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Lesson 5: Painting conservation- Conservation of paintings
- Conservation: portrait miniatures
- Ghent Altarpiece project overview
- Conserving a portrait of King Edward VI
- Jan Gossart - Conservation Discoveries
- Conserving Velázquez's Portrait of Philip IV
- Conserving van Walscapelle's Flowers in a Glass Vase
- Conserving Everhard Jabach and His Family
- Conserving the Virgin of Guadalupe
- Conserving Vincent van Gogh's Field with Irises near Arles
- Conserving Van Gogh's "Enclosed Field with Ploughman" Under Raking Light
- The Science of Van Gogh's Bedrooms
- Restoring Rothko
- Conserving Cuzco School Paintings
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Conservation: portrait miniatures
By the Victoria & Albert Museum. The V&A is home to the national collection of portrait miniatures – tiny paintings from the 16th century which offer a great insight into how people looked and dressed. With issues such as paint flaking and mould growth, these delicate objects must be cared for carefully.
Find out how we investigate and analyse the miniatures in order to understand more about what they were made of, when they were made, and how to conserve them.
Discover more: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/portrait-miniatures. Created by Smarthistory.
Want to join the conversation?
- why are the pictures and frames so tiny?(2 votes)
- These things are called "miniatures" because that's what they were made to be.(2 votes)
- They talk about verifying if a miniature is from the proper time period, based on the materials/pigments used in the artwork. If a modern-day artist was to recreate this by using handmade paints and the same process used accurate to the time period, how would one be able to scientifically tell the difference between the old and the new painting?(2 votes)