Follow the conservation treatment and research of “Emblem of Folly,” a painting from colonial Cuzco. Committed study of these works can help create a better understanding of Latinx cultural identity and history.
conserving-paintings
The earliest known signed work by Jacob van Walscapelle undergoes thorough conservation work at the V&A, including reattaching paint flakes, removing discoloured varnish, and applying new varnish
Conservation: Flowers in a Glass Vase painting
Find out how the V&A investigates and analyzes the miniatures in order to understand more about what they were made of, when they were made, and how to conserve them.
Conservation: portrait miniatures
Learn how early Renaissance artists made panel paintings from scratch.
Remaking a fourteenth-century triptych
This portrait was in good condition. Thanks to the removal of varnish and overpainting, it’s now cleaner than ever.
Conserving a portrait of King Edward VI
A three-hundred year old painting required a lot of attention before it was ready for visitors to experience in the gallery.
Painting Conservation of the Virgin of Guadalupe
A restorer’s job is to make sense of a painting’s physical history and to stabilize its changeable materials.
Conservation of paintings
What happens when a painting is vandalized? See how conservators at Tate leapt into action to save a painting.
Restoring Rothko
The three versions of this bedroom scene may look similar, but technical analysis reveals differences between them.
The Science of Van Gogh’s Bedrooms
Raking light reveals bulges and creases in a canvas, as well as the dynamism of van Gogh’s brushstrokes.
Van Gogh’s Enclosed Field with Ploughman under ...
Watch as a conservator removes decades-old varnish from a van Gogh landscape. Look at those stunning colors!
Conservation of Vincent van Gogh’s Field with ...
This painting took months of cleaning and structural work to revive—and posed several conservation challenges.
Michael Gallagher on Everhard Jabach and His ...
Treating this still life involved reattaching paint, removing and reapplying varnish, and then retouching losses.
Conserving Flowers in a Glass Vase
This magnificent portrait was recently cleaned for the first time in 60 years. Now, the silver brocade gleams.
Conserving Velázquez’s Portrait of Philip IV
Discolored varnish had obscured much of these paintings, but technical examination revealed Gossart’s subtlety.
Jan Gossart – Conservation Discoveries
When Jan van Eyck’s masterpiece started flaking paint, experts convened and drew up a plan for its conservation.
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