Jean-Luc Elias (photographer), Dominique Deneffe (art historian) and Emmanuelle Mercier (conservator and restorer) taking a photo of the St. Ursula Shrine (1400-1415, Bruges, Memling in Sint-Jan-Hospitaal Museum).
© KIK-IRPA, Brussels (X027515).
The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, responsible for the scientific study of works of art and conservation-restoration, is also compiling a photographic inventory of Belgian heritage. Art historians and photographers are travelling the length and breadth of the country to photography works; the photo library already has more than a million negatives, from black and white to digital! They are the visual memory of our country’s history of art and heritage. Nearly 650,000 photos are already available online.