AFMh Members Reception

Date/Time
Date(s) - April 10, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Private residence
East 36th Street
New York, NY 10016

Please join Emilie Gordenker, Director of the Mauritshuis, AFMh Board of Directors and Members at a private reception and presentation by

Josh Summer
2016-17 AFMh Conservation Intern

​Josh Summer reducing one of the many surface coatings from Het Bruggetje with the aid of a stereo-microscope. Image courtesy the Mauritshuis.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018
6:00-8:00pm

Private residence – Location to be confirmed upon registration.

Registration is required.

Josh Summer was the 2016/17 AFMh Conservation Intern at the Mauritshuis, where he focused on documentation and treatment, art historical and scientific research, as well as regular condition checks in the galleries and depot. He traveled as a courier throughout the Netherlands and Belgium, and was also able to visit Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Spain and England to expand his connoisseurship skills with the generous support of the American Friends of the Mauritshuis.

Josh’s major project for the year was the research and treatment of a mysterious landscape with a controversial attribution. The painting, known as Het bruggetje, or The Little Bridge, was purchased in 1892 by famed connoisseur and then director of the Mauritshuis, Abraham Bredius. At the time, it was believed to be the work of Salomon van Ruysdael.

Join us to hear more about Josh’s fascinating work and experiences as Conservation Intern at the Mauritshuis.

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