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Technology Helps Restore Raphael masterpiece

Posted October 28, 2008 9:48 AM

From MSNBC.com: Science:

After 10 years of painstaking study and restoration that tested both cutting edge technology and human patience, one of the greatest masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance is returning to the public. Raphael's "Madonna of the Goldfinch" is a survivor. The 42 inches by 30 inches oil-on-wood, showing the Madonna with two children caressing a goldfinch, has outlived everything from the collapse of a house in 1547 that shattered it to the ravages of time and the mistakes of past interventions.

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10/29/2008 9:38 AM

ah, raphael, great airtist,

valuable works.

butthe picture looks like too new to believe that this was his works.
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10/29/2008 4:35 PM

Isn't it amazing what a little cleaning and some touchup can achieve - of course, this was a LOT of cleaning, and some very painstaking touchup...

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11/04/2008 12:20 AM

If only we could give that restoration team a few good marks.

Wonderful painting, full of light bright colours.

Looking forward to more restorations, as long as I don't have to pay the bill.

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