Retouching in Progress
The 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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Woman with Tambourine
Extremely 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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During
Soldier's Shoulder
Extremely 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.