Revealing the unseen in Indian miniature paintings with the Multimodal Image Viewer.
When I was conservator at the Rijksmuseum from 2017 to 2019, I studied the Indian drawings in the collection. I was fortunate to benefit from…
Mounting a double-sided folio in hyperlapse
For each drawing and painting, I make a float mount using a sheet of Japanese paper in which a window is cut to allow viewing…
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The mounting of a painting with dust-cover using photo-corners: a longing heroine braves the storm
The project on the Pahari works of the Museum Volkenkunde is going well. I am currently mounting the 134 paintings and drawings using methods tailored…
Tools and tips for the conservation of Indian miniature paintings
The nanomister I recently purchased this device and am very happy with it. There are literally thousands of models online, so it's hard to find…
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Souvenir from an imaginary city: decrypting and conserving an enigmatic urban depiction from nineteenth-century northern India.
My thanks go to Shivani Sud for her opinion on the possible origin of this painting. Shivani is currently preparing her upcoming PhD dissertation, "The…
Sketches and doodles from Himalaya
The beauty of drawings epitomizes the artist’s first intention and his immediate gesture. A simple of sheet of paper conveys an array of small sketches,…
First encounter with the birds: research and conservation of a series of bird drawings from the Museum Volkenkunde
The collection of 24 drawings held at the Museum Volkenkunde depicts various birds from the western foothills of Himalaya, in the today-states of Himachal Pradesh…
Between the gourd and the harp: historical repairs in African manuscripts
Sutures in Sub-Saharan manuscripts While condition surveying manuscripts in the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, in 2014, I encountered some intriguing repairs in a copy…
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Pricks and dabs: what an Indian drawing tells us about the techniques of Indian artists
The drawing, from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam link, features the Coronation of Rama, an episode from the Rāmāyaṇa (Fig.1). It was produced in Kangra, a…
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