International Projects

Painting attributed to Mattia Preti

Preliminary studies and cleaning tests of a painting attributed to Mattia Preti by Dr.Richard Spear

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From left to right: Barbara Bertieri, consultant painting conservator to the museum (Fine Arts Conservation, Inc.); Abraham Joel, consultant to the museum charged with development of conservation studios and management of conservation projects, (Fine Arts Conservation, Inc.) ; Richard Spear, art historian and consultant curator of the European paintings collection; Athena Tacha, assisting Richard

 

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Detail
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Detail
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The painting
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The cleaning test in progress