Eat & Paint Mind Matters Week Zin in een creatieve pauze tussen het studeren door? De Studentenraad nodigt je uit voor een gezellige Eat & Paint op Stadscampus! Wij voorzien het nodige materiaal en lekkere (gratis!) pizza's. Het enige wat jij moet meenemen is je creativiteit! Stadscampus (Prinsesstr…

Eat & Paint Mind Matters Week Looking for a creative break in between studying? The Student Council invites you to a cozy Eat & Paint on the City Campus! We’ll provide all the materials and tasty pizza's (for free). All you need to bring is your creativity! City Campus (Prinsesstraat 16): Thursday…

Iryn Bijker doctoral scholarship holder Research Iryn Bijker Research team Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy (AXIS) Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Lead white speciation: a technical marker for dating paintings and paint layers. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract Recent developments i…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Study of pigment degradation processes Why van Gogh's Sunflowers are wilting The colour of Vincent van Gogh's famous Sunflowers is changing over time, because of the mixture of pigments used by the Dutch master in his paint…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Degradation of cadmium yellow Cadmium yellow (CdS) is a modern pigment that was intensively used by Ensor, Van Gogh and their progressive contemporaries (Monet, Seurat, Picasso, etc.) because of its bright yellow colour. In…

Stefanie Bauvois teaching assistant Research Stefanie Bauvois Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Treatment of pre-Columbian objects. 07/11/2019 - 01/10/2020 Abstract Research and treatment of three pre-columbian artifacts from the collection of the city of Antwerp. Due to the …

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content The Scream by E. Munch Solving a Cold Case: the Bird Droppings Mystery 'Bird droppings can pose a significant threat for monuments, outdoor statues ... and brand new cars', says Dr. Geert Van der Snickt, cultural heritage s…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Scanning MAXRPD In-house MAXRPD scanner Macroscopic X-ray powder diffraction scanning (MAXRPD) is a technique that allows to visualize the distribution of crystalline compounds in different types of flat macroscopic samples…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Degradation of red lead Red lead is most familiar to us in orange-red rustproof paint. However, artists have treasured the brilliant color of this pigment for their paintings since ancient times. This pigment is known to un…

A-PECS search menu search content Blackening of the red pigment vermillion For centuries on end, vermillion red remained one of the most popular pigments and was used by our greatest painters. It is a widely known fact, however, that over time the red degrades and turns black. Researchers at the Uni…

Teresa Scovacricchi onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Teresa Scovacricchi Chemical mapping of the degradation of geranium lake in paint cross sections by MALDI-MSI Bron Analytical chemistry - ISSN 0003-2700-95:49 (2023) p. 18215-18223 Auteur(s) Alba Alvarez-Martin, Jusal Quanico, Teresa Scovacricch…

Enis Ukshini postdoc researcher FWO Research Enis Ukshini Research team Expertise My specialties are acoustics, fast pressure sensitive paint, vibrations, 3D digital image correlation, optics, image processing, operational analysis, signal processing and experimental investigation. Understanding the…

Enis Ukshini postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Enis Ukshini Comparing local versus global filtering techniques on fast pressure-sensitive paint data Bron Experimental techniques - ISSN 0732-8818- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Pieter Livens, Enis Ukshini Citatielink Acoustic pressure distribution and mode-specif…

Annelies Ríos-Casier predoc researcher FWO Research Annelies Ríos-Casier Research team Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy (AXIS) Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Understanding the Impact of Modernism on the studio practice of Western European Painters through James Ensor's Oeuvre (1…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Compositional analysis of historical glass Throughout history, glass of different chemical composition has been produced. Because the composition of glass varies with the period/area of origin, it is in theory possible to a…

Alba Alvarez Martin onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Alba Alvarez Martin Exploring benzyl alcohol derivatives and related compounds in the cleaning of oil paintings Bron Studies in conservation - ISSN 0039-3630- (2023) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Chun (Tracy) Liu, Alba Alvarez-Martin, Katrien Keune Citatiel…

Pieter Livens postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Pieter Livens Evaluation of procedure-induced conflicts in the prediction of structural intensity in vibroacoustics Bron Noise and Vibration Emerging Methods, 6–8 May 2025, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany-57 (2025) p. 1-18 Auteur(s) Nikolai Kleinfeller…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Degradation of chrome yellow The darkening of chrome yellow is a phenomenon widely observed on several paintings by Vincent van Gogh such as the famous versions of the Sunflowers. Analysis of artificially aged model samples…

Piet Van Espen emeritus occasionele opdracht Publicaties Piet Van Espen MA-XRF scanner : implementation of elemental maps reconstruction algorithm based on single photon detection for cultural heritage studies Bron X-ray spectrometry - ISSN 0049-8246- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Luis Guillermo Garcia Ordone…

Muhammad Adeel onbezoldigd medewerker Onderzoek Muhammad Adeel Onderzoeksgroep Intelligentie in processen, geavanceerde katalysatoren en solventen (iPRACS) Expertise Hallo collega's! Mijn naam is Dr. Muhammad Adeel, ik ben 31 jaar oud en ik kom uit Pakistan. Ik heb mijn master in fysische chemie ged…

Ermanno Avranovich Clerici onderzoeker Publicaties Ermanno Avranovich Clerici Advanced X-ray techniques to study the alteration of pigments in paintings Bron La rivista del nuovo cimento - ISSN 0393-697X-48:6 (2025) p. 315-434 Auteur(s) Letizia Monico, Koen Janssens, Marine Cotte, Samuel M. Webb, Fr…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content AGRECHEM-English (until 2019) AXES contribution The AGRECHEM centre of excellence functioned until 2019. On 28 May 2018, the journal Angewandte Chemie launched a special issue dedicated to State-of-the-art chemical studies …

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content MAXRPD scanning Vermeer Clio gets her green laurel wreath back Some of the green paint that Johannes Vermeer used in his masterpiece 'The Art of Painting' turned blue over the centuries. Researchers from the Kunsthistorisch…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Research activities This page presents a number of highlights from the research conducted within the frame of this chair. The topics concern both instrumental development of imaging setups and applied research on specific w…

Teresa Scovacricchi unpaid staff Publications Teresa Scovacricchi Chemical mapping of the degradation of geranium lake in paint cross sections by MALDI-MSI Source Analytical chemistry - ISSN 0003-2700-95:49 (2023) p. 18215-18223 Author(s) Alba Alvarez-Martin, Jusal Quanico, Teresa Scovacricchi, Erma…