Retouching for Days; The Restoration of a Jacopo Bassano Painting

In this video the focus is the retouching process. Follow along as the losses and damage are reintegrated and the image comes together.

This painting arrived at the studio of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago in desperate need of attention. A previous conservation attempt proved to be unsuccessful and the painting was left in an unfinished and damaged state. Julian Baumgartner works to reintegrate the losses and unify the image including recreating a missing foot.

The painting was first cleaned of any existing grime and varnish residues and the areas of loss were filled in and textured to match the surrounding impasto. The painting then received an isolation layer of synthetic UV-stable resin before the retouching. Executed in Maimeri Restuaro and B72/Dowanol the retouching is isolated form the original paint layer, archival and fully reversible. Finally the piece received an additional layer of synthetic UV-stable varnish.

While the video is edited to show the most interesting parts of the retouching process and sped up to nearly 900 times the actual speed the total time spent was approximately 30 hours over a two week period.

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