Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have restored paintings by identifying areas needing repair, then mixing an exact shade to fill in one area at a ...

“Restoring a painting is fun, and it’s great to sit down and fill in things and have a nice evening. “But that’s a very slow process.” For the new study, Kachkine developed a method to physically ...

Scans of the painting during various stages in its restoration. At left is the damaged piece, with the middle panel showing a map of the different kinds of damage present; green lines show full splits ...