Charles Le Brun’s painting of “Everhard Jabach and His Family” was finished in 1660, and hundreds of years later it was in need of a little help.
The daunting task fell to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Everything is explained in a fascinating video, which talks through every intricate and nerve-wracking step, from laying the paint down to varnishing.
Better them than me!
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