The Poussin Project
Monday, November 7, 2011
The mystery figure in the NGV Crossing of the Red Sea
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Detail of NGV Crossing of the Red Sea by Nicolas Poussin Before the cleaning of Crossing of the Red Sea took place, there was on...
Friday, October 21, 2011
The rediscovery of a “lost” replica
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In the previous post we looked at Etienne Gantrel’s engraving and the Gobelins tapestry as tools for identifying some of the changes whic...
Monday, October 10, 2011
Using copies to learn about lost information
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When Horace Buttery cleaned the Crossing of the Red Sea in 1960, he encountered a painting which had suffered surface damage from prev...
Monday, August 1, 2011
Removal of varnish and old retouchings
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Cleaning tests had revealed that the old varnish - applied by Horace Buttery in 1960 - could be removed using standard cleaning solution...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Crossing the Red Sea - literally!
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It is a delightful quirk of fate that Poussin's Crossing of the Red Sea has actually crossed the Red Sea - three times ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Previous restorations
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Has the Crossing of the Red Sea been restored before? Certainly. You could say that most Old Master paintings have been cleaned at lea...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
The revelations of UV photography
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As we draw closer to the cleaning of the Crossing of the Red Sea we turn our attention to UV photography. A quick glance at an image of t...
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