The Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellow at the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis would like to offer a one-year fellowship in the research and treatment of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age starting September 2003. 

The Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis has a long tradition in the conservation, restoration and technical research of paintings. The Paintings Conservation department at the Mauritshuis has a commitment to providing advanced training opportunities. Together with the Kress Foundation the Mauritshuis is now able to offer recent American graduates in Conservation the opportunity to further develop their experience at the Mauritshuis. With its core collection of important paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, the Mauritshuis is valued as one of the most highly regarded collections of old master paintings.  

The purpose of the Kress Conservation Fellowship is to provide advanced training and research opportunities in paintings conservation. The recipient will work in the conservation studio of the museum in close collaboration with the conservation staff. 
During the fellowship period we anticipate that research will not only include paintings from the Mauritshuis collection but that the successful applicant would use travel money to examine pictures that relate to the area of research in other Dutch and/or European institutions. 

Besides working with conservators at the Mauritshuis the applicant will have the possibility to work with the scientists at the Dutch Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN) as well as the Institute for Physics and Molecular Chemistry (FOM/AMOLF). We feel that the opportunity to work with these scientists would be an integral part of the fellowship experience.

Application is open to American recent graduates of a conservation training programs. The Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellowship will be awarded for a period of one year. 

The application must include a cover letter stating the candidate's interests and intentions in applying for the Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellowship at the Mauritshuis, curriculum vitae and two letters of support from professionals in the field.

Applications must be received by March 1st, 2003. 

Applications should be sent to: 

Kress Conservation Fellowship
The Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis
P.O. Box 536
2501 CM  The Hague
The Netherlands

T: +31 70 302 3421
F: +31 70 365 3819
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www.Mauritshuis.nl

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