ASML, maker of the world's most advanced chipmaking tools, and the Van Gogh museum have collaborated on the design of a 3D scanner to capture and create digital twins of the masterpieces of the Netherlands’ most famous artist. Vincent van Gogh’s artistic brushwork was characteristic for its ‘Impasto’ style, where paint can be applied in a very thick and textured style. Thus, the ‘Impasto Project’ was born, with ASML and the museum creators developing a 3D scanner that can capture exceptional levels of artistic detail in approximately 100 gigabytes of data per painting.
