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In this presentation, Aafke Weller gives a sneak preview of the results of a research project that aims to piece together the conservation history of each of the drawings by Rembrandt and the Rembrandt School in the Rijksmuseum, from the moment it entered the collection until the present day.

Rika Pause introduces the project ORPI20 – Synthetic organic pigments in the beginning 20th century. It aims to investigate the production history, material technology and use of early synthetic organic pigments.

Lambert Baij discusses a new study on highly resolved motion detection instruments that can be used as powerful techniques for the study of solvent penetration during oil paint cleaning.

Emilie Froment presents her research on the conditions and extent of change as a result of wax-resin lining in ground reconstructions from seventeenth-century Netherlandish paintings on canvas.

Selwin Hageraats discusses recent studies that have succeeded in characterizing the intrinsic chemistry of zinc white pigments at the nanoscale level.