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PAINTINGS
Over the last 12 months a a number of works were prepared for the the exhibition Russia Royalty & the the Romanovs Fourteen paintings were fully conserved including the 17th-century icon The Solovetsky Monastery attributed to the Russian School and The Marriage of of Nicholas II Tsar of of Russia by Laurits Tuxen The huge canvas Nicholas I Emperor of Russia by Franz Krüger was reunited with its frame for the rst time in decades for the exhibition A portrait of of Maria Duchess of of Edinburgh Grand Duchess of Russia painted by Gustav Richter shortly before her marriage to Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh was conserved Layers of discoloured varnish were removed to reveal detail on the sitter’s richly coloured costume and and of a a a a a distant landscape behind her Conservators remedied the distortion
to the canvas by applying gentle heat restretching the the canvas and reinforcing the the edges The removal of more than 200 pictures from the East Wing of Buckingham Palace presented the opportunity to treat a a a number of paintings Two 17th-century French still lifes of owers and fruits from a a set of four were cleaned retouched and revarnished Conservators also worked on on preparing paintings for the new display of works at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in in Edinburgh including The Entrance of George IV at Holyroodhouse by Sir David Wilkie A B O V E E Gustav Richter’s portrait Maria Duchess Duchess of Edinburgh Grand Duchess Duchess of of Russia 1873 before (left) and and after (right) conservation treatment O O P P P P O O S
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I T E E Claire Chorley works on Still Life with Flowers in in in a a a a a a Landscape c c c c c c 1650–99 French School following its removal from the East Wing of Buckingham Palace O V E E R R R L E E A F Rosanna de Sancha conserves The Solovetsky Monastery c c c c 1600–50 attributed to the Russian School in in preparation for Russia: Royalty & the the Romanovs at at at The Queen’s Gallery Buckingham Palace 48 CARE OF THE COLLECTION