Akzo Nobel and the National Museum of the Netherlands speed up the restoration of "Night Watch" to promote the revival of famous paintings

Recently, Akzo Nobel and the National Museum of the Netherlands jointly carried out the restoration plan for the famous painting "Night Tour", which has entered a new stage - innovation and scientific research around color, light and paint Akzo Nobel and experts from the Netherlands National Museum discuss the night tour of famous paintings Rembrandt's masterpiece night tour is undergoing the largest and most innovative restoration work since its birth Akzo Nobel and the Netherlands National Museum combine the knowledge and expertise of both sides and adopt the most appropriate way to repair and preserve the night tour With the continuous acceleration of the cooperation process, the two sides have made clear the three key directions of the second phase of the repair work "We are very pleased to work with the National Museum of the Netherlands on innovative art restoration projects," Klaas, CTO of paint and coatings, Akzo Nobel "Through the combination of the old and the new, we can take different perspectives, unique ways and innovative thinking to complete the restoration beyond expectations, and open up a new field full of infinite possibilities for painting restoration," kruithof said Robert van laugh, head of heritage conservation and science at the National Museum of the Netherlands, added: "working with Akzo Nobel on a 'Night Tour' was the right choice from the beginning At present, we have begun to discuss in detail how to promote repair from a scientific point of view We have a common field of discussion with Akzo Nobel, especially in the two directions of color and painting aging At the same time, we are confident that this restoration work will open up a new perspective for viewers to appreciate night patrol and interpret this masterpiece at a higher level " Researchers from both sides plan to carry out the following projects in the next two years: to understand Rembrandt's unique pigment formula through the re creation of Rembrandt's thick coating pigment technology, because its precise formula is still a mystery (thick coating pigment refers to the process or technology of thick coating pigment to make the painting surface achieve nearly three-dimensional visual effect) A common color correction system is designed to improve the image acquisition and digitization of paintings The use of dark colors in night patrol is very special This system can fine tune according to the unique colors in the paintings Fully consider the influence of light conditions and surrounding objects on color perception, and use Akzo Nobel's latest virtual color display technology to help improve the visual experience of night patrol The re creation of Rembrandt's thick coating pigment technology understanding how Rembrandt created the famous thick coating pigment technology helps to better understand the relationship between rheology (Research on material flow, mainly on liquid substances, including soft solids) and actual pigment painting Experts will select three different kinds of thick colored pigments found in Rembrandt's paintings and study them from different perspectives The second project is to design a common color correction system, which aims to overcome the common problems in the shooting process of night patrol and other professional photos of 17th century Dutch paintings The dark areas in these paintings are bright in the photos, which makes the photos in the museum catalogue and other publications unable to correctly reflect the original colors The purpose of this project is to design a special color correction card for the photography of Dutch paintings in the 17th century in order to improve the quality of photography Improve the visual experience the project combines Akzo Nobel's expertise in color and light reflection The paint of "night patrol" has aged and faded, and many details are difficult to recognize In order to improve the visual experience of night patrol, the project plans to analyze the hyperspectral and spectrometer data, and display the local light and shade changes based on physical simulation, so as to improve the recognition of paintings "It's a valuable opportunity for us to apply our expertise in color to this historic restoration project." Eric Kirchner, a senior color researcher at Akzo Nobel, said that "Night Tour" is a landmark art treasure in Dutch culture and even in the whole art history The repair plan of this night tour also symbolizes that we have the technical ability of industry benchmarking " The "night tour plan" was launched in July 2019 Scientists worked in specially made glass rooms and carried out major research and restoration of Rembrandt paintings with a series of pioneering tools and technologies The National Museum of the Netherlands has also sent a professional project team composed of researchers, protectors and restorers to work closely with Akzo Nobel's color experts and many museums and universities at home and abroad.