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Date: 2015-02-25

Status

Continued retouching/inpainting small areas of loss as well as larger textured fills. Began to tone larger losses throughout the upper section of the painting. Continued using silicone molds and wax-resin paste to impart texture in large areas of loss.

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Date: 2015-03-01

November 2014

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Date: 2015-03-01

2015-02 IMAGE

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Date: 2015-03-03

February 2015

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Date: 2015-03-03

March 2015

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Date: 2015-03-05

2015-03 IMAGE

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Date: 2015-03-05

Toning Losses in the Sky

The team began to apply a range of base colors throughout losses in the upper section of the painting.

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Date: 2015-03-07

Retouching in Progress

Conservators 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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Date: 2015-03-12

King Saul's Hand

Extremely small brushes are used to carefully mix and apply the reversible, stable conservation paints to areas of loss and abrasion in King Saul's proper left hand.

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Date: 2015-03-12

Before

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Date: 2015-03-12

Before IMAGE

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Date: 2015-03-12

After

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Date: 2015-03-15

After IMAGE

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Date: 2015-03-15

Reintegrating Large Areas

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Date: 2015-03-19

Bottom Right Corner

The 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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Date: 2015-03-19

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

Before IMAGE

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Date: 2015-03-26