Programme


13 May 2010, Thursday

14.00 - 17.00
Registration: Collegium Maius – Jagiellonian University Museum, Jagiellońska str. No. 15, Krakow.

17.00 - 17.15
Opening of the Meeting

17.15 - 18.15
"Climate change effects on Europe's cultural heritage: challenges and possibilities" Roman Kozłowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland

18.30 - 21.00
Get together party in the Cellars of Collegium Maius


14 May 2010, Friday

Around Rembrandt and his workshop
Chair: Prof. Roman Kozłowski, Polish Academy of Sciences

9.30 - 10.30
"Neutron-Activation-Autoradiography of Paintings by Rembrandt at the Berlin Picture Gallery" Claudia Laurenze-Landsberg, Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, Germany

10.30 – 11.30
"Two of Rembrandt’s paintings: ‘Girl in a picture frame’ and ‘Scholar at his writing table’ from the Warsaw Royal Castle Collection – history, examination and conservation" Joanna Czernichowska, Regina Dmowska, Anna Nowicka, Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland

11.30 - 12.00
Coffee break

12.00 - 13.00
"Rembrandt’s ‘Landscape with Good Samaritan’ from the Czartoryski Collection – observation and technical information after restoration" Anna Grochowska-Angelus, Katarzyna Novljakovic, Dorota Dec, Maria Rogóż, Krakow National Museum, Poland

13.00 - 14.00
Poster Session and Visit to the Conservation Workshop in Collegium Maius

14.00 - 15.00
Lunch


Chair: Prof. Zbigniew Sojka, Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University

15.00 – 16.00
"Scientific analyses in determining original appearance. Studio and Rembrandt, Saul and David, c. 1660, oil on canvas (H: 131 x L: 164 cm)" Petria Noble, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands

16.00 – 16.45
"Is portrait of ‘Young Man’ from the Cracow Royal Castle Collection by Jan Lievens?" Joanna Winiewicz-Wolska, Ewa Wiłkojć, Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland

16.45 - 17.30
"Portrait of Joost van den Vondel’ by Philips Koninck from the Jagiellonian University Museum Collection. Attribution and identification" Anna Jasińska, M. Krąpiec, Jolanta Pollesch, Beata Skalmierska, Jagiellonian University Museum, Krakow, Poland

17.30 - 17. 45
Coffee break

17.45 - 19.00
Visit to the Collegium Maius Collection


15 May 2010, Saturday

X-ray techniques in investigations of art objects
Chair: Prof. Wieslaw Lasocha, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

9.00 - 10.00
"Use of X-ray powder micro-diffraction for identification of local sources of painting materials" Petr Bezdička, Silvie Švarcová, David Hradil, Janka Hradilová, Academic Materials Research Laboratory of Painted Artworks (ALMA) Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the ASCR, Husinec-Rez, Czech Republic

10.00 - 10.45
"Portable digital X-ray radiography system for studies of historical objects", Piotr Frączek, Joanna Sobczyk, Łukasz Bratasz, Janusz Czop, National Museum in Krakow, Poland

10.45 - 11.15
Coffee break

11.15 - 12.00
"X-ray powder diffractometry for studies of historical objects - a new equipment at Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University" Marcin Oszajca,, Marta Grzesiak, Katarzyna Podulka, Alicja Rafalska-Lasocha, Wieslaw Lasocha, Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

12.00 - 13.00
Sponsors presentations

13.00 - 14.30
Lunch


Chair: Prof. Wieslaw Lasocha, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

14.30 - 15.15
"Recovering Erased Scripts from Palimpsests: First results from X-Ray flourescence element mapping experiments" L. Glaser, D. Deckers , G. Falkenberg , C. Mackert, C. Brockmann and D. Harlfinger, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany

15.15 - 16.15
Closing lecture
"Rare Silverpoint Drawings by Rembrandt in the Focus of SR-XRF" Ina Reiche, Silke Merchel, Martin Radtke, Heinrich Riesemeier, Holm Bevers, Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France - CNRS UMR 171, PARIS

16.15 - 16.30
Coffee break

16.30 - 18.00
Science Festival in Krakow

19.00 - 23.00
Meeting Dinner in the cellars of Collegium Maius


16 May 2010, Sunday
Visit to the historic Salt Mine in Wieliczka

Poster presentations:
1. REMBRANDT IN LABORATORY. FACTORS OF DETERIORATION OF OIL PAINTINGS CONTAINING LEAD WHITE. Dawid Popławski, Maria Poksińska, Nicolaus Copernikus University, Torun, Poland

2. DIGITAL PROCESSING OF X-RAY RADIOGRAMS FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES, Joanna Sobczyk, Piotr Frączek, Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki, Łukasz Bratasz, Janusz Czop, National Museum In Krakow, Poland

3. MULTI-METALLIC ARTEFACTS FROM WROCŁAW -EDXRF STUDIES, Beata Miazga, University of Wrocław, Institute of Archaeology, Poland

4. APPLICATION OF X-RAY METHODS FOR PIGMENTS IDENTIFICATION IN COLLECTION OF RAFAŁ HADZIEWICZ PAINTINGS, A. KLISIŃSKA-KOPACZ, A. RAFALSKA-ŁASOCHA, E. ZYGIER and J. CZOP, National Museum in Krakow, Poland

5. X-RAY BASED ANALYSIS OF THE METAL THREADS IN HISTORICAL TEXTILES, A.Klisińska-Kopacz, M. Włodarczak, A. Prokopowicz and Ł. Bratasz, National Museum in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

6. WITKACY’S PASTELS ANALYSIS FOR SAFE ANOXIA STORAGE, A. Klisińska-Kopacz, J. Sobczyk, J. Thomas, Piotr Frączek, D. Godyń, Ł. Bratasz, J. Bagniuk, T. Łojewski, National Museum in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

7. XRD and SEM/EDX INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CORROSION PRODUCTS OF METAL THREADS FROM THE TAPESTRY OF SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS, Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha, Jerzy Holc, Anna Bielańska, Wiesław Łasocha, Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

8. XRD INVESTIGATIONS OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRUSSIAN BLUE PIGMENTS AND OIL PAINTS, Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha, Katarzyna Podulka, Roman Dziembaj, Wiesław Łasocha, Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

9. SYNCHROTRON X-RAY POWDER MICRO-DIFFRACTION and MICRO-FLUORESCENCE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF GREEN PIGMENTS IN the GOTHIC ALTAR PAINTINGS FROM MALOPOLSKA REGION, Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha, Marta Grzesiak, Zofia Kaszowska, Thomas Wróblewski, Dariusz Zając, Andre Rothkirch, Wiesław Łasocha, Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

10. CONSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE SIGISMUND BELL, Marcin Biborski1 and Andrzej Biborski, Institute of Archeology, Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

11. AN INTERESTING DILEMMA – A SMALL LANDSCAPE SIGNED REMBRANDT F. 1627. A DEPOSIT IN THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM COLLECTION, Anna Jasińska, Jolanta Pollesch, Beata Skalmierska, Jagiellonian University Museum, Krakow, Poland