Scientific publications Operation Night Watch
The research conducted during Operation Night Watch is of the highest level. The researchers regularly publish their results in prominent scientific journals. Below is a list of these articles.
- Gabrieli, Francesca, et al. Reflectance imaging spectroscopy (Ris) for operation night watch: Challenges and achievements of imaging rembrandt’s masterpiece in the glass chamber at the rijksmuseum. Sensors 21.20 (2021): 6855.
- Gonzalez, Victor, et al. Lead (II) Formate in Rembrandt’s Night Watch: Detection and Distribution from the Macro‐to the Micro‐scale. Angewandte Chemie (2023).
- Kirchner, Eric, et al. Exploring the limits of color accuracy in technical photography. Heritage Science 9.1 (2021): 1-13.
- Baij, L., Liu, C., Buijs, J. et al. Understanding and optimizing Evolon® CR for varnish removal from oil paintings. Herit Sci 9, 155 (2021).
- Van Duijn, E. 2021. 'As much as is necessary forthe harmony of the picture not to be disturbed’: The materials and methods used during the 1945–47 treatment of The Night Watch by Rembrandt. Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation. ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints, Beijing, 17–21 May 2021, ed. J. Bridgland. Paris: International Council of Museums.
- E. van Duijn, 'Like a drunkard, the diseased painting craved the regenerating alcohol…' The numerous varnish treatments of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch between 1889 and 1936. Postprints for the Rembrandt Conservation Histories, 8-9 November 2018, Archetype London/ Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 2022.
- Broers et al. Correlated x-ray fluorescence and ptychographic nano-tomography on Rembrandt’s The Night Watch reveals unknown lead “layer”, Science Advances, 9, eadj9394 (2023)
- N. de Keyser, F. Broers et al. Discovery of Pararealgar and Semi-amorphous Pararealgar in Rembrandt's The Night Watch: Analytical Study and Historical Contextualization, Heritage Science 12, Article number: 237 (2024)