J.IIC-CG VOLUME 3 (1977)
Conservation of an Abused Painting: Portrait of a Young Lady by G. Gerhard
The extremely fragile, cupped and flaking paint layer condition of an 1865 portrait by Gerhard is described. The consolidation of the paint and ground and the discovery, upon cleaning, of numerous areas of crude overpainting and a previous attempt to flatten the cupping with sandpapering are discussed.
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