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468The team began to apply a range of base colors throughout losses in the upper section of the painting.
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469Conservators often clean their palettes before moving to specific areas or colors during the retouching process (Pictured Here: Project leader Kristin deGhetaldi and volunteer Morgan Shankweiler).
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476The bottom right corner of the painting had sustained considerable losses during previous restoration campaigns and may have also suffered from moisture-related damage. The conservation team spent many hours carefully reintegrating the large area of loss in this area.
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477The 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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478The 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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