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Guercino's Eminia and the Shepherds
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Guercino's Eminia and the Shepherds

Over the course of ten weeks in the fall of 2004, paintings conservators Joan Gorman and David Marquis of the Midwest Art Conservation Center conducted a major conservation treatment of Guercino's Erminia and the Shepherds during public viewing hours. Museum visitors could observe each stage of the restoration process, as the conservators restored the painting to its original appearance of 350 years ago.

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Link: Restoring a Masterwork I

Link: Restoring a Masterwork I
In 1999, the exhibition "Restoring a Masterwork" followed the process of conserving Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione's The Immaculate Conception with Saints Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua.
This exhibition was made possible with generous support from American Express, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation,
the Marbrook Foundation and the Paintings Curatorial Council of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.