Researchers and restorers at Amsterdam’s
Rijksmuseum launched a months-long project
this week, using high-tech imaging technology
to throw new light on Rembrandt van Rijn’s
iconic “Night Watch.”
Working in a specially designed glass chamber,
researchers at the museum are undertaking a
painstaking examination and restoration of the
huge portrait of a 17th-century civil militia.
Art lovers around the world can follow the
project online.
“This is the first time that we can actually make
a full body scan and that we can discover which
pigments he used not only through making little
samples but with scanning the entire surface,”
said the museum’s general director, Taco Dibbits.