The 17th century still-life painter Abraham Mignon was known for his depictions of flowers, fruit, forests, and grottoes, among other objects. But over time, certain pigments have degraded to such an ...

The fading of a once-vibrant yellow rose reveals how the ravages of time and chemical alteration can dampen the visual power of a painting. Paintings conservator Nouchka De Keyser of the Rijksmuseum ...

A piece of art can resonate with a viewer instantly. But what a viewer sees in a museum may differ from what the artist created years, decades, or even centuries earlier. Nouchka De Keyser, a ...