Restoring rays of light and angels' wings in The Nativity at Night - National Gallery - YouTube

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How would you like to work on a large and impressive photograph like this
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A bit more about Joseph And then in the distance the episode when the angels came
To announce the birth of Christ to the shepherds The shepherds were watching their flocks at night
as in the carol and then this astonishing angel appears painted in white against the deep blue
of the night sky and it's almost luminous the effect He even has little tiny features
He has eyes and a nose and a mouth that's the miniature quality of this artist But to
eep the softness of this idea of the angel flying in Gert can actually even just with his fingertip
Just blotted the white paint to lift a bit off and that's still a detail that we could see
The most dramatic result of the cleaning was obviously the recovery of the light on the
figures because the varnish was so thick that we couldn't actually see any of the distinctions
between the different flesh tones of the angels or indeed the very subtle differences between the
shades of lilac and blue-gray in their costumes and dresses But above all because of the
fire damage the last restorer must have almost I think laid the painting flat and poured a bottle
with varnish on it It was so thick they were trying to disguise all the bumps and lumps and the
shriveling caused by the fire especially in the background making it hard to see
rough the varnish at all And several people have said to me that they didn't even realize
ere was a figure of Joseph lurking there it was so hard to see It was an enormous pleasure to
Work on this painting involved recovering the beautiful and well-preserved parts It was also frustrating
it's taken longer than I expected because all the damage caused by the fire required very very
minute and controlled restoration but in the end the result is so beautiful and I'm
looking forward to the painting going back on display so that the public can enjoy it
