Rembrandthuis Restore a Ferdinand Bol

September 9 2021

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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam have published a blog on the recent conservation of Elisa refuses Naeman's gifts by Ferdinand Bol. The piece explains the painting's history, as it was commissioned for the Amsterdam Leprozenhuis, alongside the iconography and the findings made during the treatment.

In particular, the conservation of the work has revealed quite a few pentimenti which show the small various changes Bol made while producing the painting.

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