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Prof. dr. E. (Ella) Hendriks

Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Conservering en Restauratie
Photographer: Dirk Gillissen

Visiting address
  • Johannes Vermeerplein 1
Postal address
  • Postbus 94552
    1090 GN Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profile

    Prof. dr. Ella Hendriks is full Professor in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Arts and Culture. She teaches at Minor, Master and Advanced Professional levels, and currently supervises 9 PhD candidates and contributes to the research institute and doctoral school; the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM).

    Hendriks has more than thirty years of experience as a practicing paintings conservator at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem (1987-99) and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (1999-2016). She joins this professional experience with a research profile characterized by collaborations across the fields of art history, natural science, imaging science, artificial intelligence and social science. Taking a synthetic approach, she aims to contribute to the development of new and improved strategies for conservation.  One example is the research led by Hendriks towards a sustainable management of light-induced colour change in late nineteenth century paintings, as currently implemented in the Van Gogh Museum.

    Hendriks forms a linking pin between academia and society through commissions of trust that include Chair of the Advisory Committee to the  VriendenLoterij (formerly BankGiroLoterij) Restoration Fund/Advisor to the Board for Vereniging Rembrandt; member of the advisory board for the Dutch register for accredited conservators (Restauratoren Register); member of the National Council for Cultural Research (NOE). She is Scientific Working Group member for the Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science (NICAS) and co-organizes the bi-weekly online NICAS Colloquium.

    Hendriks has authored >100 publications, including peer-reviewed articles for art journals (e.g. Burlington Magazine),  conservation journals (e.g. London National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Studies in Conservation) and science journals (e.g. Angewandte Chemie, Colour Research and Application, Analytical Chemistry, Heritage Science, Signal Processing Magazine), as well as collection/exhibition catalogues, books, chapters and proceedings. See publication list.

     

  • Publications- full list

    2022

    Ella Hendriks, 'The Art of Conservation: XVII. Jan Cornelis Traas, paintings restorer of the Van Gogh family collection', The Burlington Magazine 164, February 2022, pp. 164-177.

    2021 

    Anna Laganà, Michael Doutre, Melissa David, Michal Lukomski,  Ella Hendriks, Maarten van Bommel, ‘In search of a perfect bond: an evaluation of potential adhesives to repair transparent poly(methyl methacrylate) objects’, in: Preprints ICOM-CC, 19th Triennial Conference, Beijing, 2021.

    2020

    Ford T, Rizzo A, Hendriks E, Frøysaker T, Caruso F (2019). A non‑invasive screening study of varnishes applied to three paintings by Edvard Munch using portable diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). Heritage Science, 7: 8 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0327-1

    2019

    Ed. Ella Hendriks, Van Gogh Museum, Marije Vellekoop, Muriel Geldof and Maarten van Bommel, 'Van Gogh’s Sunflower illuminated: Art meets Science', Van Gogh Museum Studies 1 (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).

    Ella Hendriks and Costanza Miliani, chapter 1, ‘Research in Context’, in ed. Hendriks et. al. 'Van Gogh’s Sunflower illuminated: Art meets Science' 2019, pp. 11-19.

    Ella Hendriks et. al., chapter 4, ‘Methods and Materials of the Amsterdam Sunflowers’, in ed. Hendriks et. al. 'Van Gogh’s Sunflower illuminated: Art meets Science' 2019, pp. 85-123.

    Letizia Monico, Ella Hendriks, et. al., chapter 5, ‘Chemical Alteration and Colour Changes in the Amsterdam Sunflowers’, in ed. Hendriks et. al. 'Van Gogh’s Sunflower illuminated: Art meets Science' 2019, pp. 125-157.

    Klaas Jan van den Berg, Ella Hendriks et. al., chapter 6, ‘Structural and Chemical Composition of the Surface Layers in the Amsterdam Sunflowers’, in ed. Hendriks et. al. 'Van Gogh’s Sunflower illuminated: Art meets Science' 2019, pp. 159-173.

    Ella Hendriks et. al., chapter 7, ‘Conservation of the Amsterdam Sunflowers: From Past to Future’,  in ed. Hendriks et. al. 'Van Gogh’s Sunflower illuminated: Art meets Science' 2019, pp. 175-205.

    Nienke Bakker and Ella Hendriks, Van Gogh and the Sunflowers: A Masterpiece Examined, exh. cat. ‘Van Gogh and the Sunflowers’, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 21 June- 1 September 2019 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)

    Nienke Bakker and Ella Hendriks, Van Gogh en de Zonnebloemen: Een meesterwerk onderzocht, exh. cat. ‘Van Gogh and the Sunflowers’, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 21 June- 1 September 2019 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)

    Alma Jongstra, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Ella Hendriks, Suzan de Groot, Henk van Keulen, Maartje Stols-Witlox, ‘'Breaking waves'. The relation between zinc-oxide degradation and extreme delamination from the panel support of Beach Scene, by J.E.H. Akkeringa (1861-1942)’, in: ed. Klaas Jan van den Berg et. al., 'Conservation of Modern Oil Paintings', Cultural Heritage series (Springer 2019)

    Madeleine Vaudremer, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Ella Hendriks et. al., ‘The Degradation of Synthetic Ultramarine Paints in Six Paintings from the Collection of the Cultural Heritage Agency in The Netherlands’, in: ed. Klaas Jan van den Berg et. al. 'Conservation of Modern Oil Paintings', Cultural Heritage series (Springer 2019)

    2018

    Thierry Ford, Adriano Rizzo, Ella Hendriks & Francesca Caruso, ‘Handheld FTIR Spectroscopy for Non-Invasive Screening and Identification of Varnishes in Painting Collections. A Pilot Study on Six Works by Edvard Munch’, Infrared and Raman Users Group IRUG, Sydney, Australia, December 2018.

    Frederik Vanmeert, Ella Hendriks, Geert van der Snickt, Letizia Monico, Joris Dik, and Koen Janssens, ‘Chemical Mapping by Macroscopic X-ray Powder Diffraction (MA-XRPD) of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: Identification of Areas with Higher Degradation Risk’, in Angewandte Chemie June 2018, vol 57, issue 25, Heritage Science Plus, pp. 7257-7532.

    Ed. Francesca Casadio, Katrien Keune, Annelies van Loon, Petria Noble, Ella Hendriks, Silvia Centeno, Gillian Osmond, Metal Soaps in Art. Conservation and Research. Springer, Cultural Heritage Series, 2018. 

    Muriel Geldof, Art Ness Proaño Gaibor, Frank Ligterink, Ella Hendriks & Eric Kirchner, 'Reconstructing Van Gogh's palette to determine the optical characteristics of his paints', in: Heritage Science, 2018 6:17 (HSCI-D-18-00007R1). Download article Pdf on: http://rdcu.be/JwfK

    2017

    Ella Hendriks & Agnes Brokerhof, 'Valuing Van Gogh's Colours: from Past to Future', in: ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints (Copenhagen, September 2017)

    Lise Steyn, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Maartje Stols-Witlox & Ella Hendriks, poster 'Cleaning Modern Oil Paints: the Removal of Imbibed Surface Dirt', in: ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints (Copenhagen, September 2017)

    Kirchner, E., van der Lans, I., Ligterink, F., Hendriks, E. and J. Delaney. 2017. Digitally reconstructing Van Gogh’s Field with Irises near Arles Part 1: Varnish, Color Research and Application (DOI:10.1002/col.22162)                                                                                                          

    Kirchner, E., van der Lans, I., Ligterink, F., Geldof, M., Ness Proano Gaibor, A., Hendriks, E., Janssens, K. and J. Delaney. 2017. Digitally reconstructing Van Gogh’s Field with Irises near Arles Part 2: Pigment Concentration Maps, Color Research and Application (DOI: 10.1002/col.22164)

    Kirchner, E., van der Lans, I., Ligterink, F., Geldof, M., Ness Proano Gaibor, Meedendorp, T., Pilz, K. & E. Hendriks, 2017. Digitally reconstructing Van Gogh’s Field with Irises near Arles Part 3: Determining the original colors, Journal: Color Research and Application (DOI: 10.1002/col.22197)

    Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, Maarten van Bommel and Kathrin Pilz, ‘“Carmin es el rojo del vino”. La cochinilla en la pintura de Vincent van Gogh’, in: Rojo Mexicano. La grana cochinilla en el arte (Mexico: Museo de Palacio de Bellas Artes, 2017), pp. 260-287

    2016

    Ella Hendriks, ‘Les toiles recycles de Van Gogh: l’art de l’économie’, in: ed. Bénédicte Trémolières Peindre au temps des impressionistes (Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre), 2016, pp. 47-61

    Inge Fiedler, Ella Hendriks, Teio Meedendorp, Michel Menu and Johanna Salvant, ‘Van Gogh’s Bedrooms: Materials, Intention and Evolution’, in: Gloria Groom et al., exh. cat. Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, 14 February-8 May 2016, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2016, pp. 68-103

    Ashok Roy and Ella Hendriks, ‘Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in London and Amsterdam’, in: National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 37, 2016, pp. 60-77

    Ella Hendriks, ‘”Paintings fade like flowers”: colour change in paintings by Vincent van Gogh’, in: Colour Change in Paintings, (Archetype, London, in association with the ICON Paintings Group), 2016, pp. 39-51

    2015

    Monico, L.; Janssens, K.; Hendriks, E.; Vanmeert, F.; Van der Snickt, G.; Cotte, M.; Falkenberg, G.; Brunetti, B. G.; Miliani C., “Evidence for Degradation of the Chrome Yellows in Van Gogh's Sunflowers: a Study by Non-invasive In Situ Methods and Synchrotron Radiation-based X-ray Techniques”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201505840

    Nanne van Noord, Ella Hendriks and Eric Postma, ‘Discovering artist’s style; from art works to stylistic visual features’, in: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 32(4), 46-54

    2014

    Interview De tand des tijds’ in: Bennie Mols and Ionica Smeets, Succes-formules; toepassing van wiskunde, pp. 101-103 (Platform Wiskunde Nederland)

    Letizia Monico, Koen Janssens, Ella Hendriks, Brunetto G. Brunetti,Costanza Miliani,Raman study of different crystalline forms of PbCrO4 and PbCr1-xSxO4 solid solutions for the non-invasive identification of chrome yellows in paintings: a focus on works by Vincent van Gogh’, in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, July  2014, 11-12, 1034–1045

    2013

    ed. Patrice Abry, Jim Coddington, Ingrid Daubechies, Ella Hendriks, Shannon Hughes, Don Johnson and Eric Postma, Image Processing for Digital Art Work, Signal Processing Special Volume 93, Issue 3, pp. 525-620, March 2013

    van Noord, N.J.E., Postma, E.O., & Hendriks, E. (2013). Colour-texture analysis of paintings using ICA filter banks. In A. van den Bosch, T. Heskes, & D. van Leeuwen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Belgian-Dutch conference on machine learning (BENELEARN 2013) (pp. 74-81). Nijmegen: Radboud University

    Letizia Monico, Koen Janssens, Costanza Miliani, Frederik Vanmeert, Brunetto G. Brunetti, Marine Cotte, Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, The Degradation Process of Lead Chromate Yellows in Paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, poster , Microscopy and Microanalysis conference, Indianapolis, 2-8 August 2013

    Letizia Monico, Koen Janssens, Constanza Miliani, Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti, Manuela Vagnini, Frederik Vanmeert, Gerald Falkenberg, Artem Abakumov, Yinggang Lu, He Tian, Johan Verbeeck, Marie Radepont, Marine Cotte, Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, Luuk van der Loeff, Johanna Salvant, Michel Menu, ‘The Degradation Process of Lead Chromate in paintings by Vincent van Gogh studied by means of Spectromicroscopic methods. Part III: Synthesis, characterization and detection of different crystal forms of the chrome yellow pigment”, Analytical Chemistry 2013, 85, 860-867

    ed. Marije Vellekoop, Ella Hendriks, Leo Jansen, Muriel Geldof, Alberto de Tagle, Van Gogh’s Studio Practice, Van Gogh Museum/Mercatorfonds (distributed Yale University Press), 461 pp.

    E. Hendriks, C.R. Johnson Jr., D. H. Johnson and M. Geldof, ‘Automated thread counting and the studio practice project’, in Van Gogh’s Studio Practice 2013, pp. 156-181

    D.H. Johnson, C.R. Johnson Jr. and E. Hendriks, ‘Automated thread counting’, in Van Gogh’s Studio Practice 2013, pp. 142-155

    E. Hendriks, L. Megens and M. Geldof, ‘Van Gogh’s recycled works’, in Van Gogh’s Studio Practice 2013, pp. 306-329

    R. Haswell, L. Carlyle, C. T. J. Mensch, E. Hendriks and M. Geldof, ‘The examination of Van Gogh’s painting grounds using quantitative SEM-EDX’,   in Van Gogh’s Studio Practice 2013, pp. 202-215

    Member of advisory editorial board for Marije Vellekoop with contributions by Nienke Bakker, Maite van Dijk, Muriel Geldof, Ella Hendriks and Birgit Reissland, Van Gogh aan het werk/Van Gogh at work, catalogue of the exhibition Van Gogh at work, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, 1 May 2013-12 January 2014 (Van Gogh Museum/Mercatorfonds), 303 pp

    Ella Hendriks ‘Recycled canvases’, in Vellekoop et al. Van Gogh at work 2013, pp. 266-273

    Ella Hendriks, ‘Canvas and other picture supports’, in Vellekoop et al. Van Gogh at work 2013, pp. 282-289

    Rob Bouwman, Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, Luc Megens and Aukje Vergeest, ‘Van Gogh down to the nanometer’,  in Vellekoop et al. Van Gogh at work 2013, pp. 290- 297

    D.H. Johnson, E. Hendriks and C.R. Johnson Jr ‘Interpreting canvas weave matches’, Art Matters: International Journal for Technical Art History  5 (2013), pp. 53-61 (see www.artmattersjournal.org)

    2012

    Ella Hendriks and Louis van Tilborgh, ‘Van Gogh in Paris: A Dialogue with Modernism’, Exhibition Catalogue, pp. 275, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center, 8 November 2012-24 March 2013

    Ella Hendriks and Louis van Tilborgh, ‘Van Gogh in Paris: New Perspectives’, Exhibition Catalogue, pp. 160, Huis ten Bosch, Japan, 29 June-28 October 2012

    Jia Li, Lei Yao, Ella Hendriks and James Z. Wang, ‘Rhythmic brushstrokes distinguish Van Gogh from his contemporaries: findings via automated brushstroke extraction, in IEEE Transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence, vol. 34, no. 6, June 2012, pp. 1159-1176

    Luuk Struick van der Loeff, Matthias Alfeld, Teio Meedendorp, Joris Dik, Ella Hendriks, Geert van der Snikt, Koen Janssens and Meta Chavannes, ‘Rehabilitation of a flower still life in the Kröller-Müller Museum and a lost Antwerp painting by Van Gogh, in Van Gogh: New Findings (Van Gogh Studies 4), Kröller-Müller Museum, March 2012 and Van Gogh Museum June 2012

    Louis van Tilborgh, Teio Meedendorp, Ella Hendriks, Don H. Johnson, C. Richard Johnson and Robert G. Erdmann, ‘Weave matching and dating of Van Gogh’s paintings: an interdisciplinary approach’, in The Burlington Magazine CLIV February 2012, pp. 112-122

    Jia Li, Lei Yao, Ella Hendriks and James Zwang, ‘Rhythmic Brushstrokes Distinguish Van Gogh from his Contemporaries’, in IEEE Transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence, 34 (X), pp. 1-18

    2011

    Ella Hendriks and Louis van Tilborgh with the assistance of Margriet van Eikema Hommes and Monique Hageman, Vincent van Gogh, Paintings 2, Antwerp and Paris (1885-1888), Van Gogh Museum (Waanders, Zwolle), 614 pp

    Letizia Monico, Geert Van der Snickt, Koen Janssens, Wout de Nolf, Constanaz Miliani, Jo Verbeeck, He Tian, Joris Dik, Marie Radepont, Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof and Marine Cotte, ‘The Degradation Process of Lead Chromate in paintings by Vincent van Gogh studied by means of Synchrotron X-ray Spectromicroscopy and related methods, Part 2: Original paint layer samples’, in Analytical Chemistry 2011, 83 (4), pp. 1224-1231

    Emily Nieder, Ella Hendriks and Aviva Burnstock, ‘Color change in sample reconstructions of Vincent van Gogh’s grounds due to wax-resin lining’, in Studies in Conservation, 56 (2), pp. 94-103

    2010

    Ella Hendriks, Leo Jansen, Muriel Geldof , Maarten van Bommel, Luc Megens, Inge Fiedler,  C. Richard Johnson Jr., Don H. Johnson, Michel Menu, Elizabeth Ravaud and Johanna Salvant, ‘A comparative study of Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom series’, in National Gallery Technical Bulletin Symposium Postprints, pp. 237-243

    Louis van Tilborgh and Ella Hendriks, ‘Dirk Hannema and the rediscovery of a painting by Vincent van Gogh’, in Burlington Magazine, 152, (June 2010), pp. 393-405

    Louis van Tilborgh en Ella Hendriks, De ontdekking: Vincent van Gogh’s De molen ‘Le blute-fin’ in de collectie van Museum Fundatie, pp. 47, verschenen bij de gelijknamige tentoonstelling, Museum de Fundatie, 24 februari t/m 4 juli (Waanders, Zwolle)

    Ella Hendriks, ‘Weave maps and colour schemes’, in Tilburg Research Magazine, 2010, volume 7, no.1, Tilburg University, p. 16

    Don Johnson, Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof and C. Richard Johnson Jr., ‘Do weave matches imply canvas roll matches?’, in Proc. 38th Annual Meeting of American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Milwaukee, May 2010

    Don H. Johnson, C. Richard Johnson Jr. and Ella Hendriks, ‘Signal processing and analyzing works of art’, in Proc. SPIE (Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXIII), vol. 7798, San Diego, August 2010

    2009

    Ella Hendriks and Shannon Hughes, ‘Van Gogh’s brushstrokes; marks of authenticity?’, in Art, Conservation and Authenticities; Material, Concept, Context, in ed. Tina Fiske and Erma Hermens (Archetype, London), pp. 143-152. Papers presented at international conference held by the University of Glasgow/ICON Scotland on 12-14 September 2007

    Leslie Carlyle and Ella Hendriks, “Visiting Claessens, Artists’ Canvas Manufacturers”, in UKIC News in Conservation No. 11, April 2009, pp. 4-5

    C. Richard Johnson, Jr., Ella Hendriks, Petria Noble, and Michiel Franken, ‘Advances in Computer-Assisted Canvas Examination: Thread counting algorithms’, in 37th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works,  Paintings Specialty Group Postprints 21 (2009), pp. 25-33

    D. H. Johnson, C. R. Johnson, Jr., A. G. Klein, W. A. Sethares, H. Lee, and E. Hendriks, ‘A Thread Counting Algorithm for Art Forensics’, in  Proc. 13th IEEE DSP Workshop, Marco Island, FL, January 2009

     2008

    Ella Hendriks, ‘Fluent impasto in Van Gogh’s Paris paintings (1886-1888): a strategic effect?’, in Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnolgie und Konservierung, vol. 22, 02/2008, pp. 221-231. Special issue with papers presented at the international symposium on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting technique,  Wallraf-Richartz-Museum-Foundation Corboud Köln, 12-14 June 2008

    C. Richard Johnson, Jr., Ella Hendriks, Igor J. Berezhnoy, Eugene Brevdo, Shannon M. Hughes, Ingrid Daubechies, Jia Li, Eric Postma, and James Z. Wang, “Image Processing for Artist Identification: computerized analysis of Vincent van Gogh’s brushstrokes”, in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 1, July 2008, pp. 37-48. Special edition on cultural heritage

    A. G. Klein, D. H. Johnson, W. A. Sethares, H. Lee, C. R. Johnson, Jr., and E. Hendriks, ‘Algorithms for Old Master Painting Canvas Thread Counting from X-rays’, Proc. 42nd Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, October 2008

    2007

    Rick Johnson and Ella Hendriks, website proceedings for international workshop Image Processing for Art Identification: Brushwork in Van Gogh’s Paintings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A., November 9, 2007

    Rick Johnson and Ella Hendriks, website proceedings for international workshop Image Processing for Art Identification: Brushwork in Van Gogh’s Paintings, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, May 14, 2007

    2006

    Ella Hendriks, ‘Haarlem Studio Practice’, in Painting in Haarlem 1500-1850: The collection of the Frans Hals Museum (Ludion) 2006, pp. 65-96

    Ella Hendriks, Stéphanie Constantin, and Beatrice Marino, ‘Various approaches to Van Gogh technical studies: common grounds?’, in Reporting Highlights of the De Mayerne Programme 2001-2005, ed. Jaap J. Boon and S. B. Ferreira (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research), pp. 77-88

    Klaas Jan van den Berg, Aviva Burnstock, Leslie Carlyle, Mark Clarke, Ella Hendriks, René Hoppenbrouwers, Jo Kirby and Ibby Lanfear, ‘Fading of red lake paints after Vincent van Gogh- an interdisciplinary study involving three De Mayerne projects’, in Reporting Highlights of the De Mayerne Programme 2001-2005, ed. Jaap J. Boon and S. B. Ferreira (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research), pp. 89-96

    2005

    Ella Hendriks, ‘Van Gogh’s use of the perspective frame in his Paris paintings’, in Preprints for ICOM Committee for Conservation, 14th Triennial Meeting in The Hague, vol. 1, 2005, (James and James, London), pp. 473-479

    Aviva Burnstock, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Leslie Carlyle, Mark Clarke, Ella Hendriks, Jo Kirby and Ibby Lanfear, ‘A comparison of the fading and surface deterioration of red lake pigments in six paintings by Vincent van Gogh with artificially aged paint reconstructions’, in Preprints for ICOM Committee for Conservation, 14th Triennial Meeting in The Hague, vol. 1, 2005 (James and James, London), pp. 459-466

    Beatrice Marino, Ella Hendriks and Jaap Boon, ‘Quantitative colour comparison of grounds and paints in paint cross-sections from a selection of paintings from the Paris period by Vincent van Gogh’, in Preprints for ICOM Committee for Conservation, 14th Triennial Meeting in The Hague, vol. 1, 2005 (James and James, London), pp. 814-823

    Maarten van Bommel, Muriel Geldof, and Ella Hendriks, ‘The analysis of red organic pigments in paintings by Vincent van Gogh’, in Art Matters: Netherlands Technical Studies in Art, vol. 3, 2005 (Waanders, Zwolle), pp. 129-153

    Beatrice Marino, Katrien Keune, Ella Hendriks, and Jaap J. Boon, ‘SIMS studies of the material aspects in grounds and paints in paintings by Van Gogh’, in Art '05- 8th International Conference on Non Destructive Investigations and Microanalysis for the Diagnostics and Conservation of the Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Lecce, Italy (C. Parisi, G. Buzzanca and A. Paradisi eds.) May 15-19, 2005. ICR, Rome, paper on CD-ROM 12pp.

    2004

    Ella Hendriks and Muriel Geldof, ‘Van Gogh’s Antwerp and Paris picture supports (1885-1888): reconstructing choices’, in Art Matters: Netherlands Technical Studies in Art, vol. 2, 2004 (Waanders, Zwolle), pp. 39-75

    Ella Hendriks, book review of Anthea Callen, ‘The Art of Impressionism: Painting Techniques and the Making of Modernity’ (Yale, 2000), in IIC Studies in Conservation, issue 49, 2004

    2001

    Ella Hendriks and Louis van Tilborgh, ‘Van Gogh’s ‘Garden of the Asylum’: genuine or fake?’, in The Burlington Magazine, March 2001, pp. 145-156

    Louis van Tilborgh and Ella Hendriks, ‘The Tokyo Sunflowers: a genuine repetition by Van Gogh or a Schuffenecker forgery?’, in The Van Gogh Museum Journal, Van Gogh Museum, 2001, pp. 17-44

    1998

    Ella Hendriks and Elisabeth Forest, ‘’Examination and treatment of Saenredam’s painting of the St. Pieterskerk in Utrecht (1654)”, in The Paintings of Pieter Jansz. Saenredam: Conservation and Technique, ed. J. R. J. van Asperen de Boer and Liesbeth M. Helmus (Centraal Museum, Utrecht), 1998, pp. 105-123

    Ella Hendriks, ‘Johannes Verspronk: the technique of a seventeenth-century Haarlem portraitist’, in Looking through paintings: the study of painting techniques and materials in support of art historical research, Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek XI, ed. Erma Hermens (De Prom/Archetype) 1998, pp. 227-267

    Ella Hendriks, Margriet van Eikema Hommes and Koos Levy- van Halm, ‘Indigo used in the Haarlem Civic Guard Group Portraits by Frans Hals’, in Painting techniques: history, materials and studio practice, Contributions to the Dublin IIC Congress, 1998, pp. 166-170

    Ella Hendriks, Alison Richards, and Elsa Vigoroux, ‘81 Tronies discovered and restored: De Grebber conservation project leads to new insights and discoveries’, in Kijken in het Frans Halsmuseum/ De Hallen, Frans Hals Museum Bulletin, no. 81, October-December 1998

    1997

    Ella Hendriks, Koos Levy- van Halm, Caroll Fierle, Elisabeth Reissner, Kristel Smits, and Anneke Wouters, ‘Conservation, restoration and meaning of the “Ecce Homo” altarpiece by Maarten van Heemskerck (1559-1560)’, special edition kijken in het Frans Halsmuseum/ De Hallen, Frans Hals Museum Bulletin

    1996

    ‘Poppenhuissymposium’, in Nederland IIC Bulletin, issue March-July 1996/1-2, 78pp. Special double issue on the symposium held at the Haarlem Concert Hall on 31 May 1995, with the theme of “Dolls house as art cabinet: conservation and appropriate display”. A series of multidisciplinary papers on the dilemmas and choices in involved in conservation and restoration treatment of Sara Rothé’s dolls house in the collection of the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem

    1994

    Ella Hendriks and Karin Groen, ‘Lely’s studio practice’, in Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin, vol. 2, 1994, pp. 21-37

    1993

    Ella Hendriks and Karin Groen, ‘Judith Leyster: a technical examination’, in Judith Leyster: a Dutch master and her world, ed. James Welu (Yale, 1993), pp. 93-114

    Ella Hendriks and Koos Levy- van Halm, ‘Technical developments in a sixteenth-century Netherlandish altarpiece by Maarten van Heemskerck and Cornelis Cornelisz. Van Haarlem’, in Preprints for ICOM Committee for Conservation, 14th Triennial Meeting Washington DC, vol. 1, 1993, pp. 75-81

    Koos Levy- van Halm and Ella Hendriks, ‘A case history of restoration: ideas and working methods in nineteenth-century Holland’, in Preprints for ICOM Committee for Conservation, 14th Triennial Meeting Washington DC, vol. 1, 1993, pp. 377-380

    1991/1992

    Ella Hendriks, Anne van Grevenstein, and Karin Groen, ‘The painting technique of four paintings by Hendrick Goltzius and the introduction of coloured grounds’, in Netherlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, vol. 42/43, ed. R. Falkenburg, 1991-1992, pp. 481-497

    Ella Hendriks and Neeltje Köhler, ‘Return of the masters: conservation and restoration in the Frans Hals Museum’ (Terugkeer van de meesters: restaureren en conserveren in het Frans Halsmuseum), exhibition guide, pp. 16

    Ella Hendriks, Koos Levy- van Halm, and J. R. J. van Asperen de Boer, ‘A preliminary technical investigation of paintings examined during the Frans Hals exhibition held from May 11 to July 22, 1990 in the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem’ report published in limited edition, February 1991

    1989/1990

    Karin Groen and Ella Hendriks, ‘Frans Hals: a technical examination’, in Frans Hals, ed. Seymour Slive, (Royal Academy/Frans Hals Museum 1989/1990), pp. 109-127

    1984

    Ella Hendriks, ‘The first patron of John Flaxman’, in Burlington Magazine, October 1884, pp. 618-625

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • PhD supervision

    PhD supervision

    Lise Steyn (UvA):

    The Removal of Imbibed Surface Dirt. Towards an integrated conservation methodology for the assessment, contextualization and treatment of imbibed surface dirt on unvarnished modern oil paintings.

    Research conducted within the Cleaning Modern Oil Paints (CMOP) programme.

    http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/s/t/l.steyn/l.steyn.html

    Supervisors: Klaas Jan van den Berg, Ella Hendriks, Maartje Stols-Witlox

     

    Agnieszka Wielocha (UvA):

    Unfolding the Past, Negotiating the Future. Artist interview and artist participation as a conservation research tool.

    Research conducted within the New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art (NACCA)programme.

    http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/organisation/staff-members/content/w/i/a.b.wielocha/a.b.wielocha.html

    Supervisors: Selma Leydesdorff, Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes, Ella Hendriks, Sanneke Stigter

     

    Mariana Pinto (UU/UvA):

    Materials science and Conservation practice: Early influences between pigment analyses and the treatment of painted surfaces in artworks.

    Research conducted within the ERC-funded project ‘ARTECHNE: Technique in the Arts, 1500-1950: Concepts, Practices, Expertise’.

    https://www.uu.nl/staff/MLPinto/0

    Supervisors: Sven Dupré, Ella Hendriks, Jenny Boulboulle

     

    Anna Laganà (UvA):

    Back to transparency, back to life: Conservation and restoration of transparent plastics in works of art and design.

    Research conducted within the Getty Conservation Institute Conservation of Plastics project.

    http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/29_1/treatment.html

    Supervisors: Maarten R. van Bommel, Ella Hendriks, Rachel Rivenc

     

    Gauthier Patin (UvA, sponsored by AXA, ASML/Van Gogh Museum)

    Improved Imaging Micro-Fading Testing for risk assessment of light-induced colour change in Van Gogh’s paintings and drawings

    Supervisors: Ella Hendriks, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Robert Erdmann

     

    Thierry Ford (Oslo University/UvA)

    Revisiting the surface, Edvard Munch and varnish coatings: Investigating conservation controversies and their preservation challenges for collections.

    Supervisors: Tine Frøysaker, Ella Hendriks, Adriana Rizzo, Elena Platania

     

    Lieve d’Hont (UvA)

    The role of ground colour within the painting process and its influence on appearance

    Research conducted within the NWO Free Competition Humanities 2017 project Down to the Ground: a historical, visual and scientific analysis of coloured grounds in Netherlandish paintings, 1550-1650

    Supervisors: Ella Hendriks, Maartje Witlox, Roger Groves

     

    Muriel Geldof (UvA, sponsered by ASML/VGM)

    Vincent van Gogh’s choice of painting materials

    Supervisors: Klaas Jan van den Berg and Ella Hendriks

     

    Alessandra Marrocchesi (UvA)

    Portable device for technical photography of cultural heritage artifacts

    Research conducted within the EU-funded CHANGE ITN project, Cultural Heritage Analysis for New Generations

    Supervisors: Robert Erdmann, Ella Hendriks & Martin Jürgens 

  • Publications

    2024

    • Hendriks, E. (2024). Jan Cornelis Traas: paintings restorer of the Van Gogh family collection. In J. Martineau, & D. B. (Eds.), The Art of Conservation (pp. 326-357). The Burlington Press.

    2022

    2021

    2019

    • Ford, T., Rizzo, A., Hendriks, E., Frøysaker, T., & Caruso, F. (2019). A non-invasive screening study of varnishes applied to three paintings by Edvard Munch using portable diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). Heritage Science, 7, Article 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0327-1 [details]
    • Hendriks, E., & Miliani, C. (2019). Van Gogh's sunflowers: Research in Context. In E. Hendriks, & M. Vellekoop (Eds.), Van Gogh’s Sunflower illuminated: Art meets Science (pp. 11-19). (Van Gogh Museum Studies; Vol. 1). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
    • Hendriks, E., Geldof, M., Monico, L., Johnson, D. H., Romani, A., Grazia, C., Buti, D., Brunetti, B. G., Janssens, K., van der Snickt, G., & Vanmeert, F. (2019). Methods and Materials of the Amsterdam Sunflowers. In E. Hendriks, & M. Vellekoop (Eds.), Van Gogh's Sunflowers illuminated: Art meets science (pp. 85-123). (Van Gogh Museum Studies; Vol. 1). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
    • Hendriks, E., Geldof, M., van den Berg, K. J., Monico, L., Miliani, C., Moretti, P., Iwanicka, M., Targowski, P., Megens, L., de Groot, S., van Keulen, H., Janssens, K., Vanmeert, F., & van der Snickt, G. (2019). Conservation of the Amsterdam Sunflowers: From Past to Future. In E. Hendriks, & M. Vellekoop (Eds.), Van Gogh's Sunflowers Illuminated: Art meets Science (pp. 175-205). (Van Gogh Museum Studies; Vol. 1). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvx8b758.10, https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048550531.008, https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048550531-008 [details]
    • Hendriks, E., Vellekoop, M., van Bommel, M., & Geldof, M. (Eds.) (2019). Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Illuminated: Art Meets Science. (Van Gogh Museum Studies; Vol. 1). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048550531 [details]
    • Jongstra, A., van den Berg, K. J., Hendriks, E., de Groot, S., van Keulen, H., & Stols-Witlox, M. (2019). 'Breaking Waves': The relation between zinc-oxide degradation and extreme delamination from the panel support of Beach Scene, by J.E.H. Akkeringa (1861-1942). In K. J. van den Berg, I. Bonaduce, A. Burnstock, B. Ormsby, M. Scharff, L. Carlyle, G. Heydenreich, & K. Keune (Eds.), Conservation of Modern Oil Paintings (pp. 289-296). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19254-9_22 [details]
    • Monico, L., Hendriks, E., Geldof, M., Miliani, C., Janssens, K., Brunetti, B. G., Cotte, M., Vanmeert, F., Chieli, A., van der Snickt, G., Romani, A., & João Melo, M. (2019). Chemical Alteration and Colour Changes in the Amsterdam Sunflowers. In E. Hendriks, & M. Vellekoop (Eds.), Van Gogh's Sunflowers Illuminated: Art meets Science (pp. 125-157). (Van Gogh Museum Studies; Vol. 1). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
    • van den Berg, K. J., Hendriks, E., Geldof, M., de Groot, S., van der Werf, I., Miliani, C., Moretti, P., Cartechini, L., Monico, L., Iwanicka, M., Targowski, P., Sylwestrzak, M., & Genuit, W. (2019). Structural and Chemical Composition of the Surface Layers in the Amsterdam Sunflowers. In E. Hendriks, & M. Vellekoop (Eds.), Van Gogh's Sunflowers Illuminated: Art meets Science (pp. 159-173). (Van Gogh Museum Studies; Vol. 1). Amsterdam University Press. [details]

    2018

    • Geldof, M., Proaño Gaibor, A. N., Ligterink, F., Hendriks, E., & Kirchner, E. (2018). Reconstructing Van Gogh’s palette to determine the optical characteristics of his paints. Heritage Science, 6, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0181-6 [details]
    • Kirchner, E., van der Lans, I., Ligterink, F., Geldof, M., Megens, L., Hendriks, E., Meedendorp, T., & Pilz, K. (2018). Digitally reconstructing Van Gogh’s Field with Irises near Arles. - Part 3: Determining the original colors. Color Research and Application, 43(3), 311-327. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22197 [details]
    • Kirchner, E., van der Lans, I., Ligterink, F., Geldof, M., Proano Gaibor, A. N., Hendriks, E., Janssens, K., & Delaney, J. (2018). Digitally reconstructing Van Gogh’s Field with Irises near Arles. - Part 2: Pigment Concentration Maps. Color Research and Application, 43(2), 158–176. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22164 [details]
    • Kirchner, E., van der Lans, I., Ligterink, F., Hendriks, E., & Delaney, J. (2018). Digitally reconstructing Van Gogh’s Field with Irises near Arles. - Part 1: Varnish. Color Research and Application, 43(2), 150-157. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22162 [details]
    • Vanmeert, F., Hendriks, E., van der Snickt, G., Monico, L., Dik, J., & Janssens , K. (2018). Chemical Mapping by Macroscopic X‐ray Powder Diffraction (MA‐XRPD) of Van Gogh's Sunflowers: Identification of Areas with Higher Degradation Risk. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 57(25), 7418-7422. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201713293 [details]

    2019

    • Steyn, L., van den Berg, K. J., Stols-Witlox, M., Hendriks, E., & Wijnberg, L. (2019). Some considerations when cleaning Robert Ryman's oil paint(ings). In K. J. van den Berg, I. Bonaduce, A. Burnstock, B. Ormsby, M. Scharff, L. Carlyle, G. Heydenreich, & K. Keune (Eds.), Conservation of Modern Oil Paintings (pp. 347-362). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19254-9_27 [details]

    2023

    • Hendriks, E. (Author), Froment, E. M. (Author), van Duijn, E. E. (Author), & Daugherty, M. E. (Author). (2023). The Dutch Method Unfolded: Achievements in 2022 and Future Perspectives. Web publication or website, ICOM-CC.
    • Hendriks, E. (Author), Stols-Witlox, M. J. N. (Author), van Bommel, M. R. (Author), Snijders, E. (Author), Witte, A. A. (Author), van Lookeren Campagne, K. E. (Author), Cornelisse, S. (Author), & Boor, P. K. I. (Author). (2023). Constructing visible learning trajectories in the revision of the University of Amsterdam's Conservation programme. Web publication or website, ICOM-CC.

    2022

    • Hendriks, E. (2022). De illusie van de retouche. Kunstenaarsmateriaal, Herfst 2022(123), 12-15.

    2017

    2016

    • Hendriks, E. (2016). 'Paintings fade like flowers': Colour Change in Paintings by Vincent van Gogh. In R. Clarricoates, H. Dowding, & A. Gent (Eds.), Colour Change in Easel Paintings (pp. 39-51). Archetype Publications. [details]

    2018

    • Hendriks, E., Ford, T., Rizzo, A., & Caruso, F. (2018). Handheld FTIR Spectroscopy for Non-Invasive Screening and Identification of Varnishes in Painting Collections: A Pilot Study on Six Works by Edvard Munch. Poster session presented at Infrared and Raman Users Group Sydney , Sydney, Australia.

    2017

    • Steyn, L., Stols-Witlox, M. J. N., Hendriks, E., & van den Berg, K. J. (2017). Cleaning modern oil paints: The removal of imbibed surface dirt. Towards an integrated conservation methodology for the assessment, contextualization and treatment of imbibed surface dirt on unvarnished modern oil paintings. Poster session presented at ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

    2016

    • Stols-Witlox, M. J. N., Sjerps, M. J., Hendriks, E., Wallert, A., van Tilborgh, J. L., de Zoete, J. C., & Hermens, E. (2016). Scientific Reasoning in Art: Evaluating Evidence in Paintings Research using a Bayesian Approach. Poster session presented at NICAS 2016 projects presentations, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

    Membership / relevant position

    • Hendriks, E. (2021-2027). Member of Advisory Board to platform Van Gogh Worldwide, .
    • Hendriks, E. (2018). Bard Summer school 2018Museum Objects as Evidence: Approaches to the Material World The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the notion (…), .
    • Hendriks, E. (2017-2018). lid Nationale Onderzoeksraad Erfgoed (NOE), Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE).
    • Hendriks, E. (2016-2017). Member of Advisory Board, Haarlem.

    Talk / presentation

    • Hendriks, E. (speaker) (20-10-2023). Commentator for lecture by Thierry Ford, National Museum of Art. A Scandinavian Awakening : the Emergence of Science in Conservation at the National Gallery in Oslo (1956-1974), Brill-Nuncius Seminar, Histories of Conservation Science and Scientific Conservation after World War 11, Utrecht.
    • Hendriks, E. (invited speaker) (20-10-2023). Invited commentator for a lecture in the Brill Nuncius Seminar: Histories of Conservation Science and Scientific Conservation after WWII, University of Utrecht, Dept. of History & Art History.
    • Hendriks, E. (speaker) (8-7-2019). Information Processing for Art: a Conservator's View, 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Paris.
    • Hendriks, E. (speaker) (21-6-2019). Conservation of the Amsterdam Sunflowers: From Past to Future, Van Gogh and the Sunflowers, Amsterdam.
    • Hendriks, E. (speaker) (21-6-2019). ‘Painting the Amsterdam Sunflowers’, Van Gogh and the Sunflowers, Amsterdam.
    • Hendriks, E. (speaker) (10-5-2019). ‘From Concierge to First Class Technical Assistant: the climb of the restorer J.C.Traas and his work on the Van Gogh Collection’, ARTTECHNE conference, ‘The Making of Art Expertise: Changing Practices of Art History & Conservation, 1850 – 1950’, Utrecht.
    • Hendriks, E. (speaker) & Wei, B. (speaker) (8-10-2017). Virtuele restauratie van Van Gogh, Weekeinde van de Wetenschap, Amsterdam.
    • Hendriks, E. (speaker) & Brokerhof, A. (speaker) (9-2017). Valuing Van Gogh's Colours: from Past to Future, ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Copenhagen, Copenhagen.
    • Hendriks, E. (invited speaker) (29-6-2017). Van Gogh Illuminated: a User's Perspective, IAEA Technical Meeting, Amsterdam .
    • Hendriks, E. (invited speaker) (4-4-2017). Data Science in Conservation: Challenges and Potentials, Data Science in Conservation: Challenges and Potentials, Amsterdam.
    • Hendriks, E. (invited speaker) (21-2-2017). Van Gogh at Work: Technical Art History Research, Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History, School of Cultural and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
    • Hendriks, E. (invited speaker) & Stigter, S. (invited speaker) (18-1-2017). Exhibiting Conservation, New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art: Winter School 2017, London. http://nacca.eu/meeting/naccas-third-training-event/

    Others

    • van den Berg, K. (member of programme committee) & Hendriks, E. (member of programme committee) (24-11-2023). Bridging the Gap, Oslo. Co-organisors of an interdisciplinary conference with presentations from conservators, art historians, educators and heritage scientists on the (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Hendriks, E. (participant) (23-11-2023 - 24-11-2023). Bridging the gap - synergies between art history and conservation, Oslo. Bridging the gap - synergies between art history and conservation (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/om-nasjonalmuseet/forskning-og-utvikling/bridging-the-gap-synergies-between-art-history-and-conservation/
    • Hendriks, E. (participant) (8-9-2016 - 8-9-2028). NICAS colloquium, biweekly, Amsterdam. Co-organizer of the biweekly NICAS colloquium, an online platform to share and discuss new developments in the field of (technical) art historical (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Keune, K. (organiser) & Hendriks, E. (organiser) (8-9-2016). NICAS colloquium, biweekly, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).

    2017

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