by Serena Urry, Chief Conservator

3/14/2024

CAMConservation, British portraiture, paintings conservation, Henry Raeburn, British catalog project, CAM British Painting catalog, CAM British Paintings

As paintings conservators, we may use chemicals, but we certainly don’t give facials.

by Kristopher Reisser, Conservation Intern

6/8/2023

CAMConservation, paintings conservation, cam intern, mather brown, portrait, European Paintings

When I read the curatorial file for this painting, I discovered a remarkably expansive biography, not just of the painting itself, but also of the sitter and the artist. What is most interesting to me, though, is the sitter’s story.

by Serena Urry, Chief Conservator

3/16/2023

CAMConservation, paintings conservation, British portraiture

This portrait of an anonymous lady by an anonymous British artist was so dirty that only the most basic details were visible before conservation.

by Serena Urry, Chief Conservator

2/16/2023

CAMConservation, paintings conservation, Sir Joshua Reynolds, portrait, British catalog project, European Paintings

These three portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792) have come out of storage and into the conservation lab for the museum’s British catalog project . They are due to be examined, and perhaps treated, before heading to our photography department for high resolution imaging.

by Emily Bauman

10/11/2017

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Posted by: Emily Bauman