HISTORY
Let me introduce myself: I am Caretaker.
It is my honor to represent in real time; Katrain.
The name Caretaker does not need explanation. After I send out a few miniature portraits of Her Majesty to Musea and Hot-Shots of the Art world, I received a number of questions and most of these were similar. So, we squeezed all our info in this website.
Somewhere around June 2012, my wife and I were reorganizing some antique items from the family heritage and came across the Stained Glass Portrait. We knew of its existence but that was it. Throughout our van Rijn family history, the sitter was always referred to as Jacoba van Beieren. However, a quick search revealed this is not her. Now the real research work started. It became clear that the hair dress was known as French Coif from the early 16th Century. Browsing online through some pictures from that time, we suddenly came upon the portrait of Catherine Howard in the Toledo Museum of Art.
A real Shocker: That was HER ! ! !
Raising our curiosity a lot. Long story short:
Thanks to Dr. Bruce Kaiser’s longtime experience with the analyses of a multitude of art objects through XRF and his extensive knowledge of glass he concluded;
"Pigments and Glasses appear consistent with the time period that this art work was expected to be made"
In Period Specific there is a brief summary of the different types and ages of glass. In XRF Discovery the information is explained.
Tracer III-SD XRF
By Bruker Corporation
For questions regarding the analyses; Dr. Bruce Kaiser can be reached at: pantainstrument@gmail.com
Inquiries about the Caretaker identity are not answered.
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