 Results 2014 ...... 5 WP1 Establishment of lab facilities at SMK ...... 10 WP2 Materials in Dutch and Danish 17th century painting ...... 11 WP3 Nicolai Abildgaard and 18th century painting techniques ...... 12 WP4 19th century painting techniques and materials with a focus on Danish Golden Age painting ...... 14 WP5 Works on paper and watermark research ...... 16 WP6 Establishing a CATS Reference Collection Database & digital documentation ...... 17 WP7 Dissemination ...... 20 Appendix 2 CATS Partners and staff ...... 26 Appendix 3 CATS Dissemination list ...... 28 Appendix 4 Press coverage ...... 32 Appendix 5 Financial contribution to CATS ...... 33
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Introduction
By Director of CATS, Prof. Dr. Jørgen Wadum
The establishment of the first Danish research infrastructure with the aim to analyse artworks and related objects was a reality when the Centre for Art Technological Studies and Conservation (CATS) was realised in 2011. The current CATS Annual Report is therefore the third of its kind and covers the year 2014.
The purpose of CATS was to perform state of the art in-depth scientific research in order to explore the material nature of works of art and comparable objects in museums with which CATS collaborate. The number of activities has undergone a steep upwards curve both in respect to internal conservation- restoration related requests but also from external stakeholders.
The interdisciplinary research collaboration between SMK, NMD and SoC, the three longstanding and individual institutions with their own idiosyncratic cultures, has been ambitious but nonetheless achieved. The national and international outreach has been significant, and a potential international leadership role is being indicated by a number of factors, some accidental others orchestrated by CATS ambitions.
During a meeting with four of the CATS International Advisors in December 2014 we were pleased to learn that they all highlighted how successful CATS has been in branding itself within the international heritage sector. Wherever conservation or heritage scientist gather CATS was either present with papers, posters or just on the lips of attendees as a successful and serious conservation science infrastructure.
A significant example of the international trust in CATS was the invitation to become a full member of IPERION_CH (Integrated Platform for the European Research Infrastructure ON Culture Heritage). This Research Infrastructure (RI) has the ambition to operate as the successor of the EU-funded CHARISMA project that finished its work in spring 2014.
CATS will therefore as part of the RI of IPERION_CH (provided funding) participate in the establishment of a unique pan-European research infrastructure in Heritage Science by integrating national world-class facilities at research centres, universities and museums. This consortium includes DARIAH, the European Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities, which also aims to enhance and support digitally- enabled research and teaching across the humanities and arts.
The centre will continue advocacy in this direction and will continuously contribute to the understanding of the physical properties and behaviour of the substance of artworks as well as the materials with which they are treated. CATS in this way assists in the generation and evaluation of conservation programmes, taking a role in the development of new treatment methods and complementing the application of existing ones in order to design strategies for the long-term preservation and stability of these materially complex objects.
Jørgen Wadum
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Results 2014
Concluded, ongoing and future activities and projects
From the outset the curiosity was arisen of what the potential of this streamlined consortium could achieve compared to the achievements of the past rather independent and scattered research labs. Numerous institutions and individuals have therefore been approaching CATS with requests for advice, analysis and collaboration. This has indeed been very diverse from private individuals to requests for the engagement in larger national or international research projects.
Analytical services to other institutions have been following mainly two directions: analysis for the purpose of assisting in answering questions relating to materials use and issues of degradation. This kind of research was carried out for Skagen Museum (defects in a limited number of Krøyer’s works), Frederiksberg Castle (the use of Prussian blue by H. Krock), and the identification of an early use (maybe the earliest in Denmark?) of silicate binders in the murals of Thorvaldsens Museum.
Questions of authenticity have also been a concern for museums and private customers. Private owners and companies have benefited from material characterisations that helped establish relevant time-frames for their employment and thus the attributions of several important artworks. Comprising conservation scientists, conservators, and curatorial personnel, the scientific staffs of CATS thus have investigated questions of authenticity and attribution of paintings ascribed to artists such as Rembrandt, Canaletto and Sisley.
Conferences CATS participated as advisor and with a lecture to the international conference Authentication in Art (AiA) in The Hague.
Fig. 1: Front page of the AiA homepage listing partners to the conference in The Hague, May 2014. . The AiA conference produced a number of guidelines intended as a guide for information purposes only and do not replace or remove personal due diligence and/or liability (http://www.authenticationinart.org/).
The CATS Scholar in Residence Dr. Aoife Daly, has successfully developed a technique to perform non- invasive dendrochronological analysis of panel paintings and altars. Her results were presented in March 2014 in Stockholm at the Konferens om arkeologiska metoder. The paper was titled ‘Non-invasive dendrochronology – success and limitations’, and the results have stunned our collaborators and her method will be of significant importance in the collaborative project After the Black Death: Painting and Polychrome Sculpture in Norway, 1350-1550 (ABD).
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Fig. 2: Macro view of plank 1 from the a painting attributed to the Lucas Cranach workshop or follower of Cranach, c. 1560. St. Nikolaj Church, Vejle. The bevelled plank edge allows a clear view of the oak anatomy permitting reliable measurement of the tree-rings (The markings in blue are made on the photograph, not on the panel, prior to measurement).
The third CATS international conference took place at Frederiksberg Palace, Copenhagen 2-3 June 2014, with the theme Technology & Practice: Studying 18th-Century Paintings & Art on Paper. The conference was organised by CATS in collaboration with Metropolia University of Applied Science (Helsinki), Nationalmuseum (Stockholm) and the University of Oslo, and drew over a 100 participants from the field.
Fig. 3: View of the delegates attending the CATS June 2014 conference on 18th century techniques at the conference center of Frederiksberg Palace.
The two-day Technical Art History conference, held at Frederiksberg Palace courtesy of the Palace, and was focusing on artists’ techniques and materials, source research, conservation science, the history of science and technology, history of trade, and pharmacy during the 18th century and explore tradition and changes in artistic practices seen in the light of the establishment of a series of national Art Academies in Europe throughout the century. The program comprised 18 papers delivered after an opening key-note by SMK director Mikkel Bogh and a key-note on day two by professor Andreas Burmester, director of the Doerner Institute, Munich.
The oral conference presentations will after peer review by an international team of experts in the field and under the management of Mette Kokkenborg, CATS research coordinator, be further processed by expert editorial guidance by Kimberly H. Muir, Assistant Research Conservator at The Art Institute of Chicago, and Helen Evans, Paper Conservator at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. The CATS Proceedings II, an online publication in collaboration with Archetype Publications Ltd. and which will also be available as print on demand, will be published in mid-2015.
Two CATS researchers were invited to the prestigious Gordon Research Conference, in July 2014 in Newry (ME), United States, with the title Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research - Challenges and Complexity in Characterization and Conservation, where they presented a new and promising research topic
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'"Clay grounds” in Denmark: from soil to canvas', dealing with the complex material preparation of canvases prior to paint application can be initiated.
Research Within WP3: Nicolai Abildgaard and 18th century paintings techniques, research including the ordering and contextualising of a huge amount of material evidence and archival information on the artist’s paintings was carried out by senior conservator Troels Filtenborg. With a contribution by senior researcher Dr Anna Vila. The results were published in the monograph ‘Between Formula and Freestyle. Nicolai Abildgaard and Eighteenth-Century Painting Technique’.
Fig. 4: Between Formula and Freestyle. Nicolai Abildgaard and Eighteenth-Century Painting Technique. Archetype Publications Ltd., London, in association as number two in the CATS Series of Technical Studies ISBN: 9781909492097 Binding: Paperback Dimensions: 240 x 270 mm Pages: 128 Illustrations: 120 colour
The publication was made possible thanks to a generous donation from the Ny Carlsberg Foundation and appeared just prior to the above mentioned CATS conference at Frederiksberg Palace.
The project After the Black Death: Painting and Polychrome Sculpture in Norway, 1350-1550 (ABD) is supported by the Research Council of Norway with NOK 9 million for research and development between August 2014 and September 2017. The project network includes researchers from the University of Oslo and the Centre for Art Technological Studies and Conservation (CATS) in Copenhagen, as well as advisors from University of Uppsala and New York University. The network met for the first time in Oslo in October 2014. (read the press release here)
Fig. 5: Detail of Saint Olav, Altarpiece from Skjervøy church (Troms), c. 1500 (photo: Noëlle Streeton)
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The following research projects not part of the CATS work packages has been initiated in 2014:
CATS is participating as partner in two EU Joint Project Initiative (JPI-JHEP) calls on: Cleaning Modern Oil Paintings (CMOP), under the leadership of Prof. Dr. J. Wadum, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. An Augmented Reality based Information System to support Art Restoration activities (ARISART), under the leadership of Dr. Marcello Carrozzino, PERCRO-TeCIP, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, San Giuliano Terme (PI), Italy.
CATS also participates in an application under the label EU Research and Innovation Actions under Horizon2020: Inside-3D, under the leadership of Dr. Gordon McKenna, Standards and Systems Manager at the Collections Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdok.
And finally CATS participates in the application EU Innovative Training Networks (ITN), Call: H2020- MSCA-ITN-2014 with the following proposal: New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art (NACCA), under the leadership of Prof. dr. R. van de Vall, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
As indicated in the CATS formative paper we anticipated that a number of Associated Partners/ Collaborators would be joining the research activities of the consortium on a project basis. Within 2014 CATS has therefore collaborated with research consortia in Scandinavia, Germany and The Netherlands, as well as with university faculties concerned with establishing work relationships and more formalised research projects with the Centre.
CATS has established formal research agreements with: University of Copenhagen, Department of Chemistry (prof. Ole Hammerich) University of Copenhagen, Department of Scandinavian Research: Care and Conservation of Manuscripts (prof. Ragnheiður Mósesdóttir) University of Copenhagen, NanoGeoScience research section, Nano-Science Center (prof. Sorin Nedel) DTU, Technical University of Denmark (prof. Lars-Ulrik Aaen Andersen) Universitetet i Oslo, Institutt for arkeologie, konservering og historie (IAKH) (Professor Tine Frøisaker, Associate prof. Noëlle L. W. Streeton) Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki (Associate prof. Tannar Ruuben) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (Director of Conservation, Kriste Sibul) Moderna Museet, Stockholm (Director of Conservation, Lars Byström) Kadriorg Kunstmuseum, Tallinn (Curator, Greta Koppel)
On the next page is a Gantt Diagram for the WP activities and deliverables of CATS, followed by the WP presentations, and on the following pages present the Work Packages (WP) of CATS and the state the primary results achieved within 2014. The Tasks (T) and Deliverables (D) describe the activities in short form within each WP.
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Gantt Diagram for CATS
Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 WP1: Establishment of SMK lab T 1.1 Designing & building T 1.2 Recruitment of new staff D1 T 1.3 Purchasing equipment D3 D2 T 1.4 Implementing protocols D4 WP2: Dutch & Danish 17th century T 2.1 Catalogue raisonné Dutch paintings D1 T 2.2 Bosch-Brueghel D2 T 2.3 Artists' practice in DK 17th century D3 D3 D3 WP3: Abildgaard & 18th century T 3.1 Architecture & drawings D3 D1 T 3.2 Easel paintings technique D2 D3 T 3.3 Abildgaard’s graphic works D3 WP4: Danish Golden Age T 4.1 Layer structure & treatment D1 T 4.2 Multispectral analysis D2 T 4.3 Varnish degradation D3 D3 D3 D3 WP5: Works on paper T 5.1 Degradation cellulosic material D1 D1 T 5.2 X-ray paper structure & watermarks D2 D2 WP6: Reference Collection Database T 6.1 Design and construction of database D1 D1 T 6.2 Input and digitalization D2 D2 T 6.3 Web-based resources & infrastructures D3 D3 WP7: Dissemination T 7.1 Professional announcement D1 D1 T 7.1 Creation of CATS web-platform D2 T 7.2 Seminar CATS (inauguration + annual) D3 D3 D3 D3 WP0: Administration Kick-off meeting Project Meetings Fundraising for consolidation & continuation
Gantt diagram for WP activities and deliverables. Deliverables accomplished are marked in green (D). Annual Report 2014
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WP1 Establishment of lab facilities at SMK
WP leaders Prof. Dr. Jørgen Wadum, MSc Mads Chr. Christensen, Assoc. Prof. Mikkel Scharff
The establishment of the lab facilities at SMK is the primary task of WP1. During 2011-2012 the staff was recruited, labs and offices were established and the equipment purchased and implemented.
Tasks T1.1 Designing and Building the lab and research facilities at SMK T1.2 Recruiting and training of new staff T1.3 Selecting and purchasing equipment T1.4 Implementing Protocols on lab work routines and on reporting
Deliverables D1. Recruitment of staff – accomplished D2. All equipment installed and lab facilities working – accomplished D3. Description of the lab-facilities on the home-page (WP7) – accomplished D4. Seminar presenting new facilities and equipment – accomplished
T1.2/D1 Recruitment of staff Prof. Dr. Jørgen Wadum is the Director of CATS and the following staff is employed:
Research Coordinator & Administrator - Mette Kokkenborg Full time position from 1 June 2012 Lab Technician - Johanne Marie Nielsen Full time position from 25 June 2012 Senior Researcher & Conservation Scientist - Dr. Anna Vila Full time position from 1 July 2012 Conservation Scientist - Dr. David Buti Full time position from 13 January 2014 Research assistant and intern - Angela Montecchi Full time position from 1 October – 15 December 2014 Research assistant - Andreas Swane One day a week position from 1 February 2014
T1.3 & 1.4/D2 Acquisition of equipment and implementing protocols The acquisition of lab equipment has taken place in close collaboration between the Senior Researcher & Conservation Scientist and researchers and scientists of the CATS partners: Jørgen Wadum, Mads Chr. Christensen and Kim Pilkjær Simonsen, with the administrational support of Christian Svanning Mikkelsen and Kim Gundersen. International colleagues from the field such as Marco Leona, Silvia Centeno, Masahiko Tsukada, Hae Young Lee (MET), Núria Ferrer (UB), Marika Spring and David Peggie (National Gallery London) and Jana Sanyova (IRPA) were involved as consultants, as were the Danish state institution SLKE and the private consultancy company FRIT1.
The following equipment was installed in 2014 in CATS: X-ray system (YXLON Smart EVO 160D), at SMK Handheld X-ray Fluorescence spectrometer (Elio from XGLab), at SMK
1 From SLKE, Slotte og Kulturejendomme, Head Consultant Kim Funk delivered information about the administrational processes of purchase. FRIT, Forskningsrådenes Instrument Tjeneste, was a valuable support in their capacity of consultancy bureau that advises on issues pertaining to major investments in scientific equipment.
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WP2 Materials in Dutch and Danish 17th century painting
WP leader Prof. Dr. Jørgen Wadum
With WP2 CATS addresses 17th century paintings techniques in Denmark and abroad, primarely in the Netherlands. Several paintings from the period have already been under technical examination, but many paintings and aspects still need further technical analysis.
Tasks T2.1 Catalogue raisonné on the Dutch collection in SMK T2.2 Technical studies of four ‘Boschian-Bruegelesque’ paintings T2.3 PhD thesis: Artists’ practice in Denmark the 17th century
Deliverables D1. Contribution to a catalogue raisonné on the Dutch collection in SMK – in progress D2. Travel-exhibition on aspects of technical and art historical research on the four ‘Boschian-Bruegelesque’ paintings, including a monograph on various aspects of the technical research as well as topics like production of copies for the 16th century art market and origin and iconography of the composition - accomplished D3. PhD thesis (by Anne Haack Christensen). Publication in a historical journal. Presentation at ICOM-CC 2011 with follow up in 2014 – in progress
T2.1/D1 Catalogue raisonné The technical documentation of paintings to be included in catalogue raisonné on the large Dutch collection at SMK is in progress. This task was for a large amount of flower paintings complemented by the results obtained from a conservation-restoration project related to the exhibition Flowers and World Views at SMK in 2013-2014. Future exhibition preparations and treatments will further add to the compilation of the technical entries for the catalogue raisonné.
T2.3/D3 PhD thesis concerning artists’ practice in Denmark in the 17th century The PhD thesis Tracing Materiality. Accounting Sources as Written Evidence on Artists Practice during the Reign of King Christian IV (preliminary title) involves the investigation of unexplored written sources (primarily Danish inventories, pharmacy price lists, customs lists etc.) on artists’ materials from the 17th century in combination with analysis of materials from relevant contemporary paintings. Anne Haack Christensen has during 2014 participated in the international ATSR-conference under ICOM-CC: Sources on Art Technology: Back to Basics, which was held at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam 16-17 June 2014. She presented a poster with the title Seventeenth Century Dutch-Danish Material Trade: Written Evidence on Trade & Material Availability for Painters of the Royal Danish Court. In addition, Anne H. Christensen, in collaboration with Associate Professor, Dr phil. Maria Fabricius Hansen, completed a teaching course in the autumn semester in technical art history titled Danish and Northern European painting in a technology-historical perspective for graduate students at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Conservation and Art History at the University of Copenhagen with a final workshop held in CATS. The PhD project is in progress and runs until 2016.
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WP3 Nicolai Abildgaard and 18th century painting techniques
WP leader Senior Conservator Troels Filtenborg
Tasks T3.1 Examination of Abildgaard’s architecture and architectural drawings T3.2 The technique of Abildgaard’s easel paintings T3.3 Abildgaard’s graphic works
Deliverables D1. Article in an international architectural journal with a technical and art historical review of Abildgaard’s architectural decorations as seen in a European perspective – Investigations will be commenced by February 2015. D2. Articles on and conference presentation of Abildgaard’s painting technique and its development – Accomplished D3. Symposium on Abildgaard and his technique in a European perspective – Accomplished: a conference ‘Technology & Practice: Studying 18th Century Paintings & Art on Paper’ held 2-3 June 2014
T3.1/ D2 Examination of Abildgaard’s architecture and architectural decorations Buildings and interiors with surviving fragmented or complete decorations by Abildgaard have been identified, and so have designs in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst. Closer examination and investigations will be commenced February 2015 by Conservator Line Bregnhøj from the CATS partner the National Museum of Denmark, who has carried out examination of some of the interiors designed by Abildgaard. On a technical level results from the investigations of Abildgaard’s interiors will also be compared against the data assembled from his paintings to establish potential parallels or differences in the use of materials such as pigments in easel and decorative painting.
Fig. 6: Cross sections of microscopic samples from Nicolai Abildgaard’s King Christian the First Proclaiming Holstain a Duchy in 1460 (1780, oil on canvas, 308 x 197 cm) showing the stratigraphy of ground and paint layers and giving information about the materials, technique and genesis of the composition.
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T3.2/D2/D3 Technical examination of Abildgaard’s easel paintings A technical investigation of 55 easel paintings by Abildgaard and a smaller number of reference paintings by contemporary Danish and French artists was completed in 2013. The investigation was supplemented by a study of written sources including Abildgaard’s personal papers and letters. The aim was to illuminate Abildgaard’s use of materials and working methods and to identify potential patterns or evolution in his technique, seen in a contemporary European perspective. A monography ‘Between Formula and Freestyle; Nicolai Abildgaard and 18th-Century Painting Techniques’ has been published as well as a conference presentation and a related article ‘Canvas Supports in Paintings by Nicolai Abildgaard: Fabrics and Formats’ at the CATS technical art history symposium ‘Technology and Practice: Studying Paintings and Art on Paper’, 2-3 June 2014. A lecture was held at a course ‘Danish and Northern European painting in a technological historical perspective’, Nov 2014, for Master students at the School of Conservation and Students at the University of Copenhagen.
T3.3/D1/D3 Abildgaard’s graphic works The classification of Abildgaard’s works on paper is ongoing with a registration of the watermarks in the paper. Registration, primarily by photography in transmitted light, is carried out on the approximately two thirds of the collection (of 508 works) which have been found to carry partial or complete marks. In a few cases this will be complemented by recording by digital X-radiography, where reading of watermarks is obscured by the design on top of the paper and thereby difficult to interpret. The data generated by this part of the WP will have a double use, as they will also be entered into the CATS-SMK and the Bernstein database of watermarks (see WP5). Registration of a variety of media and transfer techniques in the drawings has been accomplished. Two conference presentation have been held at the CATS technical art history symposium ‘Technology and Practice: Studying Paintings and Art on Paper’, 2-3 June 2014. and the related articles accepted for the Proceedings: ‘Nicolai A. Abildgaard - an 18th-Century Danish artist and his paper’ and ‘Semi-mechanical transfer methods in Abildgaards drawings’. In addition, a presentation (Ingelise Nielsen: foredrag ved NKF symposium) has been held at (NKF symposium). Regarding the latter, see also WP5
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WP4 19th century painting techniques and materials with a focus on Danish Golden Age painting
WP leader Assoc. Prof. Mikkel Scharff
Tasks T4.1 Investigation of the layered structure in Danish Golden Age paintings and its influence on the choice of conservation methods, including treatment history and early practitioners such as I.P. Møller, conservator at the Royal Painting Collection. T4.2 Innovations in Danish golden age painting. Technical analyses of selected paintings from 1800 to circa 1850 will be carried out in order to make a catalogue of the materials used by the artists of the period. This research will be coupled with multispectral – especially near infrared – analyses of the artists' oeuvre. T4.3 Studies of varnish degradation. Little is known about the degradation effects of e.g. different air pollutants on varnishes and how this may affect their long term stability/solubility. Varnishes deteriorate physically and chemically with time. Analyses will be made of naturally aged dammar resin varnishes - and synthetic varnishes (e.g. MS2A varnishes). The scope is to develop a best practice for the protection of paintings.
Deliverables D1. Ph.D. thesis (Cecil K. Andersen), presentations at conservation conferences, publication in peer-reviewed journals – in progress and plans for future publications D2. A publication on the materials and technique of Danish golden age painters, covering their use of materials and their influences – in progress D3. Publication in a journal on polymer chemistry. Presentation at conservation conference - accomplished D4. Conference on 19th-Century Conservation Practices in Denmark and their effect on today’s practice and reception of the works of art (working title) accomplished
T4.1/T4.2/D1/D2 PhD thesis and dissemination and publication D1 (PhD-thesis) In 2014 (see below) as well in the future there will be ongoing publication activity related to this PhD. D2 (Publication of materials and techniques) Melbourne-contribution by Cecil K. Andersen et al, Further papers in collaboration with Cecil K. Andersen is under way (on glue-paste lining), further IR-studies of Golden Age paintings planned, re Eckersberg exhibiton.
T4.3/D.3 Studies of varnish degradation D3 (Varnish) MEMORI: one paper presented at the ChemCH in Vienna – 2014, the 3rd International Congress Chemistry for Cultural Heritage. Further papers is planned by I. Bonaduce, P. Colombini and M. Odlyha.
D4 Conference on 19th-Century Conservation Practices The conference Conservation in the Nineteenth Century (CiNC) took place at the National Museum of Denmark, 13-16 May 2013. All oral presentations were available as preprints in the anthology ”Conservation in the Nineteenth Century”, edited by senior Researcher Isabelle Brajer and published by Archetype Publications. D4 (19th century Conservation Practice conference) is accomplished.
Ongoing activities
CATS is involved in Proyecto Investigación I+D+I Lining Proyect, which is a 3-years research project on Glue-paste linings. The project will be finalized by the end of 2014 and the first and promising results in the experimental group have been collected. The group has agreed to carry on the work
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and publish the results on chemical analyses, mechanical tests, swelling tests as well as analyses of infestation, mold and crack formation. The partners in this project are the Polytechnic University of Valencia; University of Madrid; Centre interdisciplinaire de conservation et de Restauration du Patrimoine, Marseille; Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, Maarstricht; and Matteo Rossi Doria Conservazione e Restauro, Rome. A project on looking at Eckersberg painting technique was initiated and will be suggested WP or part of a WP in the proposal for CATS stage 2. Some preliminary work has been done on examining paintings and written sources to be utilized in this project. A collaboration with Emilie Froment, Amsterdam University, on discoloration of wax-resin lined paintings was initiated based on Dutch and Danish examples found in different collections of art. Applications for two EU projects concerning varnish and oil paint were submitted (INNOVA + IPERION_CH + JPI). The production of oil paint and varnish samples for future research and teaching purposes has been planned and funding will be applied for.
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WP5 Works on paper and watermark research
WP leader Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ingelise Nielsen
Tasks T5.1 Degradation of cellulosic materials, canvas, paper and wood T5.2 X-ray imaging of paper structure & watermarks
Deliverables D.1 Studying the degradation of celluloses and integrating theories and research from other fields than paper, e.g. textile, wood etc. – planned for 2015 and 2016 D.2 The establishment of a database built on an open-source software from ‘Memory of Paper’ – In progress
T5.1/D.1. Degradation of cellulosic materials The work on this task and deliverable will start in 2015 with a study on the effect of enzymatic treatment on paper fibres.
T5.2/D.2. The establishment of a watermark database The establishment of a CATS-SMK database of watermarks for the use in research into paper history and art history on a Danish and international level was commenced in January 2013. The database is built on the open source software from the EU-funded “Bernstein project” and will be linked to and made searchable through their “Memory of Paper” server. The collection of Nicolai Abildgaard’s works of art on paper at SMK has been chosen as a pilot project in the establishment of the watermark database. The examination of these watermarks forms also part of T3.3/D1 ‘Abildgaard’s graphic works’. The implementation of the watermark database software at the SMK server is delayed, because we are waiting for a new extended version of the open source software from ‘Memory of Paper’ which is expected to be ready in the beginning of 2015. At present (December 2014) 160 watermarks have been recorded by digital photography in transmitted light and made ready for uploading to the database following our already established procedure for the recording of watermarks. Some of them will also be recorded by digital X-radiography at a later stage to improve the visibility of the watermark image. A collection of early Danish watermarks at SoC is also ready for uploading to the database. The work was presented at the CATS symposium ‘Technology and Practice: Studying Paintings and Art on Paper’, 2-3 June 2014, and the related article has been accepted for the proceedings (Nicolai Abildgaard – an 18th Century Danish Artist and his Paper). Another presentation was held at the meeting of Nordic Paper Historians in Sønderborg, 9-11 June 2014. An enlarged version of this presentation was published in Nordisk Pappershistorisk Tidskrift 2014/3, pp. 39-41.
Fig. 7: Nicolai Abildgaard: ’Odysseus og Kalypso’. Ink on paper from Ørholm paper mill (SMK, KKSgb3899)
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WP6 Establishing a CATS Reference Collection Database & digital documentation
WP leader Mag.art Kim Brasen
Work package 6 entails the design and construction of a CATS reference database and development of software that can facilitate a shared infrastructure of metadata between the partner institutions of CATS and beyond.
Tasks T6.1 Design and Construction of the database T6.2 Input and digitalization of technical documentation, firstly from CATS partners T6.3 Web-based resource system built and placed in a shared infrastructure, firstly amongst CATS partners
Deliverables D1. Design and construction of the database – in progress D2. Development of software – planned for spring 2014 D3. Implementation of CATS Reference Collection – planned for 2015-2016
The current status is that the database in its first version has been built, and data entry has begun. The database already contains the collections of pigments and cross-sections from paintings held at Statens Museum for Kunst. We gave up the idea of using CollectionSpace as the platform for the database, since we concluded that the architecture would be overly complicated as a solution for this relatively simple database. Instead we decided to use MEAN, a free and open source solution stack for building dynamic web sites.
The components of the MEAN stack are as follows: MongoDB – a NoSQL database Express.js – a web applications framework Angular.js – a JavaScript MVC framework for web applications Node.js – a software platform for scalable server-side and network applications
This solution stack will secure us a number benefits: As a web based application the system will be easily accessible from each of the partner institutions and future business partners The MEAN solution stack will ease integration with other systems and the API will make a frontend with extended search possibilities to the public (professional or in general) a relatively simple task MEAN is relatively easy to configure which will make future extensions possible without much effort
The sample types supported in the CATS DB so far are: Non Invasive Methods Fibres (paper) Material Samples Paint Cross Sections Pigments Stretchers/Strainers
Each sample is recorded in its own template on four fans; sample metadata; analysis (done on the sample); artwork (from which the sample was taken or a non invasive method was applied); images (of samples and
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the examined work of art). For artworks we’ve created a look up funktionality which allows import of metadata along with an image (if such exists) from SMK’s collections database, Corpus. For artworks outside our collections metadata must be entered and images uploaded manually.
Our original estimate that it would take one full time developer a month to build the application was a bit optimistic. Chris Pott has spent around four months of intensive development building the database, but we believe the time was well spent securing a robust platform and a user friendly interface.
Estimated time frame in detail: Usability testing and final adjustments – December 2014/January 2015 Commence data entry into the system – December 2014/January 2015 Implementation of CATS Reference Collections database across partner institutions and integration with CATS website – planned for 2015-2016
In terms of the described deliverables: D1. Design and construction of the database – accomplished December 2014 D2. Development of software – first version delivered December 2014 D3. Implementation of CATS Reference Collections database – planned for 2015-2016
Fig. 8: View of metadata on a paint cross section in the CATS Reference Collection Database
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Fig. 9: Data entry screen in the CATS Reference Collection Database
Fig. 10: Frontpage of the CATS Reference Collection Database
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WP7 Dissemination
WP leaders Prof. Dr. Jørgen Wadum, MSc Mads Chr. Christensen, Assoc. Prof. Mikkel Scharff
Work package 7 shows CATS devotion to promote exchange of knowledge, to advocate good practices in conservation and conservation science, and to define common work-parameters to improve the comparability of results and levels and quality of research.
Tasks T7.1 Results of CATS research disseminated within professional circles T7.2 Creation of CATS work platform on the web T7.3 CATS Inauguration seminar, annual seminars, and the research centre’s work and results disseminated to a broader public
Deliverables D1. The creation of a CATS web-site with a clear public profile – accomplished and in further development D2. The establishment of an intranet work-platform for CATS and its partners/associates – accomplished D3. Seminars and conferences to exchange knowledge with colleagues in the field – accomplished and further activities planned
T7.2/D1/D2 Intra-networking CATS Intra-networking aims at establishing optimal communication, information exchange and transfer of knowledge among CATS-participants across the network. Three examples of intra-networking activities with staff from the three CATS institutions are listed below.
The CATS Tripartite Meeting was held 12 May 2014 at SMK. The arrangement was for all employees at the three CATS partner institutions, the National Museum of Denmark, the School of Conservation and Statens Museum for Kunst. Six presentations were held on current research projects in CATS followed by a networking reception and guided tours in the laboratories of CATS. A lecture was held at SMK 9 October 2014 and was arranged by CATS. The speakers were Cecil Krarup Andersen, Assistant Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation and Emilie Froment, Paintings conservator and PhD student at University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. They were respectively talking about Protection or problem? Consequences of the 1960’s wax-resin lining campaign on Danish golden age paintings and The consequences of wax-resin linings for the present appearance and conservation of Dutch golden age large-scale paintings on canvas - Intentions, methodology and first results of a Ph.d. research at the University of Amsterdam. An intranet work-platform for CATS was established through the free platform Dropbox. Through this platform it is possible for the CATS staff at the three partner institutions to exchange documents and manage projects. Meeting and seminar with the Scientific Advisors of CATS took place 15-16 December 2014. The Steering Group of CATS had a meeting with the Scientific Advisors regarding the future planning of CATS followed by a seminar on dating methods of artworks.
The CATS website informs users about the CATS organisation, programme and activities. The site is based on information from the three partner institutions and is continuously under development, maintenance and is updated regularly with news items, events and staff activities by the Research Coordinator & Administrator.
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Fig. 11: The front page of the CATS website, www.cats-cons.dk
T7.3/D3 Out-reach networking CATS works to enhance interdisciplinary communication, research programmes and the presentation of new knowledge about the collections to colleagues and the public at large. Three examples of the out-reaching network for the last year is listed below.
Two day technical art conference on Technology & Practice: Studying 18th-Century Paintings & Art on Paper in Copenhagen, 2 - 3 June 2014, arranged by CATS, held at the Frederiksberg Palace. The CATS Newsletter vol. III, IV and V was sent out to all our subscribers (currently 140 people) and collaborative partners in March, July and November 2014. The newsletter describes latest news in CATS, upcoming conferences and lectures at the three partner institutions etc. People can subscribe to the CATS newsletter via our website. A new CATS folder has been designed and updated. It was launched in September 2014 and handed out to our collaborative partners and at participation in conferences, workshops etc.
The activities and work results of CATS research will be disseminated to professional conservation and museum communities, as well as aimed at a broader, general audience through museum exhibitions and catalogues and public lectures. For the total list of publications, presentations at conferences etc. see pp. 28- 32.
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Fig. 12: The CATS folder front and back, September 2014
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Appendix 1 Structure and Management
Steering Committee MBO/SMK, PKM/NMD, LDL/KADK JWA/SMK, JSJ/NMD, KGU/SMK MS/KADK, MCC/NMD, PNL/SMK
Scientific Advisors B.G. Brunetti/Uni, Perugia Financial A. Burmester/Doerner, Munich M. Menu/ C2RMF, Paris Administration A. Roy/NG, London KGU/SMK, BVP/SMK D. Saunders/BM, London Director R. Spronk/Queens Uni, Ontario JWA/SMK
Project Group Research Coordinator JWA/MCC/MS MBK/SMK
Lab Technician Senior Researcher Conservation Scientist JMN/SMK AVE/SMK DBU/SMK
WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 WP7
JWA/MCC/MS JWA/SMK TF/SMK MS/KADK IN/KADK KIB/SMK JWA/MCC/MS
Structure of CATS. See titles and names in full on the following pages.
Steering Committee The Steering Committee consists of the directors and representatives from each partner institution. The frequency of meetings within the Committee is twice a year. The Committee members are:
Mag.art. Mikkel Bogh (MBO) Director, SMK Dr. Per Kristian Madsen (PKM) Director, National Museum of Denmark MAA, Lene Dammand Lund (LDL) Rector, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK) Prof. Dr. Jørgen Wadum (JWA) Director of Conservation and Director of CATS, SMK Dr. Jesper Stub Johnsen (JSJ) Director of Conservation, National Museum of Denmark MSc Kim Gundersen (KGU) Director of Administration, SMK Assoc. Prof. Mikkel Scharff (MS) Head of School and Paintings Department, School of Conservation, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK) MSc Mads Chr. Christensen (MCC) Conservation Scientist, National Museum of Denmark (Senior Consultant since January 1st 2014) Dr. Peter Nørgaard Larsen (PNL) Director of Collections & Research, SMK
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Financial Administration The Financial Administration of CATS is located at SMK and operates in close collaboration with the other two partners. Responsible for all financial and legal issues within and related with CATS, the main Financial Administration staff is listed below.
MSc Kim Gundersen (KGU) Director of Administration, SMK MSc Bo Veibel Petersen (BVP) Controller, SMK
International Committee of Scientific Advisors The International Committee of Scientific Advisors is an expert panel of individuals to which CATS can turn for support and exchange of knowledge that relates directly to a specific project or an activity of a considerable importance and impact. The members of this Committee are listed below.
Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Brunetti Dipartimento di Chimica and Centre SMAArt, Universita’ di Perugia, Italy Prof. Dr. Andreas Burmester Director, Doerner Institut, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München, Germany Dr. Michel Menu Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF), Palais du Louvre, Paris, France Dr. Ashok Roy Director of Science, Scientific Department, National Gallery, London, United Kingdom Dr. David Saunders Keeper of Conservation and Scientific Research, The British Museum, London, United Kingdom Prof. Dr. Ron Spronk Professor of Art History, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada / Hieronymus Bosch Chair, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Prof. Dr. Norman H. Tennent, resigned as a member of the committee in May 2014 Conservation Scientist, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project Group The Project Group is responsible for keeping the course of CATS and developing the research activities. The project group members meet regularly for activities and decision making within CATS, and in addition to this have a regular meeting once a month. The members of the Project Group are listed below.
Prof. Dr. Jørgen Wadum (JWA) MSc Mads Chr. Christensen (MCC) Assoc. Prof. Mikkel Scharff (MS)
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CATS Office of research The SMK-group of CATS staff employed in the Centre are listed below.
Director of CATS - Prof. Dr. Jørgen Wadum (JWA) The Director of CATS is head of the daily activities within the Centre and is part of the Project Group and the Steering Committee. In the day to day running of the Centre he refers primarily to the rest of the Project Group and is backed by the financial administration.
Senior Researcher & Conservation Scientist - Dr. Anna Vila (AVE) The Senior Researcher & Conservation Scientist of CATS is responsible for the coordination of all scientific analysis carried out within the partnership of CATS, and is head of the labs and science activities located at CATS/SMK.
Conservation Scientist - Dr. David Buti (DBU) The Conservation Scientist of CATS is responsible for the scientific analysis carried out within the partnership of CATS. The conservation scientist refers to the Senior Researcher & Conservation Scientist.
Lab Technician - BSc / Chemical & Biotechnical Science Technician, Johanne Marie Nielsen (JMN) The Lab Technician assists the Senior Researcher & Conservation Scientist and the Research Assistant. She is responsible for the daily upkeep of the labs located at SMK, for lab supplies and consumables, inventories of chemicals, health and safety documentation.
Research Coordinator & Administrator - MSc in Conservation, Mette Kokkenborg (MBK) The coordinator of CATS deals with the administrative tasks, recurring dissemination activities and long term strategies, and works closely together with the Director of CATS, the Project Group and the Senior Researcher & Conservation Scientist.
Research assistant and intern - MSc student in Conservation Science, Angela Montecchi (full time position from 1 October – 15 December 2014)
Student - BSc student in Chemistry, Andreas Swane (ASW) The student performs the scientific analyses of samples for the reference database and assists in other routine tasks.
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Appendix 2 CATS Partners and staff
SMK (apart from the staff listed above) Senior Conservator Troels Filtenborg (TF) MSc in Conservation (early Italian & Spanish art) Senior Conservator Niels Borring (NBO) MSc in Conservation (Art on Paper) MSc Louise Cone (LCO) MSc in Conservation, Contemporary Art MSc Karen Esser (KES) MSc in Conservation (Art on Paper) MSc Anne Haack Christensen (AHC) MSc in Conservation, Paintings (Netherlandish art), PhD student Chemical & Biotechnical Science Technician Johanne Marie Nielsen (JMN) BSc in Conservation / Chemical & Biotechnical Science Technician, Lab Technician Mag.art Kim Brasen (KIB) Mag.art in Art History Dr. Aoife Daly (ADA) PhD in dendrochronology, Research Fellow Senior researchers from the Collection and Research Department (SAFO)
NMD MSc Mads Chr. Christensen (MCC) MSc in Conservation, Conservation Scientist Senior Researcher Jens Glastrup (JG) MSc (PY-GC-MS binding media analysis) Senior Researcher Isabelle Brajer (IB) MSc in Conservation (Theory and history of conservation) Dr. Yvonne Shashoua (YS) Senior Researcher (FT-IR spectroscopy, polymers) Dr. Michelle Taube (MT) Researcher (XRF-spectroscopy, SEM-EDS, analysis of inorganic materials) Dr. Martin N. Mortensen (MNM) Researcher (Oxygen measurement, GC-MS, degradation of organic materials) Dr. Karin Vestergaard (KV) MSc in Conservation (Colour history of Danish church furniture)
KADK Assoc. Prof. Mikkel Scharff (MS) Head of the Conservation School and Paintings Department, MSc in Conservation (Multispectral analysis, research on 19th century art and conservation processes) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rene Larsen (RL), retires 15 October 2014 MSc in Conservation (Amino acid analysis, parchment and protein research) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ingelise Nielsen (IN) Head of Graphics Department & MSc in Conservation (research on paper technology & water-marks) Assoc. Prof. Dorte Vestergaard Poulsen (DVP) MSc in Conservation (Amino acid analysis, research on organics, HPLC) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kim Pilkjær Simonsen (KPS)
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(Research on inorganics and organics) Assoc. Prof. Beate Federspiel (BF) MSc in Conservation (Research on technology and ethics) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arne Redsted Rasmussen (ARR) (DNA analysis) Assistant Prof. Dr. Cecil Krarup Andersen (CKA) MSc in Conservation (Research on lined convas paintings) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Krassimira Frangova (KF) MSc in Conservation (Research on wall paintings technology and conservation) Bent Eshøj (BE) MSc in Conservation (Light measurement and weathering equipment)
Collaborative Partners University of Copenhagen, Department of Chemistry University of Copenhagen, Department of Scandinavian Research: Care and Conservation of Manuscripts Technical University of Denmark, DTU, Department of Photonics Engineering University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Metropolia University of Applied Science, Helsinki Nationalmuseum, Stockholm University of Oslo, Oslo The Getty Foundation, Los Angeles RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague The Rembrandt Database, RKD, The Hague Forsvarets Bygnings- og Etablissementstjeneste, Frederiksberg Palace, Copenhagen CDA, Cranach Digital Archive, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf and University of Applied Sciences, Cologne Gerson Digital: Dutch and Flemish Painting of the Golden Age in European Perspective, RKD, The Hague
Conference Collaborations Museum Lighting and LED Technology, Conference 19 March 2014, Copenhagen CHARISMA, Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures, Synergy for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Conservation/Restoration, Conference 5-6 March 2014, Firenze Authentication in Art, Conference 7-9 May 2014, Amsterdam
CATS Publisher Archetype Publications LtD., London, c/o International Academic Projects, 1 Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JJ. Tel: Int +44 207 380 0800 Fax: Int +44 207 380 0500. [email protected]
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Appendix 3 CATS Dissemination list
Publications
‘Canvas Supports in Paintings by Nicolai Abildgaard: Fabrics and Formats’, in Proceedings of the CATS technical art history symposium ‘Technology and Practice: Studying Paintings and Art on Paper’, 2-3 June 2014. (peer-reviewed, submitted)
‘Analysis of a 17th-Century Panel Painting by Reflection Terahertz Domain Imaging (THz-TDI): contribution of ultrafast optics to museum collections inspection’, C.L. Koch Dandolo, T. Filtenborg, P. Uhd jepsen, J. Skou- Hansen, in J. 2015 I : IEEE – Signal Processing Magazine. (peer-reviewed, submitted)
‘Seeing Beyond the Painting Surface with Terahertz Time-Domain Imaging (THz-TDI): a signal separation method for extracting images of buried individual layers in paintings’, C.L. Koch Dandolo, T. Filtenborg, P. Uhd jepsen, J. Skou-Hansen. In P. 2015 I : IEEE - Signal Processing Magazine, Special Issue. (peer- reviewed, submitted)
‘Between Formula and Freestyle. Nicolai Abildgaard and Eighteenth-Century Painting Technique’, I CATS Series of Technical Studies. Troels Filtenborg, Anna Vila Espuna. Archetype Publications Ltd., London 2014. (peer-reviewed)
‘Un’opera giovanile di Tiziano: il Ritratto D’Uomo di Copenaghen’. Wivel, M.; Filtenborg, T. In Arte Veneta, 2014, s. 41-55. (peer-reviewed)
‘As Time Passed by Came Sunset. Christen Købke’s 'View of Lake Sortedam', its Genesis and Colour Changes’. Vila, A.; Monrad, K.; Filtenborg, T.; Wadum, J. In Science and Art. The Painted Surface. (red. Antonio Sgamellotti, Brunetto G Brunetti og Costanza Miliani). London, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014, s. 354-372. (peer-reviewed)
Nielsen, I. & Borring, N. 2014. ‘Nicolai Abildgaard – an 18th Century Danish Artist and his Paper’. In: Proceedings of the CATS symposium ‘Technology and Practice: Studying Paintings and Art on Paper’, 2-3 June 2014 (peer-reviewed, submitted)
Nielsen, I. 2014. ’Digital registrering af vandmærker med særlig fokus på papir fra Ørholm-Nymølle’. In: Nordisk Pappershistorisk Tidskrift 3/2014, pp. 39-41.
Buti, D.; Vila , A.; Haack Christensen, A.; Filtenborg, T. F.; Dalby, K. N. & Wadum, J. 2014, '"Clay grounds” in Denmark: from soil to canvas' Gordon Research Conference, Newry (ME), United States, 27/07/14 - 01/08/14.
Vila, A, Wadum, J, Mass, J, Uffelman, E, Buckley, B, Grimstad, I, Andrews, V, Burns, L, Florescu, S & Hull, A 2014, 'pXRF and IR Fluorescence Imaging Studies of CdS Alteration in Paintings by Edvard Munch and Henri Matisse in Oslo, Copenhagen, and San Francisco'.
Pedersen EDLF, Filtenborg T. A Boutsian Madonna. ArtMatters!. 2014. (peer-reviewed).
Andersen, C. K., Mecklenburg MF, Scharff M, Wadum J. With the best intentions. Wax-resin lining of Danish Golden Age paintings (early 19th century) on canvas and changed response to RH. ICOM-CC Preprints . 2014 sep;(14). (peer-reviewed).
Vila A, Monaghan MC. In depth technical study of five works by the late 17th century still-life painter Elias van den Broeck (1649/50-1708). 2014. Poster session presented at ICOM-CC conference, Melbourne, Australien. (peer-reviewed).
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Vila A, L. Andersen C, Kathrine S, Rasmussen P. Tal R: Liquefying Paint-A New Collaboration Between Museum and Artist’s Studio. 2014. Poster session presented at ICOM-CC 14th Triennial Conference, Melbourne, Australien. (peer-reviewed).
Vila Espuna A, Centeno SA, Barro L. Characterization of Early Platinotype Papers by Raman, FTIR and XRF. Microchemical Journal. 2014;114(May). (peer-reviewed).
Vila Espuna A, Centeno SA, Kennedy NW. Technical Study of Pictorialist Photographies at the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 2014. (peer-reviewed).
Vila Espuna A, Monrad K, Wadum J, Filtenborg T. As time passed by came sunset. Christen Købke’s 'View of Lake Sortedam', its genesis and colour changes. I Sgamellotti A, Brunetti BG, Miliani C, red., Science and Art. The Painted Surface. London: Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. s. 354-372. (peer-reviewed).
Wadum J. Cranach, His Sons, and Their Workshop: The Endless Problem of Hands (Part I). 2015. (peer- reviewed, submitted).
Wadum J. Documenting North Netherlandish 17th Century Panel Makers’ House Marks. 2014. (peer- reviewed).
Wadum J, Haack Christensen A, Vila AE, Scharff M. The Eye or Chemistry? Connoisseurship and Technical Art History for Authentication. 2014. (peer-reviewed).
Wadum J. The Winter Room at Rosenborg Castle [Online] 2015 [Citeret 2014 jan 01] Tilgængelig fra: URL:http://gersonpoland.rkdmonographs.nl/ (peer reviewed, submitted).
Lectures, conference presentations, workshop talks, etc.
Presentation ‘Canvas Supports in Paintings by Nicolai Abildgaard: Fabrics and Formats’, at the CATS technical art history symposium ‘Technology and Practice: Studying Paintings and Art on Paper’, 2-3 June 2014.
Wadum J, Knap F, Haack Christensen A, Tempest H, Larsen BA. “It felt a little like being let into a secret– “ A community-influenced museum exhibition on Technical Art History. 2014. (peer-reviewed).
Lecture ‘Nicolai Abildgaard and 18th-Century Painting Technique’, for MS students at the School of Conservation and students from Copenhagen University at the course ‘Danish and Northern European Painting in a Technological Historical perspective’, Nov 2014.
Nielsen, I. & Borring, N.: Nicolai Abildgaard – an 18th Century Danish Artist and his Paper. Presented at the CATS symposium ‘Technology and Practice: Studying Paintings and Art on Paper’, 2-3 June 2014.
Nielsen, I., Digital registrering af vandmærker. Presented at the meeting of Nordic Paper Historians in Sønderborg, 11-13 June 2014.
Borring N. J., Balleby Jensen C., Scocozza A. The 17th Century florilegium Gottorfer Codex:: Examination and restoration of 1180 gouache flower paintings on parchment. 2014. Paper presented at Care and Conservation 14, University of Copenhagen 17th-19th October 2012, Copenhagen, Danmark.
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Borring, N. J., 2014. ‘Semi-mechanical transfers methods in Abildgaards drawings‘.Cats International Conference, Technology & Practice: Studying 18th-Century Paintings and Art on Paper, 2nd-3rd of June, 2014. Lecture.
Buti, D., 2014. ‘Non-invasive chemical investigations of Mesoamerican codices’. Inks, paints and media from the ancient world studied by synchrotron radiation, different spectroscopic and analytical techniques, SMK, 8th of December, 2014. Lecture.
Buti, D., 2014. ‘Codex Purpureus Rossanensis: The MOLAB Approach’. Codex Aureus and the colour purple, SMK, 25th-26th of September, 2014. Lecture.
Buti, D., 2014. ‘Gordon Research Conference’. Gordon Research Conference: Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, 27th of July – 1st of August, 2014. Participation in workshops.
Buti, D., 2014. ‘CATS: from ore pigments to liquefying paintings’. CATS: from ore to liquefying paintings, 7th of July, 2014. Lecture.
Haack Christensen A. Seventeenth Century Dutch-Danish Material Trade. Written evidence on material availability for painters of the Royal Danish Court (arbejdstitel). 2014. Poster session presented at The sixth symposium of the ICOM-CC Working Group Art Technological Source Research, Amsterdam, Danmark. (peer-reviewed).
Christensen, A. H., 2014. The sixth symposium of the ICOM-CC Working Group Art Technological Source Research: Sources on Art Technology: Back to Basics, 16th-17th of June, 2014. Workshop participation.
Vila A., 2014. ‘Treating softening paint and drips in paintings by Tal R and van Hemert’. ICON. Modern Conservation. What’s New?, 10th of October, 2014. Lecture.
Vila A., 2014. ‘The eye or Chemistry? Connoisseurship and Technical Art Paper Authentication in Art’. Lecture in the Hague with Jørgen Wadum, Mikkel Scharff, and Anne H Christensen, May 2014. Lecture.
Vila A., 2014. ‘pXRF and IR Fluorescence Imaging Studies of CdS Alteration in Paintings by Edvard Munch and Henri Matisse in Oslo and Copenhagen’. ICOM-CC Paintings Working Group and Scientific Research Working Group, February 2014. Lecture.
Vila A., 2014. ‘Scientific Committee and organization of the conference “Technology & Practice: Studying 18th-Century Paintings & Art on Paper”’. 2013-2014. Committee participant and organizer of conference.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘The RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History’. The RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History): Gerson Digital, chapter Denmark, 10th of September, 2014. Workshop participant.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘Panel Discussion’. Rembrandt Now: Technical Practice, Conservation, and Research, 13th-15th of November, 2014. Lecture.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘In search of Rembrandt’s underdrawing’. Rembrandt Now: Technical Practice, Conservation, and Research, 13th-15th of November, 2014. Lecture.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘Wood, paint and their art-historical contexts’. Wood, paint and their art-historical contexts: boxmakers, painters and technical art history, 28th of October, 2014. Lecture.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘Johannes Vermeer’s Mastery of Spatial Illusion’. Max Plank Institute Talks on Technical Art History: talks on technical art history and its methodology, 27th -28th of October, 2014. Lecture.
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Wadum, J., 2014. Max Plank Institute Talks on Technical Art History: talks on technical art history and its methodology, 27th -28th of October, 2014. Workshop Participant.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘Wood, paint and their art-historical contexts’. Archaeology of the Object: Conservation, Material Culture and the Creation of Historical Knowledge for Pre-Reformation Church Inventories, 15th-17th of October, 2014. Lecture.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘University of Amsterdam’. Evaluation of PhD, 5th of September, 2014.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘Studying 18th-Century Paintings & Art on Paper’. Studying 18th-Century Paintings & Art on Paper: Technology & Practice, 2nd-3rd of June, 2014. Workshop participant.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘Authentication in Art’. Authentication in Art, 7th-9th of May, 2014. Lecture.
Wadum, J., 2014. ‘Cranach, his Sons, and their Workshop: the Endless Problem of Hands. Cranach der Jüngere: und Die Reformation der BIlder, 20th-22nd of March, 2014. Lecture.
Wadum, J. 2014. ‘The Management of Aesthetics and Decay: the multiple faces of conservation documentation’. CHARISMA Final Event: Outcomes and activities of the FP7 CHARISMA Project, highlighting new research and innovative and effective approaches for the study, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, 5th-6th of March, 2014. Lecture
Wadum, J. 2014. ‘Studying 18th-Century Paintings & Art on Paper’. Studying 18th-Century Paintings & Art on Paper: Technology & Practice, 2nd-3rd of June, 2014. Conference organiser and participant.
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Appendix 4 Press coverage
Coverage of CATS activities and events 2014 (Listed by date)
3 March 2014, DR Kultur: Nu afsløres det, om lille museum ejer malerier for mere end 10 mio. kroner.
21 March 2014, TV2 Fyn, TV Program, News of the day: Fandt Lyngvild kunst for millioner? Nu kommer svaret.
22 March 2014, Midtfyn.dk: Nyt om Canalettoerne.
25 March 2014, DR Kultur: Afsløring: Påståede millionmalerier er falsknerier.
25 March 2014, TV2 Fyn, TV Program, News of the day: Canaletto-malerierne er ikke ægte.
25 March 2014, DR Kultur: Museum håber ikke at deres malerier er over hundrede millioner kroner værd.
25 March 2014, DR Kultur: Museum håber ikke at deres malerier er over hundrede millioner kroner værd.
25 March 2014, Jyllands-Posten, Cultural Section: Fynske millionmalerier er kun kopier.
25 March 2014, Radio Program, DR P1: Kulturnyt: Direktør for Museum Vestfyn har det fint med at malerier er kopier.
25 March 2014, Midtfyn.dk: Museumsleder efter maleri-vurdering: Vi er stolte alligevel.
26 March 2014, Fyens Stiftstidende, section 2 p. 20: Stor ståhej for ingenting – At være eller ikke at være en ægte Canaletto. Det var, hvad to malerier i går blev klassificeret som på Statens Museum for Kunst.
1 April 2014, TV2 Fyn, TV Program, News of the day: Ikke-Canalettoer hjemme igen.
9 July 2014, Politiken: Midici-portræt fundet under formodet forfalskning.
15 September 2014, Information: Han standser ikke tiden – men han forlænger den.
16 September 2014, TV Program, DR2 Dagen (44:43): Changing colours in Masterpieces, Paintings Conservator Loa Ludvigsen on conservation of art.
28 September 2014, Ingeniøren: Sådan restaurerer man et mesterværk.
7 Oktober 2014, TV Program, TV2 Nyhederne (22.15): Statens Museum for Kunst restaurerer gammelt papirværk.
25 November 2014 – 30 December 2014, Serie of 6 TV Programs, DRK: 1000 Års Dansk Kunst.
5 December 2014, Politiken, newspaper article: Købkes berømte solnedgang er i virkeligheden højlys dag.
8 December 2014, Troels Filtenborg, interview for the Danish TV2 News channel on colour changes and technical investigations of Christen Købke’s painting ‘View of Lake Sortedam’.
8 December 2014, Article on the SMK website: Christen Købke’s painting ‘View of Lake Sortedam’
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Appendix 5 Financial contribution to CATS
The period 1 January – 31 December 2014
The table below sums up the financial contribution to CATS from the Villum Foundation and the Velux Foundation as well as from the CATS partner institutions. The numbers equal salaries in WP2-7, while WP1 also includes operational costs.
1.000 kr. 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Total of partners contribution to CATS
School of Conservation 342,2 786,8 381,5 649,9 2.160,4 wp0 - - - 162,0 wp1 20,6 137,7 77,6 - wp2 36,2 53,3 - 10,0 wp3 - - 42,2 0,5 wp4 285,4 595,4 261,7 325,4 wp5 - 0,4 - 120,5 wp6 - - - - wp7 - - - 31,5
The National Museum 216,0 432,0 1.213,3 574,0 2.435,3 wp0 - - - 54,5 wp1 36,0 48,0 1.120,0 228,5 wp2 60,0 102,0 6,9 32,4 wp3 - - 1,8 67,1 wp5 - - 8,7 5,4 wp6 90,0 120,0 - - wp7 30,0 162,0 75,9 186,1
Statens Museum for Kunst 257,2 357,2 253,3 812,8 1.680,5 wp1 162,3 142,5 -26,5 94,4 wp2 84,2 91,9 - 30,6 wp3 - 58,9 157,6 90,2 wp4 - - 63,9 13,8 wp5 - 59,3 53,4 107,3 wp6 - - 4,9 476,5 wp7 10,7 4,6 - -
Total of the foundations contribution to 1.172,4 3.487,9 6.187,4 3.403,8 CATS 14.251,5 wp1 1.102,0 3.344,0 6.187,4 3.403,8 wp7 70,4 143,9 - - Total cost for the CATS project 1.987,8 5.063,9 8.035,5 5.440,5 20.527,7
1.000 kr. 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Other external supportede project under CATS PRIMI 410,2 721,4 - - 1.131,60 Operating costs 407,6 360,2 Salary 2,6 361,2 Bosch Bruegel 155,3 439,6 - - 594,9 Operating costs 74,7 420,2 Salary 80,6 19,4 Other projects startet in 2014 - - - 35,148 35,1 Operating costs 35,1
Total cost for other projects 565,5 1.161,0 - 35,1 1.761,6
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