Juno Complains to Tethys and Oceanus, artist unknown, circa 1670, oil on canvas. On permanent display at the Fembo Haus Museum Nürnberg
Photos depict the stages of restoration before treatment (left), after the removal of oxidized varnish and overpaint and the application of fillings (center) and after the application of final varnish and retouching.
Detail of the above painting, depicting the stages of restoration before treatment (far left), after the removal of oxidized varnish and overpaint (center left), after the application of fillings (center right) and after the application of final varnish and retouching (far right).
Mercury Puts Argos to Sleep, artist unknown, circa 1670, oil on canvas. On permanent display at the Fembo Haus Museum Nürnberg
Photos depict the stages of restoration before treatment (left), after the removal of oxidized varnish and overpaint and before the removal of old, unnecessary fillings (center) and after the application of final varnish and retouching.
Detail of the above painting [top left], depicting the stages of restoration before treatment (far left), after the removal of oxidized varnish and overpaint (center left), after the removal of old unnecessary fillings (center right) and after the application of final varnish and retouching (far right).
Detail of the above painting [bottom left], depicting the stages of restoration before treatment (far left), after the removal of oxidized varnish and overpaint (center left), after the removal of old unnecessary fillings (center right) and after the application of final varnish and retouching (far right).
Removal of overpainting during the cleaning process of a copy of a Sir Joshua Reynolds Self Portrait.
Details of fresco retouching on ceiling florals from the Michelsberg Monastery in Bamberg, Germany. Up close, newly painted areas are applied in a slightly lighter tone than the original and in the tratteggio style of retouching in order to remain distinguishable.
Application of tinted fills to cracks on a ceiling fresco by the Asam brothers, Abteikirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Aldersbach.
Application of transparent layers of retouching for a Madonna and Child on wooden panel from the school of Ghirlandaio.
Cleaning and re-gilding of gilded and polychrome sculptures from the cloister of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec, Poland.
Scheunen in Süsel, Heinrich Blunck, 1919-1920, oil on fiberboard
Photos showcase the painting before (left) and after (right) restoration treatment.