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Portret van Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), 1905, ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk, collectie RKD

Help mee de Brediusaantekeningen toegankelijk te maken!

January 7, 2021/in General, Other news /by Chantal

— for English, see below —

Het crowdsourcingplatform waarmee het RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis de archiefaantekeningen van kunsthistoricus Abraham Bredius toegankelijk wil maken in RKDexcerpts, is vanaf nu opengesteld. Iedereen die aan dit project een bijdrage wil leveren, kan zich als vrijwilliger aanmelden.

De Brediusaantekeningen

Vanaf de late negentiende eeuw bracht Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), Rembrandtspecialist en tot 1909 directeur van het Mauritshuis, ontelbare uren door in de toen nog niet openbare Nederlandse archieven. Als een van de eersten verrichtte hij diepgaand onderzoek naar kunstenaars die tussen de late zestiende en het begin van de achttiende eeuw werkzaam waren. Hij deed dat op een systematische wijze en noteerde wat hem van belang leek voor de kennis omtrent hun leven en werk. Bredius’ speurzin resulteerde uiteindelijk in tienduizenden excerpten: op kleine strookjes papier genoteerde samenvattingen van evenzovele vermeldingen uit archiefstukken. De door Bredius verzamelde gegevens vormen nog altijd een schat aan informatie die het RKD graag digitaal wil ontsluiten. Daarbij hebben we hulp nodig.

Vrijwilligers gevraagd

De bedoeling van het crowdsourcingproject is om met hulp van vrijwilligers de door Bredius gemaakte excerpten van metadata te voorzien. Aan de deelnemers wordt gevraagd om de gegevens in de Brediusaantekeningen – zoals plaatsnamen, data, persoonsnamen en beroepen – te registreren en bovendien het type notariële akte vast te stellen. Iedereen die van een uitdaging houdt en het leuk vindt om aan een inhoudelijk project bij te dragen, kan zich als vrijwilliger aanmelden door een account aan te maken, zoals hierna wordt beschreven. Hoeveel tijd u kwijt bent en hoe lang u mee doet, bepaalt u zelf.

Duik in de wereld van zeventiende-eeuwse kunstenaars

Meehelpen aan dit project houdt in dat u kennismaakt met leven en werk van zeventiende-eeuwse kunstenaars. Met hun familie, sociale netwerk en met de regeling van hun financiën. Maar ook hoe zij, in testamenten bijvoorbeeld, hun nalatenschap regelden, want misère en dood lagen in de zeventiende eeuw nadrukkelijk op de loer. En net zoals tegenwoordig berokkende men elkaar schade, zowel financieel, materieel als fysiek. Daarover biedt een aantal documenten inzicht, soms op indringende wijze.

Kijk voor meer informatie op: https://rkd.nl/nl/over-het-rkd/actueel/nieuws/930-help-mee-de-brediusaantekeningen-toegankelijk-te-maken


Join in and help make the Bredius notes accessible!

As of now, the crowdsourcing platform (in Dutch) through which the RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History aims to enable the accessibility of art historian Abraham Bredius’ archival notes in RKDexcerpts, is open to the public. Anyone who would like to contribute to this project can register as a volunteer.

The Bredius notes

From the late nineteenth century, Abraham Bredius (1955-1946), Rembrandt specialist and director of the Mauritshuis until 1909, spent countless hours in the Dutch archives, which at that time were not publicly accessible yet. He was one of the first to conduct a thorough research into artists who were active between the late sixteenth and early eighteenth century. In doing so, he took a systematic approach and wrote down whatever he considered relevant to expanding the knowledge of their lives and works. Bredius’ painstaking research eventually resulted in tens of thousands of excerpts: summaries of equally numerous archive entries, written on small scraps of paper. The data collected by Bredius still offers a wealth of information which the RKD would like to make digital available to the public. To achieve this, help is needed.

Volunteers wanted

The aim of the crowdsourcing project is to provide the excerpts Bredius compiled with metadata. Participants are asked to register the data from the Bredius notes – such as place names, dates, names of persons and occupations – and also to determine the type of notarial act. Anyone who relishes a challenge and enjoys being actively involved in a project of substance can apply as a volunteer by creating an account. How much time you invest and for how long you participate is entirely up to you.

Experience the world of seventeenth-century artists

Being involved in this project means getting acquainted with the lives and works of seventeenth century artists, including their families, social networks and their financial arrangements. But it also offers a glimpse into how they guarded their legacy, for example through their will. After all, in the seventeenth century misery and death were all too imminent, and much like today, people were prone to cause each other financial, material or physical harm. Some of the documents provide vivid insights into these fascinating details.

For more details go to: https://rkd.nl/en/about-the-rkd/coming-soon/news/931-join-in-and-help-make-the-bredius-notes-accessible

 

 

 

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