18th CENTURY MANTLE PIECE ~ LEIDEN

Conservation treatment of an 18th-century rococo mantle piece (oil painting on linen, mounted on a wooden frame). Treatment was aimed at stabilising the canvas and frame and included documentary research; surface cleaning (with aqueous solutions); climate treatment to restore the surface of the canvas; consolidation of paint layers; application of strip lining on canvas; remounting the painting on its frame; application of patches and supports on holes and tears; structural treatment of wooden frame;  microscopic analysis  of paint samples.

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