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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione's The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione's The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua

This online exhibition presents the perspectives of curators and conservators on the history, symbolism, and restoration of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione's seventeenth-century painting, The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua. The restoration process was documented in the fall of 1999 through text, photography, and video.

Browse through the daily log to follow the process of the restoration.

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Link: Restoring A Masterwork II

Link: Restoring a Masterwork II
Throughout the fall of 2004, paintings conservators Joan Gorman and David Marquis of the Midwest Art Conservation Center conducted a major conservation treatment of Guercino's Erminia and the Shepherds during public viewing hours.