Abstract
Abstract. 2019 marks the 350th anniversary of the death of the famous seventeenth-century painter Rembrandt van Rijn. Rembrandt was born in 1606 in the city of Leiden, located in the Netherlands. Here he grew up, was educated and set up his early practice before moving to Amsterdam at age 31. He is the son of a miller's family, which lived and worked in the city at the dawn of the Dutch Golden Age – a period in which Leiden transformed from a medieval city to an early modern metropolis. Although the historical city fabric of Leiden is well preserved, the birthplace of the famous painter, unfortunately, has been demolished. Also, the surroundings are unrecognizable today. For this reason, the tourism and marketing department of the city asked Erfgoed Leiden, the regional heritage department, to make a 3D virtual reconstruction of Rembrandt's birthplace and its surrounding. It resulted in a multi-disciplinary collaboration between archivists, building archaeologist, and a 3D artist. This paper reflects this cooperation from historical research over aspects of the 3D modeling pipeline to the final products of the reconstruction. Following a reliability matrix, the data were categorized for their reliability after careful evaluation of their accuracy depending on the source.
Highlights
INTRODUCTION3D Virtual Models are often used to represent the reconstruction of (partly) existing and disappeared architectural heritage
Over the last decade, 3D Virtual Models are often used to represent the reconstruction of existing and disappeared architectural heritage
In 2019, Rembrandt's 350th anniversary is commemorated. This was the reason for Erfgoed Leiden to again pay attention to his birthplace in Leiden
Summary
3D Virtual Models are often used to represent the reconstruction of (partly) existing and disappeared architectural heritage. Researchers are often reserved towards the use of reconstruction imagery. There is the thought that in visualizing ideas, there would be no place for uncertainties and for a scientific perspective. New challenges in visualizing research, lie within keeping up a fine balance between scientifical correctness and broader popular effectiveness. With this in mind, the project of the reconstruction of the birthplace of Rembrandt aimed to showcase the virtual reconstruction as a side product of written research, nor as a gimmick, but as a visual representation of historical research. Firstly it is important to understand the context in which the reconstruction was made
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