Lining the Jabach
January 6 2015
Picture: Met
Regular readers will know that I've been following the Met's restoration of Le Brun's Portrait of Everhard Jabach and his Family, and here is a fascinating video of the Met's conservators unrolling the painting after it has been given a new strip lining. The more I see how this fascinating painting has come to life, the more saddening I think it is that a leading UK institution like the National Gallery didn't make an effort to keep it in the UK.
Still, the Met's excellent online posts about the restoration help show that it's not just about where a painting is displayed, but who displays it. The Met is streets ahead of UK institutions in their online offering.
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