Conserving the Virgin of Guadalupe

Name: Conserving the Virgin of Guadalupe
Uploaded: 2017-10-12
Duration: 4 min 11 s
Channel: Khan Academy
Description: A three-hundred year old painting required a lot of attention before it was ready for visitors to experience in the gallery. Learn about the techniques used to repair and clean the Virgin of Guadalupe to prepare it for the exhibition in "Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World", as conservat

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A three-hundred year old painting required a lot of attention before it was ready for visitors to experience in the gallery. Learn about the techniques used to repair and clean the Virgin of Guadalupe to prepare it for the exhibition in "Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World", as conservator Christina O'Connell walks through each step of the process undertaken in the Conservation Lab at the IMA.