Fulbright/American Friends of the Mauritshuis Award

The Fulbright/American Friends of the Mauritshuis Award provides advanced training, research and education opportunities in paintings conservation at the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in the Netherlands. The grant focuses on the study, examination and treatment of works of art in the collection of the Mauritshuis, in combination with the opportunity to attend lessons, workshops or other events at the University of Amsterdam. The grantee will gain practical experience and knowledge in in-depth technical study and treatment of paintings in the conservation studio of the Mauritshuis, under the supervision of the conservators of the museum. During the grant period, research may not only include paintings in the Mauritshuis collection, but also pictures in other Dutch and/or European institutions. The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis is internationally known as one of the most important collections of seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, and its conservation studio has demonstrated a commitment to technical research and advanced training opportunities. This partnership award is sponsored by the American Friends of the Mauritshuis and administered through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.