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http://www.artsmia.org/restoration-online/guercino.cfm
Twice now, our Minneapolis Institute of Arts has done major restorations of paintings right in the galleries where you could come and watch the process over several months.
Turns out most historic paintings that we see in museums are just a wreck underneath ( so to speak).
All those centuries in which the canvases are folded, rolled, reframed, cut out, hid from invaders, stolen etc. leaves most paintings with huge swaths of damage. We just don't know it because they are displayed in restored condition only.
See the above link and marvel not only at what the restorers can do but how damaged these old masters are underneath.
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Twice now, our Minneapolis Institute of Arts has done major restorations of paintings right in the galleries where you could come and watch the process over several months.
Turns out most historic paintings that we see in museums are just a wreck underneath ( so to speak).
All those centuries in which the canvases are folded, rolled, reframed, cut out, hid from invaders, stolen etc. leaves most paintings with huge swaths of damage. We just don't know it because they are displayed in restored condition only.
See the above link and marvel not only at what the restorers can do but how damaged these old masters are underneath.
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