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3/26/2020

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This painting is a nineteenth century American landscape that has suffered multiple tears in the course of its lifetime, probably due to the poor quality of the canvas.

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2/27/2020

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This beautiful landscape by Impressionist Alfred Sisley was recently being cleaned of its varnish by our paintings conservator.

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1/30/2020

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One of the perks of being a conservator is of course spending many hours up-close-and-personal with great art.

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12/12/2019

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Conservation of this painting on wood panel by the Dewing husband-and-wife team was undertaken because the retouching on the painting had discolored.

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11/8/2019

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This tall narrow painting by a husband-and-wife pair is in the paintings conservation studio for removal of varnish and discolored retouching.

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10/10/2019

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Our paintings conservator has been cleaning this idyllic view of the Seine for the past few days.

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9/12/2019

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Conservation for the upcoming Duveneck exhibition continues apace.

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8/15/2019

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Sometimes a painting can make its feelings known.

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3/28/2019

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In the course of examining this early 20th century painting by American Impressionist Walter Schofield, our paintings conservator noticed a curious thing.

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2/12/2018

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Our masterpiece by Bernardo Strozzi, David with the Head of Goliath, is currently being conserved.

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12/7/2017

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11/9/2017

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8/17/2017

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7/20/2017

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6/22/2017

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5/25/2017

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4/27/2017

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4/20/2017

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3/30/2017

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3/23/2017

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3/2/2017

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2/2/2017

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9/29/2016

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9/1/2016

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8/4/2016

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7/7/2016

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6/9/2016

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5/12/2016

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4/14/2016

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3/17/2016

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