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…
Do you know fingernail calligraphy?
or Khatt-i nakhuni ...? Publication of the online article: Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a fingernail calligraphy album from twentieth-century Iran in collaboration with…
New article publication
After three years for research, writing and editing, I am proud to announce that our article on the painting from Genisa Ter Borch, an Iranian…
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…
Publication of my new article ‘Indian Drawings from the Rijksmuseum: an insight into their production, purpose and their significance’
in Unexpected fame: Conservation approaches to the preparatory object. Proceedings from the International Conference of the Icon Book & Paper Group, Oxford 1–2 October 2018…
A forthcoming conservation and research project on Pahari and Punjabi drawings and paintings from the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden.
When the lockdown is over, hopefully at the beginning of June, I will be starting a conservation and research project at the Volkenkunde Museum in…
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…
RCMC/FEL Junior Fellowship
RCMC/FEl Fellowship 2020
Amélie Conservation 
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