En Quatre Couleur

Author Biography

• Suzanne van Leeuwen

  Suzanne van Leeuwen has been a junior conservator of jewellery at the Rijksmuseum since 2014. In 2009, after a foundation course in Art History and a Master’s degree in Classical Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam, she trained as a curator and conservator of cultural heritage, specializing in metal. Following internships at the Rijksmuseum and the British Museum she specialized in jewellery. The main subjects of her Master’s thesis were two items of Renaissance jewellery in the Rijksmuseum’s collection. As well as compiling an inventory of the jewellery collection she concentrates on provenance research and scientific research into materials and techniques. Van Leeuwen is a junior conservator thanks to The Tiffany & Co. Foundation.