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442The team continues to prepare wax-resin paste and texture large areas of loss. The project leaders document the filling process while fills continue to be textured along the bottom section of the painting (Pictured here: Project Leaders Kristin deGhetaldi and Brian Baade; Project volunteer Sarah Beaver)
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443Two detailed shots of textured fills, as seen after applying heat and silicone molds to the wax-resin paste. Care is taken to continue brushstrokes and to repeat distinct craquelure patterns.
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445Several days were devoted to the reintegration of the outer edges, as these areas had with sustained the most damage due to previous restoration campaigns and possibly poor storage/handling conditions. Extremely small brushes are used to carefully mix and apply the reversible, stable conservation paints to areas of loss and abrasion. (Pictured Here: Project volunteers Morgan Shankweiler and Sarah Beaver)
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447The face of the child along the far right edge of the painting had sustained considerable damage during previous restoration campaigns. The conservation team spent many hours carefully reintegrating the losses throughout the face.
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450Extremely small brushes are used to carefully mix and apply the reversible, stable conservation paints to areas of loss and abrasion throughout the female figure near the center of the painting.
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453Extremely small brushes are used to carefully mix and apply the reversible, stable conservation paints to areas of loss and abrasion throughout the scattered losses in the left soldier's shoulder.
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