Portrait of Two Sisters

Before treatment, the handpainted photograph is poorly restored and ovderpainted....Read more

After treatment, the overpaint is removed to reveal the original handpainted photograph of two sisters....Read more

The owner had an image of the portrait before it had received poor restoration. This image was helpful for reference du...Read more

The portrait, poorly restored, was brought into our lab to have restorations removed and the photo sympathetically re-re...Read more

During our treatment, the restorer’s overpainted was carefully removed, uncovering old damages the restorer had been t...Read more

After careful infilling and inpainting. We retouch only into the areas of media loss, without covering any of the origi...Read more

Detail of the head of the older child where overpaint has changed the overall color, the face shape and hairline....Read more

Detail during treatment showing left side of face with overpainting and right side of face after overpaint removal. ...Read more

Detail of older sister’s head after removal of overpainting and inpainting of tiny losses....Read more

Before,, detail showing how the arms of the children had been overpainted to a flat and misshapen appearance....Read more

Image after overpaint removal revealing the soft shading of the original photographic image. ...Read more

During treatment, the restorer overpaint is solubilized with solvent on a cotton swab. Note that an old paint loss is ...Read more

The conservator inpaints original paint losses using a reversible and stable conservation inpainting media....Read more