You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the domain of Technical Art History/Conservation-Restoration, within the project "La peinture en bois - Visualising the colourful past based on the faded present". This is a multidisciplinary project that combines heritage science (e.g., SEM-EDX, XRF, FTIR-analysis), 17th and 18th-centuries archival studies and historical recipe studies with historically accurate reconstructions, to generate new insights into the wood colouring technologies and traditions on furniture from the 17th- and 18th-century Low Countries. You will collaborate with the colleagues and stakeholders of the Belspo FED-tWIN HOME-AGE project, including the Royal Museum for Art & History, Brussels (KMKG-MRAH). You will collaborate with heritage scientists, chemists, technical art historians, museum professionals and private collectors, and you may occasionally travel to partner collections/institutions linked to relevant case studies. Therefore, good communication skills are expected to act as a mediator between the different disciplines and various stakeholders.
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