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.
- Tao, Nan, Esther van Duijn, Lisette Vos, Ilse Steeman, Roger M. Groves, Katrien Keune, Petria Noble, Andrei G. Anisimov. “Assessing the structural integrity of the wax-rein lining of The Night Watch using 3D Shearography.” Journal of Cultural Heritage 72 (March-April 2025): 169-179.
- Woltman, Nienke, Esther van Duijn, Anna Krekeler, Katrien Keune, Annelies van Loon, Suzan Meijer, Petria Noble, Laura Raven, Willem de Ridder, Susan Smelt, Ilse Steeman, Ige Verslype, Giulia Sara de Vivo, Lisette Vos and Sepha Wouda. “Use of a treatment option diagram for ethical considerations and risk assessment related to the treatment of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch.” In Bridging the Gap: Synergies between Art History and Conservation, edited by Birgitte Sauge et al., 28−40. Londen: Archetype, 2024.
- Keune, Katrien, Irma de Vries. “UNLOCKING ART’S WONDERS: Science as a Bridge to Public Engagement.” Conservation Perspectives, The GCI Newsletter 39, no. 1 (Spring 2024): 16−17
- De Keyser, Nouchka, Fréderique T. H. Broers, Frederik Vanmeert, Annelies van Loon, Francesca Gabrieli, Steven De Meyer, Arthur Gestels, Victor Gonzalez, Erma Hermens, Petria Noble, Florian Meirer, Koen Janssens and Katrien Keune. “Discovery of Pararealgar and Semi-amorphous Pararealgar in Rembrandt's The Night Watch: Analytical Study and Historical Contextualization.” Heritage Science 12, no.237 (2024).
- Van Duijn, Esther, Jan Piet Filedt Kok. “The restorations of Rembrandt’s Night Watch.” In The Art of Conservation, edited by Jane Martineau and David Bomford, 268–303. London: The Burlington Press, 2024 [first published in The Burlington Magazine, February 2016].
- Raven, Laura, Esther van Duijn, Mitra Almasian, Annelies van Loon, Alba Alvarez Martin, Petria Noble and Katrien Keune. “Filling the Gap: Tracing the History of a Canvas Insert in The Night Watch.” (poster presented at the international conference Bridging the Gap: Synergies between Art History and Conservation, Oslo, November 23–24, 2023).
- Broers, Fréderique, Ige Verslype, Koen W. Bossers, Frederik Vanmeert, Victor Gonzalez, Jan Garrevoet, Annelies van Loon, Esther van Duijn, Anna Krekeler, Nouchka de Keyser, Ilse Steeman, Petria Noble, Koen Janssens, Florian Meirer and Katrien Keune. “Correlated x-ray fluorescence and ptychographic nano-tomography on Rembrandt’s The Night Watch reveals unknown lead “layer.” Science Advances 9, no. 50 (December 2023).
- Tao, Nan, Andrei G. Anisimov, Esther van Duijn, Lisette Vos, Ilse Steeman, Katrien Keune, Petria Noble and Roger M. Groves. “Application of shearography with thermal loading for the structural inspection of Rembrandt’s Night Watch.” Proceedings SPIE 12620, Optics for Arts, Architecture, and Archaeology (O3A) IX 12620 (August 2023).
- Gonzalez, Victor, Ida Fazlic, Marine Cotte, Frederik Vanmeert, Arthur Gestels, Steven De Meyer, Fréderique Broers, Joen Hermans, Annelies van Loon, Koen Janssens, Petria Noble and Katrien Keune. “Lead (II) Formate in Rembrandt’s Night Watch: Detection and Distribution from the Macro‐to the Micro‐scale.” Angewandte Chemie 62, no. 16 (January 2023).
- Noble, Petria, Esther van Duijn, Anna Krekeler, Laura Raven, Susan Smelt, Ilse Steeman, Ige Verslype and Lisette Vos. “Conservation of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch: the decision-making process.” In AIC General and Concurrent Session Postprints 1 (2023): 211–213, edited by J. Evers. Proceedings of AIC’s 50th Annual Meeting, May 13–18,
- Van Duijn, Esther. “ ‘Like a drunkard, the diseased painting craved the regenerating alcohol…' The numerous varnish treatments of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch between 1889 and 1936.” In Rembrandt Conservation Histories (Rembrandt Conservation Histories symposium postprints, 8-9 November, 2018), edited by Esther van Duijn and Petria Noble,138–151. London: Archetype, Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum,
- Dings, Laura. “Deformations of the Night Watch Canvas under Relative Humidity Fluctuations” (master’s thesis, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2021).
- Van Duijn, Esther. “As much as is necessary for the harmony of the picture not to be disturbed’: The materials and methods used during the 1945–47 treatment of The Night Watch by Rembrandt”. In Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation (ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints, Beijing, 17–21 May 2021), edited by Janet Bridgland. Paris: International Council of Museums, 2021.
- Baij, Lambert, Chun Liu, Jesse Buijs, Alba Alvarez Martin, Dorien Westert, Laura Raven, Norbert Geels, Petria Noble, Joris Sprakel and Katrien Keune. “Understanding and optimizing Evolon® CR for varnish removal from oil paintings.” Heritage Science 9, no. 155 (2021).
- Kirchner, Eric, Carola van Wijk, Henni van Beek and Tammo Koster. “Exploring the limits of color accuracy in technical photography.” Heritage Science 9. no. 57 (2021).
- Gabrieli, Francesca, John K. Delaney, Robert G. Erdmann, Victor Gonzalez, Annelies van Loon, Patrick Smulders, Roy Berkeveld, Robert van Langh and Katrien Keune. “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, no. 20 (2021).