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Saturday, October 18: The majority of CAM’s first floor galleries and the Terrace Café are closed. Second floor galleries are open. The ground level is open for programming.

ChamberPalooza!, Saturday Morning Art Class, and Family Studio will run as scheduled.

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Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Standing Room Only

by Conservation

1/11/2018

conservation , behind the scenes , Saint Peter , David and Goliath

Image: Lorenzo Zaragoza (Spanish, b.Circa 1340, d.Circa 1410), Retablo of Saint Peter, Detail, tempera, gold and silver on wood, The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial, 1960.473

Image: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, b.1796, d.1875), Captain Faulte du Puyparlier, oil on canvas, Gift of Emilie L. Heine in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John Hauck, 1956.227

Image: Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, b.1581, d.1644), David with the Head of Goliath, oil on canvas, John J. Emery Fund, 1938.10501

Sometimes the conservation studio becomes a sort of waiting room. This was the view from our paintings conservator’s work stand a little while ago. The three saints from the Retablo of Saint Peter at the left and Captain Puyparlier, in the center, are nearing the final stages of conservation treatment. They have been cleaned, filled, underpainted, varnished and are ready to be inpainted. On the right, David and Goliath have been digitally photo-documented, which is the first step of treatment. Now they’re waiting for varnish removal, the beginning of the actual conservation work.