Services

Photography of artworks

We have state-of-the-art equipment to take photographs of paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and installations – either at our spacious studio or on your own premises. Our specialist skills are not confined to reproductions. We also have the technical expertise to examine works closely with the aid of expanded spectrum photography, photogrammetry and reflectance transformation imaging. We can supply the images as files in a range of formats, naming them in accordance with your chosen system, on the medium of your choice or as colour prints. 

Digital reproductions with very high resolution: unknown artist, Porträt des Freiherrn Hektor von Buol (detail), undated, oil on canvas, 85 × 75 cm

Colour accuracy to meet Metamorfoze guidelines (ISO 19264-1): Max Buri, Mädchen mit Puppe (detail), 1908, oil on canvas, 50 × 34 cm

Taken in our studio or at your chosen venue: Dave Bopp, Debris, 2020, mixed media, 205 × 170 cm

Vincent van Gogh, Joseph Roulin (detail), 1888, oil on canvas, 65 × 54 cm

Félix Vallotton, Coucher du soleil, ciel orange, 1910, oil on canvas, 54 × 73 cm

Giovanni Segantini, Ritratto della Signora Torelli (detail), 1880, oil on canvas, 100 × 75 cm

Meret Oppenheim, Tears, 1981, broken rear-view mirror, branch, wooden base, oil paint, 60,5 × 20,7 × 14,2 cm

Gina Fischli, Prestige, 2023, fabric, plaster, wire, fabric cushion, 53 × 56 × 54 cm

Oskar Lüthy, Farbensymphonie, 1939, wall painting, 815 × 1040 cm

Raking light image: unknown artist, Jungenbildnis, undated, oil on canvas, 29.4 × 24 cm

Infrared spectroscopy for scientific evaluation: Ferdinand Hodler, Die Empfindung, 1901–1902, oil on canvas, 193 × 280.5 cm

UV fluorescence imaging for scientific analysis: Ferdinand Hodler, Die Empfindung, 1901–1902, oil on canvas, 193 × 280.5 cm

High resolution orthomosaic, drone image: Augusto Giacometti, Weltkarte (detail), 1931, fresco, 9.5 × 17.4 m

Martin Stollenwerk, painted over ornaments in the Villa Bleuler, 2023, infrared / VIS composite image, 10805  ×  9950 px, first prize scientific photography competition Swiss National Science Foundation

Digitisation Kodak Ektachrome 64, 4×5”. Jean Arp after Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Composition verticale-horizontale (Composition Aubette), 1927/1960, wool weaving, 191.5 × 125 cm

Digitisation Kodachrome 25, 35 mm, Ferdinand Hodler, Der Tag, 1904–1906, oil on canvas, 162 × 356 cm

Our services include:

  • digital reproductions of two- and three-dimensional artworks with extremely high resolution and accurate colour rendering to meet ISO 19264-1 standards
  • high-resolution digitisation of letters, documents, sketchbooks and other paper objects to meet ISO 19265-1 standards
  • digitisation of transparent analogue photographic media such as colour and black-and-white negatives or slides with very high quality and IT 8 colour calibration
  • raking light photography to identify brush technique, damage or later retouching in paintings 
  • high-resolution 3D photogrammetry for three-dimensional objects and distortion-free orthophotos for mapping, surveying and virtual analysis of artworks to meet any texture specifications 
  • reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), computer-aided visualisation to enhance the visibility of surface properties
  • high-resolution 2D and 3D drone imagery for inspection and mapping of poorly accessible objects outdoors and indoors to meet any texture specifications
  • consultancy and project support for the digitisation of collections and artistic estates 

We will be happy to advise you and to send you a cost estimate. We look forward to your enquiry.

Scientific photography (annual report 2021)


Contact

Martin Stollenwerk, Head of Photography
T +41 44 388 51 75; photography@sik-isea.ch
Appointments by arrangement