The official teaser for the documentary film about IN2PAST’s exploratory project ‘The Materials and Techniques of Jan van Goyen: A Technical Study of Eight Small Paintings’ has just been premiered in Oslo, Norway, at InART2024 – 6th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology.

Project PI Sara Valadas, HERCULES – University of Évora / IN2PAST researcher, presented the video during her oral communication ‘Unlocking van Goyen´s panels: a comprehensive study integrating dendrochronology, x-ray CT, and database comparison for technical art historical paintings insights’.  InART2024 started today, June 4^th, and runs until Friday, June 6^th.

Funded by IN2PAST, project ‘Van Goyen’ is the result of a partnership with the Medeiros e Almeida Museum, in Lisbon, owner of the paintings under study. The team used a variety of analysis techniques, including X-ray computed tomography and dendrochronological dating (the same method used to determine the age of a tree based on the growth of its trunk rings) to identify the wooden boards used by Van Goyen.