Unknown artist Technique: Oil painting on panelDimensions: 56 cm x 44 cm (approx.)Date: Unknown This project was also filmed and developed into a narrated YouTube short documentary. For a more detailed look at the restoration process, please follow the link to our channel below. Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The panel painting and its…

Unknown artist Technique: Oil painting on canvasDimensions: 71 cm x 55 cm (approx.)Date: 19th/20th century Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The painting presents an extremely heavy accumulation of surface dirt, significantly obscuring the original tonal values. Numerous fly specks are distributed across the paint surface. The canvas support shows several perforations or tears, along…

Formerly attributed to Jacopo Bassano Technique: Oil painting on canvasDimensions: 59,1 cm x 49,1 cmDate: Inscribed 1558 (likely a later addition, not considered reliable) Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The original portrait was, in the past, evidently trimmed due to significant damage, with the edges subsequently supplemented with new canvas during a lining process…

Monk in Profile Technique: Oil painting on canvasDimensions: 65 cm x 52 cm (approx.)Date: 17th century Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The painting was received without a stretcher, consisting only of a loose, unsupported canvas. The paint and ground layers showed areas of instability, with localized losses and flaking, requiring careful handling prior to…

Madonna Technique: Oil painting on canvasDimensions: 77 cm x 64 cmDate: Early 17th century Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The reverse of the canvas has previously been reinforced, likely using a wax-resin adhesive. Along the edges, degraded paper adhesive tape covers the canvas and indicates separation of the original fabric from the reinforcement. The…

Grandfather Technique: Sláva Tonderová-ZátkováDimensions: 60 cm x 50 cmDate: 1924 Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The canvas is stretched on a rectangular stretcher frame with a profiled edge, tightened with eight wedges. Despite this, the canvas sags, and stretcher bar marks are visible. These marks disrupt the painting’s appearance and layer cohesion. The edges…

Landscape with birches Technique: Oil painting on canvasDimensions: 23,2 cm x 39,5 cmDate: Second half of the 19thcentury Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The painting is unmounted, without a stretcher or strainer. The paint layer exhibits extensive craquelure across the entire surface, accompanied by significant losses of both the paint and ground layers. In…

Unknown artist Technique: Oil painting on canvasDimensions: 21 cm x 27 cmDate: unknown Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The original painting’s delicate canvas support appears to have been trimmed, with the canvas folded over the stretcher frame along the left, upper, and right edges. The painting was subsequently relined onto a coarse secondary canvas…

Unknown artist Technique: Oil painting on canvasDimensions: 101,5 cm x 86,4 cmDate: Baroque period ? Condition of the Artwork Before Restoration The painting was covered with a thick layer of grime and dirt, trapped within layers of discoloured varnish. Secondary old retouchings extend beyond the original areas of damage, over original paint, constituting approximately 30%…