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You may remember her working on this painting in the gallery during the first Conservation Live program in March of 2019. Her entire treatment is documented under #BringBackJanHals, so you can check out her process along the way.
If you haven’t had a chance to see Conservation Live, check out our Facebook story at 1PM today! Becca Goodman, Kress Fellow in Painting Conservation, will give a 10-minute talk about the process of treating “Portrait of a Man” by Jan Hals. #artconservation #BringBackJanHals
Conservation Live has been extended until April 25! Watch Becca Goodman, Kress Fellow, treat “Portrait of a Man” by Jan Hals each Thursday. She’ll give 10-min talks at 11, 1, 2, and 3. On the 18th and 25th, talks will only be held at 11 and 2. #artconservation #BringBackJanHals
The second step to #BringBackJanHals is inpainting “Portrait of a Man.” This is adding color where there is no original paint left. Since the portrait is oil paint, inpainting is done with another kind of paint that can be removed easily. #artconservation
Make sure to visit our Twitter page and IG story (@DIADetroit) to view the answers to your questions! #BringBackJanHals #artconservation
The first step to #BringBackJanHals was to varnish “Portrait of a Man.” The varnish isolates the original paint from materials the conservator adds, and it makes the colors look richer. Better yet, it can be removed easily with appropriate solvents if necessary! #artconservation
Questions and answers will be posted onto our Twitter feed this Wednesday, March 27 at 12 p.m.
#AskAConservator #ConservationLive #BringBackJanHals #artconservation
Jan Hals, like his father Frans, used brown paint to sketch the composition of “Portrait of a Man” on the canvas. This “under-painting” is not usually visible but you can see it in exposed, damaged areas. Hals changed the position of the hand! #BringBackJanHals #artconservation
“Portrait of a Man” by Jan Hals has an inscription, which is hard to see. Scanning XRF detects elements in pigments and forms maps to show where they are. The Latin text, composed of iron and copper pigments, says the man was 31 or 37 years old. #BringBackJanHals #artconservation
Though damaged, a lot of Jan Hals’s original paint still remains on “Portrait of a Man.” Highlighted in purple, his paint still covers nearly 85% of the canvas. The green indicates the paint that has been lost before the DIA acquired it. #BringBackJanHals #artconservation
As part of #BringBackJanHals, we’ll be posting updates about “Portrait of a Man,” by Jan Hals from 1644. This timeline shows how the painting has changed. The original paint was damaged in 1935 during a clumsy treatment. This old damage was revealed in the most recent treatment.
Conservation Live starts next week! Watch Becca Goodman, Samuel H. Kress Fellow, treat “Portrait of a Man” by Jan Hals in the gallery every Thursday from March 7 through April 11, 2019. Visit https://t.co/t5nHgSW57Q for more details. #BringBackJanHals #artconservation
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