The restoration, which took place between September 2025 and March 2025, brought in two specialists, one to handle the paint layer and another to tackle the gilding. As X-ray, infrared, and ultraviolet analysis showed, cracks and depressions had appeared across the work, possibly from candle heat while it was a church altarpiece. Furthermore, a century of dirt and an oxidized varnish had dulled the painting (see above image). The restorer, Elisa Mora Sánchez, cleaned the work, removed the old varnish, and filled in the gaps with plaster, before reapplying a new varnish. For the gilding, Mayte Camino Martín toned down the previous restorations of the gold sections before carefully reintroducing them with gold watercolor.

“All these elements make this Annunciation a fine example of Berruguete’s art,” the museum said. “A painter who was able to create his own style with direct knowledge of the main schools of his time.”