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Date: 2014-12-03

Wax-Resin Paste

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Date: 2014-12-07

Applying Wax-Resin Paste

A mixture of pigment, waxes, and resin are made into a soft paste, that can then be applied atop large areas of loss that have already been filled with Modostuc. Once the wax-resin has dried edges of the fill can be carefully cleaned using a scalpel (Pictured Here: Project interns Keara Teeter and Serena Vella)

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Date: 2014-12-07

Upper Left Corner

The left and right sides of the painting had sustained extensive damage from previous restoration campaigns and possibly from poor handling of the outer edges. The conservation team spent many hours carefully reintegrating the large areas of loss in this area.

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Date: 2015-03-19

Reintroducing Perspective

The team began to re-integrate the large loss in the bottom right corner by applying base colors and sketching perspective lines that coincided with the original layout of the tiled floor.

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Date: 2015-03-26

Before

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Date: 2015-03-26

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Date: 2015-03-26

Rome Research Trip

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Date: 2015-03-27

Public Outreach

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Date: 2015-04-07

Villanova Chemistry Students

Villanova Chemistry Students visit the project to learn about the analytical techniques used to develop a better understanding of traditional painting materials and techniques (Pictured Here: Villanova Chemistry students with Dr. Anthony Lagalante and Dr. Amanda Norbutus).

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Date: 2015-04-07

Applying Retouching Paints to Losses

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Date: 2015-04-15

Applying Reversible Paints to Losses

Extremely small brushes are used to carefully mix and apply the reversible, stable conservation paints to areas of loss and abrasion. (Pictured Here: Project volunteer Joanna Hurd)

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Date: 2015-04-15

Retouching in Progress

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Date: 2015-04-23

Women Along Right Edge

The left and right sides of the painting had sustained extensive damage from previous restoration campaigns and possibly from poor handling of the outer edges. The conservation team spent many hours carefully reintegrating the large areas of loss in this area.

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Date: 2015-04-23

Before

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Date: 2015-04-23

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Date: 2015-04-23

During

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Date: 2015-04-26

During IMAGE

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Date: 2015-04-26

Status

Continued retouching/inpainting small areas of loss as well as larger textured fills. Completed texturing all fills throughout the painting.Conservation team presents at the Annual Meeting for the American Institute for Conservation in Miami.

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Date: 2015-05-01

March 2015

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Date: 2015-05-01