BBC's The Repair Shop Restores an Old Master
April 22 2021
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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Of course, Fake or Fortune? and Britain's Lost Masterpieces are not the only programmes on the BBC that feature painting conservation.
The popular tv show and 'fix & mend it' phenomenon The Repair Shop has broadcast the restoration of a portrait of King Charles II. The painting was brought in by Liz Vella whose seven-year-old son Dylan is a history enthusiast and encouraged her to have it fixed up to hang in their home. The painting was given to the show's paintings conservator Lucia Scalisi who seems to have done a rather good job in bringing the damaged work back to life. It seems that the image is linked to a miniature of Charles by Robert Peake, and might be a copy after a contemporary engraving made after the miniature.
You can catch up on the episode here on the BBC IPlayer.
